Franco’s Bon Voyage

Help see Franco off on his 2009 Italy Tour*. Come by Franco’s house this Saturday night (September 19th), starting at sunset for Italian Sausage, Prosecco, dancing, and more!

* September 21st – November 7th: Artist in residence at Civitella Ranieri Castle. Umbertide, Italy.
November 8th – November 20th: Solo exhibitions in Rome and Florence (details to follow).
November 22nd: Franco returns! Homecoming Party (details to follow).

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What: Lecture by renowned architect and San Antonio resident Bill Lacy.

When: 6 tonight

Where: Center for Architecture in the Full Goods Building at Pearl Brewery, 200 E. Grayson St., Suite 110.

How much: Free and open to the public.

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Host:	SAY Sí
Type:	–
Network:	Global
Price:	$10 Adults / $5 children under 12 seniors

Start Time:	Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 7:00pm
End Time:	Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 7:00pm
Location:	SAY Sí
Street:	1518 S. Alamo
City/Town:	San Antonio, TX
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SAY Sí is proud to present “That’s Not Fair: Emma Tenayuca’s Struggle for Justice”. This stage adaptation of Carmen Tafolla, Sharyll Tenayuca, and illustrator Terry Ibañez’s children book is the first major stage production produced by SAY Sí.
“That’s Not Fair” is a passionate and true story that educates and inspires, it is sure to touch the hearts and minds of San Antonian’s from all walks of life.

Gala Premiere Performance: Thursday, September 17, 2009 – 7 pm – $15 per person

Performances: Friday and Saturday, September 18 & 19 @ 7 pm
Friday and Saturday, September 25 & 26 @ 7 pm

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Join Texas Public Radio for our latest Hands On family adventure, as we celebrate the rich cultural heritage that is imprinted on the landscape we inhabit.

We’re teaming up with Land Heritage Institute and their ongoing collaboration between independent organizations s to celebrate FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA with a photography-based art installation in a century-old, stacked-stone corn-crib on the property.

Land Heritage Institute, located on the banks of the Medina River in south San Antonio, interprets, maintains and develops 1200 acres of open space as a living land museum, preserving archeological, cultural, educational, environmental, historical and recreational resources.

To celebrate FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA, Land Heritage Institute has curated “The Corn Crib,” by San Antonio artist Ansen Seale, exploring how our lived culture is shaped by our natural landscape.

Texas Public Radio members are invited to a pre-opening reception for this important land art event at Land Heritage Institute. LHI’s partner organizations will provide family-friendly activities to help us appreciate the beauty of the Texas landscape and our cultural heritage.

The afternoon will be filled with family-friendly activities and displays that include hayrides, horses, longhorns, corn-husk dolls, scavenger hunts, and more…

Participating Organizations

American Indians – Texas at Spanish Colonial Missions
The American Indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions (AIT-SCM) is a nonprofit organization established by the Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan Nation, descendants of the aboriginal people who populated South Texas and Northeast Mexico. The organization works for the preservation and protection of the culture and traditions of the Native American tribes and other indigenous people who resided in the Spanish colonial missions.

Bexar Audubon Society
A chapter of National Audubon Society with a mission to serve species/habitat conservation while improving the environmental education of our community.

Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas
Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas is a local land trust with offices in San Antonio, Texas. As non-profit organization, they are dedicated to keeping South Texas green.

Texas Equestrian Trail Association, Inc.
TETRA members are individuals who share a mutual love of horses and participate in trail rides across the state of Texas.

Cattlemen’s Texas Longhorn Registry
The Cattlemen’s Texas Longhorn Registery is an organization dedicated to preserving the purest Texas Longhorn of the highest quality.

Mitchell Lake Wetlands Society
The Mitchell Lake Wetlands Society is dedicated to the wise stewardship of the wildlife refuge at Mitchell Lake.

Native Plant Society of Texas
The Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT) was founded on April 25, 1981 in Denton for the purpose of protecting the botanical legacy of Texas.

