From January 20 through February 10, the South Austin Museum of Popular Culture will host a retrospective exhibit featuring 30 years of posters that were created to publicize Carnaval Austin. The exhibit opens with a reception on January 20th, at 7:09pm with food & drink & music.
Carnaval Austin celebrates the equivalent of a middle-class, indoor CARNAVAL DE SAL?O, or CARNAVAL DE PUL?O (Ballroom Carnaval or Big Jump Carnaval), but held for one night only, in the middle of winter. And of course the crowd consists mainly of gringos who have no idea how to dance samba and cannot understand a single word of the music. Very curious. But, reflecting the uniqueness of Austin, the participants do have a very good time, and a truly magical ambience is created. That atmosphere is reflected in the amazing posters created to advertise the event.
The exhibit opens with a reception on January 20th, at 7:09pm, the show will include all 30 years of posters, costumes, photographs of Carnaval, a special display tracking the creation of one of the posters and of course, food & drink & music.
Carnaval Poster Retrospective January 20 through February 10th opening reception January 20th at 7:09pm gallery hours: Thursday through Sunday, 1 - 6pm or by appointment
For more information, please contact the Museum:
South Austin Museum of Popular Culture 1516-B South Lamar Blvd This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it tel: 512.440.8318
for more information about Carnaval 2007: http://www.sambaparty.com/info.htmlested at the door. Costumes and/or masks are encouraged. http://www.samopc.org for more info
