Fête: /fât/  /fet/- an outdoor celebration or festival  ​

Join us November 2 for a Carnival on the Peninsula at Foxfield*, beginning at 4pm. This unforgettable experience includes art and outdoor festivities amidst an idyllic setting complete with entertainment, food and drink. Learn more about ARTSmemphis and Ducks Unlimited’s continued partnership with lead support from Regions.

Fête in the Field brings you an exciting live Auction and Raffle with experiences, adventures and local art you won’t see or find anywhere but on the Peninsula at Foxfield! ​Incredible talent on the Overton Park Shell Mobile Stage featuring local performers Corey Lou and the The Neon Mooners​. Plus, face painting for grownups, corn hole with an artistic flair, circus performers, working dog demos from Wild Rose Kennels, fly fishing demonstrations, one-of-a-kind wood carving by artist Dennis Paullus, Brackish Bowties & so much more!

Purchase tickets here! Early Bird pricing in effect thru Sept.30
Fête in the Field is a 21+ event. ​

Conservation Through Art is thrilled to honor Chef Kelly English. Chef Kelly believes deeply in the power of community and is an enthusiastic supporter of many local nonprofit organizations.
Questions? Contact Josie Ballin 901-341-0401

*Foxfield is located near 385 & Forest Hill-Irene Rd. The address is provided with your ticket purchase confirmation.

FUNDRAISERS

November 2, 2024
Conservation Through Art:
Fête in the Field
Presented by Regions

  • Purchase tickets here for Fête in the Field.

    Committee contributions can be paid here.

  • Hospitable as he is talented, Chef English is eager to share his passion for culinary craft, unique cocktails and college football with each and every guest he meets. No stranger to hard work, English believes deeply in the power of community and is an avid supporter of many local organizations. He has called Memphis home for 15+ years. He supports the Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital through Le Bon Appetit, created "Day of Warmth" for the homeless in Memphis, served on Mayor Paul Young's Arts & Culture Transition Team, serves on the Board of the Overton Park Shell, and has supported ARTSmemphis and the local community as a champion and voice for artists and arts & culture efforts. Chef Kelly is the Executive Chef/Owner of Restaurant Iris, The Second Line, Fino's Italian Deli and Iris, etc. Catering. Chef Kelly was named "Restauranteur of the Year" by Memphis Restaurant Association, “Young Memphian” by the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce and “Top 40 Under 40” by the Memphis Business Journal . 

  • STEERING COMMITTEE
    Ashley & Scott Adams​
    Carly & Hunter Adams*​
    Allie & Preston Battle​
    Audsley & Tucker Carr*​
    Elizabeth & Donnie Malmo​
    Rebecca & Ed Nenon
    Tara Hallie & William Ware

    ​ *co-chairs

    HOSTS (as of 8.5.24)
    Connie & Lou Adams
    Lale & Oscar Adams
    Sara & Daniel Allen
    Carey & Rob Campbell
    Dorothy & John Collier
    Bowen & James Cook
    Miller & Hunter Cowan
    Bridget & Clay Crenshaw
    Katherine & John Dobbs
    Billy Dunavant, IV
    Kate Durbin & Lewis Williamson
    Emily & Cal Edge
    Amy & Emmel Golden
    Natalie & Zach Hartman
    Felicia & Spencer Hauser
    Cecilia & Matthew Heffington
    Haley & Louis Holbrook
    Mary & Jim Hopkins
    Alina & Herbo Humphreys
    Stacey & Thomas Hussey
    Elizabeth & Worth Jones
    Lauren & Jim Maddox
    Lauren & Christopher Malone
    Huxley & Taylor Maury
    Maggie & Andrew Phillips
    Marnie & Thomas Slattery
    Sarah & Philip Spinosa
    Cyndy Taylor
    Paige & Will Thompson
    Sarah & Bowe Travis
    May & Patrick Walker
    Leslie & Nate Walsh
    Denise & Harold Ware
    Whitney & Stephen Wieck
    Candace & Jarrod Wilder
    Martha & Garner Williams
    Lee & Alex Yates

    Committee contributions can be paid here.

  • Conservation Through Art is a biennial ARTSmemphis and Ducks Unlimited event to celebrate two of our region’s greatest assets: the arts and outdoors. This unlikely partnership has brought together outdoor enthusiasts and arts supporters to raise $7 million to sustain community treasures that enrich lives from generation to generation. From new wetland conservation efforts in our own backyard across the Big River Crossing, to grants for hundreds of artists and over 60 local arts organizations, our shared Memphis-rooted mission continues.

    CTA was founded by Tommie & BIlly Dunavant, Elizabeth & Trow Gillespe, Snow & Henry Morgan, Anne & John Stokes, and Susan & Chuck Smith.

    Past CTA honorees:

    2005: Harry Phillips​
    2006: Billy Dunavant​
    2008: Allen Morgan & Henry Morgan​
    2010: George Dunklin & Steve Reynolds​
    2012: Trow Gillespie & Chuck Smith​
    2014: Spence, Bob & Kem Wilson​
    2016: Johnny Morris & Bill Rhodes​
    2018: John Hull Dobbs, Jr.​
    2022: Tommie Dunavant​

  • Conservation Through Art: Fête in the Field is presented by Regions.

    Lead Support from:
    FedEx
    Katherine and John Dobbs


    The following sponsors have made commitments:

    Tommie Dunavant, in memory of Billy Dunavant and John Stokes
    Ware Jones
    Raymond James
    Jim Keras Automotive
    Diversified Trust
    Dunavant Enterprises
    Michelle & Bill Dunavant
    Nancy and Steve Morrow
    American Material Handling
    The Marston Group
    Colliers
    Walter & Tina Edge
    Windyke Country Club
    Hollywood Feed
    Susan and Chuck Smith
    Conway Services Heating, Cooling, Plumbing, and Electrical
    Raven and John Moorehead
    Old Dominick Distillery
    Buster's Liquor and Wine
    Buster's Butcher
    Alma Del Jaguar Tequila
    AJAX
    Honeybloom

    *as of 10.4.2024
    For sponsorship info, please contact:
    Jana Tayloe
    901-848-8824
    jtayloe@artsmemphis.org