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Fall 2010
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Coastal Bend (includes Houston area)
High and Rolling Plains (includes Lubbock and Amarillo)
North Central (includes Dallas-Fort Worth metro area)
South Central (includes Austin and San Antonio)
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Coastal Bend (including Houston area)
Exhibitions
October 1–October 31, 2010: “American Voices: Latino Literature in the United States/Voces Americanas: Literatura Latina en los Estados Unidos.” A celebratory survey of works by Latinos in the past thirty years, this exhibition presents images of authors, books, movie stills, public presentations, and illustrations. It is based on an original exhibition at the University of Houston Library that documented a quarter century of Hispanic publishing in the United States. Brazoria County Historical Museum, 100 East Cedar St.
Corpus Christi
September 1–30, 2010: “Images of Valor: U.S. Latinos and Latinas of World War II.” Through images and stories, this twelve-panel exhibition, created by the U.S. Latino & Latina WWII Oral History Project, provides a historical overview of U.S. Latino participation in World War II. In addition to historical photographs from the project's archives, this exhibition incorporates contemporary photographs of men and women of the WWII generation by photojournalist Valentino Mauricio. The exhibition focuses on individual stories that reveal larger themes such as citizenship and civil rights and features excerpts from the more than 500 oral history interviews that were part of the project. Corpus Christi Museum of Science & History, 1900 N. Chaparral.
Joe Bernal at age 17 in Salinas, California on September 1, 1945. Courtesy of the U.S. Latino & Latina WWII Oral History Project.
Houston
August 23–September 24, 2010: “Running for Office: Candidates, Campaigns, and the Cartoons of Clifford Berryman.” Clifford K. Berryman, staff political cartoonist for The Washington Post and the Washington Evening Star during the first half of the twentieth century, drew thousands of cartoons commenting on presidential and congressional candidates, campaign issues, and elections of his era. This exhibition includes forty-four facsimile prints of exceptional pen-and-ink drawings that highlight timeless aspects of the American campaign and election process. Although faces and personalities change, Berryman’s cartoons illustrate how the political process in our democracy has remained remarkably consistent. The cartoons provide relevant commentary and fascinating insight into the campaigns and elections of today. Awty International School, 7455 Awty School Lane.
"What's the Use of Going Through with the Election?" by Clifford Berryman, October 19, 1948. U.S. Senate Collection, Center for Legislative Archives.
East Texas
Events
Tyler
September 25, 2010: “East Texas Book Fest.” The Friends of the Whitehouse Community Library will host this second annual book festival, which will showcase some eighty authors and include presentations by several humanities scholars and popular Texas writers. The University of Texas at Tyler Ornelas Activities Center, on Old Omen Road just south of the University Boulevard and Spur 248 intersection, 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. For more information please email etxbookfest@gmail.com.
Exhibitions
Marshall
July 6–October 31, 2010: "Birds: A Collection of Verse and Vision." The Michelson Museum will display an exhbit of Isabelle Chapman’s paintings of birds, with corresponding poems by Jim Blackburn. A diverse range of educational programs will accompany the exhibit. Michelson Museum of Art, 216 North Bolivar Street. Call 903-935-9480 for more information.
Tyler
September 1–30, 2010:
"The Bonfire of Liberties: Censorship of the Humanities." This exhibition highlights the impact of censorship as applied to the humanities through the ages and includes quotations from censored works and contextual information on every panel. Robert R. Muntz Library, The University of Texas at Tyler, 3900 University Boulevard.
St. Dominic and the Albiginsians, by Pedro Berruguete, 15th century. Photograph courtesy of Art Resources.
October 4–October 31, 2010: “Christopher Columbus.” Presenting Columbus in his original context as an Italian, this exhibition interprets his family, the town where the family lived, his fascination with the sea, and his familiarity with travel literature of the times. Robert R. Muntz Library, The University of Texas at Tyler, 3900 University Boulevard.
