 October is National Arts and Humanities Month. National Arts and Humanities Month (NAHM) is a coast-to-coast
collective celebration of culture in America. Held every October and
coordinated by Americans for the Arts, it is the largest annual
celebration of the arts and humanities in the nation. Find out how you can be involved!
If you have news or announcements, let us know! Email Linsey at linsey.whitehead@sanantonio.gov.
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 October Artist of the Month
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October Artist of the Month is Jesse Treviño.
Sebastian sits down to talk with Jesse Treviño about his life as an artist and his upcoming retrospective Jesse Trevino: Mi Vida at the Museo Alameda. Watch the full interview here. |
  Robb and Linsey visit local college
radio stations KRTU, at Trinity, and KSYM at San Antonio College to get
a behind the scenes look at college radio in San Antonio and its
relationship with the local music scene. Watch HERE! |
 SA ArtsBeatOn this episode of SA ArtsBeat, Sebastian sits down to talk with Jesse Treviño about his life as an artist. Sebastian also talks to International Accordion Festival director, Pat Jasper, about the importance of the Festival to San Antonio, and this years exciting line-up. Dia de los Muertos is also coming up on the Fall Art Festival calendar. Make sure to catch the end of the show for a special Dia de los Muertos video from Say Si! |
SAN ANTONIO
Central Library's Chihuly going into storage
San Antonio Express News (10/15/09)
Jim Kiest
"Central Library will have a little less sparkle for the next year or so. Fiesta Tower, the multicolored glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly that was installed in the library in 2003, will be put into storage for about a year."
TEXAS
Rice students' design could revolutionize art storage
Houston Chronicle (10/19/09)
Douglas Britt
"When you visit a museum, you see the artworks curators have chosen for you to see. But thousands more pieces are in storage at any given time. What if you could catch a glimpse of them behind the scenes? That's a potential payoff of a storage-system prototype developed by Rice University students for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, which is adopting the new system."
NATIONAL
Arts Education and Graduation Rates
New York Times (10/18/09)
Rachel Lee Harris
"In a report to be released on Monday the nonprofit Center for Arts Education found that New York City high schools with the highest graduation rates also offered students the most access to arts education."
INTERNATIONAL
China in worldwide treasure hunt for artefacts looted from Yuan Ming Yuan palace
Times Online (10/20/09)
Jane Macartney
"China is to send a team of artefact hunters to nearly 50 countries to track down thousands of treasures looted by foreign armies 150 years ago."
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