In the early 1970s, Bill Witliff photographed vaqueros in northern Mexico as they went about their daily chores that had changed little since the first Mexican cow herders learned to work cattle from a horse's back. Vaquero: Genesis of the Texas Cowboy, the exhibition based on Witliff's work, was created by the Witliff Collection at the Alkek Library, Texas State University-San Marcos and presented in partnership with the Humanities Texas traveling exhibitions program. For more information, contact, Irving Arts Center at 972.252.7558.
Events
December 3, 2011–February 26, 2012
Exhibition
January 16–
February 29, 2012
February 29, 2012
Exhibition
Featuring photographs, facsimiles of landmark documents, and quotations by Dr. King and others engaged in the struggle for civil rights, this Humanities Texas traveling exhibition surveys the Civil Rights Movement from the emergence of Martin Luther King Jr. in the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955 through the 1990s. For more information, contact Museum of the Big Bend at 432.837.8143 or 432.837.8730.
January 16–
March 4, 2012
March 4, 2012
Exhibition
R. C. Hickman was a Dallas photographer whose thousands of images produced from 1949 to 1961 document aspects of life in an African American community in Texas. His photographs depict a community largely invisible to white Americans—thoroughly a part of mainstream America by virtue of accomplishment and lifestyle but excluded from it because of race. This exhibition was created by the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin, and is presented in partnership with the Humanities Texas traveling exhibitions program. For more information, contact Metropolitan Community Church of Greater Dallas at 972.243.0761.
January 27–April 1, 2012
Exhibition
This exhibition of photographs by Diego Huerta features residents from both Mexico and the United States protesting the approximately 31,000 murders that have resulted from the recent Mexican drug wars. For more information, please contact Mexic-Arte Museum at 512.480.9373.
February 1–March 1, 2012
Exhibition
This Humanities Texas traveling exhibition addresses the question posed by African American poet Countee Cullen in 1926: “What is Africa to me?” This exhibition provides a number of examples from twentieth-century African American artists—both trained and untrained—that visually respond to this question. These modern artists draw heavily on African influence, while simultaneously reinterpreting it for a different time and place. The exhibition surveys the work of forty-five artists, including unknown Africans and Haitians, through photographs, posters, and concise texts. For more information, contact the West Waco Library and Genealogy Center at 254.750.5945.
February 4–May 27, 2012
Exhibition
Melina Mara began photographing the thirteen women in the U.S. Senate in 2001, continuing as their number grew to fourteen in 2003. Changing the Face of Power: Women in the U.S. Senate, the exhibition based on her work, was created by the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin, and is presented in partnership with the Humanities Texas traveling exhibitions program. For more information, contact Irving Arts Center at 972.252.7558.
February 6–
March 19, 2012
March 19, 2012
Exhibition
On the morning of June 7, 1998, the body of James Byrd Jr. was discovered in front of an African American church near Jasper, Texas. James Byrd was the victim of a hate crime that shocked and devastated the small East Texas town. This Humanities Texas traveling exhibition explores the impact of the murder on the community and emphasizes the vital role local ministers played in keeping the peace in the days and months following Byrd’s death. For more information, contact the Freeport Historical Museum at 979.233.0066.
February 6–
March 19, 2012
March 19, 2012
Exhibition
This Humanities Texas traveling exhibition explores the lives of Africans during the first three centuries of the American enterprise, with particular emphasis on how the slave trade created the prosperity of the New World and stamped the evolving society with indelible aspects of African culture. This exhibition features illustrations of paintings, watercolor sketches, details from panoramic panel and mural paintings, engravings, archival documents, color photographs of historic places, and maps and graphs of the origins and destinations of slaves. For more information, contact the Freeport Historical Museum at 979.233.0066.
February 17–
February 24, 2012
February 24, 2012
Exhibition
This Humanities Texas traveling exhibition addresses the question posed by African American poet Countee Cullen in 1926: “What is Africa to me?” This exhibition provides a number of examples from twentieth-century African American artists—both trained and untrained—that visually respond to this question. These modern artists draw heavily on African influence, while simultaneously reinterpreting it for a different time and place. The exhibition surveys the work of forty-five artists, including unknown Africans and Haitians, through photographs, posters, and concise texts. For more information, contact the Gateway Community and Technical College Library at 859.441.4500.
February 24–
March 8, 2012
March 8, 2012
Exhibition
This Humanities Texas traveling exhibition addresses the question posed by African American poet Countee Cullen in 1926: “What is Africa to me?” This exhibition provides a number of examples from twentieth-century African American artists—both trained and untrained—that visually respond to this question. These modern artists draw heavily on African influence, while simultaneously reinterpreting it for a different time and place. The exhibition surveys the work of forty-five artists, including unknown Africans and Haitians, through photographs, posters, and concise texts. For more information, contact the Gateway Community and Technical College Library at 859.441.4500.