There are 9 article(s) tagged Victoria Jones:

• June 2022

  • Gala celebrates Juneteenth in style

    With eyes on the future while nodding to the past, the Black arts organization Tone gets glamorous before Sunday’s ‘Family Reunion’ in Orange Mound.

    By Carmen Darden June 19, 2022

• June 2021

  • Orange Mound’s United Equipment landmark bought for mixed-use development

    The former United Equipment Building towers over Lamar Avenue and the surrounding community.

    By Elle Perry June 08, 2021

• May 2021

  • ArtsMemphis, First Horizon scramble to patch holes in arts budgets

    Collage Dance Collective, which opened its new $11 million studio on Broad Avenue in Binghampton mid-pandemic, received a $150,000 grant for its capital campaign from First Horizon. 

    By Peggy Burch May 18, 2021

  • Armed with a new name, arts organization hopes to make Memphis a cultural beacon

    After a year-long programming hiatus, an Orange Mound-based art organization is back. 

    By Elle Perry May 17, 2021

• June 2020

  • You have choices when it comes to racism: object, address or deny

    There is no denying that we are at a tipping point in this country’s long-overdue reckoning with race and police brutality. And our response to this moment has created three distinct groups – the objectors, the addressers and the deniers.

    By Otis Sanford June 18, 2020

  • Memphis’ largely peaceful protests warrant praise and relief, but also action

    Protesters distributed a list of “suggested demands” at a weekend rally. Some are easier to achieve than others given the coronavirus-spiked budgeting chaos. All, perhaps, are debatable. But it would do the city great good for the current moment to become a more actionable one.

    By Chris Herrington June 01, 2020

• January 2020

  • Orange Mound organizations working on business incubation, artist housing

    “In Orange Mound, if you have space, you have power. Juice Orange Mound is about giving people power in Orange Mound,” the organization’s founder Britney Thornton said.

    By Elle Perry January 14, 2020

• March 2019

  • Next generation of female leaders gives visions of Memphis’ future

    Five emerging leaders from the biotech, arts, community organization, philanthropic and education sectors shared their perspectives and visions of how Memphis can evolve during New Memphis' "Celebrate What's Right: The Next Wave of Women" luncheon Tuesday.

    By Elle Perry March 06, 2019

• December 2018

  • The CLTV finds home in Orange Mound

    Founded in 2015, The Collective (CLTV) has a three-part mission: empowering black artists, using their creative expression to elevate the black community and using the first two parts to shift the culture in Memphis.

    By Elle Perry December 23, 2018