Events - 14 Apr 16
Blue Lapis Light Aerial Dance Classes
Blue Lapis Light, Austin TX01/18/2016 - 06/1/2016 | 10:00 am - 9:00 pm
We offer aerial silk classes to our community and visiting artists. Throughout the year, our dance classes provide a unique challenge and offer a creative way for students to develop strength and grace while exploring aerial movement.
Blue Lapis Light also offers aerial workshops for colleges, high schools and community organizations. These workshops are uniquely designed for every project, providing an exceptional dance experience for all participants. We can host master classes at our studio or visit your location to conduct site-specific work.
Jan Heaton's "The Market"
Davis Gallery, Austin TX03/5/2016 - 04/16/2016 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
A daily obsession with living healthy, what we eat, where our food comes from, and how it is grown and prepared has provided the focus for her current series, The Market. For the past three years Jan hasbeen working on a collection that has grown to over 150 paintings, inspired by regular visits to the farmers’ markets in Austin. Initially she painted small studies on 4 x 4″ squares of heavy Fabriano cotton paper. The tiny watercolors were used as a reference for the larger paintings that followed. She looked to the market as a model for returning to the fresh fruits and vegetables her family cultivated in their small Detroit backyard garden. She also sought out with curiosity the mysterious varieties of watermelon radishes, maroon carrots, fennel, oyster mushrooms, and golden beets that were not familiar to their family crop – ever mindful of the seeds, the patterns, and the process that eventually bring these edible organic treasures to the table. Her objective is to capture not only what she observed but to isolate, simplify and glorify the produce, recording the essence of a fruit or vegetable with the evocative and sensuous forms always revealed in nature. Heaton’s desire is that her artwork will allow the observer to see a familiar form with a unique perspective.
We Have Faith: LGBT Clergy and People of Faith Speak Out
Jewish Community Center of Austin, Austin Texas04/14/2016 | 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
We Have Faith: LGBT Clergy and People of Faith Speak Out
Thursday April 14
7:30pm
Free and open to the community
Jewish Community Center, Community Hall Stage Side
An evening of conversation with members of the LGBT clergy community.
This distinguished panel will discuss the importance of actively challenging prejudice and how members of the faith community warmly embrace LGBT families.
Rev. Karen Thompson, Metropolitan Community Church
Hon. Rev. Dr. Jayme Mathias, Pastor, Holy Family American Catholic Church
Rabbi Lev Baesh, Congregation Kol Halev
Facilitated by Dr James Mercer, Executive Director, Lone Star Social Services
WE HAVE FAITH breaks stereotypes of religion, sexual orientation, and gender identity by featuring interviews and photographs of renowned LGBT and allied clergy and people of faith.
Presented by the Jewish Life and Learning Department, Visual Arts Committee; and Keshet Austin.
Photo-Text exhibit presented by Family Diversity Projects, devoted to educating the public about issues related to the full range of diversity in our society.
For additional information about the presentation: Aliza.orent@shalomaustin.org or 512-735-8030.
Field Guide
The Off Center, Austin Texas04/14/2016 | 8:00 pm - 9:15 pm
Rude Mechs is proud to present the second draft of Field Guide, a new play that asks you to understand life the way a bird book tells you how to name the different species.
