Autumn ArtWalk - November 13 , 2008

ACTIVITIES AND ENTERTAINMENT

In Minter Park, enjoy a performance by the New Yung Crew, sponsored by Our House as part of National Homeless Youth Awareness Month. Music begins at 6:00 PM!

At the Center for Contemporary Arts, enjoy piano performances by students of the Abilene Music Teacher's Association in the Breed Gallery from 5:30 to 8:15 PM. The Abilene High School Theatre Department will perform upstairs throughout the evening. At 6:30 PM, there will be a reception and awards presentation for the Intercollegiate Student Art Competition in Gallery 3.

Texas Star Trading Company will host two West Texas authors from 6:00 to 7:30 PM. Bill Neal of Abilene will sign his new book, From Guns to Gavels: How Justice Grew Up in the Outlaw West, as well as his previous book, Getting Away with Murder on the Texas Frontier. Mike Cochran of Fort Worth, longtime West Texas correspondent for the Associated Press, will sign his book, Claytie, about colorful West Texas oilman Clayton Williams.

At the Paramount Theatre, the Cooper High School Percussion ensemble will perform from 6:00 to 7:30 PM. The 2008 24fps Young Filmmaker Showcase will screen at 7:30 PM. Awards will be presented at the conclusion of the screening of the films. The screenings are free to the public.

At the Grace Museum, festive fall colors will inspire you as you create your own placemat to celebrate "Autumn ArtWalk" in Make It and Take It, a free, hands-on art activity for kids of all ages. Make It and Take It is available from 5:30 to 8:00 PM.

In front of the Cockerell Galleries & Studios: Just in time for Christmas, blingy handmade jewelry and more will be specially priced by decorator, Jaime Ray of "A Change of Scenery" from Studio 214! Professional calligraphers, Suzanne Starr and Anita Lane will be creating beautiful designer signs at each customer's request. Don't miss the demonstrations of wood whittler, Dennis Regan! His one-of-a-kind, award winning pieces will also be on display! Specially designed batik items by Janine Smith will be "specially" priced, just in time for Christmas!

The ACU Jazz Band will perform for the Abilene Swing Dance Society at 8:45 PM in the Windsor Hotel Ballroom. There will be beginning lessons from 8:00 to 8:30 and the dance will begin at 8:45 PM. $5 at the door.

At the Abilene Public Library, Registered Nurse Marsha Carter will talk about healthy eating strategies for the holidays ahead and answer questions about food and nutrition. And as you stroll downtown during ArtWalk, you'll also want to stop in and see Debra Warr's fabulous children's mural in the library storyroom. Free!

Stop into Monks Coffee Shop to see artwork by Allison Condry and Rebecca Heard and pottery by Austin and Elizabeth Brown.

At Cypress Street Station, enjoy art by Esmé Glenn while you dine.

GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS

The Center for Contemporary Arts, 220 Cypress St.
Jane Adams Breed Gallery: Gauguin's Tahiti a Center Artist Member Group Exhibit
Experience the latest collaborative work of the Center's Artist Membership, inspired by the artwork Paul Gauguin created during his stint in Tahiti.

Gallery 2: The Veil by Rania Matar - This exhibit examines the spread of "the veil" and its meaning. In Lebanon women do not have to wear the veil, but wearing it is rapidly becoming a decision of choice among most Muslim women young and old, modern and traditional.

Gallery 3: Intercollegiate Student Art Competition - The Center is proud to host its Inaugural Intercollegiate Student Art Competition. This juried competition was open to all area University students. A reception and awards presentation will be held tonight at 6:30 PM.

Gallery 4: Selections from the 24fps International Short Film Festival from the Historic Paramount Theatre. A selection of films from the annual festival will be screened in Gallery 4 during November and December. The Center will also screen films from the Young Filmmakers Showcase.

ACU*Cockerell Gallery & Cockerell Studios, 1133 N. 2nd St.

ACU*Cockerell Gallery: The Big Country Art Association will be exhibiting the winners of the BCAA 2008 art competition during a reception beginning at 5:30 PM.

