CATTLELAND: a festival for culture and agri-culture concludes a series of residencies by guest artist Chris Kallmyer at Texas A&M that have integrated the agricultural sciences, environmental studies. Since September, CATTLELAND has fostered a conversation about the significance of grazing lands through forums, discussions, rigorous inquiry, speculative proposals, and the construction of cow bells. Join us for the culmination of CATTLELAND in workshops, demonstrations, performances, exhibitions, and more conversations about the future of our relationship to cattle and the lands they occupy.A.J. Villarreal (MA candidate, Performance Studies), presentThe Deer, The Hunter, and the Wardrobe,a performance that explores Texas hunting culture as a ritualistic practice. It invites the audience to engage with human-animal relationships, power dynamics, and cultural rituals, while challenging anthropocentric narratives. The event is free. 

CATTLELAND: a festival for culture and agri-culture concludes a series of residencies by guest artist Chris Kallmyer at Texas A&M that have integrated the agricultural sciences, environmental studies. Since September, CATTLELAND has fostered a conversation about the significance of grazing lands through forums, discussions, rigorous inquiry, speculative proposals, and the construction of cow bells. Join us for the culmination of CATTLELAND in workshops, demonstrations, performances, exhibitions, and more conversations about the future of our relationship to cattle and the lands they occupy.InCATTLELAND: Handling, Drawing, Fabling, Dr. Ron Gill will present a low-stress cattle handling demonstration, followed by aworkshop that will alternate cattle-fables and cattle-drawing, to cultivate a careful sense of looking at cows. While we look at them, what do we see inside them? What emotions and affects do we receive? What shape is their thigh? Can you draw a steak? The event is free. 

CATTLELAND: a festival for culture and agri-culture concludes a series of residencies by guest artist Chris Kallmyer at Texas A&M that have integrated the agricultural sciences, environmental studies. Since September, CATTLELAND has fostered a conversation about the significance of grazing lands through forums, discussions, rigorous inquiry, speculative proposals, and the construction of cow bells. Join us for the culmination of CATTLELAND in workshops, demonstrations, performances, exhibitions, and more conversations about the future of our relationship to cattle and the lands they occupy.Bovine Boogie: Moooooving through Human-Animal Relationsis an open, embodied workshop exploring cattle movement facilitated by professionals from Dance Science, Performance and Visual Studies, and Animal Sciences. This 2-part workshop is for everyone, join us in thinking human-animal relations through movement. Join us one or both days, April 8 in Rudder Auditorium, April 10 at the Louis Pearce Pavillion.The event is free. 

Filmmaker Andrew Garrison follows Orr as she rides along with Austin sanitation workers on their daily routes to observe and later convince them to perform a most unlikely spectacle. On an abandoned airport runway, two dozen trash collectors and their trucks deliver — for one night only — a stunningly beautiful and moving performance, in front of an audience of thousands, who are awed to discover how in the world a garbage truck can "dance." Choreographer Allison Orr will be present for a Q&A session.SELECTED FESTIVAL AWARDS Special Jury Recognition, SXSW Film FestivalAudience Award, Best Feature, Full Frame Documentary Film FestivalAudience Award, Best Feature, Silverdocs Film FestivalAudience Award, Best Feature Documentary, Cinedans FestBest Feature, Docuwest International Film FestivalCrystal Heart Award for Documentary, Heartland Film FestivalGreen Fire Award, American Conservation Film FestivalAudience Choice, Best Documentary, Sedona Int'l Film Festival Production of TRASH DANCE was made possible in part through the support of the Warren Skaaren Charitable Trust, Humanities TX, Texas Folklife, the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin, and individual donors through Kickstarter and direct support. Distribution of TRASH DANCE supported, in part, by the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees-AFSCME, by Charlotte Herzele, and by individual donors.

CATTLELAND: a festival for culture and agri-culture concludes a series of residencies by guest artist Chris Kallmyer at Texas A&M that have integrated the agricultural sciences, environmental studies. Since September, CATTLELAND has fostered a conversation about the significance of grazing lands through forums, discussions, rigorous inquiry, speculative proposals, and the construction of cow bells. Join us for the culmination of CATTLELAND in workshops, demonstrations, performances, exhibitions, and more conversations about the future of our relationship to cattle and the lands they occupy.CATTLELAND Science Fairis An exhibition of posters and objects speculating the future of agriculture in images and sounds. Works by graphic design and music students imagine new worlds for our grazing lands, and new instruments inspired by cattle and cattle lands. The event is free. 

CATTLELAND: a festival for culture and agri-culture concludes a series of residencies by guest artist Chris Kallmyer at Texas A&M that have integrated the agricultural sciences, environmental studies. Since September, CATTLELAND has fostered a conversation about the significance of grazing lands through forums, discussions, rigorous inquiry, speculative proposals, and the construction of cow bells. Join us for the culmination of CATTLELAND in workshops, demonstrations, performances, exhibitions, and more conversations about the future of our relationship to cattle and the lands they occupy. A screening and conversation. RUNNING FENCE (dir. Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin) depicts the long struggle by the artists, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, to build a 24 mile fence of white fabric over the hills of California, through ranches and grazing lands, disappearing into the Pacific. The event is free.