“PEOPLE OF THE PECOS” GALLERY AT THE WITTE MUSEUM
Day Trip to San Antonio
Friday, April 20
RSVP by midnight, Monday, April 16, and tell *where you will meet our group for this trip* and if any other people will accompany you to Marilyn or Carrie to participate in this outing.
Overview: Lacy Finley, member of the Board of Directors of Shumla Foundation, will be the speaker at our June 26 TOWN meeting. Shumla is the research and education organization dedicated to preserving and studying the Lower Pecos Indian Rock Art in West Texas. In this day trip carpool to the Witte Museum in San Antonio, which now houses the collections and research on those prehistoric stories in stone that are “unmatched in North America.” If she’s available to accompany us as she intends, Ms. Finley herself will enhance your learning experience with stories of Shumla’s work and latest insights.
We’ll spend about 3 hours at the museum. Then we’ll drive to the Japanese Tea Garden (3853 N. St. Mary’s Street), have lunch at their cafe (Jingu House), and walk the paths of the Garden. Departing from the Japanese Garden as your driver decides, probably by 3PM.
What: Day Trip to the Witte Museum in San Antonio, followed by lunch and a walk through the Japanese Gardens
When: All day Friday, April 20
Where: When you RSVP let us know at *which place* (below) you’d like to meet for carpooling & how many people: 8:30 AM at the Walmart in Buda on Old San Antonio Rd., SW side of parking lot near Jaliscos (Walmart is behind the HEB on Main St. & IH35)
OR
—> 8:30 AM Southpark Meadows shopping center (9500 IH-35 South Austin, TX 78748) in front of Super Target
OR
—> 10 AM at the Witte Museum, (3801 Broadway in Brackenridge Park, San Antonio; Free parking is available in the Brackenridge Park Parking Garage on Avenue B).
Who: TOWN members and guests are invited
What to Bring: $11-$12 museum admission, your lunch money ($7-20), your share of gasoline cost to be offered to your driver, plus personal snacks as desired, a hat for midday walking in the sun, sunscreen, sunglasses.
Why: On June 26 Lacy Finley with the Shumla Foundation will be speaking at our monthly meeting on their latest findings and methods of investigation on the Pecos Indian Rock Art. The Foundation has revealed scientific insights on the people who painted their stories on rock. If you have been to Seminole Canyon or one of the Paint Rock Preserves, you know the importance those sites bring to our understanding of first nations and their lifestyles.
About the exhibit:
Kittie West Nelson Ferguson People of the Pecos Gallery – (the main focus of our visit)
You will travel back in time thousands of years in this gallery where the focus is on the prehistoric hunter-gatherers of Texas who embraced their bountiful natural environment.
Spanning the entire second floor of the New Witte, the gallery provides a unique look at a fascinating culture. Explore the sheltered overhangs in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands that provided a way of life for more than 9,000 years and an artistic record unmatched in North America. See projected images of rock art that span nearly 4,000 years of artistic expression and visual narratives of ancient stories.
Two labs, Lifeways and Nancy Smith Hurd Rock Art, will provide interactive opportunities for families to experience ancient lifeways.
To read about the other exhibits, check out their website: https://www.wittemuseum.org