San Antonio Museum of Art is starting a Book Club

San Antonio Museum of Art

March 28, 2021 | Events

 
StART a Conversation
with SAMA’s Book Club
For SAMA’s third book club, we invite you to read Lion Island: Cuba’s Warrior of Words by award-winning author Margarita Engle.
 
This short book tells the story of Antonio—a young man of African, Chinese, and Cuban descent—growing up in Cuba in the nineteenth century when the country is fighting for freedom from Spain. He becomes a champion of civil rights, determined that violence will not be the only way to gain liberty. Engle blends the story of fictional and real-life characters with beautiful free verse poetry.
 
During the book club, Lucia Abramovich, co-curator of the exhibition No Ocean Between Us, will highlight a couple of artworks featured in the exhibition in relation with the book.
 
Friday, April 2 | 6:00–7:00 p.m.
$10 for non-members | $5 for members
Limited Space Available
 
 
Get the Book at the Shop!
 
Lion Island: Cuba’s Warrior of Words is available at the Museum Shop. Act fast—only a few are available.
 
Upcoming Events
 
 
Wednesday, March 31
6:00–7:00 p.m.
 
 
$15 for non-members
$13.5 for members
 
Explore transformative elements and relationships between the OrigamiintheGarden² sculpture exhibition on display at the San Antonio Botanical Garden and objects in the San Antonio Museum of Art collection.
 
Learn more about the various techniques used throughout the production of the exhibition—ranging from the production of paper to the lost-wax casting method—and how these techniques have been used in different cultural contexts with the San Antonio Museum of Art’s collection.
 
Wednesday, April 14
6:00–7:00 p.m.
 
 
Pay what you wish
 
In honor of the exhibition No Ocean Between Us, this poetry panel will feature a wide range of perspectives and thought on the complex and multifaceted cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean.
 
Featured poets include Julia Wong Kcomt, Rajiv Mohabir, JR Mahung, and Nadia Misir. This panel will explore identity, migration, and cultural blends.
 
Captions:
SABOT + SAMA: Buddha (detail), Korean, 17th-18th century, Bronze and wood, h. 20 1/4 in. (51.4 cm); w. 16 in. (40.6 cm); d. 11 in. (27.9 cm), Gift of Floyd L. Whittington, 97.11.117.a-b.
 
Poetry reading: Manabu Mabe, Agonia (Agony), 1963, oil on canvas. © OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas Collection. Gift of Francisco Matarazzo Sobrinho.  
 
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