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[Flyer: A Kitsch Spectacle] (open access)

[Flyer: A Kitsch Spectacle]

Flyer advertising an exhibit of kitsch artwork presented by Sharon Knauss and the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. The exhibit opened on May 17th, 1991 and closed on May 31st, 1991. Flyer features a drawing of a topless woman labeled as if she were a specimen, a photograph of Marilyn Monroe, a cowboy in miniature form, a pig dressed as a policeman in miniature form, and Jesus in miniature form.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flyer: Caribbean Fiesta] (open access)

[Flyer: Caribbean Fiesta]

Postcard inviting the recipient to attend Caribbean Fiesta, an event held by the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. The event occurred on May 18th, 1991 and featured a Caribbean Variety Show and Samba Police. Flyer also invites the recipient Conjunto Night with Jose Reyna and Conjunto Cielito, which was held on May 25th of the same year.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flyer: The Psychiatric Sit-Com of Here and Now] (open access)

[Flyer: The Psychiatric Sit-Com of Here and Now]

Illustrated flyer advertising The Psychiatric Sit-Com of Here and Now, an event held on May 12th, 1990 by the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. The flyer depicts two figures. The first figure grins as a disembodied hand points a gun in their direction, a speech-bubble saying: "I hear the voice of anorexia." The second figure wears a policeman's hat and is disembodied from the shoulders down, smirking as a speech bubble says: "One of these days Alice! One of these days!!"
Date: May 12, 1990
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invitation: Art of Oaxaca] (open access)

[Invitation: Art of Oaxaca]

Pamphlet to Art of Oaxaca: Juegos y Evocaciones by Rudolfo Morales, an exhibit hosted by the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas from May 1st, 1998 to June 6th, 1998. The front of the invitation features a painting titled "El Paplote (The Kite)" by Rodolfo Morales. In the painting, two children cling to a seated woman. To her right, another seated woman holds onto a kite string. A man crouches over in the foreground while two other woman huddle next to him. The floor of the room is checkered in pattern.
Date: May 1998
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lutheran Concordia College of Austin Texas Presents the Octet (open access)

Lutheran Concordia College of Austin Texas Presents the Octet

Programs containing lists of musical pieces and their performers at Lutheran Concordia College of Texas.
Date: May 27, 1947
Creator: Concordia Lutheran College (Austin, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memo: NNAO Conference] (open access)

[Memo: NNAO Conference]

Letter from Sylvia Orozco and Rudy Guglielmo of the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas presenting a tentative agenda for the regional meeting of the National Association of Artists' Organizations (NAAO). The conference was held on June 28th, 1992.
Date: May 28, 1992
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Miss Ziggy Hunter: Her Accomplishments in the Field of Aviation (open access)

Miss Ziggy Hunter: Her Accomplishments in the Field of Aviation

A compilation of the many achievements of Women Airforce Service Pilot flight instructor, Ziggy Hunter, as a pioneer in aviation. Notes on the cover page indicate that the author, Nettie Moore, was a WASP control tower operator and that her attempts to gain national honor for Hunter have gone unsuccessful as of 1980.
Date: May 10, 1975
Creator: More, Nettie D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Historical Association Seventy-Third Annual Meeting, 1969 (open access)

Texas State Historical Association Seventy-Third Annual Meeting, 1969

Program for the 73nd annual meeting of the Texas State Historical Association, held in Austin, Texas, including a list of sessions for the meeting and related information about the organization and conference.
Date: May 1969
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
System: The Portal to Texas History