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Poetry Panels

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Memphis Center Fellowship in the Arts, Public art
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20170304_Poetry_Panels
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Abstract
For the Urban Art Commissions 10th anniversary, the Poetry Panels was installed and painted by volunteers. Eight popular songs lyrics about Memphis were written in white on top of red 4 feet high wooden panels spanning 48-feet in width. A few of the artists featured are Roy Acuff, Big Bill Broonszy, Jerry Lewis and Rufus Thomas.
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This digital image was taken by Amy Schulz, class of 2019, a Memphis Center Fellow in the Arts. This image was edited and uploaded to DLynx during spring 2017 in the Visual Resources Center.