events + openings September 2011 |
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| West End 1st Thursday September 1 1st Thursday Gallery Night Open until 8 pm |
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| Austin Museum of Art Saturday, September 3, 2 pm Public Tours First Saturdays All programs take place at AMOADowntown and are free with Museum admission unless otherwise noted. For more information go to http://www.amoa.org/ |
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| Visual Arts Center - UT September 6, 7 pm Blanton Auditorium Artist Talk with Mika Tajima |
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| Austin Museum of Art Thursday, September 8, 7-8:30 pm Film: Objectified Objectified (2009) is a documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and the people who design them. Director Gary Hustwit, the maker of Helvetica, looks at the creativity behind everything from toothbrushes to tech gadgets. Q & A with Dr. Jeffrey Meikle, professor of UT Art History and American Studies who is currently writing Design in the U.S. for the "Oxford History of Art" series. |
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| Harry Ransom Center Friday, September 9, 6 pm Opening reception Banned, Burned, Seized, and Censored Join us for "Uncensored," the opening reception for the exhibitions Banned, Burned, Seized, and Censored and The Greenwich Village Bookshop Door: A Portal to Bohemia, 1920–1925. Free for Ransom Center members; $20 for non-members. Join, renew, and view details at www.hrc.utexas.edu/uncensored. |
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| Gallery Shoal Creek Friday, September 9, 6-8 pm Opening reception KATIE MARATTA SANDRA PRATT KATHARINA LINK |
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| Visual Arts Center - UT September 9, 6 –9 pm Visual Arts Center Opening reception Mika Tajima: The Architect's Garden Queer State(s) Ezra Masch: Music of the Spheres Jamie Isenstein: " " |
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| Visual Arts Center - UT September 9, 9 pm Southeast Lawn of the Art Building Fade In: Pandora's Box For the first Fall 2011 edition of Fade In, the VAC presents G.W Pabst's controversial melodrama, Pandora's Box. This iconic 1929 silent film will run continuously on a loop until midnight each evening through October 29. |
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| Austin Museum of Art September 10, 1-4 pm PATTERNED WALL HANGINGS Drop in and create! $10 per family; $5 member families Explore the world of fabric-making as we design and dye our own patterned art in the style of Alexander Girard! Don't miss performances of songs from the 1950s and '60s by the Austin Children's Choir at 1pm and 2pm! |
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| Arthouse at the Jones Center September 10, 2 pm Talking Art with Matthew Thompson The Anxiety of Photography The Anxiety of Photography includes works by fourteen emerging and mid-career artists working in the medium. Matthew Thompson, curator of the exhibition and Associate Curator at the Aspen Art Museum talks about the show. Presented with the Austin Museum of Art. |
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| Wally Workman Gallery Saturday, September 10, 6-8 pm Opening Reception JAN HEATON: Tranquillo |
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| Davis Gallery Saturday, September 10, 7-9 pm Opening reception Reclamations |
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| Arthouse at the Jones Center September 14, 6 pm Arthouse Talks: Rachel Adams on The Anxiety of Photography The Anxiety of Photography Rachel Adams will lead an insightful 20 minute talk on The Anxiety of Photography. Presented with the Austin Museum of Art. |
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| Visual Arts Center - UT September 14, 7 pm Visual Arts Center Centerpiece Theater: Close Encounters of the Third Kind In conjunction with the exhibition Music of the Spheres, Centerpiece Theater presents Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Steven Spielberg's classic film follows a cable worker who, after he encounters a UFO, becomes obsessed with a vision in his head of a mountain and finding out what it represents. |
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| Women & Their Work Thursday, September 15, 6-7 pm VIP Pre Spree & Champagne Hour VIP Pre Spree details September 15, 7-10 pm Red Dot Art Spree & Silent Auction Red Dot Art Spree details Read more |
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| Visual Arts Center - UT September 16, 6–8 pm Arbor Gallery of the Art Building Center Space Project's "Bake Sale" Fundraiser Center Space Project (CSP) is holding a bake sale! As a twist on the traditional fundraiser, the student organization will be distributing art about food. After collecting bite-sized art submissions from the extended CSP community, the students will host a fundraiser event where CSP supporters can walk away with a homemade work of art for only $10! Proceeds from Bake Sale will support future Center Space exhibitions. Refreshments provided. For more information on Center Space Project, visit www.utvac.org/students |
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| Arthouse at the Jones Center Wednesday, September 21, 7:30pm Rooftop Architecture Film Series Pomerol, Herzog & de Meuron (2010, NR) directed by Ila Beka & Louise Lemoine. running time: 70 minutes Free admission for Arthouse members $10 for non-members Read more |
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| Visual Arts Center - UT September 22, 12 pm The Arcade Lunch Break: 13 Most Beautiful...Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests The screening of 13 Most Beautiful is organized in response to Jamie Isenstein's " ". Bring your lunchtime goodies and join the VAC for this first ever-authorized DVD of Andy Warhol's films, complete with newly commissioned soundtracks from The Andy Warhol Museum by Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips. |
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| Harry Ransom Center Thursday, September 22, 7 pm Jessen Auditorium Harry Ransom Lecture Legendary Magnum photographer Elliott Erwitt discusses his life and work. The Magnum Photos collection resides at the Ransom Center. Presented by the University Co-op. Ransom Center members receive complimentary parking and priority entry. |
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| Visual Arts Center - UT September 23/24, 7 pm Visual Arts Center Before This Was Texas, an in-progress showing The Generic Ensemble Company stretches the boundaries of both form and content through a collaborative process that presents bodies that are still marginal in U.S. theatre and dance today in performance. Using collaborative ensemble work to create dramatic movement based on poetry by Austin-based poet, Kimberly Alidio, Before This Was Texas explores bodies crossing borders and our relationship to Central Texas. |
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| Russell Collection Fine Art Saturday, September 24, 6-9 pm Reception with Christine Argillet Salvador Dali: The Argillet Collection RSVP requested: 512-478-4440 |
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| Visual Arts Center - UT September 25, 12–4 pm Visual Arts Center Austin Museum Day The VAC is proud to participate in Austin Museum Day featuring free exhibitions and activities at more than 30 participating museums across town. For more information on Austin Museum Day, visit www.austinmuseums.org |
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| Women & Their Work September 25, 12-5 pm Austin Museum Day Presented in conjunction with the Austin Museum Partnership Join us on Sunday for family friendly activities like a game of "I SPY" in the huge Red Dot exhibit. |
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| Harry Ransom Center September 25, 12-5 pm Austin Museum Day Visit the Ransom Center's exhibitions during Austin Museum Day. Docent-led tours begin at noon, 2 p.m., and 4 p.m. |
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| Visual Arts Center - UT September 27, 5 pm Vaulted Gallery Lecture: Herman Miller, Inc. and Knoll's color palettes from the 1950s Presented in conjunction with The Architect's Garden, Dr. Nancy Kwallek, Gene Edward Mikesa Endowed Chair in Interior Design and Director of the Interior Design Program at UT Austin, uses Herman Miller and Knoll as examples to discuss the impact of color on our senses. This lecture relates to discussions between Dr. Kwallek and Mika Tajima on interior design, architecture, and modernism. |
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| Harry Ransom Center Tuesday, September 27, 7 pm Curator Tour Assistant Director and Curator for Academic Programs Danielle Brune Sigler leads a tour of Banned, Burned, Seized, and Censored. |
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| grayDUCK Gallery Friday, September 30, 7-9 pm Opening reception PATTERN PLAN Dameon Lester, Jessica McCambly & L. Renee Nunez |
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