Calendar of Events: November 2009

In celebration of the exhibition The Arts of the Missions of Northern New Spain: 1600-1821, SAMA will host a symposium on November 7, 2009 at the Mission San José Visitor Center, San Antonio Missions NHP.

PROGRAM
9 to 9:30 Coffee and pastries

9:30 to 10  Welcome, Marion Oettinger, Jr. (San Antonio Museum of Art) and Scott J. Bentley (San Antonio Missions)

10 to 10:30 "The Search for Mission San Sabá: Flying the Skies, Reading the Ground, and Forgotten Footnotes," Grant Hall (Texas Tech University), Kay Hindes (San Antonio Office of Historic Preservation)

10:30 to 11  "Surviving the Massacre at San Sabá: An Eyewitness Settler's Perspective," Mark Wolf (Independent Scholar)

11 to 11:30  Panel Question and Answer 

11:30 to 1  Lunch on your own

1 to 1:30  “The Broken Dream of a Family Endeavour: The Terreros Participation in the Texas Apache Missions Project,” Juan Romero de Terreros (The Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies Madrid, Spain)

1:30 to 2  "Converging Tribes at San Sabá: The Native American Perspective," F. Todd Smith (University of North Texas)

2 to 2:30  Panel Question and Answer 

REGISTRATION
Advance registration for the symposium is requested. Seating is limited.

To register, please contact:
Katie Erickson
Education
San Antonio Museum of Art
200 West Jones Avenue
San Antonio, Texas 78212
210.978.8151 Phone
210.978.8134 FAX
katie.erickson@samuseum.org

DIRECTIONS
Mission San José Visitor Center
6701 San Jose Drive
San Antonio, TX 78214

ACCOMODATIONS
Havana Riverwalk Inn, 1015 Navarro Street, 210.222.2008
Holiday Inn El Tropicano Riverwalk, 110 Lexington Avenue, 210.223.9461
Menger Hotel, 204 Alamo Plaza, 210.223.4361
Omni La Mansion Del Rio Hotel, 112 College Street, 800.292.7300
Sheraton Gunter Hotel, 205 East Houston Street, 800.325.3535