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On view through November 17th is Erin Curtis’ “Night and Day.”
Curtis’ exhibition includes recent large-scale paintings that are dense with color and pattern. Her layered, cut-canvas works contain disrupted surfaces and reflect an interest in geometric abstraction and its historical roots in weaving, architecture, nature, and ritual. The paintings in “Night and Day” are nearly overwhelmed by an unreadable chaos that is pulled back to the edge of order by familiar patterns and forms. The exhibition will be on view through November 17th, 2019.
Erin Curtis is an artist living and working in Austin, Texas. Curtis’s work combines utopian ideals of beauty and structure, with process and chance. Primarily working as a painter, she also creates large-scale, site-specific installations and public art projects.
She has received grants from the Dallas Museum of Art, the Andy Warhol Foundation, the City of Austin and the District of Columbia. Curtis has had solo shows at Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX (2017), CalPoly, San Luis Obispo, California (2016), Big Medium Gallery, Austin, Texas (2015) and Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, DC (2015). She has created commissioned works for the Chicago Transit Authority, the City of Washington D.C., Facebook, Art in Embassies and the City of Austin. In the summer of 2019, a 20- foot tall cut brick mural commissioned by Intelligentsia Coffee will be installed in downtown Austin. Curtis attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2010 and was awarded residencies at Anderson Ranch (2012) and Vermont Studio Center (2014). In 2008-2009, Curtis was a Fulbright Scholar in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Curtis graduated from Williams College with a BA in Liberal Arts in 1999 and received her MFA from the University of Texas at Austin in 2007.
For more info go to erinelizabethcurtis.com.
In GAC’s second-floor galleries, the exhibition Exchange Rate is on view through October 6th, 2019. The exhibition features artists who incorporate currency in their work as material and subject matter. “Exchange Rate” features work by Corey Ackelmire, Mike Beradino, Rene Cruz, Kevin Curry, Kathy Hall, Mary Jeys, Virginia Lee Montgomery, Ken Little, Deborah Mersky, Phillip Pyle II, Dan Tague, The Art Guys, and Anthony Thompson Shumate.
These exhibitions are supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
GAC is the organizer of ArtWalk, which takes place every six weeks in downtown Galveston. The ArtWalk brochure, which lists participating venues, hours, information, and map can be downloaded at galvestonartscenter.org. The galleries are open to the public Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-5pm, and Sunday 12 noon-5pm. Admission is free at all times.
Galveston Art League exhibits the entries that were accepted into its Fall 2019 Juried Show. Members and nonmembers from Galveston County and beyond create works in various media; most are for sale. Hours: noon-6 p.m. Thursdays-Sundays. www.GalvestonArtLeague.com
- Children’s Art Classes ARE BACK!!!!
- Brand New Location
- Brand New BIGGER Classroom
- Teacher: Samitha Edwards, BFA Fine Arts and Art History, Teaching Certification in Art
This is NOT your average kid class….adults enjoy it too and learn something new each time they come
HERE, your children will be learning Art History, Technique, and Elements & Principles of Art from A-Z!
The first 30 minutes of class will be the Art History portion, where your children will get to know all the Masters, as well as the contemporary. We will be going from Primitive Cave art all the way to Andy Warhol.
Your children will leave here with new knowledge of the arts, printed handouts of the day’s lessons, and a completed piece of artwork.
We will go through ALL mediums, some will messier than others, and some will leave permanent stains. I will supply smocks for everyone, but be sure to drop off your kids with play clothes you don’t mind getting dirty, just in case
Classes will be every Friday, 4-7pm, which gives parents a perfect opportunity to take advantage of the shops and restaurants right next door to the gallery :)
Pre-registration is preferred, but we also take walk-ins.
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For more events, go to GalvestonIslandGuide.com!
The Kitchen Chick, Downtown Galveston’s charming boutique kitchen shop, offers specialty gourmet kitchen wares and accessories, plus a full schedule of enticing cooking classes. Now in its new location at 2402 Market St., there’s a lot going on in the kitchen.