High and Rolling Plains
Exhibitions
Abilene
July 28, 2010–June 30, 2011: “Tools for Modern Living: Treasures from the History Vault.” This temporary exhibition will feature technology dating from 1880 to 1950 used by local residents. The Grace Museum, 102 Cypress Street. Contact Judy Deaton: 325.673.4587.
Canadian
September 1–October 31, 2010: “Vaquero: Genesis of the Texas Cowboy.” In the early 1970s, noted Texas historian Joe Frantz offered Bill Wittliff a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to visit a ranch in northern Mexico where the vaqueros still worked cattle in traditional ways. Wittliff photographed the vaqueros as they went about daily chores that had changed little since the first Mexican cowherders learned to work cattle from a horse's back. Wittliff captured a way of life that now exists only in memory and in the photographs included in this exhibition. River Valley Pioneer Museum, 118 N. 2nd Street.
Canyon
August 29–September 25, 2010: “The Blessings of Liberty: The U.S. Constitution.” This exhibition examines the document upon which our country was founded. Written to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, the Constitution is short, simple, and often ambiguous. As the blueprint for our nation's government, it represents a set of beliefs and a way of life. This exhibition seeks to explain the immense importance of a document that holds answers to challenging questions of government, cryptic though it may seem. Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, 2503 4th Avenue.
Signed copy of the Constitution of the United States of America . Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, National Archives.
August 29–September 25, 2010: “The Bill of Rights.” Adopted on December 15, 1791, as the first ten Amendments to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights is the very basis of our society, the document that guarantees the rights and privileges of all citizens. This exhibition is composed of twelve photomontage posters with compelling images of everyday people and figures of historical importance, coupled with concise texts. Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, 2503 4th Avenue.
North Central (includes Dallas-Fort Worth metro area)
Events
Dallas
September 18, 2010: “Latin American Art.” Art historians Dr. Ray Hernández-Durán, assistant professor of art history at the University of New Mexico, and Dr. Magali Carrera, professor of art history at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, will lead free public workshops on pre-Columbian, Colonial, and Modern Latino art. Latino Cultural Center, 2600 Live Oak Street. Contact Dr. Kelly Donahue-Wallace: 940.565.3529.
October 10, 2010: “¡Fiesta Latinoamericana!” The DFW International Community Alliance annual festival will feature performances, cultural workshops, and food booths, all designed to celebrate and educate attendees about Latin American traditions and culture. Dallas Arts District, Flora Street by the Meyerson Symphony Center and the Cathedral of Guadalupe, 10:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. Contact Anne Marie Weiss: 972.661.2764.
Richardson
September 21, 2010: “Richardson Reads One Book.” In 2010, Richardson Reads One Book selected Garth Stein’s novel The Art of Racing in the Rain as its central text. Public programs include book discussions at a range of venues, discussion leader training sessions, and a presentation by the author to take place on September 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Richardson High School Auditorium, 1250 West Belt Line Road. Sponsored by the Richardson Public Library.
Waxahachie
September 25, 2010: “Waxahachie Chautauqua 2010 Assembly: Rail Transportation Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.” This program will explore the impact of rail transportation in north Texas through lectures, music, theater performance, and children's activities. Waxahachie Chautauqua Auditorium, Getzendaner Memorial Park, West Main Street at Grand Avenue.
Draw, 2007, by Marc Maiorana. Forged steel. Courtesy of The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design.
Exhibitions
Denton
July 6–September 18, 2010: “Different Tempers.” This exhibition features forty objects created by jewelers and blacksmiths. A symposium and public lecture will examine the distinctions and commonalities between these two different metalsmithing realms and how they define craft criticism. The University of North Texas Art Gallery, Art Building, 1st Floor, 1201 W. Mulberry Street. Contact Tracee W. Robertson: 940.565.4005.
October 25–November 30, 2010: “Citizens at Last: The Woman Suffrage Movement in Texas.” Created by Texas Woman’s University library to honor the seventy-fifth anniversary of ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, this exhibition features archival photographs, newspaper clippings, cartoons, cards, and texts detailing the struggle in Texas. Texas Woman's University Library, 1200 Frame St.
