Luminaria Arts Night
Posted by ben on 25 Nov 2007 at 01:40 pm | Tagged as: arts organizations, opportunities, upcoming events
San Antonio mayor Phil Hardberger has thrown his weight behind a downtown “arts night” called Luminaria to take place on March 15, 2008. A few people in San Antonio’s grassroots contemporary art scene are trying to make sure that this community is involved. Jason Stevens (of Potter-Belmar Labs) has started a Luminaria blog to give some information on the event until the official site is up. Jason has posted a map showing where the event will take place on Houston Street, an artist proposal form, and more details about the event and how it is being organized.
There have been rumors that out of a $200,000 budget, no money for this event was set aside for artists. These rumors appear to be false, and money will be available for artists to cover expenses, although not for honorariums. We’ll try to keep you posted on future developments.
UPDATE: As noted in comments, the official Lumaria web site is now up and running.
nice work, jason.
this shouldn’t be read as a diss, but i consider this more proof (see: C.A.M.) that the grassroots/artists continue to get things done faster/better/cheaper than municipal institutions are capable of. of course, jason didn’t have to work by committee…
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There is an informational site up for Luminaria at http://www.luminariasa.com including a mailing list option for announcements on updates to the Web site as information becomes available. The site’s information and design will be updated often over the next several weeks and months as we continue to finalize details.
at least jason’s site works ;)