Let the People In on Library Journal and Houston Chronicle Best Lists

Let the
People In

By Jan
Reid

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End of the year best lists are in full swing, and our Let the People In has landed on some great ones!

Picked as Margaret Heilbrun of Library Journal’s best book of 2012: Biography and History

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Picked as one of Houston Chronicle’s Best of 2012 book list

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Lonesome Dove on Leonard Maltin and American Cowboy's Best of 2012 lists

A Book
on the Making of Lonesome Dove

By John
Spong

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A Book on the Making of Lonesome Dove was featured on Leonard Maltin’s Indiewire.com blog as one of his New and Noteworthy film books of 2012.

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John Spong's behind the scenes look at Lonesome Dove was also selected an Editor’s pick in American Cowboy, naturally.

View the list at americancowboy.com>>

The New York Times Wheels Blog :: Lowrider Space

Lowrider
Space

By Ben
Chappell

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The New York Times Wheels blog talks to Lowrider Space author Ben Chappell:



"Lowriding is a social medium. That’s the message brought by an
anthropologist who has spent years looking at those curb crawling,
brightly painted, hydraulically athletic vehicles that have become a
familiar image of Hispanic culture across the Sun Belt.




Ben Chappell, author of Lowrider Space: Aesthetics and Politics of Mexican American Custom Cars (University of Texas Press) and an assistant professor of American studies at the University of Kansas,
discovered the world of lowriding when he was in graduate school at the
University of Texas in Austin. 'It’s about taking your car out in a
caravan and making sure that people see it out in public,' Mr. Chappell
said. 'A lot of time, it involves finding an empty parking lot late at
night and just hanging out. It’s a chance to talk about the cars, but
also discuss what’s going on in the community. It was really a public
sphere where people were talking about what was going on in their
lives.'"



Read the full interview at wheels.blogs.nytimes.com >>

OPEN HOUSE AT UNT AUTISM CENTER

Thirteen artworks have been purchased for the UNT Kristen Farmer Autism Center and will be on view next month! Thank you to all the talented artists who expressed interest in this project and participated in the UNT Artist Registry. Registry profiles remain active and can be updated at any time.

Open House
UNT Autism Center
490 S I-35E, Denton (on the south-bound access road between Fort Worth Dr and Teasley Ln)
Saturday, November 3 from 9 - 11 am

Artworks are by Texas artists Lola Campbell (Denison), Trey Egan (Lewisville), Grant Manier (Houston), Teri Muse (Argyle), and Naomi Rosen (Kileen).  The works will be installed in the Center's reception room, parent conference room, and administrative common areas.

Trey Egan, Opening Day, 2011. Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 inches.

Open Percent for Art Project

The UNT Kristin Farmer Autism Center has $15,000 available for the purchase and installation of existing artworks for the walls of the Center's reception room.  Preference will be given to artists who have Autism Spectrum Disorders, including Autism and Asperger's Disorder, or who have strong ties to autism. The Center seeks to create a warm, comforting environment for parents and family members, who visit to complete paperwork, attend therapy sessions, and/or participate in training or other events.  Because the Center's mission includes positively impacting the lives of individuals with autism, artworks that suggest themes of care, hope, optimism, joy and/or related emotions will be given preference.

Artworks will be selected from the UNT Artist Registry during late July 2012. The deadline for creating a profile on the registry to be eligible for this project is July 13, 2012.* A description of the project with specifics about the location is available for download by visiting the UNT College of Visual Arts and Design website. (Scroll to the bottom of the home page and click on the green bar titled "UNT Art in Public Places"; the project is listed under Current Projects.)

Questions: contact Tracee.Robertson@unt.edu

*An artist may create and/or update a free profile on the UNT Artist Registry at any time. Each UNT Percent for Art project has an opening date, when the project is posted, and a closing date, when all profiles on the registry are reviewed for eligibility relative to that project. In the artist profile section titled "Artistic Background", there is an open field in which artists may express interest in a specific project.

UNT Art in Public Places Artist Registry

The University of North Texas initiated the Art in Public Places Program two years ago. In support of the program we have now created an Artist Registry at http://art.unt.edu/forms/appp-registration. Artists (or their representatives) may join the registry at anytime. Once an account is established, artworks and other information may be updated as necessary.

This is an exciting new opportunity for the campus and for artists in our region and throughout the world. We hope, over time, to transform the campus with the creation of iconic spaces and the placement of contemporary works that will enhance the learning and working environments within the buildings and outside. At present, we are working on two immediate projects which have budgets of $15,000 to $30,000 for purchase of works for the Willis Library and Discovery Park, the science and engineering park operated by the university. Another project upcoming in the next year is Sage Hall, which will have a budget of $20,000. We anticipate projects in the $100,000 - $300,000 range with in 2012-2103 as new buildings come on line. Through a separate program our new Business Leadership Building has a budget this year of $100,000 for art as well. In the coming years, projects in the $500,000+ range are anticipated.

We would like to work with you and artists you know in the most convenient and fair way possible, so we are asking for your help in reaching out to artists whose work would be appropriate for these commissions and purchases. We will be using the registry as our primary source for selecting works and will also be sending out specific calls for applications for projects. Our selection process will include a small committee of three people (including a member of our APP committee, an arts professional in the region, and an artist from the area) who will select the artists from the registry whose works will be reviewed for a specific project. The final selection will be made by a panel from the building in which the work will be installed, with a liaison from the selection committee. Hopefully, it will be an expeditious process that, overtime, will select contemporary works from now into the future.

Please help us enrich the cultural resources of our campus and community. The UNT Art Collection includes currently over 60 documented works featured on the ArtPath map of the campus.

If you have questions or suggestions please contact me at milnes@unt.edu.