We Belong: Q + A with Dee Torrell
LGBT advocate Dee Torrell DJs at WYXR FM 91.7 Memphis in a show called We Belong, every Sunday afternoon at 4:00pm CST.
November 16, 2023
Mud
Ethan James “Mud” McVay is a writer, stagehand, and interdisciplinary artist working in sculpture, performance, and installation art.
Bentonville, Arkansas: The Southeast’s Surprising Sanctum of Fine Art
(Above: William Wetmore Story: Sappho, 1867. Marble. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Photo by Mud) Only five hours from Memphis, Bentonville, Arkansas is a surprising sanctuary for fine art
September 5, 2023
Urban Micro Farming with Midtown Bramble & Bloom
story by Mud | Photos by Chellie Bowman At the start of 2021, Marisa Mender-Franklin posted on a local “Buy Nothing” Facebook group asking for available land in Midtown to
July 18, 2023
29 Enslaved People Found in Initial Owner of Normal Station’s Last Will & Testament
(Above photo: One of the only gravestones still legible and standing in the cemetery park, a descendant of the Eckles family. The burial sites of twenty-nine people enslaved by the
March 30, 2023
The Process of Movement: An Interview with Steven McMahon of Ballet Memphis
What brought you to the position of Artistic Director at Ballet Memphis? I’ve been at Ballet Memphis since 2004. I’m originally from Glasgow, Scotland and I came to the United
January 9, 2023
Material Manipulator & Metalsmith IZA BATEMAN
by Mud | photos by Jackson McMinn & Moth Moth Moth Memphis-based artist Iza Bateman has been focusing on material manipulation from an early age. They have been endlessly fascinated
January 5, 2023
Mending Consumerism through Independent Makers: Textile Artist Katrina Perdue on Re-use and Repair
by Mud | above photo by Jesse Butcher What started your mending practice? My dad passed away, and it was a very fast and intense period of time and I
November 15, 2022
Representing Monsters: Queer Shortcomings of the Human Form
Living in the underbelly of civilization, on the edge of the norm, the queer community has been situated in a sector of society shadowed by cis-heteronormativity and conservative politics. However,
October 27, 2022
