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Go Ask The Little Horned Toad: Saturday, October 25,
2008 @ 7p.m.
Gala opening in partnership with The TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART, 140 N Main
Ave
a
brief description
As
often before, I went again to the desert to find an answer - and it was
not far to seek... I must find in the visible world the forms, the
colors, the relationships that for me are the most true of it, and find
a way to state them clearly so that the painting may pass on something
of my vision - - Maynard
Dixon
 Writer Thomas McGuane said this about Maynard
Dixon: ""To me, no painter has ever quite understood the light, the
distances, the aboriginal ghostliness of the American West as well as
Maynard Dixon. The great mood of his work is solitude, the effect of
land and space on people. While his work stands perfectly well on its
claims to beauty, it offers a spiritual view of the West indispensable
to anyone who would understand it."
Maynard Dixon, illustrator and artist, born in Fresno in 1875, was
exposed from childhood to the great outdoors of the high Sierra and to
the wilderness of Kern River Canyon. A lonely child, he started drawing
from nature, guided by engravings in early periodicals such as
Scribners, Harpers, and the Century Magazine. In 1893 he attended
for a short while the San Francisco School of Design, where he met
Xavier Martinez and other artists. Largely self-taught and greatly
influenced by Frederic Remington, he sold his first illustration to the
San Francisco Call in 1895, and later was employed by that newspaper.
At this time he also did illustrations for the Overland Monthly, and
held his first exhibit in San Francisco. Encouraged by Charles F.
Lummis, he also attempted writing verse, an avocation he was to pursue
throughout his life.
In 1900 Dixon transferred to the San Francisco Examiner, and took his
first trip to Arizona and New Mexico, whose land and people he was to
portray so vividly in his sketches, and later in his paintings and
murals. He led a tumultuous life, involved in the literary and artistic
worlds of the time, often on the move, travelling to Nevada and the
Southwest. He decided to abandon commercial work in 1921 in favor of
continuing his paintings, and was commissioned to paint murals for many
public buildings in San Francisco and elsewhere. In the 1930s he became
involved with the WPA Art Project. It was at this time that, stirred by
the sad plight of the strikers and migrant laborers, he used them as
subjects for his paintings. He attained stature as a painter of the
outdoors, the Indians of the Southwest, cowboys and bronco busters. He
died in 1946.
This world premiere is a special collaborative evening offered by The
Tucson Museum of Art and Chamber Music PLUS as part of the grand
opening of the Maynard Dixon retrospective. In addition to the
theatrical portrait of Dixon in words, visuals and music, you will
feast on more than 100 of his works gathered from around the country.
About the Performers
 Chamber Music PLUS is pleased to
welcome to Tucson Conrad John
Schuck.
Theatre audiences recognize his
familiar face as Daddy Warbucks in Annie. Television fans know him as
Sgt. Enright on "Macmillan & Wife." Moviegoers remember him as
Painless in M*A*S*H, plus appearances in films such as Outrageous
Fortune and Star Trek IV &VI.
In 1969 by Robert Altman chose Schuck to play Painless in the original
M*A*S*H motion picture. From then on, Schuck began a non-stop movie,
television, and theater career.
His first screen kiss was with Elizabeth
Taylor! He has starred with Charlton
Heston, Bette Midler, Richard Burton, Peter Ustinov, Rock Hudson, and
Woody Allen, to name a few.
On Broadway, Schuck was Buffalo Bill with Reba McEntire in Annie Get
Your Gun and also joined Reba and Brian Stokes Mitchell in the Carnegie
Hall concert of South Pacific.
ON TV , in addition to his role in Macmillan
& Wife he has guest starred in
over 75 shows and is a recurring character on Law & Order SVU. He
is married to the well-known West Coast painter, Harrison Houle.
 Brad
Richter will make his debut with
Chamber Music PLUS Southwest in this program.
Recognized as one of the leading guitarists and guitar composers of the
21st century, Brad Richter has reinvigorated the guitar repertoire with
a freshness and unaffectedness that transcends preconceived genres.
Throughout North America and Europe, Brad has performed as a soloist,
with renowned chamber ensembles and in duos with artists such as Grammy
winning cellist, David Finckel of the Emerson String Quartet. His
performances and compositions are frequently heard on NPR and PBS
stations around the United States and he has also written and performed
the score for the Emmy award winning PBS television series, The Desert
Speaks.
Directing the show is Troy Hollar.
As a stage producer in New York
City, in more than a decade, Troy Hollar has produced more than
60 plays and live events in such diverse venues as Carnegie Hall, La
MaMa, Roseland, Tribeca Film Center, and the Merchant's House Museum.
He served as Managing Director for the award-winning downtown theaters
Workhouse and Soho Rep, and for Malaparte, where he produced new
American plays with Artistic Director Ethan Hawke.
Performance details:
Part of
your package, included in the price of your ticket is viewing the Dixon
Show
The Museum will be opened from 5 p.m.
Show time:
Saturday , October 25, 2008 @ 7p.m.
Venue: Tucson
Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Ave.
Directions -
Click
here for directions to the Museum
Individual Ticket Price: $35
By Phone:
520.400.5439
This event is made possible with the support of the Marshall Foundation
Chamber Music PLUS SW
appreciates
your consideration for support. Tickets and grants cover 80% of our
budget. Your support is much appreciated. Thank You!
You are
listening to Brad Richter, guitar and David Finkel, cello performing Richter's composition
"Circles"
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