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City Lights ArtWalk - December
11 , 2008 ACTIVITIES
AND ENTERTAINMENT
At the Center for Contemporary Arts, enjoy performances
by the Aldersgate Handbell and Vocal Choirs and the Improv Team from the Abilene
High School Theatre Department throughout the evening.
There will be a reception
in the Center's Conference Room honoring Isaac and Mary Palaparthi, the Indian
directors of Sanctuary Home For Children. Come meet the Palaparthis, see photos
of the children of Sanctuary Home, sample Indian snacks, and enjoy henna hand
painting ($10 per person.) Art prints and notecards featuring the children's artwork
will also be for sale.
Visit the large west gallery and galleries one and two
at Roberts Studio to see photography by Samantha Chevrie, Larry E. Fink and work
by Photography Students from Hardin-Simmons University. Magician Lonnie Chevrie
will also perform during the evening.
The Wylie High School Jazz Ensemble will
play Christmas selections from 5:30 - 6:30 PM at the ACU*Cockerell Gallery.
At
the Grace Museum, create your own spiral beaded light catchers 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. While you're there, enjoy the seasonal sounds
of the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest Handbell Choir, and have a visit
with Santa!
At Texas Star Trading Company, Abilene author Glenn Dromgoole
will sign books from 5:30-7:30 PM.
At the Abilene Public Library, the Big Country
Porcelain Art Guild will display their fine artwork. Pam Early and Vicki Kihlberg
will demonstrate painting on china. The BCPAG is one of the oldest clubs in Abilene
and has a particular mission for teaching, so members are happy to show anyone
how to do it!
Stop into Monks Coffee Shop to see artwork by Allison Condry
and Rebecca Heard and pottery by Austin and Elizabeth Brown and at Cypress Street
Station, enjoy art by Ginger Test while you dine.
A display of the Names Project
AIDS Memorial Quilt panels will be displayed in the foyer of the Civic Center.
The panels will be hung from the upper west walkway and can be viewed from the
foyer floor.
The Pigeon wants to invite you to come down to the National Center
for Children's Illustrated Literature. You and your parents can come and draw
on the Pigeon Wall and you can do an art project from the book I love my toy!
If you haven't seen our latest Exhibition by Mo Willems this will be a great night
to come in. Also be sure to visit our bookstore and do some Holiday shopping!
In front of the Cockerell Galleries & Studios: Stop by and see Santa as
he roams around checking on kids. Enjoy Vladimir Karadegov as he serenades guests
with his beautiful Christmas music! Make sure to book your henna party for Christmas,
or buy a gift certificate for a loved one from henna tattoo artist, Diana Burk!
In time for Christmas, jewelry maker Carrie Blaschke will be selling her beautiful,
individually handcrafted bling! Decorator Jaime Ray, of a "Change of Scenery"
will be selling her own designer creations of jewelry, shoes, and more! Order
custom designs of calligraphy creations by professionals Suzanne Starr and Anita
Lane! Get glammed up with face painting by Janine Smith! Stop by and see her batik
creations - great Christmas gifts! After you're through shopping, stop for a five
minute chair massage for $5 by masseuse Melanie Blalock! ACUart students will
be in front of the ACU*Cockerell Art Gallery selling their prints as Christmas
presents.
EXHIBITS
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: TPS 17: The National Competition by the Texas Photographic
Society - This exhibition features selections from the Texas Photographic Society's
National Competition. A selection of 43 images selected from 52 artists will be
on display through January.
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.
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. 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: Galleries
A, B & C: The Art Guys: Failed Schemes and Pipe Dreams.
If contemporary
art is about ideas ... then what if? No idea is too outlandish, wacky or impossible
for the Houston artist team of Michael Galbreth and Jack Massing, who work collaboratively
under the name The Art Guys. The exhibition features selections from 25 years
of the team's drawings, proposals, failed schemes and pipe dreams. The Art Guys:
Failed Schemes & Pipe Dreams features proposals for works of art that did,
did not and often just could not come to fruition and includes drawings, maquettes,
ephemera and documentation. The exhibition will also include studies from Travel
Light, 2004, the public art project made of 360 cast translucent suitcases illuminated
with computer controlled L.E.D. lights that is permanently installed in the international
baggage claim area of Terminal E at Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport.
