Now, you can have a little of the Parque Zaragosa Recreation Center for your
very own. The East Austin Rotary Club has taken some of the artwork that
muralist Fidencio Dur�n is using to adorn the Gonzales Street rec center
and reproduced it as a poster, which the club is selling to help supplement the
travel grant awarded to Dur�n by the Dallas Museum of Art. Dur�n
was chosen by the Art in Public Places program to paint three murals depicting
neighborhood historical events at Parque Zaragosa. The Rotarians made a poster
from his Diez y Seis mural, and they want you not only to buy it, but to get it
signed by the artist. They’ve lined up four signings over the next two weeks:
Tuesday, September 3, 5-9pm, at the Austin Museum of Art, 823 Congress;
Thursday, September 5, 11am-2pm, and Friday, September 6, early evening, at
Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar; and Sunday, September 8, 11am-2pm, at El Sol y
la Luna, 1224 S. Congress. Call 928-8780 for info.
Honors
Michael Stewart placed among the top 12 finalists in the Artistry in Metalcompetition sponsored by Eutectic Corporation. The UT Austin studio art
student was recognized for his piece Fraternity, a welded steel
sculpture featuring winding metal rods entwined between and joined to two
larger, curved metal pieces. The piece was chosen from among more than 220
entries from all across North America. It will be featured in a 1997 wall
calendar published by Eutectic.
The Starlight Theatre Company of James Bowie High School has been chosen to
take part in the 1997 American High School Theatre Festival, a segment of the
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, to be held in August of next year in Scotland. Bowie
was picked from among 190 high school theatre departments and was the first
from Texas to be asked to take part. The school plans to send 30 company
members on the two-week intercontinental trip, so they’ll be hosting a few
fundraisers this year. Their first is this weekend: a three-show run of the
musical comedy Nunsense. (An apt choice, since the play itself is a
talent-show fundraiser.) The performances are August 30-September 1, Friday and
Saturday, 7:30pm, Sunday, 2pm, at Bowie High, 4103 W. Slaughter Lane. Tickets
are $6. Call 414-2343 for info.
Worthy Causes
Artists Legal & Accounting Assistance really wanted to have agarage sale last week, but the weather didn’t cooperate. So, those helpful
professionals who provide an estimated $300,000 in pro bono legal and
accounting services every year are going to try it again this weekend,
on August 31. The date may be different, but everything else is as before —
same day of the week (Saturday), same hours (8am-noon), same location (4209
Avenue A). And, as always, proceeds benefit ALAA. For info, call 476-4458. Send literary, performing, and visual arts news to: “Articulations,” PO Box
49066, Austin, TX 78765 or onstage@auschron.com
This article appears in August 30 • 1996 and August 30 • 1996 (Cover).