Aviation ArtWalk - April 8, 2010
The Center for Contemporary Arts & Abilene Regional Airport teamed up to present the Aviation themed ArtWalk. Lots of great things are happening at ABI Regional Airport. Visit their website. Register for their VIP program today! Alley Cats Restaurant now open at Abilene Regional Airport. Visit their booths at Artwalk for more information.

In preparation for the Dyess Big Country Airfest, the 7th Bomb Wing Public Affairs office will be handing out flyers at the monthly ArtWalk. The Airfest this year will be held on Dyess AFB Saturday May 1, 2010 with numerous displays, acts, and flights taking place. The event will begin at 10:00 AM with the Tye Gate for public access opening at 8:30 AM. This year's theme will focus on the 25th Anniversary of the B-1 being at Dyess AFB. Additionally, this year's featured performance will be the USAF Thunderbirds. For additional information, please view the Dyess AFB public website.

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Center for Contemporary Arts:
- 6:30 Gallery Talk- Angie Cook Photo gallery.
- The National WASP WWII Museum will have a display in the The Center for Contemporary Arts conference room on the 2nd floor during ArtWalk. The National WASP WWII Museum seeks to educate and inspire all generations with the story of the WASP: Women Airforce Service Pilots ? the first women to fly American?s military aircraft ? women who forever changed the role of women in aviation! The museum is conveniently located just minutes off Interstate 20 at 210 Loop 170 in Sweetwater, Texas. Pilots flying over Sweetwater can land at Avenger Field, the Sweetwater Airport (SWW). The museum is a short distance away. For assistance with directions or in setting up special tours, call 325.235.0099.

-Chapman Stick solo artist Brian Baggett makes his final Abilene performance Thursday April 8, 2010 at the Center for Contemporary Arts during ArtWalk 6p-8p. Baggett and his family are immigrating to his wife's home province of Saskatchewan early this summer. After performing regularly 7-10 years ago in various ArtWalks, coffee houses and small stage outlets, Baggett faded away from the music scene due to family and work commitments, making only occasional cameo appearances in recent years. Please come and allow Brian to say good bye!

-Vespa raffle tickets will be on sale during ArtWalk. Register for a chance to win your very own Vespa tickets $25/piece or 5 for $100. Jazz @ The Center tickets on sale $15/per person April 23rd Charlie Wood & Third Stream, May 28th Los Jazz Vatos Quartet Taste of Texas fundraiser tickets on sale $25/member $30/non members. April 17th 7:30-9:30pm.

Breed Gallery (main gallery) Show Title: The Full Circle show is an exhibition in the main gallery at the Center for Contemporary Art in Abilene, Texas during April, 2010. This exhibit includes the art of McMurry University Art Professor and Abilene artist, Kathie Walker-Millar; the art of four of her art professors; and the art of some eighteen of her former students. In this Full Circle exhibit there are visible connections within the art of these three academic generations of artists in spirit, concept, imagery, process and technique.

Photography Exhibit- The Honey Pot: China in Black and White, Angie Cook

"Because I find photography most compelling when it visually captures and retells an experience, in this exhibit, I narrate my journey of international adoption in these black-and-white photographs, a medium that forces the viewer to focus on the image's story through its directness: the contrast of the blackest blacks against the whitest whites, the rhythm of the objects captured, and the textures of the surfaces in the image. There is a deceptive straightforwardness to documentary photography if it succeeds in capturing an experience: it seems effortless, as if the photographer did nothing more than point and click. In The Honey Pot: China in Black and White, my aim is to visually narrate; as if it were an effortless feat?the sweetness of the complex international adoption journey, of what it was like for my family and me to be dipped in that proverbial Chinese honey pot." -Angie Cook

Gallery 3 (3D gallery) VASE
VASE is a show hosted by The Center for Contemporary Arts in support of The Texas Art Education Association (TAEA). The show will open by the end of the first week in March, and close by the end of the month. (TAEA) has sponsored the Visual Art Scholastic Event (VASE) since 1994. VASE is the only art event of its kind in the nation. Students are provided the opportunity to bring artworks created in their art classes. Only academically eligible high school students in grades 9-12 enrolled in a Texas public or private school Texas can participate in VASE.

