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Welcome to the Urban Culture course at Avila University created by Susan Lawlor and Dotty Hamilton.  We travel with our students to great cities to explore art museums, engage with the architecture, study the local film and music venues, and experience the ethnic enclaves as a way to learn about the culture of urban spaces and the interaction of art and environment.  It's a fun, intense learning environment.  

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Thursday, May 19, 2011

Thursday Morning

Started the day at the Museum of Contemporary Photography.  Although it's a small space, I always love the exhibits - great work and thought provoking.  Two videos provided interesting contrasts - aerial footage of an enormous oil refinery in Dallas and a Chinese video documenting a damn that required the destruction of 12,000 cities.

Had lunch at Buddy Guy's Legends while listening to a blues musician.  Can't think of a nicer way to eat a bowl of gumbo in this laid back atmosphere.


Here's a short excerpt from the lunchtime concert: