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THE BLANTON MUSEUM OF ART PRESENTS:

WEIRD WINTER

BY STEVE PARKER

DECEMBER 9, 2023 - JANUARY 7, 2024 | BLANTON MUSEUM OF ART

Get ready for a weird winter in the capitol city! Austin’s art museum has something oddly cheerful planned for all you sweater weather enthusiasts. Artist, musician, and longtime SoundSpace curator Steve Parker brings a new installation to the Blanton that’ll make even the grinchiest grin. Complete with brass instruments, musical snow globes, marionette-animated trees, and carols like you’ve never heard them before. Explore this holiday playscape for a limited jolly time.

Steve Parker is a musician, artist, and curator who creates communal, democratic work to examine history, systems, and behavior. His projects include elaborate civic rituals for humans, animals, and machines; listening sculptures made from salvaged marching band instruments that are modeled after obsolete WWII acoustic locators; and cathartic transportation symphonies for operators of cars, pedicabs, and bicycles. He is the recipient of the 2021 Rome Prize, the 2020 Ashurst Prize (UK), and the 2018 Tito’s Prize, as well as multiple grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. He is also a 2023 McKnight Visiting Composer with the American Composers Forum.

Included with museum admission and Second Saturdays admission. Located in the Blanton’s Check-In mezzanine and The Lookout.

Members get free admission.

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Event Details

• Date: December 9, 2023 - January 7, 2024
• Time: 10:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. | Closes at 8:00 P.M. on Saturdays
• Venue: The Blanton Museum of Art
• Website: https://blantonmuseum.org/exhibition/weird-winter/

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• Cost: Museum Admission Price Varies

Presenter Details

• Name: The Blanton Museum of Art

As the primary art collection for the city of Austin, the Blanton Museum of Art is a major resource for the community. With more than 21,000 works in the collection, the Blanton showcases art from across the ages, from ancient Greek pottery to abstract expressionism. With a year-round schedule of traveling exhibitions, art lovers are sure to discover new and old favorites at the Blanton.

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