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Creative Capital 2009 Artist Professional Development Retreat May 29-31, 2009
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April 2009
Citywide
Chicago New Arts TrioApril 2 UTSA Recital Hall 25th Anniversary of
The House on
Mango StreetApril 3 Central Library Piano InternacionalApril 3 & 4 Majestic Theatre 2009 Fiesta Exhibit
April 4 - August 7 Witte Museum Frost/NixonApril 7 - 12 Majestic Theatre Family Day:
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April 11 Artpace - San Antonio Bluebonnet ConcertApril 17 Radius | |
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More San Antonio arts and culture events at www.sahearts.com! |
 Lila Downs
March 27, 6 pm
Sunken Gardens Theater
3875 N. St. Marys Street
Lila Downs, Grammy-nominated cantante internacional, is known for blending her indigenous Mexican musical roots with soulful U.S. rhythms. In her new album and tour, Lila and her band add the sounds of Louisiana and Texas into songs that honor the spirit and struggles of women, immigrants, and working people across the Americas. San Antonio is Lila's only Texas stop on her national tour. Joining Lila on stage at Sunken Garden Theater will be San Antonio performers Azul, Las Tesoros del Westside and Mariachi Las Alteńas. www.esperanzacenter.org |
 Double Concerto
March 27 & 28
Majestic Theatre
208 E. Houston Street
Violinist Sarah Chang comes to the Majestic Theatre with conductor Andrew Grams to perform a concert of Gypsy-flavored favorites. Hungarian composer Béla Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra, his final work for orchestra alone, is a musical tour-de-force that showcases every instrument on stage. Chang plays Brahms' uplifting Violin Concerto - a luminous masterpiece that explores the many extremes of human emotion. www.sasymphony.org |
 A Place to Stand
March 27 - April 5
St. Philip's College
1801 Martin Luther King Drive
"A Place to Stand" is the compelling story of an African-American family struggling to survive in the contemporary American urban landscape. It is a story told with original music by Jake Owen and dances are choreographed by Georgina Morgan. Following the opening night performance, John Martin, a member of the Staff for Student Life at St. Philips College and Jamaica Bates Neal, a former student now at St. Mary's University majoring in communications will moderate a 'talkback' with the audience, exploring some of the issues raised by the play. 210.486.2704 |
 Dignowity Hill Pushcart Derby
March 28, 5 pm
Dignowity Hill Park
700 Nolan
At this annual event, San Antonio artists and local organizations enter their uniquely-designed pushcarts in Cruz Ortiz' public art project. Teams will test the laws of science at the fifth annual Dignowity Hill Pushcart Derby. Emceed by actor Marisela Barrera, the event includes live entertainment by DJ JJ Lopez. www.myspace.com/dignowity |
 Chicago New Arts Trio
April 2
UTSA Recital Hall, 1604 Campus
One UTSA Circle
The UTSA Department of Music invites you to a concert featuring new music performed by the Chicago New Arts Trio (soprano, piano, flute), and the return of long-time San Antonio composer/pianist Misook Kim, who is a part of the trio. In addition to Dr. Kim's large-scale work "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird," there will be recent works by Jennifer Higdon, Thea Musgrave, Jake Heggie and Nancy Telfer. 210-458-5685 |
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April is Poetry Month. April 1 kicks off Poetry Month with SLAM THE TOWN! Email, fax, text or hand copies of poems - poems you like, poems you find important of beautiful or necessary, poems you're written, poems that people should read TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW! All we ask is that on the bottom of the page on every poem you send out please include the following: "APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH in San Antonio over 60 events the month-long. For a complete calendar: www.sahearts.com." Download a calendar HERE. 2009 Official City Fiesta Medal on sale. The 2009 medal was inspired by artist Angel Rodriguez-Diaz's 2008 public art project, The Beacon. The medal's design motif is a direct replica of the oxidized steel 28-foot-tall illuminated sculpture that sits at the roundabout at Blanco Road and Fulton Street in the Beacon Hill Neighborhood. This is the fifth in a series of limited edition Fiesta medals created by City to feature public art projects from across San Antonio. The medal is available at the City's Visitor Information Center located downtown at 317 Alamo Plaza and the Fiesta Store located at 2611 Broadway. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the medals support the maintenance of public art in San Antonio through the City's Public Art & Design Enhancement Program. For more information, call 354-2788. If you have news or announcements, let us know! Email Linsey at linsey.whitehead@sanantonio.gov. |
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Arts Funding News |
OCA Arts Funding Division FY 2010 Project Funding Workshops:
Saturday - March 28, 9 am
114 W. Commerce, Plaza Rm. B
Tuesday - March 31, 8:30 am
114 W. Commerce, Plaza Rm. B
ALL WORKSHOPS TIMES and LOCATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Application Deadline for On-line applications: Friday, April 10, 4 pm
Deadline for Support Materials: Monday, April 20, 4 pm
For more information please visit the Funding web site HERE or call 210.207.6963. |
| March Artist of the Month |
 Get to know San Antonio artists! The March artist of the month is actor/director Mellissa Marlowe.
Mellissa Marlowe is a performer and director for the theatre, who specializes in bringing new works to the stage and adapting classics for modern audiences. She has performed in over forty productions in the San Antonio area, and has directed more than twenty plays.
In her interview with SAHEARTS Mellissa talks about the San Antonio arts community, Luminaria, and current and future projects. Find out more and read the interview with Mellissa here. |
Art News Headlines |
SAN ANTONIO
The lighting thief
The San Antonio Current (3/18/09)
Kelcie Prodger
"In late August 2008, McAllen Arts Council member and Voices of Art publisher David Freeman contacted Blue Star Director and sculptor Bill FitzGibbons to congratulate the artist on his "public art commission in McAllen." FitzGibbons was perplexed. Unbeknownst to him, an artwork with nearly identical qualities to FitzGibbons's local "Light Channels" had been installed in an Expressway 83 underpass in the South Texas boomtown."
TEXAS
Galveston's DesignWorks reopens
March 20, 2009
"Galveston's DesignWorks reopens Saturday, with a gallery-artists show titled, appropriately enough, Return. Rebuild. Renew."
NATIONAL
Problems Persist, but Arts Advocates See Progress Under Obama
The New York Times (3/24/09)
Robin Pogrebin
"Washington continues to be consumed by economic turmoil, but cultural professionals say they are cautiously optimistic about the future of the arts under President Obama. Among the positive signs: The $50 million in stimulus money going to the National Endowment for the Arts, the additional $10 million for the Endowment in the recent omnibus spending bill and the decision to give a White House official responsibility for arts and culture, though this has yet to be announced."
INTERNATIONAL
Getty Ex-Curator Testifies in Rome Antiquities Trial
The New York Times (3/20/09)
Elisabetta Povoledo
"In a court appearance on Friday, Marion True, the former curator of antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, defended herself against accusations that she knowingly bought antiquities that had been illegally excavated."
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