Classes range from $50-$75. Reservations are made on a first come, first served basis. Class sizes are kept small to ensure lots of interaction with the instructor. To reserve your spot call (409)497-2999 or go to thekitchenchick.com. Classes are:
- September 27th (6:30pm): Gulf Seafood, Salute to Shrimp & Snapper
- September 28th (11am): Southern Biscuit Saturday
- October 5th (11am): Holiday Macaron Magic
- October 6th (1pm): Halloween Sugar ‘Spookies’ with Royal Icing
- October 11th (6:30pm): Tacos & Tequila
- October 20th (11am): Halloween Sugar ‘Spookies’ with Royal Icing
- November 7th (6:30pm): Soups for Sweater Weather
- November 9th (11am and 2pm): Southern Biscuit Saturday
- November 16th (11am): Holiday Macaron Magic
- November 17th (1pm): Thanksgiving Cookies with Royal Icing
- December 13th (6:30pm): Boozy Creole Feast
Come take a cooking class at The Kitchen Chick! On the gulf coast, its all about latitudes & attitudes! Chef Bailey Glover is teaching you how to prepare your favorite fresh gulf seafood dishes at home. We’ll start the class by making a spicy shrimp remoulade stack salad with layers of fresh tomato and drizzled with a divine citrus basil vinaigrette. Next, master pan-searing snapper fillets and serve them with a light lemon herb sauce over a bed of creamy gruyere and fresh cracked pepper polenta. Finally, you’ll crack into a sinful homemade creme brulee for dessert. It doesn’t get any fresher than our famous gulf seafood cooking classes!
$75/person.
Please call 409-497-2999 to reserve your spot! Reservations are made on a first come, first serve basis (facebook/website comments will NOT count as reservations; you must call us!). Payment is due at the time of reservation.
Please Read The Fine Print:
The Kitchen Chick will refund your tuition in full for cancellations made up to 72 hours before the class. No refunds or credits will be given for a cancellation made less than 72 hours before the class. Cancellations or changes can be made by calling 409-497-2999 or emailing alicia@aliciac1.sg-host.com. When a class is cancelled due to inclement weather, we will contact you by email or telephone and issue a full refund. If you miss a class due to weather-related concerns, our standard cancellation policy applies.
Class sizes are kept small to ensure you get to interact with the instructors. Can’t wait to get cooking with you!
Join a fun and totally cool tour with Galveston Ghost Tours! Several different tours are available:
Walking Historic Galveston Ghost Tour
This walking tour has been conducted since 2009, and no gravestone has been left unturned to bring Haunted Galveston’s history to you. Meet on the corner of Sealy Ave. and 23rd St.
Ghost Bus Tour – Seawall Departure
This is a 10-mile, approximately 60-minute tour of Galveston! You’ll hear from ghost eyewitnesses in their own words. Galveston is well known for its haunted history, and as you visit the Island, you’ll hear stories of hauntings and paranormal activity at locations nearly everywhere you go. For times, costs and such contact: info@GalvestonExperience.com, call (409)741-340, or go to galvestonexperience.com.
More in-depth stories can be heard on the Galveston Ghost Podcast at GalvestonGhostPodcast.com. The Galveston Ghost podcast brings you firsthand interviews in the words of the ghost eyewitnesses. Be sure to subscribe so you are notified when each new episode is released.
Schedules are available at galvestonexperience.com/calendar/.
From the author of the book comes a wonderful tour and a riveting journey through the forgotten parts of downtown Galveston that were once bustling with wild parties and generous offerings of hourly love.
Join renowned author and speaker Kimber Fountain as she brings to life the tales – both tragic and triumphant – of Galveston’s Red Light District: A History of The Line
Known today as a colorful resort destination featuring family-friendly entertainment and a thriving arts district, Galveston was once notorious for its flourishing vice economy of illegal liquor and gambling and an infamous red light district called simply, “The Line.”
This unassuming five blocks of Postoffice Street came to life every night and remained a stubborn mainstay of the island cityscape for nearly seventy years. In the late 1950s, the era was known as the “Free State of Galveston” finally came to an end, and today, almost all that remains of its history has been sensationalized and marginalized.
Galveston was more than just a city of “gangsters” and lewd women, and Kimber Fountain pursues the authentic, sequestered story of women who wanted to make their own rules and the city that wanted to let them.
Tours are every Wednesday-Saturday starting at 7pm. Tickets are $25 per person and can be purchased online at redlightdistricttoursofgalveston.com in advance or at the start of the tour (cash only).
Reservations are required for cash/onsite tickets, and both online ticket purchases and cash reservations must be made by 5pm the day of the tour.
