Opening October 22nd, 2009 at the Alameda Museum, Jesse Treviño: Mi Vida – the first comprehensive retrospective devoted to Jesse Treviño, the eminent San Antonio-based painter and muralist.

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ArtTalks and Opening Reception: Jeffrey Wisniewski: Battle of the Buddha
Join us for the second feature in the 2009 ArtTalks series, a lecture by 09.3 Hudson (Show)Room artist Jeffrey Wisniewski. Wisniewski, art director for the 2011 DreamWorks film The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, will discuss his debut Artpace exhibition and his artistic practice, which has been described as an extension of the conceptual strategies of 1970s artists like Robert Smithson, Walter DeMaria, and Gordon Matta-Clark.

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Community Potluck Dinner and Throwdown: Adrian Esparza, Adriana Lara, and Mario Ybarra, Jr.
Show off your favorite recipe and welcome New Works: 09.3 International Artists-in-Residence from El Paso, Mexico City, and Los Angeles. Please bring any dish that serves twelve and RSVP by September 30. To compete in the throwdown, bring latkas, soup, fries, whatever your imagination and taste buds dictate: the “special ingredient” is the potato. A panel of celebrity judges will pick a winning dish for the evening, and prizes will be awarded.

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To inaugurate our weekend dedicated to the re-opening of Donald Judd’s restored freestanding works in concrete, Chinati will host a Benefit Dinner on Friday, October 9. The evening will commence at 5:00 PM with a preview of the concrete works and a cocktail reception on site, accompanied by live bagpipe music. The dinner, catered by Shelley Hudson and Food Company of Dallas, will immediately follow at 7:00 PM in the Arena.
Everyone is welcome.
Tickets are $300 per person ($200 per person for residents of Presidio, Jeff Davis, and Brewster Counties) and seating is limited.
To purchase tickets on-line, please click here.
For any questions, please e-mail , or call .
For more information, please contact:
The Chinati Foundation
1 Cavalry Row
Marfa, TX 79843
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e-mail
website www.chinati.org

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second chance opening

DIRECTIONS (takes about 30 minutes)

1299 Neal Road San Antonio, 78264
(the gate reads 1349 Neal Road, but Google says differently)

Driving Directions:
Take 35 South to Hwy 16 Exit (marked Palo Alto Road/Poteet)
Turn Left onto Hwy 16
Cross under 410 and turn Left onto Applewhite Rd.
Go past Zarzamora, Toyota, the Medina River and turn Left onto Neal Road.
The gate will be on your Left after about a mile. It goes off the road at an angle.
Please call my cell phone when you get to the gate….

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Art installation at the Alamo

UTSA hosts Sept. 29 lecture by artist, filmmaker Laura Varela

By James M. Benavides
Public Affairs Specialist

(Sept. 24, 2009)–The UTSA Mexican-American studies program will host a lecture by artist and filmmaker Laura Varela at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 29 in the Frio Street Building Sam Riklin Auditorium (1.407) at the UTSA Downtown Campus.

Free and open to the public, Varela will speak on the controversial art installation “Enligh-Tents: Reconquering the Alamo Through Art” that she created with German artist Vaago Weiland for San Antonio’s 2009 Luminaria arts festival.

The art installation was the first instance of a Chicana artist creating a site-specific public art installation at the Alamo. It combined more than 50 teepee-like structures on Alamo Plaza with projected images of native peoples on the Alamo’s façade. The installation was intended as a commentary on the effects of European cultures on the native cultures of Texas.

Varela and Weiland said the goal of the piece was to contrast the Alamo, a Spanish mission, which they contend, is a fortification, with the tents of native peoples. According to the artists, the native peoples’ sense of security comes from a sense of community. On her Web site, Varela says, “We don’t need defensive fortification to feel secure or connected with other life-giving energy.”

The lecture will focus on the process for getting approval for the installation and commentary on the politics that banned public art on the Alamo grounds. The presentation will include a screening of images from the historic and controversial installation.

A multimedia artist and San Antonio-based documentary filmmaker, Varela’s work as a storyteller is shaped by growing up on the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas. Her work navigates between ideological, cultural, linguistic and physical borders through the use of film and contemporary art installations.

For more information, contact Marie Miranda, UTSA associate professor of bicultural-bilingual studies, at .

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Host:	Art & Art History Department, Trinity University
Type:	–
Network:	Global

Date:	Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Time:	5:00pm – 7:00pm
Location:	Trinity University
Street:	1 Trinity Place
City/Town:	San Antonio, TX
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Come and see Jon Lee’s new work and be amazed. Tell your friends.

