Lease Exhibits

EXHIBITS AVAILABLE FOR LEASE

The Stax Museum has several recent exhibits available for lease and travel to other museums, galleries, colleges and universities, festivals, and other venues. All are photographic collections that cannot be found anywhere else in the world and all represent a unique aspect of American culture that has worldwide influence. Please note that exhibits can be leased in total or partial collections, and that the photographs are already framed. For more information and pricing details on these exhibits, please contact Tim Sampson tim.sampson@soulsvillefoundation.org.

Exhibits Available for Travel:


  • THE ART OF STAX: Essential Album Cover Photographs by Stax Photographer Joel Brodsky

    An amazing collection of iconic soul music photography, including original Stax and other soul lablels album cover photos and outtakes from those photo shoots, by one of America's most influential music photographers. This is the only exhibit of Mr. Brodsky's soul music photography. Includes such artists as Isaac Hayes, Eddie Floyd, Rufus Thomas, Johnnie Taylor, Jean Knight, Gladys Knight & The Pips, the Staple Singers, and many others. Read more >>

  • WATTSTAX: I Am Somebody

    Wattstax was an all-day concert event created and hosted by Stax Records in the Los Angeles Coliseum on August 20, 1972 to both raise awareness about Stax Reords on the West Coast and to commemmorate the seventh anniversary of the Watts rebellion and raise funds for the Watts Festival. Stax took almost its entire roster of artists and charged just $1.00 admission to see live performances by Isaac Hayes, the Bar-Kays, the Staple Singers, Luther Ingram, Rufus and Carla Thomas, Albert King,The Rance Allen Group, and numerous others. More than 112,000 people attended and it was the second-largest gathering of African Americans in United States history. While in Los Angeles, Stax filmed the concert and many other scenes for a subsequent documentary, Wattstax: The Living Word, which was released the following year in 1973. Directed by Mel Stuart (Willie Wonka & The Chocolate Factory), the film was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and was screened at the Cannes Film Festival. Read more >>

  • HOOKS BROTHERS PHOTOGRAPHY: 75 Years of African-American Life in Memphis

    A collection of some 80 black-and-white photographs depicting virtually every aspect of African-American life in Memphis during the 20th century, including weddings, funerals, graduations, portraits, social gatherings, and more. Located for many years on Memphis' historic Beale Street, the Hooks Brothers Photography Studio was operated by the family of former national NAACP President Benjamin Hooks, who worked at the studio as a young man. Read more >>

  • STAX HERE AND NOW: Current Images of the Stars of Stax Records

    Stax music fans will love this collection of new photographs of Stax icons and some who worked behind the scenes, which depicts them as they are today. The photos are accompanied by detailed text panel information about their days at Stax as well as the path they are on in life now. The collection also contains a few surprises from other legendary Memphis soul music labels. Read more >>

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