South Central (includes Austin and San Antonio)
Events
Austin
November 6, 2010: “The Inaugural Save Texas History Symposium: Discovering Spanish and Mexican Texas.” This public history symposium will feature presentations by former state historian Jesús de la Teja and current state historian Light Cummins. Stephen F. Austin State Building, 1700 N. Congress Avenue, Room 131, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Contact Mark Lambert: 512-463-5260.
Bulverde
September 25–October 23, 2010: “One Book, One Community: The Gates of the Alamo by Stephen Harrigan.” This program will take place in conjunction with the Humanities Texas exhibition Alamo Images: Changing Perceptions of a Texas Experience and will include book discussions, children's activities, and a visit by the author. Bulverde Spring Branch Library, 131 Bulverde Crossing.
La Grange
September 18, 2010: “Joseph Milton Nance and other Texas Heroes.” Humanities Texas speakers directory member Dr. Archie McDonald will deliver a public lecture during on Texas Heroes Day. Monument Hill & Kreische Brewery State Historic Sites, 414 State Loop 92, 9:00 a.m. Contact Dennis Smith: 979.968.5658.
San Antonio
October 15, 2010: “One Community/One Book 2010.” This year’s book selection at the annual community-wide reading program is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Skloot will speak on her book, which traces the origins of the first “immortal” human cells grown in culture back to Henrietta Lacks, a black woman suffering cervical cancer in the 1950s, and examines its the ethical underpinnings. The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Parman Auditorium, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, 12:00 p.m. Contact Susan Hunnicutt: 210.567.2406.
Exhibitions
Austin
September 25–November 21, 2010: “Promises of Independence and Revolution: Artists Interpreting Mexico.” This exhibition features artworks, photographs, and other materials that document and reflect upon significant moments in Mexican history. A public lecture series will be held in conjunction with the exhibition. Mexic-Arte Museum, 419 Congress Avenue. Contact Mexic-Arte Museum: 512.480.9373.
Bryan
August 26–December 26, 2010: “Rarámuri: Runners of the Sierra Madre.” This exhibition documents the life and culture of the Rarámuri tribe of northern Mexico. Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History,3232 Briarcrest Drive. Contact Elisabeth Manning: 979.776.2195.
Bulverde
August 20–September 25, 2010: “American Voices: Latino Literature in the United States/Voces Americanas: Literatura Latina en los Estados Unidos.” A celebratory survey of works by Latinos in the past thirty years, this exhibition presents images of authors, books, movie stills, public presentations, and illustrations. It is based on an original exhibition at the University of Houston Library that documented a quarter century of Hispanic publishing in the United States. Bulverde Spring Branch Library, 131 Bulverde Crossing.
September 27–October 24, 2010: "Alamo Images: Changing Perceptions of a Texas Experience." This exhibition surveys the Alamo of the Texas imagination through illustrations drawn from historical documents, paintings, sketches, cartoons, comic books, television and movie interpretations. Bulverde Spring Branch Library, 131 Bulverde Crossing.
The Alamo--Midnight, March 6, 1936, by Frank Callcott, 1978 facsimile of 1936 lithograph. Courtesy of The Stevenson Press.
Medina
September 10–October 31, 2010: "Rural Texas Women at Work." Drawn from files of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service archives at Texas A&M University, this exhibition uses photographs and explanatory texts to convey a sense of the lives of rural Texas women, helpful programs of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Extension Service, and the changes that swept across rural Texas in the Great Depression and World War II. Medina Community Library, 13948 State Highway 16 North.
San Antonio
October 14–November 20, 2010: “Crafting Maya Identity: Contemporary Woodcarvings of the Yucatán, Mexico.” This exhibition will feature replicas of ancient Maya art by contemporary artists from Yucatán, Mexico. Michael and Noemi Neidorff Art Gallery, Dicke Art Building at Trinity University, One 1Trinity Place; Contact Jennifer Mathews: 210.999.8507.
