Lectures/ Special Events at the Arkansas Arts Center
Lectures/ Special Events
Emphatically Present: Viola Frey and Her Art
By Patterson Sims
August 19, 2010
5:30 p.m.
Tickets: $5
Arkansas Arts Center Lecture Hall
Patterson Sims is a freelance curator and co-author of the exhibition catalog for Bigger, Better, More: The Art of Viola. In this lecture, he will discuss ceramist Viola Frey’s career and her art. Bigger, Better, More will be on view at the Arkansas Arts Center August 20 – November 28, 2010. Tickets to the lecture are $5. Call 501-372-4000 to purchase tickets.
Mexican Film Festival
Wednesdays, August 25, September 8, October 13 and November 10, 2010
6:30 p.m.
Admission is free.
Arkansas Arts Center Lecture Hall
The Mexican Film Festival is organized in collaboration with UALR. Films are in Spanish with English subtitles. Admission is free. Refreshments will be available for a small charge.
The following films will be shown:
August 25, 2010: Santa, 1931
September 8, 2010: Dona Barbara, 1943
October 13, 2010: La Rosa Blanca,
November 10, 2010: Los Albaniles
Wednesday, August 25: "Santa" (1931)
Director: Antonio Moreno
Synopsis: Santa is a humble girl that lives happily with her family in the small town of Chimalistac until Marcelino, a soldier that arrives in her home town, seduces and abandons her. Because of this she suffers the shame of being thrown out of her home.
Wednesday, September 8: "Dona Barbara" (1943)
Director: Fernando de Fuentes
Synopsis: After studying law in Caracas, Santos Luzardo returns to take charge of his herd in Altamira, in the Venezuelan plain controlled by dona Barbara. The woman has the peasants under her thumb through a mixture of guile, firm hand and witchcraft. The encounter between the two causes her to fall in love with him and try to make him hers whatever the cost.
Wednesday, October 13: "La Rosa Blanca" (1961)
Director: Roberto Gavaldon
Synopsis: Jacinto Yanez, a peasant, owns a ranch in the middle of land owned by foreign oil companies. Jacinto and his wife, Carmen, live there with their son Domingo and his wife, Guadalupe. Mr. Perez visits Jacinto to offer him large amounts of money for his land but is refused. One of the investors gets angry over the refusal and eventually kills Jacinto. The murder is discovered and the investor flees.
Wednesday, November 10: "Los Albañiles" (1976)
Director: Jorge Fons
Synopsis: In a building site, the watchman is beaten to death. The police treat it as just another murder, however leads show a wave of corruption from the owner to the most humble union involving them all in death.
For more information, visit http://arkansasmexico2010.com/?page_id=223 or call 501- 372-4000.
