ArtBeat San Antonio - July 4, 2008

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July 4 2008

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Josiah Youth
Media Festival
July 10 - 12
URBAN-15 Studios

Cactus Pear
Music Festival
July 10 - 20
Various Locations

The Mystery of Irma Vep
July 10 - 27
Cameo Theatre

Gemini Ink's Summer
Literary Festival
July 11 - 28

Thoroughly
Modern Millie
July 18 - Aug 24
San Pedro Playhouse

Entre la Carpa/
Inside the Tent
July 25 - August 30
Bihl Haus Arts

Opportunities

San Pedro
Playhouse Auditions

GEMINI INK seeks
Development Associate

Fiesta 2009
Poster Contest

St. Mary's: Technical
Director/Designer

Casting Call:
SAY Si short films

Find more
opportunities here!

Enter the
SAHEARTS
Arts Essay Contest!
Deadline July 24

Arts Highlights

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Flamenco Fridays
July 4, 8pm
Main Plaza
Commerce & Soledad

July kicks off Main Plaza's Flamenco Fridays, a live music and dance performance. Flamenco Fridays awakens emotions and longings for the essence of Spain with fresh engaging performances dedicated to preserving the art of flamenco. In an intimate outdoor setting, the audience will experience a vast array of styles, colorful traditional costumes as they feel the passion of Spanish flamenco driven to the beat of the classical guitar and the clicking of castanets. www.mainplaza.org

Artists Conversation Series: Bettie Ward
July 8, 6:30pm
San Antonio Museum of Art
200 West Jones Avenue

To celebrate San Antonio's Contemporary Art Month, The Brown Foundation Curator of Contemporary Art, David S. Rubin, will conduct informal conversations Tuesdays in July with artists in the Museum's collection. On July 8 he sits down with Bettie Ward to discuss her work. Other artists of the month include Vernon Fisher, Andrew Young and David Zamora Casas. For the full schedule visit www.samuseum.org.

Gi-Normous Prints
Through August 17
StoneMetal Press Gallery
1420 S. Alamo, #104

Gi-Normous Prints features a selection of 4'x 8' steamrolled prints from StoneMetal Press' large scale print projects. Artists include Alex Rubio, Luis Valderas, Paul Karam, Bernice Williams, Katie Pell and Hebron Chism. The exhibition also features a series of woodcuts by Regina Sanders from PrintDance, a collaboration between StoneMetal Press and Modacolab printed by the movements of modern dancers performing on the plates, and large scale woodcuts from YuthCrue, StoneMetal Press' printmaking project with the youth of the Cyndi Taylor Krier Juvenile Correctional Treatment Center. Reception July 10 from 6 - 9 pm. www.stonemetal-press.com

BRAVO! an evening of song and dance
Through July 24
Arneson River Theatre
418 La Villita

This evening of song and dance is a variety show for all ages set in historic Arneson River Theater in La Villita. BRAVO! features award winning summer dance performances, featuring the Parks and Recreation Department's dance troupes. Experience the colorful, traditional costumes and dramatic performance. Absorb the drama of traditional folkloric numbers, such as the Mexican Hat Dance and Mexican Polkas danced to the unique rhythms of the accordion. High energy jazz and tap routines round out an evening of moving and memorable entertainment. www.sanantonio.gov/parksandrec

Blue Star 23: Playing with Time
Through August 17
Blue Star Contemporary Art Center
116 Blue Star

Blue Star Contemporary Art Center celebrates twenty-three years with the "Blue Star 23: Playing with Time" exhibit curated by David S. Rubin. The exhibition includes recent works by both established and emerging area artists who use time or space as major themes in their work. Many of the artists combine references to the past and the present, and at times the future. www.bluestarart.org

More San Antonio arts and culture events at www.sahearts.com!

July Artist of the Month

Get to know local San Antonio artists! The May artist of the month is Rolando Brise�o.

Rolando Brise�o's public art commissions can be found worldwide, including projects at the Houston Intercontinental Airport, a dynamic sculptural installation at the North White Plains Railroad Station, commissioned by MTA Arts For Transit, and Metro North, NYC, as well as a piece commemorating the 300th anniversary of the founding of the city of San Antonio. Future public art commissions include covered walkways for three bridges over the San Antonio River as part of the Museum Reach project, the Terminal Expansion Project at San Antonio International Airport and projects at two Houston Metropolitan Transit Authority rapid transit stations.

Find out more about Rolando Brise�o here, including how you can see his work in person during CAM!

Art News Headlines

SAN ANTONIO

First Friday fallout
The Current (07/02/08)
Jennifer Herrera
"Southtown residents fear the ghost of the old St. Mary's Strip"

TEXAS

Cowan, Parker Honored
Tyler Morning Telegraph (07/03/08)
"Texas artist Jack Cowan was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award and Texas Parks & Wildlife Commissioner John Parker of Lufkin was presented with the 2008 Man of the Year Award at Recreational Fishing Alliance's (RFA) annual Texas banquet recently in Clear Lake."

NATIONAL

Preservation program to prepare museums for disasters
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal (06/19/08)
Emily le Coz
"Five museums each in Mississippi, Ohio, and Texas were selected to participate in a national pilot program of the organization Heritage Preservation to protect their collections against disaster."

INTERNATIONAL

Earnings, education linked to evenings out: Statistics Canada
CBC News (06/26/08)
"The more money you make and the more education you have, the more likely you are to go to movies, plays or concerts, says a Statistics Canada study released Thursday. The report also suggests that the type of job a person has influences their choice to attend cultural events."

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