events + openings February 2012 |
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| Women & Their Work Wednesday, February 1, 7 pm The Art of Self Tracking with Laurie Frick Laurie Frick: Quantify Me Join us for a conversation with artist Laurie Frick. Frick will give a visual presentation and then we'll have an open discussion about self tracking and the work on view in the exhibition "Quantify Me." |
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| West End 1st Thursday February 2 1st Thursday Gallery Night Open until 8 pm |
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| Arthouse at the Jones Center Saturday, February 4, 2 pm Talking Art Evidence of Houdini's Return Join artists Sterling Allen and J. Parker Valentine, from Evidence of Houdini's Return, for a gallery talk about abstraction related to their works in the exhibition. |
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| Wally Workman Gallery Saturday, February 4, 6-8 pm Opening Reception Ian Shults | New Works |
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| Visual Arts Center - UT Thursday, February 9, 6:30 pm Art Building, Room 1.110 Two Ships Passing with Andy Campbell, Art History Lecturer, Texas State University The first talk in Two Ships Passing concerns the methods of dealing with the profusion of pictures in magazines, photographs, the Internet, documents, and other assorted ephemera—instead a single work of art. This conversation explores the idea that artists and historians today see far more images much more quickly than they did a few decades ago and the ways of sifting through and studying an abundance of images have changed in response. |
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| AMOA - Laguna Gloria Thursday, February 9, 7-8 pm Laguna Gloria Film: Spiral Jetty Two Takes on One Space: Lauren Fensterstock and Steve Wiman Artist Lauren Fensterstock draws inspiration from diverse artistic engagements with landscape, including 1970s Earthworks. Delve deeper into the land art movement with the film Spiral Jetty (1970), a portrait of Robert Smithson's monumental work. |
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| AMOA - Laguna Gloria Saturday, February 11, 12-3 pm Laguna Gloria Paper Sculpture and Puppets Make your own paper sculpture inspired by the art of Lauren Fensterstock, on display in the Villa at Laguna Gloria. And the Austin Public Library's Literature Live! will be bringing a storybook to life in a puppet show at 1pm. Drop in and create! $10 per family; $5 member families |
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| Arthouse at the Jones Center Thursday, February 15, 6 pm Talking Art Evidence of Houdini's Return Join Andrea Mellard, Curator of Exhibitions and Public Programs, for a free and insightful 20-minute talk on Evidence of Houdini's Return. |
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| Visual Arts Center - UT February 16, noon The Arcade Lunch Break: Yellow Ox Mountain (2007, NR, 27 min.) Further exploring issues pertaining to the exhibition Across the Divide, the VAC presents Yellow Ox Mountain. China's inescapably turbulent political atmosphere from the Cultural Revolution to the Tiananmen Square incident in 1989 stipulated a movement of contemporary Chinese artists' diaspora to New York City. Yellow Ox Mountain is a short documentary that reflects on the artistic endeavors and the personal journeys of two such artists—Zhang Hongtu (b. 1943) and Zhang Jian-Jun (b. 1955). Across the Divide |
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| Harry Ransom Center Wednesday, February 17, 6:30 pm The King James Bible: Its History and Influence Central Market, North Lamar COOKING CLASS Enjoy dinner and cooking demonstrations by Central Market Cooking School Chef Louis Ortiz as he recreates dishes from the era of Shakespeare and the exhibition The King James Bible: Its History and Influence. Pre-payment and registration required at www.centralmarket.com. |
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| Arthouse at the Jones Center Friday, February 24, 7 pm Special Screening by Jeanne Liotta Jeanne Liotta presents a selection of various works in 16mm film and digital video in which appear transmissions of energetic and material subjects such as landscape, abstraction, the historical archive, science, natural philosophy, and the virtual sublime. |
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| Visual Arts Center - UT February 25, 2-4 pm Mezzanine Gallery A Conversation on Printmaking Against the backdrop of the New Prints 2011 exhibition, a selected panel will participate in a conversation about the fine art print. Offered in conjunction with the Printmaking Convergence Program, this event will be moderated by UT's Ken Hale and Leonard Lehrer, featuring printmakers Bill Hall, Miguel Aragón and others. New Prints 2011 |
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| Visual Arts Center - UT February 29, 6:30 pm Art Building, Room 1.102 16mm: Experimental films, in response to Dubforms Introduction by filmmaker Scott Stark Featuring: Viking Eggeling, Symphonie Diagonale (1924), B&W, 8 min Harry Smith, Early Abstractions (1946-1952), Color, 23 min Stan Vanderbeek, Symmetricks (1972), B&W, 7 min Ernie Gehr, Serene Velocity (1970), Color, 23 min Justin Boyd: Dubforms |
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