An oral history project chronicling the stories of the visual arts in Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis Material is a podcast celebrating the personal histories, intimate stories, and the studio practices of some of the people who help shape the creative landscape of our city.
July 31, 2026
This interview was recorded on May 2, 2025. Mary Jo Karimnia is an artist, curator, artspace owner and former arts administrator based in Memphis, Tennessee. She builds rich, highly crafted surface patinas with glass beads, foil and velvety flocking on vintage and contemporary imagery, using these non-traditional art materials to produce an altered view. Her […]
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July 24, 2026
From Andrea’s amazing website: Andrea Morales is a documentary photographer, journalist and educator born in Peru, raised in Miami, now living and working in Memphis, Tennessee. Her personal work attempts to lens the issues of displacement, disruption and magic. Adding glimpses of daily life, meaningful or mundane, to the record through photography is central to […]
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July 17, 2026
From Andrea’s amazing website: Andrea Morales is a documentary photographer, journalist and educator born in Peru, raised in Miami, now living and working in Memphis, Tennessee. Her personal work attempts to lens the issues of displacement, disruption and magic. Adding glimpses of daily life, meaningful or mundane, to the record through photography is central to […]
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July 10, 2026
Maysey Craddock has long been fascinated by ruin. The ephemeral quality so richly sewn into her paintings began with her childhood interest in searching for fossils at the edge of rivers or uncovering contents of forgotten drawers, always intent on discovering what came before – what once was. Craddockâs large-scale gouache paintings reference spaces in […]
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