Trinity University

Michael and Noémi Neidorff Art Gallery
in the Dicke Smith Art Building.
The exhibition will showcase Jon’s latest works.

Opening reception: September 30, 5:00 – 7:00pm
September 30 – November 21, 2009

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NOTE: The deadline was extended to Monday, October 19th.

The application for the Artist Foundation of San Antonio is now available. In the past they have given grants to San Antonio artists for up to $12,500. Apply here before October 16th 19th (Monday).

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Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story – airing Saturdays at 3 p.m. on KSTX 89.1FM – is renowned for breathing life into the written word.

Each week, Selected Shorts showcases acclaimed artists of American theater and film reading distinguished pieces of short fiction, from classic masterpieces to works from new and emerging literary voices.

Experience literature in performance as Selected Shorts, a production of Symphony Space in New York City, returns to San Antonio for a live performance on September 25, in commemoration of Hispanic Heritage Month.

Producers have paired acclaimed Latino actors with works by a diverse trio of contemporary Hispanic writers. Joining Selected Shorts host Isaiah Sheffer will be Soñia Manzano, known to the young and young-at-heart as Maria from Sesame Street, and San Antonio-native Jesse Borrego.

The Program

Selected Readings from John Phillip Santos and Frances Santos

“Don’t You Blame Anyone” by Julio Cortázar
read by Isaiah Sheffer

“Two Words” by Isabel Allende
read by Soñia Manzano

“The Man Who Found a Pistol” by Rudolfo Anaya
read by Jesse Borrego

About the Actors

Isaiah Sheffer

Isaiah Sheffer is co-founder with Allan Miller of Symphony Space and serves as its artistic director, now preparing for the theatre’s 30th anniversary season. At Symphony Space, Sheffer hosts and directs the long-running hit series “Selected Shorts” — live, on tour and in its PRI radio incarnation across the country. He also stages the annual James Joyce celebration “Bloomsday on Broadway,” as he has every year on June 16 for the past 26 years.

Sonia Manzano

Sonia Manzano is known to millions of children and parents through her role as Maria on Sesame Street, a character she has played since 1971. Her theatre credits include The Vagina Monologues, The Exonerated and the original production of Godspell. She has won fifteen Emmy Awards as a writer for Sesame Street, received the 2003 Hispanic Heritage Award, and in 2005 was awarded an honorary doctorate in fine arts from Notre Dame University. Closer to home, she is proud to have been inducted into the Bronx Hall of Fame. She has written for the Peabody Award-winning Nickelodeon series Little Bill, is the author of the picture books No Dogs Allowed! and A Box Full of Kittens.  No Dogs Allowed! has been turned into a musical. She is currently working on a memoir.

Jesse Borrego

San Antonio-native Jesse Borrego is a Mexican-American actor known for playing Cruz Candelaria in Blood in, Blood out and later guest starring as George King in Dexter. After graduating from Harlandale High School, Borrego studied theatre and dance at University of the Incarnate Word and acting at The California Institute of the Arts from which he earned a degree in Performance in 1984. About the same time, he attended an open audition for the TV Series Fame where he won the role of “Jesse Velasquez”, a role he would play from 1984 until 1987.

Borrego returned to the stage appearing in productions at the noted Joseph Papp Theatre in New York City and the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. In addition to performing on stage and in films such as Follow Me Home, New York Stories, Con Air.

NOTE: Hector Elizondo was previously advertised as a performer in this year’s program. However, scheduling conflict arose, making him unable to participate.

About the Authors

Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende is a Chilean-American writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the magic realist tradition, is one of the first successful women writers in Latin America.

Born in Lima, Peru, her Chilean diplomat father and her mother divorced and she lived with her mother and grandparents. She worked first as a secretary and then as a journalist in print, on television and in movie documentaries.

After the overthrow and assassination in 1973 of her uncle, Salvador Allende, president of Chile, Isabel Allende and her husband and children left for safety in Venezuela.

It was in her exile that she began to write The House of the Spirits, her first novel, which was based on her own family and the politics of Chile.

She continued to produce novels based in part on her own experience, often focusing on the experience of women, weaving myth and realism together. She has lectured and done extensive book tours, and has taught literature at colleges in Virginia, New Jersey and California.

Rudolfo Anaya

Best known for his 1972 novel, Bless Me Ultima, Rudolfo Anaya is considered one of the founders of contemporary Chicano literature. Anaya’s works live and beathe the landscape of the American Southwest, a powerful force, full of myth and magic that is integral to his writing.

