Welcome to the AVAFEST 2021 Art Exhibition featuring artists that are U.S. Military Veterans, Current Military and their family members. We also have a special presentation of Young Creatives from the AVAFEST 2021 Texas PTA Children's Exhibit Reflections themed "I Matter Because". Plus check out the Georgetown Texas Field of Honor we are participating by showcasing Creative Artists.
Opening Night Performance AVAFEST2021
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The Emma S Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center
The Emma S Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center
Dougherty Arts Center
Carver Museum & Cultural Center in Austin, Texas
Carver Museum & Cultural Center in Austin, Texas
AVAFEST 2021 Texas Folklife Exhibit
AVAFEST 2021 Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH)
AVAFEST 2021 Military Art Exhibit
AVAFEST 2021 Texas PTA Children's Exhibit Reflections "I Matter Because"
AVAFEST 2021 Texas PTA Children's Exhibit Reflections "I Matter Because"
AVAFEST 2021 Estrada Garcia Gallery
AVAFEST 2021 “ONLINE VETERANS ARTS FESTIVAL”
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
AVAFEST 2021 WEEK #1
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16
PSAs, SLACK LINE - ELISABETH JOY & DAVE HUMPHREY
“OPENING NIGHT SHOW”
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17
PSAs, SLACK LINE - ELISABETH JOY & DAVE HUMPHREY
OPENING NIGHT SHOW, SHORT DOCUMENTARY, SLACK-LINING AND FIRE DANCING, VETERANS CAR SHOW, “HAUTTE SHOP” - BRUCE HODGE
VETERANS BOOK FAIR PRESENTATIONS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 18
PSAs, SLACK LINE - ELISABETH JOY & DAVE HUMPHREY
ROMAN BACA EXIT 12, “MOVED BY WAR” SHORT DOCUMENTARY, SLACK LINING AND FIRE DANCING, VETERANS CAR SHOW, “HAUTTE SHOP” - BRUCE HODGE
VETERANS BOOK FAIR PRESENTATIONS, VETERANS VOICES INTERVIEWS,
POETIC THEATER PRODUCTIONS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19
ROMAN BACA EXIT 12 DANCE COMPANY, “MOVED BY WAR”,
“SALUTE THE MIC”, POETRY & SPOKEN WORD SHOW,
AUDIO THERAPY, 2019 - MELLISSA GROGAN,
BOOK FAIR PRESENTATIONS, POETIC THEATER PRODUCTIONS “VETERANS WHO PERFORM INTERVIEWS”
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20
MINDFULNESS - JESSICA TULLOSS
LABYRINTH SHORT DOCUMENTARY, DR. ELICIA BAKER-ROGERS
“INTRO TO JUGART” - DR. ELICIA BAKER-ROGERS & JUANITA COLE TOWERY
“HOW TO CREATE JUGART” - JUANITA COLE TOWERY,
BOOK FAIR PRESENTATIONS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21
PSAs, (SLACK LINE)
“CROSSHAIRS COMEDY SPECIAL”, “COOKING WITH CHEF DAD” (BREAKFAST),
THE DOUGHERTY MUSEUM EXHIBIT, GRANDFATHER/GRANDDAUGHTER PAINTING, THEATER VETERANS VOICES: “RITES OF PASSAGE” POETIC THEATER PRODUCTION
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22
PSAs, POETRY SHOW, THEATER SELECTION, “SHAKE THE POET”,
THE SUSANNA DICKINSON MUSEUM EXHIBIT,
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER MUSEUM EXHIBIT,
OPENING SHORT DOCUMENTARY, ROMAN BACA EXIT 12, “WAR LEAVES PIECES”, THEATER VETERANS VOICES, “RITES OF PASSAGE”, POETIC THEATER PRODUCTION
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23
THEATER: ‘THE TEMPEST”, RUN TIME 2 HOURS
MUSIC VIDEOS BY VETERANS, VETERAN COMEDY SHOW,