Studio 203 - Marcelain Photography - Tammy Marcelain
Studio 205 - Jessica Natalee Templeton
Studio 206 - Kay Cockerell and Patty Bowdoin
Studio 207 - T.M. Gand and Samantha Manski
Studio 208 - Ash Almonte
Studio 210 - Studio Brista - Stacy Horton and Brittany Bennett
Studio 212 - Blind Inception...Exploring Hallways of the Mind -
Ralph, III, DeeDee & Adeline Zamarippa
Studio 213 - Twig & Willows - Nancy Capra, Hannah Capra and Carey Thompson
Studio 214 - A Change of Scenery - Jaime Ray
Studio 215 - Clinical Hypnotherapist Chrisy Kahl
Guest Artist: Jane Rathbun

Greeting all who come to Cockerell Galleries & Studios is the beautiful, spiraled, table top contemporary sculpture by Nic Noblique! We also welcome all to come inside to see his rustic pieces, and more!

The Grace Museum, 102 Cypress St.

Main Gallery: Apron Chronicles: A Patchwork of American Recollections. Share a few apron memories while viewing this wonderful exhibit. Apron Chronicles is a nationwide traveling exhibit comprised of photographs, stories and vintage aprons. The exhibit acts as a vehicle, providing prompts that will have visitors recalling and sharing their own apron recollections.

Second Floor: Gallery A - Sandria Hu: Smoke and Ash. Sandria Hu's abstract prints, paintings and constructions are both physically and emotionally compelling. Her personalized style and technique has developed over many years of artistic work and worldwide travel. Her work has been called landscapes of the mind - fragments of memory of places visited and revisited again and again.

Galleries B and C - Imaging Blackness, 1915-2002: Film Posters from the Indiana University Black Film Center/Archive. Imaging Blackness includes 43 striking posters from almost a century of independent black cinema. Collectively, these film posters provide a captivating exploration of the development of African-American cinema as it forged a role for black entertainers that countered - or reinforced - prevailing racial stereotypes.
Come Play and Learn in The Grace's Children's Museum, featuring many new exhibits that are certain to educate and entertain!

Third Floor: History Museum - Mallouf Boot Shop and Historic Period Rooms

12th Armored Division Memorial Museum, 1289 N. 2nd St.
Living History Interpreters Tom Walke, Alex Phillips, and William Lenches will be dressed in 12th Armored Division WWII uniforms and will give fifteen minute firearms presentations. There are small gifts available for children in the gift shop, donated by Vanessa Harris.

NCCIL (National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature), 102 Cedar St.
Knuffle Funny: The Art and Whimsy of Mo Willems
The NCCIL will feature new artist, Mo Willems and his book, Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late. Everyone is invited to see the exhibition and to enjoy making a craft with the family.

Frontier Texas!, 625 N. 1st St.
Frontier Texas! will be open from 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM. Receive $1 off admission all day when you ask for the ArtWalk discount.

PARK AND STREET INFORMATION

Keep Abilene Beautiful will have xeriscape brochures set out in front of Texas Star Trading Company as well as 2008 Christmas collector's item ornaments available for sale! There will be a variety of handmade goods for sale from: David Wendland, Allison Gervais, Stacey Henrion, and more! In Minter Park: Enjoy live music performances by the New Yung Crew.

SUPPORT AND FUNDING

ArtWalk, a major program of the Center for Contemporary Arts, is supported by: Abilene Cultural Affairs Council: the City of Abilene, Taylor County, and the Downtown Revitalization Program of the Tax Increment Finance District, Campbell Foundation, GAP Radio, Abilene Reporter-News, the Dodge Jones Foundation and the Texas Commission on the Arts.

ARTWALK MONTHLY SPONSORS

Minuteman Press, The Arrangement/T&P Event Center/The Warehouse Depot Company, First Texas Title - Bradshaw & McCall LLP, Mike Dunnahoo's Star Dodge-Hyundai, N-Tune Music & Sound, CBS Insurance, Philpott Florists/Greenhouses, Bogie's Specialty Deli, Lads & Lassies, Abilene Regional Airport, MCM Elegante Suites, Abilene Ballet Theatre

To find out how you can participate in ArtWalk, contact Jamie Shelburne at 325-677-8389 or jamie@center-arts.com.