Gallery 4 Show Title: Prevailing Wind Harry Geffert

Frontier Texas Frontier Texas! Will be open until 6:00 and offer the dollar off ArtWalk discount all day to anyone who asks. So fly on down to see the best Texas history experience in Texas, and the new Pancho Villa photographs on loan from the Villa family in the temporary exhibit hall.

The Grace:

FIRST FLOOR | John James Audubon: American Artist & Naturalist John James Audubon (1785-1951) is considered the foremost American naturalist of the nineteenth century. His visionary and prophetic concerns for the environment continue to speak to new generations. The art, artifacts and historic documents in this exhibition include original paintings and sixty-three hand-colored engravings from Audubon?s Birds of America. On view through May 8, 2010.

SECOND FLOOR | Young Masters Juried Art Exhibition, presented by Abilene Education Foundation. April 1?10. .

NCCIL (National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature), 102 Cedar Street. The NCCIL will be closed until the evening of April 15th when we will open our new exhibition Why Grow Up? Etienne Delessert. Check our website www.nccil.org for more information on events.

Library- ArtWalk @ your Library: Easter Milk Glass- Main Library Betty Lou Miller Giddens of Clyde is sharing her wonderful Easter themed milk glass collection this month. As you stroll downtown during ArtWalk, you'll also want to stop in and see APL's original mural by local artist Debra Warr. Free.

12th Armored Division Memorial Museum 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum's Living History Program will be providing museum tours and will also stage our annual 'HISTORY vs. HOLLYWOOD' presentation at 6:30pm. Explore the myths perpetuated in all those old WWII movies and TV shows, and find out what was real and what was just 'artistic license!'

Cockerell Galleries & Studios "?Upstairs" hours are M-F, 9-5. Additional viewing times by appointment by calling Carolyn Cockerell, Gallery Director, at 325.829.7975. Also visit their website at: www.cockerellgalleries.com.
Featured Artist for April will be TM Gand as she opens her show: Gestures: The Essence of Being.

Guest artist, Patrick Taylor, will be showing his Mystic Arts "Upstairs" at Cockerell Galleries & Studios in Studio 204.
Studios "Upstairs"
-Fearfully Made by Bri- Studio 215
-Ralph, DeeDee, Adelina, Jessie Ralph Zamarippa of Studio Two-One-Two - Studio 214
-Hannah & Nancy Capra & Carey Thompson of Twig & Willows- Studio 213-GANDRwebdesign.com- Studio 212
-Tamberley Thomas Art- Studio 210
-Jennifer Nieland of A Moment in Time Photography-Studio 208
- TMGandfineart.com- Studio 207
-Lila's Journey by Susan Conwell- Studio 206
-Jessica Natalee Templeton- Studio 205
-Carolyn Cockerell, Gallery Director- Studio 204
- Raze de Lumina-Studio 203

Outside Guest Artists Magic Lamp Dance Studio belly dancing students will be performing at Cockerell Galleries & Studios in Middle Eastern costumes at 6:15 pm, 7 pm, and 7:45 pm. Potter Marion Ivey will be throwing pots on her potter?s wheel at Cockerell Galleries & Studios throughout the evening. Airbrush temporary tattoos by artist, Barbara Briles! Premier High School?s art department led by artist Larry Millar will exhibit their art! Calligraphy by Suzanna Starr & Anita Lane. Wood Whittler Dennis Regan will be giving demos of this dying art. Back by popular demand, funky, colorful jewelry by Kendra & Rebeccah! Recycled art by Fran Hilliard!

ACU*Cockerell Art Gallery Seventeen Resurrections by artist and ACU professor Dan McGregor will have an opening reception held during Artwalk at 5:30 p.m.

Barry Arthur, Cedar Break Gallery Western Art 957 North 2nd Street. Open during ArtWalk

Artist Roxanne Spradlin, will be painting a big West Texas sky demo, in Studio 8 (above the Leaf), in the Roberts Building, from 6:00 - 8:30.

