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ARTMATTERS 14: Sandy Skoglund: The Cocktail Party

Host Organization: McNay Art Museum
Date: Wednesday, February 16
Time: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Venue: McNay Art Museum
6000 North New Braunfels, San Antonio, TX

The 14th presentation in the ARTMATTERS series of works by contemporary artists, features The Cocktail Party. Recently acquired for the McNay's collection, the installation-accompanied by a large color photograph of the same title-re-creates a typical suburban American cocktail party using Cheez Doodles as surface material. An illustrated gallery guide accompanies the exhibition. The exhibition runs through May 8.

For more information and museum hours: mcnayart.org


Extraordinary Sculptures of Ordinary Objects

Host Organization: McNay Art Museum
Date: Wednesday, February 16
Time: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Venue: McNay Art Museum
6000 North New Braunfels, San Antonio, TX

Organized by the McNay's Chief Curator and Curator of Art after 1945, New Image Sculpture assembles works by emerging and mid-career artists who freely appropriate from art history, ethnographic artifacts, fashion, folk art, hobby crafts, popular culture, and the world of do-it-yourself. The exhibition runs through May 8.

For more information and museum hours: mcnayart.org


If You Give a Pig a Party

Host Organization: The Magik Theatre
Date: Wednesday, February 16
Time: 9:45 am & 11:30 am
Venue: The Magik Theatre
420 South Alamo, San Antonio, TX

Based on a book by Laura Joffe Numeroff; Adapted for the stage by David Morgan; Music by Ricky Hernandez. If you give a Pig a party, she’s going to ask for some balloons, and she’ll want to decorate the house. When she’s finished she’ll put on her favorite dress. Then she’ll call all her friends - Mouse, Moose, and more and before you know it, there’s a wild and crazy party going on. The play will run through March 26.

For more information: magiktheatre.org


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