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May 23
SA Children's Museum
TeatroFest
June 2 - 27
Guadalupe Cultural
Arts Center
Shakespeare in the Park
June 3 - 6
SA Botanical Garden
Texas Folklife Festival
June 12 - 14
Institute of Texan Cultures
Il Trovatore
June 12 - 14
Lila Cockrell Theatre
Rumba Dreams
June 13
Carver Community
Cultural Center
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More San Antonio arts and culture events at www.sahearts.com! |
 San Antonio Ragtime Festival
May 16 & 17, 11 am - 5 pm
Market Square
514 W. Commerce
The SA Ragtime Society brings in 8 guest pianists to Market Square for two days of free ragtime music in downtown San Antonio. This music is making a return and drawing visitors from out of state. The next opportunity to see these pianists is at the ragtime festival in Sedalia, Missouri. www.saragtime.com |
 El Mundo Zurdo
May 16 - July 16
Esperanza Peace and Justice Center
922 San Pedro
Exploring the writings and theories of Tejana, chicana, lesbian, feminist, poet, writer, and cultural theorist, Gloria E. Anzaldua, the El Mundo Zurdo visual art exhibition presents artwork reflecting Anzaldua's concepts of border-crossing, borderlands, sexuality, education, spirituality, queer identity, Meztizaje, and Nepantla. www.esperanzacenter.org |
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The Vespers of W.A. Mozart
May 17, 4 pm
Coker United Methodist Church
231 E North Loop Road
The San Antonio Choral Society presents its final concert of the season, Vespers of W.A. Mozart. The concert will feature soloists and will include Vesperae Solenes De Confessore. Now in its 44th season, the Choral Society is an 80-member mixed voice choir of volunteer singers, led by Artistic Director Aaron Hufty. www.sachoralsociety.org |
 The Goat or Who is Sylvia?
Through May 31
Attic Theater
One Trinity Place
With The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, Edward Albee has certainly made good his promise to stir up theatre-goers. The play crosses boundaries of all kinds and raises issues that are so remote from our everyday experiences, we don't even talk about them. After the Thursday, May 21 performance there will be a talk back between the actors, designers, director and the audience. www.atticrep.org |
 The Ties That Bind: 3 Artist's Exploration
Through June 27
Fiber Art Space
1414 S. Alamo St. # 103
San Antonio based fiber artists Lisa Kerpoe, Susie Monday and Linda Rael have collaborated on The Ties That Bind, using textiles to explore physical, emotional and spiritual bonds. These three artists explore how family, symbology, religious customs and mythology overlap and create intricate human stories, using both 2 and 3-dimensional textile forms. www.fiberartspace.com |
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 What's up in SA
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On Saturday, May 16, District 4 Councilman Philip Cortez will join more than 200 volunteers from various organizations and schools to paint multiple murals on and around the Christa McAuliffe Junior High School campus. OCA's own Juan Hernandez, along with the students at the school, designed the two large murals along the interstate turnaround that will help beautify the campus and its surroundings.
OCA has a new employee! Robert (Robb) Wasielewski joins OCA as the new management analyst for the TCC Division. You can reach Robb at Robert.Wasielewski@sanantonio.gov. |
OCA Technical and Economic Development Assistance Program applications are now open. The Technical and Economic Development Assistance Program is designed to assist local not for profit arts and cultural organizations and artists with organizational stability, development and professional growth. For more information, including application and guidelines, visit the web site HERE.
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| April Artist of the Month |
 Get to know San Antonio artists!
The May artist of the month is Stuart Allen.
Stuart Allen is a visual artist whose work deals with fundamental elements of perception such as light, time, gravity and space. His photographs, sculpture and installation have been shown throughout the U.S. and abroad and his work is found in many private and public collections. You can watch Allen talk about his work as part of the River Improvement Project on the May edition of SA Arts Beat, OCA's monthly tv show. (Photo by Mark Menjivar) Read Stuart Allen's interview on www.sahearts.com. |
Art News Headlines |
SAN ANTONIO
Creative economy on a roll
San Antonio Express-News (5/06/09)
William Pack
"Divided and neglected no more, the city's creative sector of artists, designers, art dealers and related professions has developed into something few might have predicted - an economic force. An updated economic impact report on what is called the creative economy in San Antonio estimates it produced almost $3.4 billion in economic activity in 2006, underwriting almost 27,000 jobs and $1 billion in wages."
TEXAS
Blanton Museum names Ned Rifkin, former Smithsonian Under Secretary of Art, as its new director
The Art Newspaper (4/29/09)
András Szántó
Coverage of the arts is migrating online but unless someone is prepared to pay for it, the outlook is uncertain
INTERNATIONAL
Can the arts be the answer for young victims of the recession?The Gu(5/08/09)
Marcus Davey
"The issue is not just the cultural impact - important though that is. We in the arts are in a unique position to appeal to young people and offer them a truly rounded experience of work and employment." | |
