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A part of you, Parte de ti   June 19, 2009

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SAFILM - San Antonio
Film Festival
June 25 - 28
HemisFair Park

Erin Furimsky: Surfaces
June 27
Southwest School of Art & Craft

Contemporary Art Month
July 2009
City-Wide

Texas Drawing Invitational
July 2 - Sept 6
Southwest School
of Art & Craft

Cactus Pear Music Festival
July 9 - 19
Our Lady of the Lake

Summer Literary Festival
July 10 - 27
Gemini Ink

Humanness Thereafter
July 11 - Aug 5
Gallista Gallery

2009 Conjunto Tardeada
July 25
Maverick Plaza

Opportunities

Arts Highlights

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

June Juneteenth
June 19 & 20
City-Wide

JUNE 19: Juneteenth Across Generations: The event features a documentary film on Obama inauguration, reenactments, entertainment and a lecture by Trinity University History professor Dr. Carey Latimore. Carver Community Cultural Center, 226 N. Hackberry. 210.779.8604. Juneteenth Family Picnic: (June 19 & 20) For over a decade, the San Antonio Juneteenth Association has treated San Antonio to some of the best national old school acts in the nation to celebrate Juneteenth. The event features food, local bands, gospel groups and choirs and family fun. Comanche Park 2600 Rigsby Ave www.juneteenthsanantonio.com JUNE 20: Juneteenth Parade: The Juneteenth Freedom Parade begins at 10 am from the Martin Luther King statue at E. Houston and S. New Braunfels, culminating at the Davis-Scott YMCA. Program and festivities follow. JUNE 21: Juneteenth on the River, Arneson River Theater at La Villita, 6-10 pm ONGOING: Juneteenth Display (June 12-20) Learn more about Juneteenth and the Great Emancipator, Abraham Lincoln.  Collins Garden Library www.mysapl.org
Main PlazaMain Plaza's Cine Mundo & Slab Cinema
Present an Indian Film Festival
June 19 & 20
Main Plaza
Commerce & Soledad

Cine Mundo presents a two-day Indian Film Fest on June 19 & 20; Featuring Darjeeling Unlimited & Saawariya. You'll find Bollywood in the heart of San Antonio. www.mainplazaconservancy.org
Pastel 2nd Annual All Member Pastel Art Show
Through June 20
Coppini Academy of Fine Art
115 Melrose Place

The Texas Pastel Society presents a one of a kind event in south Texas. Brilliant pastel paintings by the members in landscapes, portraits, still lifes and more. www.texaspastelsociety.com

Cameo The Fourth Wall
Through June 28
Cameo Theatre
1123 E. Commerce

Peggy has redecorated her living room and her husband Roger can't stand it. The room has been redone as though it were a stage set. Everything in the room faces one wall (The Fourth Wall). Everyone who enters the room behaves as though they were on stage, even to the point that people feel the urge to burst into a Cole Porter song (or five). Julia begins to suspect there are mysterious people-and possibly a much better, more exciting world-waiting for her just beyond the plaster. www.cameocenter.com
Alamo Phantom of the Alamo
Through July 24
The Magik Theatre
420 S Alamo

A hilarious mix of musical theatre and Texas history, Phantom is a hit for locals and tourists of all ages. The play features the wonderful finale "The 13 Days of the Alamo," where each day is portrayed through a parody of different Broadway hits. Join the Phantom, Chrissy, Raspa Boy and many others as they discover the legends of San Antonio's most famous attraction - the Alamo! www.magiktheatre.org

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FundingNewsFunding News
 
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.
 
AOTMJune Artist of the Month

SA OperaThe June Artist of the Month is Enrique Patrón De Rueda.

One of the most recognizable talents in the world of opera, Enrique Patrón De Rueda has an impressive list of credentials including appointments as the head of the Orchestra at the Theatre of Bellas Artes, Artistic Director of the National Opera Company, Artistic Director of the Seasonal Opera Concerto of the Philharmonic Orchestra of the City of Mexico and Artistic Director for the Sinaloan Cultural Festival. Maestro Patron is currently Principal Visiting Conductor for the San Antonio Opera.

Find out more about Maestro Patron and San Antonio Opera's performance of Il Trovatore HERE.
NewsArt News Headlines
TEXAS
 
The city of El Paso unveiled new public art
Glasstire (6/18/09)
Bill Davenport
"The city of El Paso unveiled a twin-pyramid rammed-earth sculpture by Minnesota artist Janet Lofquist yesterday. The piece, layered from local dirt, discarded aluminum beverage cans, and shredded rubber from automotive tires, is titled Two Mountains and reclines in front of the city's new Municipal Service Center."

NATIONAL
 
Study Finds Instruction in Art Lags in 8th Grade
New York Times (6/15/09)
Sam Dillon
"Music and art instruction in American eighth-grade classrooms has remained flat over the last decade, according to a new survey by the Department of Education, and one official involved in the survey called student achievement in those subjects "mediocre."

INTERNATIONAL

What will thieves do with Picasso's notebook?
Miami Herald (6/14/09)
"A red notebook of 33 pencil drawings by Pablo Picasso stolen from the Paris museum bearing his name will be hard for thieves to sell, France's culture minister says."
 

 
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