ENTERTAINMENT/VENDORS: LIVE MUSIC/PERFORMANCES- MINTER PARK ACROSS FROM THE CENTER
ACU Jazz Combo III will be performing @ 7pm in Minter Park.

The GO BLUE Committee would like to invite you to represent your agency, to provide information regarding Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness as well as to provide an activity for children. Our goal is to reach out to as many children and families regarding the ongoing occurrence of Child Abuse, ways to prevent it and provide information to those who may possibly be in an abusive environment.During ArtWalk booths will be set up along Cypress Street outside The Grace 5 pm- 8 pm. A Candlelight Vigil following in Everman Park. CONTACT Meredith Goodwin- Acadia Abilene Hospital 325-518-8139 mgoodwin@acadiahealthcare.com. Sponsored by the Child Abuse Prevention Team the following agencies will set up booths during ArtWalk: ACADIA, STEPS 2 STRIDES-, JASON?S FOUNDATION, CAC, Child Protective Services, Saint Vincent De Paul, New Horizons, HSU- SW Club, Air Evac Lifeteam, Shackelford, Callahan County Resource Care Center, Regional Crime Victims Crisis Center, Dyess AFB, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Metabolic Research, and many more agencies!

Destiny Dreamz: Got Dreams? Do a 'fly-by' or take a quick layover in front of Busch Jewelers to get a free dream interpretation from Dream On! Dream Team. It's our fifth anniversary of participation in ArtWalk, so even if you don't have a dream that needs interpreting, stop by to receive an encouraging word and a small gift. www.DestinyDreamz.com

Amanda Pettit of Henna Abilene will be doing Henna tattoos. Visit her website for more information. www.hennaabilene.com

Works by Walker. Custom leather works Leukemia & Lymphoma Societies Team in Training will be selling baked goods & peanuts to raise money for their race.

The Abilene Swing Dance Society (ASDS) is meeting on April 8th in the Windsor Hotel Ballroom (401 Pine Street) starting at 8pm till 11pm. There will be beginning lessons for the first hour, so don't feel intimidated if this is your first time. The price is $5 at the door, and that includes the lessons and the dance that follows. ASDS meets every 2nd Thurs. of the month right after ArtWalk. When you come in to the Windsor Hotel you will probably hear bluegrass music, that's OK you?re in the right place... just come to the ballroom on the second floor.

Dog Park will be selling dog biscuits, Dog Park Buttons, and brick pavers to help fund the parks.

Girl Scout Troop 7124 will be there and we will be offering Airplanes made from recycled soda bottles and other recycled materials. Made by the Girls in the Troop

PFLAG and SoulForce will have booths at ArtWalk in April.

SHOPS:

-Honeycomb Tree- Open during ArtWalk
-Texas Star Trading Co., 174 Cypress St. Open during ArtWalk
-Relics- Live performances by local singer/song writers. Sidewalk sale

RESTAURANTS, COFFEE SHOPS and COCKTAILS:
-The Beehive, 442 Cedar Street happy hour drinks special 5:00-7:00PM

-Monks Coffee Shop, 233 Cypress Street, Enjoy a great cup of coffee. Open until midnight Thursday-Saturday.

-Cypress Street Station 158 Cypress Street. - Art on display by Wanda Cooper

SUPPORT & FUNDING

2010 ArtWalk sponsors include:
Abilene Downtown Association, Arrow Ford, Abilene Regional Airport, Big Tex Solutions, Lawrence Hall - Abilene, Mayor's Council on Physical Fitness, Mike Dunnahoo's Star Dodge-Hyundai, Minuteman Press, Philpott Florist/Greenhouses, RED3 Productions, Inc., Susan Stroud at MorganStanley SmithBarney, and The Park People

ArtWalk, a major program of the Center for Contemporary Arts, is supported by: Abilene Cultural Affairs Council: the City of Abilene, Taylor County, and the Downtown Revitalization Program of the Tax Increment Finance District, Mrs. T.C.Campbell, GAP Radio, Abilene Reporter-News, the Dodge Jones Foundation and the Texas Commission on the Arts.

To find out how you can participate in ArtWalk, contact the Center at 325-677-8389 or nicole@center-arts.com.