The Accordion Kings series as a whole highlights accordion-based musics in Texas such as conjunto, czech polka, cajun, creole and zydeco. Every day, in every corner of the state, ethnic communities in Texas are maintaining their identity through the simple act of eating. Often, when other expressions of culture have faded, a community's food practices may continue to encode and communicate traditions based in the history, values and beliefs of that same community. This exhibition documents the way four families in different ethnic communities sustain the soul's need for identity, community and homeland, through the body's need for sustenance. This exhibition is made possible in part with funding from the City of Austin under the auspices of the Austin Arts Commission, Texas Commission on the Arts and National Endowment for the Arts.
Admission is free .
Click here to see the details of the 2000 event. In various classrooms in the Austin Independent School District. The Powwow in the Schools program takes esteemed Native American artists into selected Austin public school classrooms, along with a presenter, to demonstrate and discuss their artform and culture. Classroom presentations are closed to the public. Cool dudes of Tex Mex join forces in a hot and spicy blend of Tejano, conjunto and country music hosted by the legendary Little Joe Hernandez y La Familia .