Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
Join us as we kick off “The Dirty South” Weekend with a concert uniting three legendary performers: artist, author, and poet Danny Simmons (Def Poetry Jam); acclaimed guitarist and songwriter Vernon Reid (Living Colour); and jazz and funk bassist Dwayne Dolphin.
Featuring both new works inspired by Slugs Saloon, tribute to the prolific writer Greg Tate, and “The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse,” this night of spoken word performance, jazz, funk, and unforgettable grooves is not one to miss.
EXHIBITION SPONSORS
“The Dirty South” is organized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: Valerie Cassel Oliver, VMFA’s Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art.
“The Dirty South” is sponsored at Crystal Bridges by Harrison and Rhonda French Family; Ramsay, Jaquita, and Sarah Ball; Catherine and Stephan Roche; Esther Silver-Parker; Deborah Wright.
This project is supported in part by a grant from the Arkansas Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Join us as we kick off “The Dirty South” Weekend with a concert uniting three legendary performers: artist, author, and poet Danny Simmons (Def Poetry Jam); acclaimed guitarist and songwriter Vernon Reid (Living Colour); and jazz and funk bassist Dwayne Dolphin.
Featuring both new works inspired by Slugs Saloon, tribute to the prolific writer Greg Tate, and “The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse,” this night of spoken word performance, jazz, funk, and unforgettable grooves is not one to miss.
EXHIBITION SPONSORS
“The Dirty South” is organized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: Valerie Cassel Oliver, VMFA’s Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art.
“The Dirty South” is sponsored at Crystal Bridges by Harrison and Rhonda French Family; Ramsay, Jaquita, and Sarah Ball; Catherine and Stephan Roche; Esther Silver-Parker; Deborah Wright.
This project is supported in part by a grant from the Arkansas Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Learn more about this event: crystalbridges.org/calendar/the-dirty-south-weekend-opening-performance
Visit our website: CrystalBridges.org
Sign up for eNews: bit.ly/CrystalBridges-eNews
Keep up with us on social media
Facebook: Facebook.com/CrystalBridgesMuseum
Instagram: Instagram.com/CrystalBridgesMuseum
Twitter: Twitter.com/CrystalBridges
LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/company/Crystal-Bridges-Museum-of-American-Art
Pinterest: Pinterest.com/CrystalBridges