Weimar
October 1–November 12, 2010: “Running for Office: Candidates, Campaigns, and the Cartoons of Clifford Berryman.” Clifford K. Berryman, staff political cartoonist for The Washington Post and the Washington Evening Star during the first half of the twentieth century, drew thousands of cartoons commenting on presidential and congressional candidates, campaign issues, and elections of his era. This exhibition includes forty-four facsimile prints of exceptional pen-and-ink drawings that highlight timeless aspects of the American campaign and election process. Although faces and personalities change, Berryman’s cartoons illustrate how the political process in our democracy has remained remarkably consistent. The cartoons provide relevant commentary and fascinating insight into the campaigns and elections of today. The Heritage Society Museum of Weimar, 125 East Main.
South Texas
Events
Laredo
October 8–9, 2010: “Reading the Globe.” Author Somaly Mam will deliver two public presentations in Laredo based on her memoir The Road of Lost Innocence, which addresses human trafficking and the abuse of women in Cambodia. The Laredo Public Library will sponsor book discussion groups and a film series prior to Mam’s visit. Contact Hayley Kazen: 956.326.2728.
- A public lecture by Somaly Mam about her book and the importance of the struggle against human trafficking. Texas A&M International University Recital Hall, 5201 University Boulevard, 12:30 p.m.; October 8, 2010.
- A public book discussion and signing by Mam. Laredo Public Library, 1120 E. Calton Road, 10:00 a.m.; October 9, 2010.
West Texas
Events
El Paso
“The Mexican Revolution in the Greater El Paso Borderlands.” In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution, the El Paso Museum of History will hold a series of free public lectures exploring the revolution’s history and its local, regional, and international implications. El Paso Museum of History, 510 N. Santa Fe Street. Contact James Murphy or Sue Taylor: 915-351-3588.
- “Sites of Memory: The Mexican Revolution in El Paso.” Lecture by local historian David Romo. 8:00 p.m.; September 16, 2010.
- “Thunder on the Border: The Mexican Revolution in the El Paso-Ciudad Juarez Area.” Lecture by local historian Leon Metz. 8:00 p.m.; October 21, 2010.
- “Remembering the Mexican Revolution: The Case of Emiliano Zapata.” Lecture by University of Texas at El Paso History Professor Dr. Sam Brunk. 8:00 p.m.; November 18, 2010.
Fort Davis
September 10, 2010: “Riders on the Orphan Train.” In this 90-minute presentation, historian Alison Moore and musician Phil Lancaster chronicle the history of the orphan train program, which operated in the U.S. from 1854 to 1929. Jeff Davis County Public Library, 100 Memorial Square.
Exhibitions
El Paso
July 20–September 12, 2010: “Unknown Mexico/Mexico Desconocido.” The people of ancient West Mexico, whose culture was markedly different from the Aztec and Maya civilizations, remain largely a mystery. They are identified by their burial practice as the ‘Shaft Tomb Culture.’ Based on an exhibition of original artifacts at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, this panorama of western Mexico and its peoples from ancient to modern times features a three-dimensional model of a shaft tomb, traditional Huichol crafts, ink and wash drawings, and illustrations in acrylic paint, plus eighty-seven color photographs of ancient artifacts and views of modern Huichol Indians. El Paso Museum of Archaeology, 4301 Woodrow Bean Trans Mountain Drive.
Out of state
Exhibitions
Fresno, California
October 1–November 13, 2010: “In His Own Words: The Life and Work of César Chávez.” Featuring thirty-eight photographs paired with excerpts from his dynamic speeches, interviews, and authoritative writings, this Humanities Texas exhibition documents the full course of Chávez's remarkable career and examines the life experiences and philosophical influences that drove him to dedicate himself fully to improving the lives of American farm workers. California State University, Fresno, 5200 N. Barton Ave.