Emvergeoning

Sun, Sep 20
5:00 pm	to	7:00 pm

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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