Emery Franklin's New Slide Show

Please check out this musical slide show, featuring the work of Emery Franklin.
http://photopeach.com/album/13umws0

No Fooling! David Douglas's Show Opens on April 1st!



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 Gallery Fifty Six is preparing for David Douglas's show: "Illuminations: Sacred and Secular". Half of his exhibit will be illustrations from the Bible, with each design compostion based on the Golden Mean. The other half will be colorful pastel abstract faces. The artist's reception will be April 1st, from 5 to 8 PM.

Art For Art's Sake in Cooper-Young

Be Part of the Hippest Spring Event in Midtown Memphis!

The Art for Art's Sake Auction will be Saturday, April 9th, 2011, 6-9:30 pm at the Young Avenue Deli.

The art auction is a celebration of local art in support of the Trestle Art and other community enhancement projects.

A show and reception for art valued over $200.00 will be exhibited  at Otherlands Coffee Bar. 




 A reception will be held there on Sunday, March 20, from
3 to 5 PM. The public is invited.

Contact Karen Capps at 497-0819 or Emily Bishop at

210-6905 if you have questions or need more information.

Artists Paul Clarke and Rollin Kocsis of Gallery Fifty Six  have donated art for the art auction.

Please help support Cooper-Young!

Madison Sherman - Energetic Artist

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Do not miss seeing Madison Sherman's exhibition.  His work will be on display until Saturday, March 26th 2011.

Animal Lover's Delight

Calling all animal lovers!  Gallery Fifty Six, in conjunction with the  Humane Society of Memphis & Shelby County, will host an art auction for the benefit of domestic animals in Memphis. Local area artists will be asked to create and donate an animal-related two-dimensional work of art.  The art created will be exhibited at Gallery Fifty Six during the third week in May.  The auction will take place at WaterWorks.  Tickets to the gala will be $25.00.  More information will be provided later. 

A New Resident Artist

Gallery Fifty Six welcomes Hungarian-Canadian energetic surrealist artist Giorgio Vaselli as the newest resident artist at our gallery.  Georgio works in digital media as well as in oils and acrylics.  Mr. Vaselli is currently the international organizer for the Energy Art Movement.  He was responsible for the Energy Art Movement's 2009 international exhibition at Gallery Fifty Six.  We are proud to represent such a fine artist as Giorgio Vaselli.  His work will soon be available at the gallery.


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Look What's Coming

Here is our current line up for  2011:

April:  David Douglas
May:  Resident Artist Exhibiton and Humane Society Art Auction
August:  Nancy White, Mary Stubbs, and Rollin Kocsis
September: Jan Hankins
October: Chuck Wright
November: Jana Travis
December: JC Graham

June and July are still pending.

Welcome, Madison Sherman

Gallery Fifty Six is proud to announce that Madison Sherman has become one of our resident artists.  Madison currently has an exhibition in the show gallery.  His work is colorful, energetic, and meaningful.
We are very proud to have Madison on board.

Coming in April - David Douglas

David Douglas is a Memphis artist with an undergraduate degree from the Memphis College of Art and a Master of Fine Arts from The University of Memphis.  He will present a show titled "Illuminations:  Sacred and Secular".  The artist's reception will be April 1st.  This is the perfect exhibition for the Easter season.