Jeanne Claire van Ryzin
@JCvanRyzin
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Award-winning cultural writer & journalist.
Maine, United States
Joined September 2008
Rude Mechs’ “Contranyms” responds to political division with language games
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Debuting as part of the Fusebox 2023 festival, Rude Mechs’ “Contranyms (A Performance Ritual)” takes place in an alternate history. In this world, those on the far, far right and far, far left sides...
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Blanton names Claudia Zapata as curator of Latino art https://t.co/mMs1tBKqrP
#latinxart
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Inaugural ‘Why Black Museums?’ program to examine contributions of Black museums https://t.co/q1h9a8KQO9
#blackmuseums
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Fusebox announces 2023 festival line-up — and re-introduces paid ticketing
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Long Center to add 3D-printed amphitheater to its grounds https://t.co/DGZR4qWUov via
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The Long Center for the Performing will soon see its great lawn sprout an sculptural amphitheatre with undulating enclosure walls and a round stage. The project is being built as a partnership among...
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Deeply invested in histories of place Virginia Colwell’s artworks trouble cultural and artistic romanticization of the American South.
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Virginia Colwell’s small solo exhibition “To Have and to Hold” at Co-lab Projects consists of two new works: a series of five landscape paintings and a work of sculpture, both cleverly installed in...
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"There are a lot of inaccurate ideas about how artists work, and what inspires them... ideas don’t drop from the heavens along with a dramatically scored ‘aha’ moment." Learn more about "Day Jobs" via @sightlinesmag1 →
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You’ve heard the phrase “Don’t quit your day job.” Perhaps it’s the visual artist who hears it most. Whether lack of the government funding, fluctuating economic conditions, an unpredictable art...
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With ‘Girls Gotta Eat,’ Sarah Bork photographs drag queens shopping for groceries
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The radical right has drag performers in its crosshair, absurdly charging that drag contributes to “grooming” — not their wigs, but children. In a sweet contrast, photographer Sarah Bork has been...
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The Line-up: Seven #Austin exhibitions to see in March
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Prose & Puns is Austin’s only literary comedy show. Austin’s literary funsters are teaming for a double bill at 8 p.m. Feb. 25 at Last Stand Brewery.
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"Farfán-Santos offers heart-to-heart conversations between Mexican women about the trauma of family separation and navigating the US healthcare system." Julie Poole reviews UNDOCUMENTED MOTHERHOOD for @sightlinesmag1
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Trauma lives in the body. An experience that seems impossible to vocalize will express itself through physical illness and mental distress. Elizabeth Farfán-Santos, a medical anthropologist, has...
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Texas receives over $1.5 million in NEA grants and fellowships https://t.co/8XqWcfyAb2
@NEAarts
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In its first round of recommended grants for fiscal year 2023, the National Endowment of the Arts has award $1,514,000 to Texas arts organizations and Texas artists. Among the individual grantees are...
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Austin Film Festival review: ‘Follow Her’ plays well as a psycho-sexual thriller https://t.co/8U1yvhFMQ2
@austinfilmfest @FollowHerFilm
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Contemporary Austin fills top curatorial and programs positions https://t.co/sV5tADrzOV
#artmuseums #curators
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Alex Klein has been named the museum's head curator and director of curatorial affairs, and Danny Orendorff as its senior director of programs and engagement.
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Film review: A lot of things make “The Banshees of Inisherin” wonderful. Colin Farrell stars in an allegorical tale of a friendship betrayed, with a script by playwright/director Martin McDonagh,
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Contemporary Austin unveils Jenny Holzer mural on its downtown museum building
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The Contemporary Austin has unveiled a new mural by American artist Jenny Holzer on the 7th Street side of the museum’s Jones Center building in downtown Austin. Reading IN A DREAM YOU SAW A WAY TO...
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Texas State University System hires first ever director of public art https://t.co/lFshxF051l
#publicart
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The Texas State University System has hired Marjorie Flanagan as the system’s first director of public art. The position was created to coordinate all public art commissions for the system’s seven...
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Houston writer @KieseLaymon, Austin astrodynamicist @moribajah among MacArthur Foundation ‘genius grant’ winners https://t.co/Mpm9dH7y37
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Houston writer Kiese Laymon and University of Texas professor Moriba Jah are among the 25 recipients of the MacArthur Foundation “genius” award, announced today by the Chicago-based John D. and...
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