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San Antonio weekend Art updates: December week 2
Being December, San Antonio may slow down a bit but the San Antonio Artists are still working as hard as ever! Here are a few quick events going on this weekend in San Antonio, as well as a few reminders for later in the month. Check back here for updates! Lone Star Studios / [...]
Allen Keckonen | Dec 07, 2011 | Comments 0
Rick Perry vs. the Arts – part 2: Citizens Against Government Waste
(see part 1 of this series here) Presidential hopeful Rick Perry, on top of his large cuts to the Commission for the Arts and other important programs from the Texas Budget, has been supporting and pushing for the goals of another group of political activists. This seems to serve as a bit of foreshadowing to [...]
Allen Keckonen | Sep 25, 2011 | Comments 0
In America’s Domestic War Zone: Documentary on the Rio Grande by Lee Basham
Filming down by the river is risky. Don’t do it. Nevertheless, documentary is the best resource we have when it comes to telling the truth about America’s deluded domestic war zone. I’ve been pursuing this endeavor for nine years, so I’ve learned nine ‘rules. Think Zombieland – descriptions of what to expect. Legal [...]
miscuser | Sep 25, 2011 | Comments 0
VOA PAM 2011 available at the following locations…
The 2011 Political Art Month Edition of Voices of Art Magazine is out there in the real world, and can be found at the locations listed below. The staff and volunteers at VOA have really put together a great set of informative, provocative, creative and in depth reviews and articles for the PAM issue, so [...]
Allen Keckonen | Aug 11, 2011 | Comments 0
Gary Sweeny @ UTSA Satelite Space / Sabra Booth @ Cactus Bra by Robert B Gonzales
Gary Sweeny @ UTSA Satelite Space / Sabra Booth @ Cactus Bra by Robert B Gonzales In Gary’s Sweeney’s Take a Chance, presented at Three Walls Art Space, the artist has recycled local political signs, cutting out and arranging the pictures of the candidates. In smaller signage, written in cut vinyl, are the [...]
miscuser | Aug 03, 2011 | Comments 0
Who Wants to be the Mediators in Times of Black and White? By George Zupp
Who Wants to be the Mediators in Times of Black and White? By George Zupp I have never really cared much for politics in art. Why? It’s mostly because who profess political art are typically more interested in the message over the medium – and it suffers. The majority of my political art experiences [...]
miscuser | Aug 03, 2011 | Comments 0
The Assault on Artists and the First Amendment by Eric Lane
The Assault on Artists and the First Amendment by Eric Lane Last December, the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., removed a video titled Fire in My Belly by the late performance artist David Wojnarowicz. It was part of a larger exhibit titled Hide/Seek: Differences and Desire in American Portraiture, that explored, through art, [...]
miscuser | Aug 03, 2011 | Comments 0
Politics and Art by Howard Taylor
Artistic Energy in Service to the State Much of what we revere about our artistic heritage was created in service to centers of political power often to compel fear and foreboding for its enemies and servitude and adherence to a central authority by its population. Scanning a panorama of architectural monuments over a 5,000 [...]
miscuser | Jul 26, 2011 | Comments 0
Tea Party Art? Not likely: by David Fisher
Tea Party folk appear to lack an artistic agenda as part of their political movement. For the most part, that’s a good thing. “Reactionary” best describes the attitude of Tea Partiers, the desire to turn back the clock to an idealized past when the individual was superior to the community, when liberty trumped equality. The [...]
miscuser | Jul 26, 2011 | Comments 0
Human Rights Exhibit and Human Trafficking Cinference @ South Texas College
Archive: Human Rights Exhibit and Human Trafficking Cinference @ South Texas College by Phyllis L. Evans For the past five years, South Texas College, located in the US/Mexico border community of McAllen Texas, has hosted a Human Rights themed exhibition in conjunction with an annual Human Trafficking conference. The art exhibit serves as an educational [...]
miscuser | Jul 13, 2011 | Comments 0