events + openings November 2011 |
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| Visual Arts Center - UT November 1, 10am – 6:30 pm Art Building, Room 1.120 Art in Practice: Aaron Baker, Curator of the Playboy Collection This edition of Art in Practice invites Aaron Baker, Curator of the Playboy Collection, to delve into the specifics of his role as an archivist and advocate of original artworks by 20th century icons, such as Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, Franz Kline, Salvador Dali, and Alberto Vargas. A working artist in addition to his role as a curator, Baker's unique position in maintaining the legacy of the Playboy Collection's name makes him an extraordinary lecturer, allowing unique access to the often-unexpected occupations that exist in today's art world. |
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| Arthouse at the Jones Center Wednesday November 2, 6pm Talking Art with LOBBY Projects artist, Carlos Rosales-Silva Read more |
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| ART on 5th November 3, 6-8 pm 1st Thursday Jenny Meyer: Cool Pop |
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| Harry Ransom Center Thursday,November 3, 7 pm Jessen Auditorium Performance Isaiah Sheffer of Selected Shorts, heard on public radio stations across America, hosts an evening of readings from works featured in the exhibition Banned, Burned, Seized, and Censored. |
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| West End 1st Thursday November 3 1st Thursday Gallery Night Open until 8 pm |
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| Visual Arts Center - UT November 4, 6 –8 pm Opening reception Visual Arts Center The Mobile Archive: Video Selections from the Israeli Center for Digital Art Looking for a Fight |
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| Visual Arts Center - UT November 4, 8 pm Southeast Lawn of the Art Building Fade In: Video selections from The Mobile Archive The Mobile Archive is a project initiated in 2007 as a sister project to the Israeli Center for Digital Art's video archive that holds over 2,000 video and multimedia works in Holon, Israel. Various works from The Mobile Archive have been curated for this special Fade In edition and will run continuously on a loop until midnight each evening through December 17. More selections from the archive are presented as a video library in The Arcade of the VAC. |
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| Austin Museum of Art Saturday, November 5, 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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| grayDUCK Gallery Saturday, November 5, 7-9 pm Opening reception WAPATUI K.C. Collins, Cheryl Finfrock, Karl Frey, Emily E. Galusha, Satch Grimley, DC Ice, Laura Jennings, Megan Kimber, Suchitra Mattai, Casey Polacheck, Amy Rice, Pat Snow, Jeffrey Swanson, Jason Webb, Cathie Joy Young |
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| Arthouse at the Jones Center November 9, 6 pm Arthouse Talks: Jennie Lamensdorf on The Anxiety of Photography The Anxiety of Photography Jennie Lamensdorf will lead an insightful 20 minute talk on the current exhibition, The Anxiety of Photography. Presented with the Austin Museum of Art. |
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| Flatbed Press Wednesday, November 9, 6-9 pm Gravure Party - ACL Poster RSVP Read more |
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| Visual Arts Center - UT November 9, 7 pm The Arcade Centerpiece Theater: !Women Art Revolution In conjunction with the exhibition Looking for a Fight, Centerpiece Theater presents !Women Art Revolution. The documentary looks at the history and impact of the feminist art movement using interviews that director Lynn Hershman Leeson has conducted over the last forty years with artists and scholars, including Judy Chicago, Martha Rosler, and the Guerrilla Girls. |
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| Gallery Shoal Creek Friday, November 11, 6-8 pm Opening reception Marc Burckhardt + Gustavo Torres |
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| Austin Museum of Art November 12, 12-3 pm Second Saturdays are for Families Eleanor's Secret, the second installment in our Family Film Series, is a beautifully designed adventure in which a boy's newfound ability to read not only sets his imagination free, but saves the day! After the movie, practice setting your imagination free with a unique art activity. Recommended for ages 3-8. Drop in and create! $10 per family; $5 member families |
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| Visual Arts Center - UT November 15, 12 pm The Arcade Lunch Break: Slacker The screening of the 1990s independent film, Slacker is organized in response to Mika Tajima's The Architect's Garden. Bring your lunchtime goodies and join the VAC for Richard Linklater's episodic portrait of a distinct vernacular culture and a prescient look at an emerging generation of aggressive nonparticipants. Introduced by Aimee Chang, Manager of Public Programs at the Blanton Museum of Art and curator of The Architect's Garden. |
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| Harry Ransom Center Thursday,November 17, 7 pm Jessen Auditorium Discussion Steve Bercu of BookPeople, Susan Post of BookWoman, and Russell Etchen of Domy Books discuss the future of independent bookstores in Austin and beyond. |
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| Champion November 17, 7-9 pm Opening reception Jonathan Faber: Idle |
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| Visual Arts Center - UT November 18, 6-8 pm Opening reception Visual Arts Center MAKE Faculty Exhibition: Part One |
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| Women & Their Work Saturday, November 19, 12-9 pm Gallery Shop Tax-Free Day This is the Holiday Kick-off Celebration, too. The Gallery Shop will be larger and full of new gifts for the giving season. Come see jewelry from nationally known artisans, shawls and scarves from all over the world, and gifts for men, teens, and children, too. |
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| Women & Their Work Saturday, November 19, 7-9 pm Opening Reception Jasmyne Graybill: Home Sweet Home |
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| Harry Ransom Center Monday,November 21, 7:30 pm Bates Recital Hall Performance The New Music Ensemble performs pieces including Edith Sitwell and William Walton's composition, Façade (1922), introduced by Robert Freeman, Susan Menefee Ragan Regents Professor of Fine Arts. The Edith Sitwell collection, including material from Façade, is housed at the Ransom Center. |
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| Visual Arts Center - UT November 29, 7 pm Art Building, Room 1.102 Special screening of documentary film MAKE The documentary MAKE is an intimate journey into the lives of four American self-taught artists: Prophet Royal Robertson, Hawkins Bolden, Judith Scott, and Ike Morgan. All of theses artists find their most powerful voice through art. Directed by department alumnus Scott Ogden and Malcolm Hearn, the documentary demonstrates how their interwoven stories bring together individuals whose worlds are as unique as their creations and explore why they are each consumed by their obsessive art making. This special screening is presented in conjunction with the VAC exhibition, MAKE, curated by co-director, Scott Ogden. Followed by a Q &A with Scott Ogden. |
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| Women & Their Work Wednesday, November 30, 7 pm Collecting Women: What We Treasure and Why, a Lecture/Screening/Discussion by Dr. Melinda Barlow What do women collect? What do we desire, cherish, hold onto, and seek out? How or do we display our treasures? What do we archive, privately, inside? What stories do we tell about what we deem precious? What needs do we serve by collecting, and why? |
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