Indigenous Music from Mexico, Wild Camels of Mongolia, Living Room Art, and Global Economics
Mark Lacy
Presenting "Mictampla", for El Dia de los Muertos
Sunday, November 6, 2011
7:00 - 9:00pm
The Artery
5401 Jackson
Houston, TX 77004
The Artery and Houston Institute for Culture proudly present an encore
performance by Huehuetl. The presentation and live video shoot begins
promptly at 7:30pm, Sunday, November 6.
From Mexico, Huehuetl presents a performance in which the sounds and
voices of the past are reborn. Music performed with pre-Colombian
instruments is presented in its most refined and authentic form. One
embarks in a magical journey that transports us to ancient times, with
the discovery of sound from the first rough draft of cultural music to
the most evolved pre-Colombian civilizations - Mayan, Olmecs, Toltecs,
Aztecs and others.
Their performance last May drew a full house and overwhelming positive
comments from the wow'd audience. Please invite friends and family to
join us in honor of this exceptional music group from Mexico. The
suggested donation is $10; $5 for young adults (13-17); Under 12,
free. No one is turned away.
The Artery is located at 5401 Jackson, Houston, TX 77004. It is
located near the Children's Museum in the Museum District at Jackson
and Prospect.
Huehuetl is presented by the Artery Media Project and Houston
Institute for Culture with support of the National Endowment for the
Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts and the City of Houston through the
Houston Arts Alliance.
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Also taking place at the Artery...
"Domesticated Bactrian and Wild Camels of Mongolia"
A Photo Essay by Bonnie Folkins
Opening Reception Friday, November 11, 2011
6:00 - 10:00pm
The Artery
5401 Jackson
Houston, TX 77004
Bonnie Folkins studied Fine Arts at Mount Allison University and at
the International School of Art in Montecastello di Vibio, Italy. A
native of Sackville, New Brunswick, she has pursued landscape and
figurative painting using traditional techniques in watercolours and
oils for over forty years in various corners of the world – Italy,
Portugal, Asia, India, Australia and South America.
She is a member of the world's first international association of
equestrian explorers and long distance travelers, The Long Rider's
Guild, having ridden horseback over 1100 miles (1,700 km) in a single
journey through Mongolia in 2009 and over 1000 miles in Kazakhstan in
2010.
For more information, call 713-523-1942.
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HIFC Friends Free Movie Night film about feminist economist Marilyn Waring
"Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics"
Monday, November 14, 2011
7:00 - 9:00pm
Houston Institute for Culture
East End Studio Gallery
708 Telephone Road
Houston, TX 77023
"Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics" is
an excellent film about inequality, economic disparity and
environmental issues, based on the research and interpretation of one
of the world's leading feminist economists.
Here's a Wikipedia bio of Marilyn Waring and a mention of the film we will see:
Marilyn Waring (born on 7 October 1952 in Ngaruawahia) is a New
Zealand feminist, a politician, an activist for female human rights
and environmental issues, an author and an academic, known for her
contributions to feminist economics.
A member of the conservative New Zealand National Party, she became at
23 the youngest member of the New Zealand Parliament in 1975, for
Raglan. In 1978 she became the MP for Waipa, and remained in the House
of Representatives until 1984. As a member of Parliament, she served
as Chair of the Public Expenditure Committee, Senior Government Member
of the Foreign Affairs Committee and member of the Disarmament and
Arms Control Committee. Waring precipitated the New Zealand general
election, 1984 by threatening to vote for the opposition-sponsored
nuclear-free New Zealand legislation, leading Prime Minister Robert
Muldoon to call a snap election, stating that Waring's "feminist
anti-nuclear stance" threatened his ability to govern.
Waring holds a D.Phil. in political economy (1989). Her 1988 book "If
Women Counted" is considered a classic of feminist economics. A
feminist analysis of modern economics, the book argues that mainstream
economics ignores women's unpaid work. Waring also argues that global
economics does not account for the value of nature.
Since 2006, Marilyn Waring has been a Professor of Public Policy at
the Institute of Public Policy at AUT University in Auckland, New
Zealand. She has held Fellowships at Harvard and Rutgers Universities.
Waring was a member of the Board of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand
from 2005 to 2009, and has worked as a consultant for organizations
such as the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the UNIFEM
(United Nations Development Fund for Women), the Yukon Territorial
Government, the Ford Foundation, and the Ontario Provincial
Government.
Waring became a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the
2008 New Year's Honours List, for her services to women and economics.
Waring's work was the subject of a 1995 film by Oscar-winning director
Terre Nash, titled "Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and
Global Economics". She was awarded an honorary D.Litt. in 2011.
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Join us for these upcoming events and co-sponsorships:
Dia de los Muertos Group Show
With Calavera Fashion Show and Market
Saturday, November 5, 2011
6:00 - 9:00pm
Houston Institute for Culture
East End Studio Gallery
708 Telephone Road
Houston, TX 77023
Free
*Note: Houston Institute for Culture presents an educational altar
about San Antonio native Emma Tenayuca.
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A Voices Breaking Boundaries Living Room Art Production
Third Worlds: site-specific installations at residential spaces
re-contextualizing socio-economic constructs underpinning relational
parallels between the ethno-geographics of Third Ward, a historic
Afro-Western locality in Houston, and the urban conflictual zone of
Karachi, a megapolis of colliding communities located at the southern
edge of Sindh, Pakistan (Part 2)
Saturday, November 5, 2011
8:00 - 11:00pm
At the home of Nusrat Malik
2418 Elgin
Houston, Texas 77004
Free