Day: May 19, 2021

San Antonio Museum of Art receives grant from the National Endowment for the Arts

The San Antonio Museum of Art receives grant towards the exhibition Roman Landscapes: Visions of Nature and Myth from Rome and Pompeii. Photo: San Antonio Museum of Art, used with permission.

The San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) is honored to have been selected to receive a grant through the National Endowment for the Arts’ Grants for Arts Projects program. The Museum has been awarded a grant of $35,000 toward the exhibition Roman Landscapes: Visions of Nature and Myth from Rome and Pompeii, which will be on view in Spring 2023. SAMA’s project is among the more than 1,100 projects across America totaling nearly $27 million that were selected during this second round of Grants for Arts Projects fiscal year 2021 funding. (San Antonio Museum of Art, 2021)

The San Antonio Museum of Art will be the only venue for this groundbreaking exhibition, which will be the first in the U.S. to explore the rich body of landscape imagery in ancient Roman art. The exhibition will feature landscape scenes in a variety of media, including wall paintings, sculptures, mosaics, and cameo glass and silver vessels, many from Rome, Pompeii and other archaeological sites in Italy. These works depict a fascinating yet imaginary vision of a countryside replete with seaside villas and rural shrines, where gods and mythological heroes mingle with travelers, herdsmen, and worshippers. The NEA grant will support the installation of Roman Landscapes at SAMA and development of a bilingual self-guided tour that will draw connections between works in the exhibition and landscapes from other cultures in SAMA’s collection.

“As the country and the arts sector begin to imagine returning to a post-pandemic world, the National Endowment for the Arts is proud to announce funding that will help arts organizations such as the San Antonio Museum of Art re-engage fully with partners and audiences.” – NEA Acting Chairman Ann Eilers.

The San Antonio Museum of Art serves as a forum to explore and connect with art that spans the world’s geographies, artistic periods, genres, and cultures. Its collection contains nearly 30,000 works representing 5,000 years of history. Housed in the historic Lone Star Brewery on the Museum Reach of San Antonio’s River Walk, the San Antonio Museum of Art is committed to promoting the rich cultural heritage and life of the city. The Museum hosts hundreds of events and public programs each year, including concerts, performances, tours, lectures, symposia, and interactive experiences. As an active civic leader, the Museum is dedicated to enriching the cultural life of the city and the region, and to supporting its creative community.

 

Twin Liquors’ upcoming events

Upcoming events include a virtual wine event and a Memorial Day sale. Photo: Twin Liquors, used with permission.

On Wednesday June 2, Twin Liquors will be hosting a virtual wine event with international man of winemaking, Nick Goldschmidt, as he guides viewers through a tasting of his wines from New Zealand, to Argentina, to California. Born in New Zealand, Nick Goldschmidt has been making wine in both hemispheres for nearly forty years; first corporately, and now for his own Goldschmidt Vineyards brands, since 1998. Nick is hands-on from vine to bottle, and has a deep passion for single-vineyard Cabernet. You will often find him in the vineyard pruning vines or in the cellars crushing and racking his top wines. To register for the free event, please visit the link here. (Twin Liquors, 2021)

Additionally, beginning next week on May 24, Twin Liquors will be offering its annual Memorial Day sales which features specials on spirits and wine. The special promo will run through May 31. For more information on specific sale items, visit Twin Liquors online.

Be sure to also check out Twin Liquors newly launched Spring into Summer Entertaining Guide designed to provide advice on hosting this spring season. Whether “Entertaining at Home” means having a few friends over for dinner or inviting your closest friends to a backyard get-together, Twin Liquors has you covered with everything you need. Featuring new spring cocktail combo packs with recipes, wine pairings, and tips for hosting this spring, the entertaining guide has something for everyone.

