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September 2020
Call for Art: DEAM 2020 Poster
The Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities Disability Employment Awareness Month Poster: Increasing Access and Opportunity Deadline to enter is September 18, 2020. Each October, Texas celebrates DEAM with job fairs, public awareness events, and a statewide #HireAbility campaign to promote employment opportunities for Texans with disabilities. As part of the public awareness campaign, GCPD partners with the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) to distribute free DEAM posters to thousands of Texas employers and businesses to educate them on the talents…
Find out more »Art Class: Texas Stories Vol. 2 – German Culture in Texas
This 8 week series will cover historical figures and cultures of Texas. This week, join us for a discussion on German culture in Texas. Watch our YouTube lesson to learn about German artist Max Ernst, and create a drawing that incorporates physical texture. Supplies Needed: pencil, cardboard (or cereal box), liquid glue and crayons. Our guest Evelynn Weinheimer, from the Pioneer Museum in Fredericksburg, will provide historical insight on early German-American life. Register for Texas Stories Vol 2—click here. To learn…
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2020 Artists of the Year Awards Ceremony
Art Spark Texas is pleased to announce the 2020 Artists of the Year Awards Ceremony taking place Sunday, September 20, 2020, from 2:00 to 3:30 PM in Austin. The event will be virtual this year and will provide the following accommodations: ASL, audio description and captioning. All are welcome to attend virtually. Sunday, September 20, 2020 2:00-3:30 pm CDT Click here to register (and receive zoom link information) Thank you to our Artist of the Year Awards Sponsors Corporate Sponsors…
Find out more »Meet the Masters: Virtual Art Class for Veterans
This Veteran class is open to beginners and anyone wanting to play with art supplies. Learn about famous artists and create your own art based on master works by artists such as Diego Rivera, Andy Warhol and Joseph Cornell. Art Supplies Provided! We mail the art supplies to you. You watch a video and create the art on your own time. Then join other Veterans on a weekly video chat to share what you learned and created. Register by contacting…
Find out more »Character Writing: Virtual Class for Veterans
This class is open to Veterans or current service members. Beginners or experienced writers interested in learning how to write character driven stories by creating your own characters and building out their environment, interactions, and responses. Taught by Veteran writer Clayton Bradshaw. Weekly writing lessons will be given, and you will join other Veterans on a weekly video chat to write and share. You can also join by phone only. Character Writing Virtual Class for Veterans Mondays, September 14 through…
Find out more »Art Class: Texas Stories Vol. 2 – Vietnamese Culture in Texas
This 8 week series will cover historical figures and cultures of Texas. This week, join us for a discussion on Vietnamese culture in Texas. Register for Texas Stories Vol 2—click here. To learn more about Texas Stories, visit our blog article “An Historic Summer with Texas Stories”—click here.
Find out more »Create Your Story!: Virtual Class for Veterans
This class is open Veterans or current service members. Express your story with powerful words and bold colors! Reflect, create and connect to your personal story through freestyle, stream of consciousness style writing exercises. Then, transform your words into images by using a variety of art supplies. Supplies will be mailed to you. Taught by artist and writer Elizabeth Decker. Join other Veterans by video chat or phone each week for writing and art prompts. This is your chance…
Find out more »Dance: Virtual Elements Class
Creative Group Dance Class Fee: $5-20. Click here to pay for classes. Creative Group Dance workshops are designed to encourage an inclusive, participatory and collaborative space, allowing each person to discover and contribute his/her/their unique creative energy to the larger group; from individual body to group body. For the September 2020 Elements series, we will cultivate the awareness of movement feelings in our muscles and explore the concept that dance is the expression of a living moment; that a dance…
Find out more »Meet the Masters: Virtual Art Class for Veterans
This Veteran class is open to beginners and anyone wanting to play with art supplies. Learn about famous artists and create your own art based on master works by artists such as Diego Rivera, Andy Warhol and Joseph Cornell. Art Supplies Provided! We mail the art supplies to you. You watch a video and create the art on your own time. Then join other Veterans on a weekly video chat to share what you learned and created. Register by contacting…
Find out more »Character Writing: Virtual Class for Veterans
This class is open to Veterans or current service members. Beginners or experienced writers interested in learning how to write character driven stories by creating your own characters and building out their environment, interactions, and responses. Taught by Veteran writer Clayton Bradshaw. Weekly writing lessons will be given, and you will join other Veterans on a weekly video chat to write and share. You can also join by phone only. Character Writing Virtual Class for Veterans Mondays, September 14 through…
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