There is plenty going on around San Antonio this weekend, check it out!
Donald Lokuta Photographs - George Segal: An Intimate Portrait
(Exhibit ends Sunday, July 22, 2007)
Description: Donald Lokuta took over 10,000 photographs documenting the daily life of George Segal. A selection of these images comprises the exhibition Donald Lokuta Photographs: George Segal, An Intimate Portrait, on view in the Focus Gallery.
Venue: San Antonio Museum of Art
More Info: 210/978-8100 or http://www.samuseum.org
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Viva San Antonio!
Description: Viva San Antonio! celebrates the city’s patron saint by bringing together paintings and sculpture from half a dozen countries in Latin America and Spain.
Venue: San Antonio Museum of Art
More Info: 210/978-8100 or http://www.samuseum.org
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On Parade: Fiesta in the 1920s
Description: In conjunction with San Antonio’s most famous 10-day celebration, Fiesta®, the Witte Museum will unveil annual Fiesta exhibition which highlights a vital decade in Fiesta’s history.
Venue: Witte Museum
More Info: 210/357-1900 or http://www.wittemuseum.org
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Artmatters 11: Lynda Benglis
Ends July 29, 2007
Description: Best known as a prominent sculptor who exhibits internationally and whose public works dot sites across the United States, Lynda Benglis has also worked extensively in video, printmaking, painting, drawing and ceramics. Two-and three-dimensional works by Benglis are presented as part of the McNay’s Artmatters series of exhibitions of work by living artists. An illustrated gallery guide accompanies the exhibiton.
Venue: McNay Art Museum
More Info: 210/824-5368 or http://www.mcnayart.org
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Return of the Dinosaurs: Extreme Makeover
Description: The Witte Museum is bringing dinosaurs out of extinction! Using robotic technology, interpretive panels, interactive displays and dioramas, Return of the Dinosaurs: Extreme Makeover gives visitors a closer look at these Cretaceous creatures highlighting new scientific information and discoveries.
Venue: Witte Museum
More Info: 210/357-1900 or http://www.wittemuseum.org
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Madame Butterfly: From Puccini to Miss Saigon
Ends Sunday, July 29, 2007
Description: In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Puccini’s classic opera ’’Madame Butterfly’’, this exhibition charts the history of the story from Pierre Giacomo Loti’s novel/travelogue ’’Madame Chrysantheme’’, John Luther Long’s novella ’’Madame Butterfly’’ and David Belasco’s play ’’Madame Butterfly’’, leading to Puccini’s masterful opera. The exhibition features an array of diverse works including manuscripts, photographs, posters, playbills, costumes and programs.
Venue: McNay Art Museum
More Info: 210/824-5368 or http://www.mcnayart.org
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Intricate Simplicity
Description: Lucy Fradkin’s gouache and collage portraits are at once beguilingly complex in imagery and naive in form. Juxtaposing delicately painted, boldly colored figures with found imagery such as birds and flowers, Fradkin’s works invite the spectator into the narrative of the painting, as well as spaces of reflection and wonder.
Venue: San Angel Folk Art
More Info: Henry Lee 210/226-6688 info@sanangelfolkart.com or http://www.sanangelfolkart.com
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Botero: Beloved Artist of the Americas
Ends Saturday, July 21, 2007
Description: Family Day Events. In collaboration with exhibits at the San Antonio Museum of Art and the Southwest School Art & Craft, free events for families will be held at local branch libraries. The day includes informational fun, educational activities and hands-on projects, including painting, sculpture, ideas about art in social protest, Colombian art and culture, style and sytlization, studio practice and Botero’s life as an artist.
Venue: Various Locations
Organization: San Antonio Museum of Art
More Info: 210/978-8100 or http://www.samuseum.org
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Texas Trails and Tales
Ends Saturday, July 28, 2007
Description: What was life really like for Texas’s earliest pioneers? Come see for yourself!
Venue: UTSA’s Institute of Texan Cultures
More Info: 210/458-2330 or http://www.texancultures.utsa.edu/events/txtrails.html
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A Rainforest Adventure - Bugs!
Description: A Bug’s Eye-View of the Fascinating Universe of Insects Magnified up to 250,000 Times Their Normal Size on the Giant Screen. Highlighting the extraordinary world of insects, the movie focuses on the life cycles of a prying mantis and a butterfly from their birth to their inevitable encounter in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia where predator meets prey. Narrated by the distinguished English actress, Dame Judi Dench, the audience will view a wide variety of tropical insects and animals making their way across the giant screen including tarantulas, scorpions, vipers, millions of bats and many, many more. The film was shot on location in the jungles of Borneo and in the UK. A film for all to enjoy.
Venue: Aztec on the River
More Info: Kim Youngblood 210/227-3930, Extension 405
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