May 24 – May 31: Memorial Day Sale
June 2: Around the World with Nick Goldschmidt, Virtual Wine Event (6p.m. CT)

Customers are able to shop through the website or the Twin Liquors app, available to download on iOS and Android app stores. Twin Liquors will continue to offer online ordering for in-store pickup and/or delivery in all stores.

Born and raised in downtown Austin, Texas, Twin Liquors began as one small store and has developed into a successful “home-grown” Texas family-owned company. Twin Liquors has a unique and well-respected reputation throughout the United States for having impeccable team members, outstanding customer service, conveniently located stores, extensive selections of fine wines and premium spirits from around the world, and substantial community involvement. Twin Liquors currently operates 100+ neighborhood stores from Austin to San Antonio, the Hill Country to Houston and the DFW area with their Sigel’s branded stores.

Jamestown Revival releases first track from upcoming EP

Prospector Blues is the first track from Jamestown Revival’s upcoming Fireside With Louis L’Amour EP which will be out May 28, 2021. Courtesy photo, used with permission.

In 2020, Jamestown Revival released A Field Guide To Loneliness, an intimate collection of songs that finds Clay and Chance reflecting on recent times whereby human contact was limited more than ever. A Field Guide To Loneliness follows Jamestown Revival’s 2019 critically acclaimed release, San Isabel. Recorded in a remote cabin in the majestic and calming landscape of central Colorado, the band embraced a minimalist approach in the recording of San Isabel. Finding inspiration in ‘60s and early ‘70s folk and pop, the original songs on San Isabel show reverence for early John Denver and Bob Dylan, as well as Simon & Garfunkel and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. (IV-PR, 2021)

The frontier stories of American novelist Louis L’Amour have been an influence on Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance of Jamestown Revival since the band’s formation. At the age of 23, both Clay and Chance read L’Amour’s memoir, “The Education Of A Wandering Man,” and since then, fans have not had to dig very deep to find their hat tips to the late great legend. On May 28, Jamestown Revival’s newest project, an EP titled Fireside With Louis L’Amour, will forever immortalize the guys’ love for L’Amour’s storytelling in a six-song roundup of tunes directly inspired by his short stories. When it was all said and done, Jamestown Revival was successful in their effort to distill a half-dozen tales from “The Collected Short Stories of Louis L’Amour, Volume 1: Frontier Stories” from 30-page adventures down to three and a half minute songs; each directly inspired by individual stories from the collection—Jamestown Revival’s tune “Bound for El Paso” comes from L’Amour’s “The Gift of Cochise,” “Fool Me Once” was inspired by “The Man from Bitter Sands,” and so on. This past Friday, the band released “Prospector’s Blues,” their thumping, resonator-driven album-closer inspired by L’Amour’s tale of cautious-turned-reckless mining in “Trap of Gold.” Fans can listen to “Prospector’s Blues” here and pre-order or pre-save Fireside With Louis L’Amour ahead of its May 28 release with this link.

“They say that L’Amour was the master of the short story and we would humbly agree. In 30 pages he manages to draw you in, make you invest in the characters, and oftentimes hit you with a twist that you truly didn’t expect,” say Clay and Chance. “The songs on Fireside With Louis L’Amour are our attempt to put a musical spin on some of Louis’ short stories found on ‘The Collected Short Stories of Louis L’Amour, Volume 1: Frontier Stories.’ To have the family of L’Amour on board was just icing on the cake for Jamestown Revival. “On top of that, it’s been an absolute honor to have the blessing of Louis’ son, Beau, and the L’Amour estate. We hope these songs inspire you to pick up ‘The Collected Short Stories of Louis L’Amour’ and read the true inspiration behind the music,” they say, before adding “We also feel it’s worthwhile to mention these songs should be best enjoyed sitting next to a fire with a nip of whiskey in the glass.”

Fireside With Louis L’Amour Track Listing:
1. Bound for El Paso
2. Fool Me Once
3. The Ballad of Four Prisoners
4. The Killing Type
5. Beyond the Ridge
6. Prospector’s Blues