Anaya lives and breathes the landscape of the Southwest. It is a powerful force, full of magic and myth, integral to his writings. As a Hispanic, he is fascinated by cultural crossings unique to the Southwest, a combination of Old Spain and New Spain, of Mexico with Mesoamerica and the anglicizing forces of the twentieth century.

Today, Anaya is the most widely read author in Hispanic communities. His works are standard texts in Chicano studies and literature courses around the world, and he has done more than perhaps any other single person to promote publication of books by Hispanic authors in this country.

Julio Cortázar

Argentine writer Julio Cortázar is one of the great masters of the short story whose work has been compared to Jorge Luis Borges. His stories follow the logic of hallucinations and obsessions, often focusing on the quest for identity, the hidden reality behind the everyday lives of common people, and existential angst.

Born in Brussels, Belgium, in 1914 to Argentine parents, Cortázar spent years in his home country working as a educator and literary translator before moving to France and gaining duel-citizenship.

He published poems and plays in the thirties and forties but achieved his first major success with a book of stories, Bestiario, in 1951. His novel Rayuela (1963; translated by Gregory Rabassa as Hopscotch, 1966) was widely praised and won Cortázar an enthusiastic international following.

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I just posted my take on the Ansen Seale installation mounted by the Land Heritage Institute over at Glasstire. LHI is positioning itself at the intersection of a number of different issues and movements, potentially functioning simultaneously as a park, an educational resource, an equestrian center, an advocacy group, a think tank and an art center. It should be interesting to watch how the whole thing plays out — the series of events that led it to where it is today has not exactly been predictable, and I doubt its future development will be either. In any case, I’m looking forward to LHI’s “art-sci symposium” The Nature of Place next month. With participants like Sandy Stone, Lucy Lippard, Erik Knutzen from the Center for Land Use Interpretation, and Anjali Gupta from Art Lies, it should be interesting to say the least. We’ll keep you posted.

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San Antonio artists – applications for LUMINARIA 2010 are now available at luminariasa.org/participate. Last year, artists uploaded their applications on-line but this year the Luminaria committee opted for the more traditional mail-in/drop-off application.

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Host:	AIT-SCM
Type:	–
Network:	Global
Price:	FREE!!!

Date:	Friday, September 25, 2009
Time:	6:30pm – 9:00pm
Location:	Bihl Haus Arts
Street:	2803 Fredericksburg Rd (inside the gates of Primrose)
City/Town:	San Antonio, TX
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Host:	SAN ANTO CULTURAL ARTS & TIGERCORN PRODUCTIONS
Type:	–
Network:	Global
Price:	donations appreciated!!!!!

Date:	Thursday, September 24, 2009
Time:	7:00pm – 10:00pm
Location:	1906 ARTSPACE
Street:	1906 S. Flores
City/Town:	San Antonio, TX
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Phone:	2106432940
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GET YOUR HOTT BAG of Freshly-Fried Chicharrones by Cruz Ortiz for $10.00
—Cold Beers Dressed by Special Guest Celebrities, donations accepted-
also SWEET vinyl love by DJ PLATA- playing all of Manny’s favorite jams.

Preview works of art by our big huevos: Margarita Cabrera, Vincent Valdez, Sterling Allen, Katie Pell, Mario Ybarra Jr., Kimberly Aubuchon, Kristy Perez, Alex Rubio, Peter Zubiate, Wendi Kimura, Chuck Ramirez, Shek, Beto Gonzales, Kendra Curry, Juan Miguel Ramos, Cruz Ortiz, Mary Agnes Rodriguez, Terry Ybanez, Philip Luna, Ricky Armendariz, Esteban Arredondo, Ruth Buentello, David Zamora Casas, David Blancas, Louis Vega Trevino, Adriana Garcia, Mari Hernandez, Nate Cassie, Ethel Shipton, Joe De La Cruz, Andy Benavidez, Daniel Saldana, and many more.

All these works by local and internationally-renowned artists will be on view and up for auction at the 12 annual Huevos Rancheos Gala on October 3, 2009, 9am-12pm. At the Huevos Peep Show, all artworks will be available for a ‘Buy Now’ price como Ebay styles.

For more information please email . http://www.sananto.org/
Check out the blog http://sanantoculturalarts.blogspot.com/ for more Huevos arte and all the GREAT things San Anto has been up to these last few days!