Our Lady of the Lake University
The mission of Our Lady of the Lake University, an independent, Catholic institution sponsored by the Congregation of Divine Providence, is to provide excellent teaching through traditional and innovative educational programs, to develop its diverse, intercultural student bodies in Christian, person-centered learning communities; and to graduate individuals who are competent and committed to service.

San Antonio Conservation Society
To preserve and to encourage the preservation of historic buildings, objects, places and customs relating to the history of Texas, its natural beauty and all that is admirably distinctive to our State; and by such physical and cultural preservation to keep the history of Texas legible and intact to educate the public, especially the youth of today and tomorrow with knowledge of our inherited regional values.

Friends of the Medina River
Co-Sponsored a 1997 Medina River Charrett: “A Collaborative Planning Workshop.” In cooperation with the Center for Ecological Archaeology, Texas A&M University, College Station.

City South Management Authority
City South has a progressive vision of community. The principles, new urbanism along side strong economic development, have enticed cutting edge developers, residents, businesses and industries who value lasting and smart investments

About Ansen Seale

Ansen Seale is an artist living and working in San Antonio, Texas. He received a BA in Journalism, Broadcasting and Film and Studio Art from Trinity University in San Antonio, 1983. His photographs have been exhibited in museums and galleries and have been collected by corporations and institutional and private collectors.

Seale works with a special digital panoramic camera of his own invention. This camera captures a vertical slit of the scene over and over in rapid succession, in effect, swapping the horizontal dimension of the image plane for the dimension of time. Instead of mirroring the world as seen around us, this camera records a hidden reality. The apparent distortions in the images all happen in-camera, as the image is being recorded without the use of digital manipulations. Recently, his work has taken a turn away from the purely photographic with the use of iconic imagery and unconventional media such as his own blood.

Discover his work at www.ansenseale.com.

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In his short essay ‘Romancing the Looky-Loos‘, Dave Hickey shares his interesting viewpoint on the evolution of coöptation as viewed through its audience. He makes a distinction between Spectators(the titular looky-loos) and the Particiant. You can spectate the full article here or participate with it .

“spectators invariably align themselves with authority. They have neither the time nor the inclination to make decisions. They just love the winning side— the side with the chic building, the gaudy doctorates, and the star-studded cast. They seek out spectacles whose value is confirmed by the normative blessing of institutions and corporations. In these venues, they derive sanctioned pleasure or virtue from an accredited source, and this makes them feel secure, more a part of things. Participants, on the other hand, do not like this feeling. They lose interest at the moment of accreditation, always assuming there is something better out there, something brighter and more desirable, something more in tune with their own agendas. And they may be wrong, of course. The truth may indeed reside in the vision of full professors and corporate moguls, but true participants persist in not believing this. They continue looking.

Thus, while spectators must be lured, participants just appear, looking for that new thing—the thing they always wanted to see—or the old thing that might be seen anew—and having seen it, they seek to invest that thing with new value. They do this simply by showing up; they do it with their body language and casual conversation, with their written commentary, if they are so inclined, and their disposable income, if it falls to hand. Because participants, unlike spectators, do not covertly hate the things they desire. Participants want their views to prevail, so they lobby for the embodiment of what they lack.

The impact of these participatory investments is tangible across the whole range of cultural production. It is more demonstrable, however, in “live arts” like music, theater, and art than in industrial arts like publishing, film, and recording. Because in the “live arts,” participatory investment, as it accumulates, increases the monetary value of the product. You increase the value of an artwork just by buying it, if you are a participant. Thus, you will probably pay more for the next work by that artist you buy. You do the same if you recruit all your friends to go listen to a band in a bar. If all your friends show up and have a good time, you will almost certainly pay more at the door the next time the band plays. But that’s the idea: to increase the social value of the things you love…”

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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.