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. 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.
First-Ever "Thriving
Artists' Sale" in time for Christmas at the Cockerell Galleries & Studios
Upstairs! Beautiful works of art will be on sale by some of our artists that will
satisfy any art lover's taste! Part of the proceeds from this sale will also go
to support "Our House," as we support one of our own at Cockerell Galleries,
Nancy Capra! Great Christmas ideas abound as our Featured artist, photographer
Samantha Manski, exhibits her show, Second Glances. We are also pleased to announce
our "Guest" artists, Mother and Daughter artists, Martha Kiel and Mary
K. Huff! Twig & Willow's Nancy & Hannah Capra and Carey Thompson invite
guests to come into Studio 213 to see their watercolors, oils, and photography
they have ready for Christmas shopping! Ralph & DeeDee Zamarippa, of Studio
Two-One-Two have the largest collection of artfully designed and decorated disc
golfs any sports enthusiast would enjoy! Brittany Bennett and Stacy Horton of
Studio Brista's #210, invite all to be inspired by their dramatic and heartfelt
pieces! Ash Almonte's newest style of floating art can be seen in her Studio 208.
T.M. Gand of Studio 207 will enthrall all with her bright and vividly colored
paintings; Kay Cockerell and Patty Bowdoin of the Studio 206's Last Studio Left!!
warmly welcome Christmas shoppers! Jessica Natalee Templeton, of Studio 205, will
be exhibiting her colorful and glittery paintings for all to enjoy! In Studio
203, everyone will stand amazed at the emotion-filled freshness of the images
by Marcelain Photography. Need a great holiday gift? C. Kahl, Clinical Hypnotherapist,
of Studio 215, will be happy to assist you and your loved ones enjoy the holidays--stress
free! Limited stock left, so don't miss your chance to purchase unique, powder-coated,
contemporary indoor and rustic outdoor sculptures! For more information, please
contact Carolyn Cockerell at carolync@cockerellgalleries.com!
SPECIALTY
SHOPS
The Leaf, 202 Cypress St.
The Honeycomb Tree,
1166 N. 2nd St. Texas Star Trading Company, 174 Cypress
St. Open 'til 8:00 PM RESTAURANTS, COFFEE SHOPS, and COCKTAILS
The
Beehive, 442 Cedar St. Enjoy live music, free hors d'oeuvres and a happy hour
drink special from 5:00 to 7:00 PM.
Cypress Street Station, 158 Cypress St.
Enjoy art by Esme Glenn while you dine.
Monks Coffee Shop, 233 Cypress St.
Stop in to enjoy a great cup of coffee and enjoy art by Allison Condry and Rebecca
Heard and pottery by Austin and Liz Brown. Open until Midnight, Thursday-Saturday.
McKay's
Bakery, 226 Cypress St. Satisfy your sweet tooth with a tasty treat, or stop by
for a sandwich and soup.
The Warehouse in the T&P, N. 1st & Pine St.
Continue the fun into the night with live music & drink specials. Open 5:00
- 7:00 PM for Happy Hour. Open until midnight. 21 & up.
The Civic Plaza
Hotel, 505 Pine St. The lobby and restaurant will be open from 5:00 - 9:00 PM.
PARK AND STREET VENDORS
Dream on! will be giving away free dream interpretations
in front of Busch Jewelers.
Our House will distribute information about their
organization in front of Cockerell Galleries and Studios and Keep Abilene Beautiful
will be selling their very own Christmas ornaments in front of the Grace Museum.
PFLAGwill distribute information in Minter Park and street vendors Jewelry
Simple and David Wendland will sell handmade goods!
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.
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