The 11th Annual Aurora Award Dinner
With Honoree Joan Jonas In Attendance
Thursday, October 27, 6:30PM
Location: The McAlister Home
Chair: John Guess, Jr.
Tickets start at $250 and tables at $1250.
Aurora Picture Show will present the 11th annual Aurora Award to artist Joan Jonas.
The Aurora Award is an honor given to an artist who has exhibited extraordinary originality in the fields of media and multimedia art. Past Aurora honorees were Christian Marclay (2010), Doug Aitken (2009), Steina and Woody Vasulka (2007), Miranda July (2006), Isaac Julien (2005), Ant Farm (2004), Laurie Anderson (2003), William Wegman (2002), and Tony Oursler (2001).
Joan Jonas is a seminal figure in American post-war contemporary art. She works in several mediums including: performance art, video art, sculpture, filmmaking, photography and painting. In 2009, the artist was awarded the Guggenheim’s first annual Lifetime Achievement Award. Jonas has had retrospectives at the Queens Museum of Art, New York (2003), Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart Germany (2000), and at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (1994). The artist has been represented in Documenta V, VI, VII in Kassel, Germany. She has also exhibited in solo shows or performed at institutions such as: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Sigmund Freud Museum, Vienna, Austria; Dia:Beacon, Beacon, New York; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain; Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain; Le Plateau and Jeu de Paume/ Hotel de Sully, Paris, France; Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Attendees to the intimate Aurora Award Dinner are treated to a catered meal, a video screening of works from the artist, and a brief award ceremony with the artist. For tickets, purchase online or please call 713.868.2101. Special thanks to Saint Arnold Brewery, Laetitia Wine, City Kitchen Catering, and Amegy Bank for their support of this special event.