The tour meets on the north steps of the old Galveston Post Office at 601 25th Street (corner of 25th and Church St.). Meet at the north steps located on Church Street side.
Tours begin promptly at 7pm. Please arrive at least 5-10 minutes early to ensure ample time to park and/or purchase onsite tickets. Due to mature content, this tour is strongly recommended for adults and older teens only. Tour content will not be censored for younger audiences, and teens and children must be accompanied by an adult.
For more info go to redlightdistricttoursofgalveston.com, email GalvestonRedLightTours@gmail.com, call or text (409)526-6883. Reservations required.
Two full days of shrimp, music, friends, and fun begins on Friday, September 27th and runs through Saturday, September 28th. Event activities include a Shrimp Gumbo Cook-Off, Gumbo Tasting, Official 5K, Lil’ Shrimps parade, live music, vendors, kids area, and a Strand Merchant Walk-About. There is plenty for the whole family to enjoy! For more info and to get tickets go to galvestonshrimpfestival.com.
Gumbo Stroll
Join in as Galveston’s Historic Downtown Strand District is transformed into a melting pot of flavors. With more than 80 teams from award-winning cookers to backyard roux roughnecks, you will want to get in early to try them all. With the purchase of a Gumbo Stroll ticket, you get the opportunity to try all the amazing gumbo the Cook Teams have to offer. Teams lining the Historical Strand District will dish out a sample to festival attendees who have purchased an official Gumbo-Tasting Cup. Walk around and try countless samples for the 4-hour span, and enjoy the live music and cold refreshments. Tickets are $12 until September 16th online, and increase to $14 after. The day of the event tickets will be $17.
Want Shrimp, But Don’t Want To Do The Gumbo Stroll?
NEW this year! Purchase the “Shrimp Dinner and Beer Combo” ticket that includes: a plate of fried shrimp, a cup of shrimp gumbo and one 16 oz beer; then redeem in Saengerfest Park at 23rd and Strand, September 28th, 12-4pm. This ticket option does not include the Gumbo Stroll. The day of the event tickets are $25.
Cook Off
Whip up a batch of your best gumbo recipe and bring it on down to the Galveston Historical Strand. Compete for the gold and Shrimp Gumbo Champion bragging rights. Although every gumbo has its own unique taste, they can’t all be winners. Here is your chance to light up those judges’ taste buds and show ‘em what you got! There is a $1,000 cash prize. Sign up early and receive lots of perks.
Gumbo Stroll & Shrimp Scamper 5K
In cooperation with the Galveston Island Shrimp Festival, this is your opportunity to scamper your way around Galveston and follow it up with a day of great eats and drinks. The race will start and end at 28th and Seawall. Perks include free libations, performance t-shirt, pre-run snacks, placing medals, costume contest, downtown activities after the run and more.
The 5K Combo ticket includes: Gumbo Tasting Cup for entry into Galveston Island Shrimp Festival, 5K registration with chip timing, fun performance t-shirt, and one free beer at early packet pickup/runner’s happy hour at Beerfoot Brewery and another free beer after the Run. Tickets are $46 before September 11th, and $66 after.
Shrimp 5K registration only includes 5K registration with chip timing, fun performance t-shirt, and one free beer at early packet pickup/runner’s happy hour at Beerfoot Brewery and another free beer after the Run. Tickets are $46 before September 11th, and $56 after.
Register before September 19th to guarantee a shirt in your size with your registration.
Walkabout
Take a break from the September heat and stop into some of the island’s most popular Strand Merchants for a quick browse or some serious shopping. Visit all of the shops on your walk-about card, get a stamp from each one, turn in your card by 4pm and win!
All completed cards entered have a chance at winning hundreds of dollars in gift cards from participating stores. Winners will be contacted by email after the festival. All completed cards must be turned in by 4pm to the Information Booth to qualify.
Be sure to get a card from the information booths at Saengerfest Park, 23rd and Strand or 22nd and Strand.
Lil’ Shrimp’s Parade
Saturday, September 28th at 3pm, the Lil’ Shrimps Parade is something the whole family can enjoy! Catch beads from participating floats as they roll down the Strand. Interested in having your organization participate in the parade? Get more information by contacting the Parade Coordinator Jimmy Wisner at jimmz77@sbcglobal.net.
Join me for a great evening of Texas music on the sidewalk at Mod Coffeehouse!
