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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Weekend Arts Pix
THURSDAY
‘Frida Kahlo: Her Art and Life.’
Hayden Herrera wrote the book on Frida Kahlo. Literally. Herrera’s 1984 critical biography kicked off a wave of Kahlo-mania and became the foundation for the Hollywood biopic starring Salma Hayek. Now, Herrera comes to discuss Kahlo’s art and life with a focus on her childhood, the accident that turned her to painting, her tumultuous marriage to the muralist Diego Rivera, Rivera’s influence and other sources of inspiration for Kahlo’s art. Herrera’s lecture will also be Web-cast live at www.hrc.utexas.edu. 7 p.m. today, Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe streets. Free.
‘KDH Dance Company: Celebrating 10 Years.’
Athleticism, expression, wit and charm have characterized the modern dance presented by Austin choreographer Kathy Dunn Hamrick and her company. In celebration of the organization’s 10th anniversary, the company resurrects its greatest hits and offers some new work as well. 8 p.m. today-Saturday AustinVentures Studio Theater, 501 W. Third St. $12-$15. www.kdhdance.com.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY
Returning to the pair of downtown buildings that have served as her dancescape before, aerial choreographer Sally Jacques creates another new dance that uses the 150-foot J.J. Pickle Federal Building and its shorter neighbor as a stage. Jacques’ aerial spectacles feature dancers and rappellers in a Cirque du Soleil-like, visually intense event. 9:15 p.m. Fridays-Sundays, through June 28. J.J. Pickle Federal Building, 300 E. Eighth St. $20 ($15 students and seniors). www.bluelapislight.org.
SATURDAY
‘New American Talent: The Twenty-Fourth Exhibition.’
Hamza Walker — curator and director of education at the University of Chicago’s Renaissance Society — is the curator of this year’s ‘New American Talent.’ Walker chose the work of 26 artists from the United States including 12 Texans, eight of whom live in Austin. Walker will talk about what he chose and why. 3 p.m. Saturday. Arthouse, 700 Congress Ave. Free. www.arthousetexas.org.
SUNDAY
The Blanton Museum of Art breaks ground again with an exhibit of Latin American art, this time the first U.S. exhibit of Francisco Matto, a pioneering artist who led the rise of modernism in Latin America. Five decades of Matto’s vibrant, abstract paintings show how the artist drew from pre-Columbian art and mixed it with mid-century abstraction. The exhibit runs through Sept. 27. 1 to 5 p.m. Blanton Museum of Art, $4-$7. www.blantonmuseum.org.
Francisco Matto ‘Composition on Black Background,’ 1958
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Symphony ED joins in on the concert
Galen Wixon — who came on board in Marchc as executive director of the Austin Symphony Orchestra — is picking up his cello and joining the ASO Woodwind Ensemble Sundya in a free performance of Dvorak’s Woodwind Serenade. The piece is scored for cello, double bass and woodwinds and will be played as part of the orchestra’s free Hartman Foundation Concerts in the Park which run every Sunday through Aug. 23.
7:30 p.m. Sunday
Long Center City Terrace Lawn, 701 W. Riverside Dr.
www.austinsymphony.org
Wixson has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in cello performance from Wichita State University in addition a master’s in arts management from the Carnegie Mellon Heinz School of Public Policy.
