Springtime in Austin is filled with entertaining, educational events and activities sponsored by the Austin Community College’s Arts and Humanities Division. The spring schedule includes stage performances, lectures, art exhibitions, and more.
The division’s annual spring highlight is Carnival ah!, an outdoor festival celebrating arts and humanities at Rio Grande Campus in downtown Austin. This year’s theme asks the question, “How did you get here?” Carnival ah! 2012 events will focus on exploring the rich cultural heritage of ACC and the Austin community through art, dance, drama, writing, philosophy, language, food, and film.
“Our students and faculty come from all over the world. Often the journey to Austin has been difficult and the transition to citizenship arduous,” says Lyman Grant, dean of Arts and Humanities. “Our division is teaming with the Center for Public Policy and Political Studies and its student organization to highlight the immigrant experience at Carnival ah!, and this year’s events will reflect the courage and determination it takes to become a citizen of the United States.”
The Arts and Humanities Division invites students, faculty, and staff to be a part of Carnival ah! 2012. Event proposals are due Feb. 17. For more details about submitting your event idea, visit austincc.edu/carnival.
Take a look at the full spring 2012 schedule and mark your calendar:
ACC Art Majors Exhibition
Opening reception January 20, 6-8 p.m.
Exhibition runs January 16-March 7
Rio Grande Campus Gallery
ACC Art Majors are in the spotlight.
Contact Brent Baggett, (512) 223.3263, [email protected]
Evolution/Devolution
February 22, 7-9 p.m.
Eastview Campus, Room 8500
Science and philosophy began as the same field of study. Over time, however, the two areas of study have diverged. This lecture will look at the philosophy of science and the intertwined history of the two academic fields.
Free
For more information: (512) 223.3352
Dance Movie Night
February 23, 6 p.m.
Rio Grande Campus, Dance Studio, Room 130
Works for screening and discussion selected by the dance faculty.
Free
For more information: (512) 223.3384
“Tango” by Slawomir Mrozek
March 2-4 & 9-11, Fridays & Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m.
Rio Grande Campus Gallery Theater
Written in 1968 during the Soviet takeover of Poland, Tango combines elements of farce, absurdist theatre, slapstick comedy, and political discourse, as it examines the backlash as youthful idealism turns into a grab for power. Directed by Drama faculty member Marla Dean.
$5 Students and Seniors, $10 General
For more info: [email protected], (512) 223.3245
Balcones Prize Winners: Linh Dinh & Chase Twichell
March 21, 7 p.m.
Rio Grande Campus Gallery Theater
Linh Dinh won the Balcones Fiction Prize for his novel “Love Like Hate.” Chase Twichell is the Balcones Prize-winning author of “Horses Where the Answers Should Have Been: New and Selected Poems.”
Free
For more information contact Charlotte Gullick, (512) 223.3226, [email protected]
Gary Webernick/Sabbatical Work
Opening reception March 23, 6-8 p.m.
Exhibit runs March 23-May 4
Rio Grande Campus Gallery
Art Department Chair, Gary Webernick will be showing his multimedia artwork created over sabbatical.
Contact Brent Baggett, (512) 223.3263, [email protected]
Religion, Health, and Medicine
March 27, 7-8:30 p.m.
Eastview Campus, Room 8500
Panel discussion hosted by the Philosophy, Religion & Humanities Department.
Free
For more information, contact Melinda Rothouse at [email protected]
“Agora”
April 4, 7-9 p.m.
Eastview Campus, Room 8500
Film screening and discussion. Directed by Alejandro Amenábar and written by Amenábar and Mateo Gil, Agora is a 2009 Spanish drama that uses historical fiction to highlight the relationship between religion and science amidst the decline of Greco-Roman polytheism and the Christianization of the Roman Empire.
Free
For more information: (512) 223.3352
36th Annual Student Exhibition
Opening reception April 5, 6-8 p.m.
Exhibit runs April 5-26
Dougherty Art Center, 1110 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TX, 78704
The most exciting art event hosted by ACC. More than 200 people came to the reception last year to see over 140 works of student art.
Contact Brent Baggett, (512) 223.3263, [email protected]
Reader Nick Flynn
April 11, 7 p.m.
Rio Grande Campus Gallery Theater
Author Nick Flynn will give a reading and craft discussion of the art of memoir.
Free
For more information contact Charlotte Gullick, (512) 223.3226, [email protected]
Carnival ah!
April 11-12
Rio Grande Campus
A public festival of academic/artistic offerings of live music, dance, drama and performance art, as well as a student art sale, literary readings, philosophy and humanities discussions, open mic sessions, and film festival. ACC’s Arts and Humanities Festival sponsored by the Arts and Humanities Division.
Carnival ah! Spring Art Sale
April 11-12
Rio Grande Campus Grounds
You never know what type of art and art making you will see here. Faculty and students demonstrate their creativity in this interactive annual event.
Contact Julie Isaacson, (512) 223.3250, [email protected]
“In 2 the West”
April 27-28, 8 p.m.
Rio Grande Campus Gallery Theater
Short monologues written and performed by ACC students. Co-produced by the Creative Writing Department and the Drama Department.
Free
For more information contact Charlotte Gullick, (512) 223.3226, [email protected]
“Rio Review” Release Party
May 2, 7 p.m.
Rio Grande Campus Gallery Theater
ACC’s literary journal features poems, prose, screenplays, and artwork by students.
Free
For more information contact Charlotte Gullick, (512) 223.3226, [email protected]
Spring Choreographers’ Showcase
May 4-5, 8 p.m.
Rio Grande Campus Mainstage Theater
Featuring work by faculty and level II choreography students.
$5 Students and Seniors, $10 General
For more information: (512) 223.3384
Spring Dance Informance
May 10, 7 p.m.
Rio Grande Campus Dance Studio Room 130
Choreography from the level I and II students.
Free
For more information: (512) 223.3384
Recent Acquisitions Show
May 11-Aug 9
The Recent Acquisitions exhibition showcases recent purchases from the annual student art exhibition. These works are the most recent additions to the ACC’s Permanent Art Collection. The collection can be seen at www.flickr.com/photos/accart
For more information contact Brent Baggett, (512) 223.3263, [email protected]
Literary Coffeehouse
Feb 6, Mar 5, Apr 9, and May 7, 7 p.m.
Austin Java, 1206 Parkway
The ACC Creative Writing Department sponsors monthly Student Literary Gatherings open to all students and the public.
Free
For more information visit austincc.edu/crw
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