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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
NEA awards grants via American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; Austin receives $325,000
The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded grants to arts organizations around the country through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The grants go “to support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn,” according to the NEA news release.
The NEA awarded 631 grants, totaling $29,775,000,a s part of the $50 million allotted to the agency from the federal economic stimulus package.
Some 20 nonprofit arts groups in Texas are receiving grants totaling $825,000. See the list here.
In Austin, six groups received a total of $325,000.
Women & Their Work is receiving $25,000 while the Fund for Folk Culture. Motion Media Arts Center, Rude Mechanicals theater collective and Texas Folklife Resources will each receive $50,000. The University of Texas is receiving two $50,000 grants.
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Weekend Arts Pix
FRIDAY
Eroica Piano Trio.
They’re simply one of the best chamber trios on the scene. Eroica Piano Trio anchors the last weekend of the Austin Chamber Music Festival with a program including Dvorak’s legendary ‘Dumky’ Piano Trio, Gershwin’s ‘Porgy and Bess’ Fantasy and Bachianes Brasileras by Brazilian great Heitor Villa-Lobos. 7:30 p.m. Friday. Bates Recital Hall, 2350 Robert Dedman Drive. UT campus. $25. www.austinchambermusic.org.
SATURDAY
‘Art Ride.’
Looking for a different way to tour public art? How about a docent-guided bike tour of the University of Texas’ Landmarks public art projects, mid-century sculpture on loan from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Join the tour at one of two starting places: 8:30 a.m. at Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop, 400 Nueces St., or 9 a.m. at the Blanton Museum Café, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Congress Avenue. The distance of the ride is 6 miles from Mellow Johnny’s and 3 miles on campus. The tour will be conducted at a novice-friendly pace. Free. 473-0222. www.mellowjohnnys.com, www.landmarks.utexas.edu.
‘Mark Making: Dots, Lines and Curves.’
The fundamental act of artistic creation? Making a mark. An intimate show with a stunning lineup of international contemporary artists — Ed Ruscha, Teresita Fernández, Ewan Gibbs, Fred Sandback, Tony Smith and Jim Torok, among others — reveals the primacy of how artists make their mark. Opening reception: 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday. Regular gallery hours: noon to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturday. Exhibit continues through Sept. 5. Lora Reynolds Gallery, 360 Nueces St. Free. 215-4965 www.lorareynolds.com.
SUNDAY
‘The Juche Idea.’
Juche is the official philosophy/religion of North Korea imposed by dictator Kim Jong-il. In a trenchant look at the troublesome convergence of art and propaganda, filmmaker Jim Finn documents the experience of a South Korean video artist who takes an artist’s residency in North Korea and becomes inspired by Kim’s austere philosophy of self-reliance. Co-sponsored by the Austin Film Festival. 3 p.m. Sunday. Blanton Museum of Art, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Congress Ave. $3-$5. www.blantonmuseum.org,
Image: Tony Smith, Untitled, 1962. Ink on paper. Courtesy Lora Reynolds Gallery.