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Art21 returns this October with its 5th season which will premiere on KLRN on Wednesday, October 7 at 10:00 p.m. Being publicly funded, PBS has had some problems, in the past, creating shows about art and often supported kitsch values – as seen most evidently in the show ‘The Joy of Painting’ which was hosted by cultural icon Bob Ross. Similarly, NPR often supports Classical music as opposed to avant-garde or cutting edge music/sound art. While Classical music needs to still be appreciated and have a venue – it represents another generation and era. Art21 got it right by documenting some of the most prominent artists in the field today and this season’s first episode will showcase William Kentridge, Doris Salcedo, and Carrie Mae Weems.

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Host:	Cecilia Santos
Type:	–
Network:	Global
Price:	FREE!!!!

Date:	Saturday, September 19, 2009
Time:	6:00pm – 10:00pm
Location:	OLLU Sueltenfuss Library Community Room
Street:	411 SW 24th Street
City/Town:	San Antonio, TX
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Phone:	2103823978
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Jazz’SAlive
in Travis Park

Whether you’re a seasoned jazz aficionado, or someone who just wants to witness a solid jazz performance, Jazz’SAlive is the place to be in September. 

The San Antonio Parks Foundation & The City of San Antonio present Jazz’SAlive at Travis Park, Saturday and Sunday, September 19 and 20, 2009, from noon to 11 p.m, and noon to 10 p.m.

Jazz’SAlive is a FREE two-day festival featuring national, regional and local musicians.  The event features national recording Jazz artists, as well as regional and local Jazz favorites. Children’s activities will be featured both days from noon to 6 p.m. NO OUTSIDE COOLERS ALLOWED IN THE PARK.

The Starlight Salute to Jazz’SAlive Gala, featuring dinner, dancing and auction, will be held Friday, September 18, 2009 at the St. Anthony Hotel, 300 E. Travis. For more information and to purchase tickets click on the following link. Don’t miss your chance to own a piece of true San Antonio history with this Autographed Spurs ABA Ball!  The live auction will take place during the Jazz’SAlive Gala on Friday, September 18.

The Jazz’SAlive Sunday Champagne Brunch, with live Jazz will be held Sunday, September 20, 2009 at the St. Anthony Hotel in the Anacacho Room. Sponsored by Rio San Antonio Cruises, this event is the perfect way to end the Jazz’SAlive weekend! For more information and to purchase tickets click on the following link.

Jazz’SAlive is co-sponsored by the San Antonio Parks Foundation and the City of San Antonio.

Jazz’SAlive’s sponsors include Bud Light, The St. Anthony Hotel – Official Host Hotel of Jazz’SAlive, H-E-B, Rio San Antonio Cruises,   KENS-TV 5, Southwest Airlines – Official Airline of Jazz’SAlive, Q101.9, KRTU 91.7, and the San Antonio Express-News.  Special thanks to the San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau.  The Saturday evening performance is generously underwritten by the Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts and the Tobin Endowment.  Jazz’SAlive is a Fall Arts Festival event.

Don’t forget the exciting Jazz After-Hours Jam Sessions. Saturday and Sunday night at the St. Anthony Hotel Peacock Alley till 2 a.m. This is your chance to catch an up close and personal glimpse of national and regional Jazz musicians jamming alongside our favorite local bands. The event is free, and follows the last performance on the main stage.

Jazz’SAlive 2009 Sponsors:

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COMING EVENTS

SPECIAL PREVIEW SCREENING
Saturday, September 19, 6 – 9 PM
Mission San José, 6701 San José Drive
Pack a picnic and bring lawn chairs or blankets for an evening under the stars in one of San Antonio’s most beautiful historic settings! Join us for fun family activities, mariachis, and a preview of the upcoming Ken Burns documentary, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea.
The first 250 kids will get a free tree!
Also, see the new photo exhibit, Faces of the Missions, on display in the San José Visitor Center.

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Bihl Haus Arts will host a gallery talk with the artists from the exhibit OBJECTIVE Space. The talk will be on Saturday, September 19 at 2 p.m. Bihl Haus Arts is located at 2803 Fredericksburg, inside the gates of the Primrose at Monticello Park. OBJECTIVE Space is an exhibit that features paintings, interactive installations and graffiti-inspired works. More information is online at www.bihlhausarts.org.

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We recently switched web hosts, and the transition was a little hairier than expected, due to some Wordpress database quirks. I think everything’s more or less ironed out at this point, but we did lose some comments that were posted over the last couple of weeks. If you posted anything that has disappeared, please know that this was due to a database snafu and nothing more.

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