{"id":48039,"date":"2022-09-07T16:13:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T21:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=48039"},"modified":"2024-10-25T10:00:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T15:00:13","slug":"unveiling-of-new-amado-pena-mural-at-acc-highland-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2022\/09\/07\/unveiling-of-new-amado-pena-mural-at-acc-highland-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Unveiling of New Amado Pe\u00f1a Mural at ACC Highland Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College District (ACC) hosts an art exhibition honoring the works of Texas native and internationally acclaimed Southwest artist Amado Pe\u00f1a at ACC Highland Campus. Pe\u00f1a\u2019s high-anticipated mural at ACC Highland \u2014 \u2018Bridges to Success\u2019 \u2014 will be unveiled.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> Tuesday, September 20<br \/><strong>Time:<\/strong> 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.<br \/><strong>Location:<\/strong> ACC Highland Campus, Building 2000<br \/><strong>What:<\/strong> A cocktail reception with specialty hors d\u2019oeuvres will follow the unveiling of the massive mural titled \u2018Bridges to Success.\u2019 Additional works of Pe\u00f1a\u2019s also will be on display.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioned in 2017, \u2018Bridges to Success\u2019 features an artistic representation of the college&#8217;s Areas of Study with contributions from both K-12 students across Central Texas and ACC students, faculty, and staff. The mural\u2019s new home will greet students of the Fine and Performing Arts programs at the expanded ACC Highland Campus.<\/p>\n<p>Pe\u00f1a and ACC have a long history together, partnering in the annual Boots &amp; Bats Gala benefiting student scholars. Every dollar raised during the event goes directly to support students along their educational journey through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/offices\/acc-foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACC Foundation<\/a> and Pena\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arthasheart.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Art Has Heart Foundation<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1bOYyworf-y_T1Ra42p9pLfAFjxPAPf4gI5PgEIEikb0\/edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for an invitation.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College District (ACC) hosts an art exhibition honoring the works of Texas native and internationally acclaimed Southwest artist Amado Pe\u00f1a at ACC Highland Campus. Pe\u00f1a\u2019s high-anticipated mural at ACC Highland \u2014 \u2018Bridges to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2022\/09\/07\/unveiling-of-new-amado-pena-mural-at-acc-highland-campus\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,15,18],"tags":[143,2848,2849,2850,2847],"class_list":["post-48039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-and-community","category-current-students","category-facstaff-news","category-official-acc-press-releases","tag-acc-highland","tag-amado-pena","tag-bridges-to-success","tag-mural","tag-pena-mural"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3930"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}