Blanton All Day: Jingle Jam
2024sat14dec10:00 amsat8:00 pm
Event Details
WHEN/WHERE:
10 a.m.–8 p.m., Saturday, December 14
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Austin, TX 78712
ADMISSION:
$20: Ages 18 & up
$10: Ages 6-17
FREE: Ages 5 & under
FREE: Blanton Members Not yet a member? Join today!
(Please note, other regular discounts such as UT-Austin ID Holder, Military, K-12 Teacher, Museum Reciprocal, and Senior do not apply.)
EVENT SCHEDULE
MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON. All events subject to change. The galleries open till 8 p.m.
Art on View (Michener Gallery Building)
Explore a wide variety of galleries & don’t miss these special exhibitions:
- Long Live Surrealism! 1924—Today
- Mónica de Miranda: Path to the Stars
- Native America: In Translation
- Tavares Strachan: Between Me and You
Experience Art (Michener Building)
Join any of these guided offerings, created by our Education team to enhance your museum experience.
10:30 a.m. – Drawing to See: Join a Blanton educator who will lead this half-hour experience of close looking with pencil and sketch pad in hand. The more you draw, the more you’ll see! Recommended for ages 12 years & up.
11 a.m. – Look & Listen Storytime: Blanton gallery teachers will lead you and your family through picture book readings connected to works of art. Storytime will inspire close looking, creativity, and curiosity. Recommended for ages 4-8 years old.
11:30 a.m. – Looking Together: Spend time with a small group that wants to share the experience of noticing, wondering, and making meaning. Guided activities may emphasize interpretation, personal connections, creativity or play! Recommended for ages 12 years & up.
Curator’s Choice: Art of the Spanish Americas (Michener Building)
Rosario I. Granados, Marilynn Thoma Curator, Art of the Spanish Americas, will discuss some a depiction of The Sleeping Christ Child featured on a copper plate inside the Art of the Spanish Americas Gallery.
Live Performance by Conspirare + DJ Set by Breakaway Records
We’re thrilled to bring GRAMMY® -winning choir Conspirare to the Blanton! You can also enjoy another DJ set by Breakaway Records.
About Conspirare
Conspirare is a GRAMMY® -winning choir that provides transformational musical experiences that have a deep impact on people in Central Texas and around the world. Through live performances, recordings, concert videos, and music education, we tell stories and shape our culture.
Our professional choir is comprised of accomplished musicians from around the country selected to come together to rehearse, perform, and record. Conspirare collaborates with a variety of other musicians and groups to expand our reach, most recently with the Miró Quartet and Isaac Cates’s choir Ordained. Conspirare’s performing season includes concerts in mid-size venues, community singing events, and our iconic Christmas concert at the Long Center which tours to other Texas cities.
Recognition & Awards
- GRAMMY® Award for Best Choral Performance for The Sacred Spirit of Russia
- Edison Award (Dutch equivalent of Grammys) for Requiem (Harmonia Mundi’s 2009 re-release), 2010.
- GRAMMY® Nomination for Best Classical Crossover, “A Company of Voices: Conspirare in Concert” (PBS television special), 2009.
Founder Craig Hella Johnson chose the name “Conspirare” which translates from Latin as “to breathe together.” Conspirare quickly established its reputation for “expanding the boundaries of choral performance” (Wall Street Journal).
Conspirare’s commitment to new music and diverse programming is evident from our first recording, Through the Green Fuse (2004), which features a Gaelic hymn, African American spirituals, and works by Sibelius, Stephen Foster, and Eric Whitacre, among others.
Conspirare has performed throughout the U.S., including appearances as a featured choir at the American Choral Directors Association annual conference and regional ACDA conventions.
By commissioning new choral works by living composers, Conspirare aims to create great choral masterpieces for the future, while helping all voices to be heard. Believing that music can hold everything, Conspirare sings of joy, love, praise, and the painful separation caused by racial injustice, gun violence, and climate crisis.
Food & Drink
B.Y.O.P. [bring your own picnic] and enjoy it on the grounds.
Go to our Before You Visit page for more details and information when planning your visit. Visit our FAQs section to help plan your day at the Blanton. A limited number of lockers are available to use in our Check-In Building (first come, first served). If you have specific accommodation needs, please email us at accessibility@blantonmuseum.org Please note, the Blanton café is closed until further notice.
Remember to share your experience on social using #BlantonNewGrounds & #MoodyPatio and tag us @blantonmuseum!
PARKING / TRANSPORT: Parking is available in the Brazos Garage. Normal rates can be paid directly at the garage. (Blanton Members get a $4 discounted rate at Check-In, valid all day). Ride-shares can drop off in the Museum Drop-Off on the east side of the museum. Bicycle racks are available on the south side of Jester Center and on the west side of the museum’s Smith Administration Building. Public transit is encouraged; Cap Metro bus routes 1, 3, 7, 10, 18, 19, 20, 801, and 803 have stops within walking distance.
Support for Blanton All Day is generously provided by H-E-B. Media Sponsor: The Austin Chronicle.