UPDATE: There will be an application workshop on Saturday, October 3rd at Trinity University Digital Lab from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

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Felix Padron vs. Erik Hausmann
Come and see Erik Hausmnan tear up the piano, and Felix P tear up the mike on SA Art Sceen
Host:
Hausmann Millworks
Type:
Other – Festival
Network:
Global
Price:
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Date:
Friday, September 18, 2009
Time:
6:00pm – 8:05pm
Location:
Hausmann Millworks
Street:
925 W. Russell
City/Town:
San Antonio, TX

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Come and Join us at Hausmann Millworks for
Felix Padron Vs. Erik Hausmann
Speacial Guest and musician Erik Hausmann kicks the evening off right his original piano scores @ 6.pm THEN Felix Padron will be lecturing on the pulse of the San Antonio Arts Community and how The Office of Cultural Afairs San Antonio (SAHearts) helps San Antonio thrive.

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Self-Revolution
Unit B gallery
September 18 – November 7, 2009

“Self-Revolution brings together the work of black artists both academic and self-taught whose interest lie in questioning the roles of identity, culture and perception through the use of their bodies and experimentation. These artists stray outside the conventional thinking of modernism, performance and visual expression from both western contemporary and contemporary black esthetics. Whereas history and experience play strong roles in all the artist’s work, the way they are conveyed can at times be perceived as shocking due to their use and restructuring of the medium they choose to express their ideas. Presentation and attention to aspects of African and African American ritual are applied unapologetically by each artist to help better understand the conceptual nature of operating in and outside of colonial structures while addressing the broad and complex culture of those of African decent.”

Location
Unit B gallery
http://www.unitbgallery.com/

500 Stieren
San Antonio, TX 78210 map

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Mark Hogensen: Town and Country
Sala Diaz
September 25 – October 25, 2009

“Town and Country examines the duality of space in landscape and takes an even closer look at the dichotomies of symmetry where objects and operations can be interchanged and manipulated. Without invalidating their relationships the resulting charcoal compositions find the connection between near and distant, rational and unreasonable, while remaining complimentary and in opposition simultaneously.”

Location
Sala Diaz

517 Stieren
San Antonio, TX 78210 map

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Type:	–
Network:	Global

Start Time:	Friday, September 25, 2009 at 7:00pm
End Time:	Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 4:55pm
Location:	Sala Diaz
Street:	517 Stieren
City/Town:	San Antonio, TX
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This is kinda old but looking at Justin’s slide show of Berlin graffiti wanted me to check it out again. I found the Berlin murals being made but my favorite is still the one posted below. It is an interesting glimpse into the possible legacy of William Kentridge.

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Due to the welcome rain we are moving the show from Main Plaza to Blue Star Brewing Co. We can dance, sing, and otherwise celebrate a raining evening. 8pm. Free. 1414 South Alamo.

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Sterling Silver Gala

STERLING SILVER GALA
With a preview performance of High Yello Rose
Thursday, September 10, 2009
7 p.m.

Tickets are $50 and $100 with special sponsorship levels available at $250, $500 and $1000.

The Sterling Silver Gala will begin with a catered cocktail reception donated by Acenar Mexican Restaurant, followed by a dedication ceremony to rename the theater as The Sterling Houston Theater in honor of Jump-Start’s late artistic director and visionary playwright This will include several rememberances, a champagne toast and the unveiling of a commorative plaque. At 8 p.m. Jump-Start will present a preview performance of Houston’s High Yello Rose. Following the performance, there will be a dessert reception donated by Liberty Bar. Don’t miss this sparkling kickoff to Jump-Start’s 25th season!

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Movies by Moonlight at HemisFair Park Continues

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San Antonio Flash Mob Organization BABY SWAP

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Beginning this Wednesday, September 9th, I will be teaching a weekly morning yoga class from 8:30-9:30 am at the Blue Star Contemporary Art Center. Cost is $12 for the class, and participants must provide their own mat. Hope to see some of you there!

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6:39 am, September 5, 2009.

The In and Outlaws CD release party, Casbeers at The Church, San Antonio, TX.

“…a large vacant area.”

Not at all.

