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126:(2007). Perry also wrote for the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, and he has been a curator and co-curator for two notable exhibitions for the Smithsonian: the 2010 National Portrait Gallery exhibition "One Life: Echoes of Elvis," and the Smithsonian traveling exhibition, "Elvis at 21: Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer." He edited and contributed to
165:, under the direction of George Brown. During this time, Perry co-produced the first Elvis light show in a permanent laser institution. He titled the show "Elvis: Legacy in Light," and it was a sanctioned event of Elvis International Tribute Week from 1982 until 2004 when the planetarium was temporarily closed.
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Perry holds graduate degrees in medieval literature and creative writing from the
University of Memphis (2000) and in drama from The Catholic University of America, where he graduated from the MFA playwriting program (2006). His plays have been staged with Yellow Taxi Productions (2006, Manchester,
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Perry served as a special assistant and logistics administrator for the
Memphis Wonders series from 1991 to 1993. Among the exhibitions he assisted in bringing to the city were "Splendors of the Ottoman Sultans," (1992), and "Napoleon: Wonders in Association with the French Museum System and Other
244:(2004, NY) and the National Portrait Gallery's "Cultures in Motion" project (2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, Washington DC). In August 2006, he received the award for Best Director at the Strawberry One Act Festival where "The Sitters" was nominated for every award in the program.
161:. His early work in museums was as a planetarium coordinator for the Memphis Museums, Incorporated system, a division of the Memphis Park Commission. Perry—with engineer Neal Smith and sound engineer Luther Bradfute—was responsible for the daily operation of the
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Smithsonian tour of the Wertheimer photos. In 2010, the exhibition curated by Perry called One Life: Echoes of Elvis received much positive attention worldwide. On January 8, 2010, Perry was cited as one of twelve
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American history, popular culture, and literature. Perry was the author of two published plays -
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and its "The
Passion of Rodin" exhibition, a show which had a $ 1 million impact on the local economy. It was the largest cultural exposition that city hosted in the period after the
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magazine "Quotes of the Day" when he said, "Everybody needs to have a moment with Elvis." "Echoes of Elvis" received praise and treatment from
National Public Radio's Weekend
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Shannon Kennedy Perry; they had one child, Jeanne Lynn, and one dog, Oxford. He died June 17, 2019.
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