C-BOYS BENEFIT CONCERT, POETIC THEATER INTERVIEWS,
EXIT 12 DANCE “MOVED BY WAR”, “THE ONE” PROMO
AVAFEST 2021 WEEK #2
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24
CONCERT AT THE VORTEX - PARTS #1 AND #2, “KIKA” EXIT 12 DANCE COMPANY, “SALUTE THE MIC” POETRY AND SPOKEN WORD SHOW - VECEPIA ROBINSON, “MINDFULNESS” - JESSICA TULLOSS, ESSENTIAL OILS AND ACUPUNCTURE FOR PTSD - DR. STEPHEN TRANTER, PARTS #1 AND #2 , “THE ONE” PROMO.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 25
LABYRINTH (SHORT DOCUMENTARY), VETERANS THEATER SPECIAL, MUSIC VIDEOS BY VETERANS, DANCE - ELISABETH JOY, “THE KITCHEN DIVA” - ANGELA SHELF MEDEARIS (ROASTED CHICKEN AND VEGETABLES), HEALTH & WELLNESS VIDEO 2019, THEATER VETERANS VOICES: “RITES OF PASSAGE” POETIC THEATER PRODUCTION
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26,
CONCERT AT MOHAWKS FEATURING “STEALING BLUE”, “MOANNA TELA” AND
“THE ZACH PERSON BAND”, “RUN, WALK & ROLL 5K” SHORT DOCUMENTARY
LUKAS VIDEO FROM 2019, “THE ONE” PROMO, THEATER VETERANS VOICES: “RITES OF PASSAGE” POETIC THEATER PRODUCTION
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27
CONCERT AT THE VORTEX, “DIONYSUS IN AMERICA” SHORT DOCUMENTARY, “COOKING WITH CHEF DAD” (PANCAKES), “THE KITCHEN DIVA” - ANGELA SHELF MEDEARIS (ROASTED CHICKEN & VEGETABLES), “JUGART” INTERVIEW WITH JUANITA COLE TOWERY, “THE ONE” PROMO.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28
SLACK LINE PSAs, SHORT DOCUMENTARY, “FIRE DANCING AND SLACK LINE,
SHORT DOCUMENTARY, “BEYOND THE BATTLEFIELD”, MONOLOGUE, GLENN TOWERY, “NO PLACE TO BE SOMEBODY”, “THE ONE” PROMO.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29
VETERANS CAR SHOW - BRUCE HODGE, “JUGART” - JUANITA COLE TOWERY, “LABYRINTH” - DR. ELICIA BAKER-ROGERS, “FIRE DANCING AND SLACK LINING” SHORT DOCUMENTARY, ROMAN BACA EXIT 12 “WAR LEAVES PIECES”, “HOW TO CREATE JUGART” - JUANITA COLE TOWERY, “THE ONE” PROMO
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30
THEATER: “THE ONE” A PLAY BY DR. OLIVER PITCHER, STARRING GLENN TOWERY, “AFTERSHOCK REPLICA” SHORT DOCUMENTARY, “DIONYSUS IN AMERICA” SHORT DOCUMENTARY”, “THE 761ST TANK BATTALION DOCUMENTARY”, “MINDFULNESS - JESSICA TULLOSS,” “SALUTE THE MIC” POETRY AND SPOKEN WORD SHOW - VECEPIA ROBINSON, EXIT 12 DANCE “KIVA”, THEATER VETERANS VOICES: “RITES OF PASSAGE” POETIC THEATER PRODUCTION
AVAFEST 2021 WEEK #3
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31 (HALLOWEEN)
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS AT THE MACC, HALLOWEEN MUSIC VIDEOS, VOCES INTERVIEW OF LATIN AMERICAN VETERANS, LABYRINTH SHORT DOCUMENTARY -BOB WITHROW AND DR. ELICIA BAKER-ROGERS, AMERICAN VETERANS ABROAD VIDEO PRESENTATIONS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1
MINDFULNESS, FATHER AND GRANDDAUGHTER PAINT, “ABOUT ART” PSAs - JUDITH GARCIA ESTRADA, HEALTH & WELLNESS 2019 PARTS #1 & #2,
“HOW ART HEALS VETERANS” - GLENN TOWERY, LABYRINTH. THEATER:
“IF YOU WOULD HEAR ME TODAY”
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2
“JUGART INTERVIEW” - DR. ELICIA BAKER-ROGERS, “HOW TO MAKE JUGART” PRESENTATION - JUANITA COLE TOWERY, “DANCE” - ELISABETH JOY,
AVAFEST AT THE CARVER, AVAFEST AT THE DOUGHERTY, AVAFEST AT THE MACC, AVAFEST AT THE ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER SHORT DOCS