My favorite cow music this side of Jon Wayne.

Brad, the drummer, has a serious demeanor to say the least. Not that different than the visage of Charlie Manson, who appeared on TV a few hours earlier in the bar downstairs where I was hanging out with the chilled out blues of Los Mescaleros and intermittently watching the Cowboys play the Vikings in the last pre-season game of the year. It’s a contest in which a few players who may still have the chance of gaining a roster spot are said to be “on the bubble.” Choice quote, from one of the play by play guys, in reference to Patrick Watkins, who’s putting out an extraordinary performance: “He’s like Glinda The Good Witch. That’s how far inside the bubble he is.” Odie, of the Mescaleros, sitting down behind his stand up bass, has a tambourine strapped head side down to his boot. This makes me smile. I chill a little further in.

Later on, I join the standing room only congregation gathered for The In and Outlaws. The shadow of Lloyd’s bass head on a fluted column, which stands behind him, truncated, too white, supporting nothing. Burton, on pedal steel, wearing an Eleven Hundred Springs gimme cap with a high foam front. Ragged mic hole in Brad’s kick drum. Long red rag hanging from Matthew’s left pocket, has a Fifties Full Service look. Frayed hems of Gordon’s jeans splay around his too flat used car salesman shoes. These are the details that keep me alive between songs.

Downstairs, fetching beers, I hear Mike say, “In Utah they think 88 degrees is hot.” Justin says, “In Berlin they think 87 is.”

Guys, thanks for playing the unicorn number for the encore. Matthew, I love the middle school lead you do on this song. Brad, rumor has it you don’t care too much for playing it, but I like it. You write most of the material — please come up with one titled Guernsey Girl. I know Gordon can sing it.

(photos by Justin Parr)

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On Tuesday, September 8 at 7:30 PM, the Chinati Foundation will host a free lecture by writer Lawrence Weschler at the Crowley Theatre. Admission is free and everyone is invited to attend.

Lawrence Weschler is the author of two books recently published by the University of California Press, both biographical studies of contemporary artists: Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: Thirty Years of Conversations with Robert Irwin (an expanded reissue of his 1982 classic) and True to Life: Twenty-Five Years of Conversations with David Hockney.

Weschler’s 1982 edition of Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees tracked the evolution of Robert Irwin’s approach to art-making as the artist sought, in the 1960s and ’70s, to pare his work down to the simplest and purest elements of perception. The book is now widely regarded as one of the best ever written about an artist. Following its publication, Weschler was contacted by David Hockney, who had read the book and wanted to discuss it with the author. While Hockney was at pains to dispute almost every one of Irwin’s beliefs about art and perception as reported in Seeing is Forgetting, he was nevertheless sufficiently impressed by the book to engage Weschler to write about his own current work with photography.

Weschler has continued to write extensively about Irwin and Hockney over the years, with the two artists, who have never met face to face, conducting a sort of running argument via the author. As Weschler described it in the November/December 2008 issue of The Believer: “[F]or some twenty-five years now, whenever I have written about one or the other of these two giants of contemporary art (arguably the two most significant artists to come out of the late-twentieth-century California art milieu), the other one has called effectively to tell me, “Wrong, wrong, wrong.” The two have never met or conversed in person (straddling that Southern California scene like Schoenberg and Stravinsky before them, each seemingly oblivious to the other’s existence though in fact deeply seized by the work); instead they have been carrying on this quite vivid argument for over two decades, through me, as it were.”

Weschler’s talk at the Crowley Theatre will describe what it has been like, these past twenty-five years, to mediate the ongoing “debate” between Irwin and Hockney.

Lawrence Weschler was a staff writer at The New Yorker from 1981 to 2002. He is the author of many books, including Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonder (1995), which was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Everything that Rises: A Book of Convergences (2006) won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism. Weschler has been the director of the New York Institute for the Humanities at New York University since 2001.

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For more information, please contact:
The Chinati Foundation
1 Cavalry Row
Marfa, TX 79843
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

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