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3
“THE KITCHEN DIVA” - ANGELA SHELF MEDEARIS (ROASTED CHICKEN & VEGETABLES), “COOKING WITH CHEF DAD” (HOMEMADE PANCAKES), AUDIO THERAPY - MELISSA GROGAN, PSAs, “FIRE DANCING AND SLACK LINING”,
SHORT DOCUMENTARY. CONCERT AT MOHAWK
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4
CONCERT AT THE VORTEX PARTS #1 & #2, CAR SHOW AT THE HAUTTE SPOT,
MONOLOGUES, SCENES AND PLAY FROM THEATER (TBA), ELISABETH JOY - DANCE PRESENTATION AT ACC, MINDFULNESS, VETERANS VOICES: “RITES OF PASSAGE”
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5
VETERANS COMEDY HOUR, CROSSFIRE COMEDY SPECIAL,
CAR SHOW AT HEROES NIGHT OUT, PSAs, “SALUTE THE MIC” POETRY,
MUSIC VIDEOS, THEATER: “THE ONE”, FILM: “FOOLS GOLD”
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6
THEATER VETERANS VOICES: “RITES OF PASSAGE” POETIC THEATER PRODUCTION, “IF YOU WOULD HEAR ME”, CONCERT AT C-BOYS “HEART AND SOUL”, PSAs , EXIT 12 DANCE, “WAR LEAVES PIECES”, FIRE DANCING & SLACK LINE SHORT DOCUMENTARY, MUSIC VIDEOS, MONOLOGUES, FILM, “FREQUENCY”
AVAFEST 2021 WEEK #4
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7
THEATER: LABYRINTH, “HOW TO MAKE JUGART”, “THE ONE”, CONCERT AT CHEER UP CHARLIES, ELISABETH JOY - DANCE, MUSIC VIDEOS BY VETERANS, THEATER VETERANS VOICES: “RITES OF PASSAGE”, POETIC THEATER PRODUCTION,
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8
HEALTH & WELLNESS PARTS #1 AND #2, ACUPUNCTURE AND ESSENTIAL OILS FOR PTSD PARTS #1 & #2, EXIT 12 DANCE “KIVA,” PSAs, EXIT 12 DANCE “WAR LEAVES PIECES”
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9
VETERANS MUSIC VIDEOS, “JUG ART” INTERVIEW - DR. ELICIA BAKER-ROGERS AND JUANITA COLE TOWERY, MINDFULNESS - JESSICA TULLOSS, “SALUTE THE MIC” POETRY SHOW
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10
“STARFUNK” PROMOs, “HOW THE ARTS HEAL VETERANS”, GLENN TOWERY, GRANDFATHER & GRANDDAUGHTER ART, “BEYOND THE BATTLEFIELD” SHORT DOCUMENTARY, PSAs, MONOLOGUE “OTHELLO”, MONOLOGUE “NO PLACE TO BE SOMEBODY”, BOOK FAIR PROMOs
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11 (VETERANS DAY)
VETERANS DAY PARADE, VIDEO TRIBUTES TO VETERANS, CAR SHOW HAUTTE SHOP, PSAs, CAR SHOW HEROES NIGHT OUT, LABYRINTH, “WAR LEAVES PIECES”, ELISABETH JOY - DANCE, AGNI DANCE TROUP, ELISABETH JOY - DANCE “HEALING THE INSIDE WOUND”, MUSIC VIDEOS BY VETERANS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12
EXIT 12 DANCE “KIVA”, “SALUTE THE MIC” POETRY AND SPOKEN WORD,
“HOW TO MAKE JUGART”, THEATER: “IF YOU WOULD HEAR ME TODAY”,
MUSIC VIDEOS BY VETERANS, CAR SHOW HAUTTE SHOT, CAR SHOW HEROES NIGHT OUT
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13
CROSSHAIRS COMEDY HOUR, TRIBUTE TO VETERANS WHO ARE COMEDIANS,
C-BOYS “HEART & SOUL BENEFIT CONCERT”, CROSSHAIRS COMEDY HOUR
EXIT 12 “WAR LEAVES PIECES”, “FREQUENCY”, THEATER VETERANS VOICES: “RITES OF PASSAGE” POETIC THEATER PRODUCTION,
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14
DRUM CIRCLE & CLOSING OF THE AVAFEST SHOW
TRIBUTE TO DIRECTORS, TRIBUTE TO VETERANS,
CLOSING CEREMONY VIDEO
*THIS SCHEDULE MAY CHANGE DUE TO THE ADDITION OF NEW CONTENT.
