The Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) announces the launch of its latest web exhibit, “Festival Season: Texas Celebrations on Film,” which includes Cuero’s Turkeyfest.
The exhibit features materials collected via the Texas Film Round-Up, our partnership with the Texas Film Commission, highlighting more than 50 annual festivals across Texas. Visitors can explore the exhibit online at https://texasarchive. org/festival- season.
It goes live Jan. 30 at: https://texasarchive. org/festivalseason The exhibit features promotional films, documentaries, television news coverage, and home movies that portrays how Texans parade, dance, listen to music, and eat in both state-wide events like the State Fair of Texas and smaller community celebrations such as the Great Texas Mosquito Festival, the Poteet Strawberry Festival, and the Luling Watermelon Thump.
Festival Season: Texas Celebrations on Film includes footage from more than 40 Texas communities, including Arlington, Austin, Bastrop, Beaumont, Boerne, Brenham, Brownsville, Clute, Crockett, Crosby, Corpus Christi, Cuero, Dallas, El Paso, Ennis, Farwell, Fredericksburg, Galveston, Glen Rose, Grapeland, Kemah, Kerrville, Lampasas, La Porte, Laredo, Luckenbach, Luling, Midland, Mission, New Braunfels, Odessa, Paris, Poteet, Port Arthur, Round Rock, Rowena, San Angelo, San Antonio, Smithville, Stonewall, Terlingua, Todd Mission, Turkey, Tyler, Waxahachie, West Columbia, Wichita Falls, and Woodville.
“Celebrations like these are a major component of the Texas experience,” said TAMI Curator, Katharine Austin. “Many of us grow up going to one or more every year. Perhaps even marching in a parade or competing in a pageant. And after doing this research, there are many festivals I am eager to check out!”
The Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to preserving and sharing Texas’ film heritage. In partnership with the Texas Film Commission, TAMI administers the Texas Film Round-Up, which provides free digitization of Texas-related films and videotapes, online access to contributed materials, public programs, and educational resources. Learn more at TexasArchive. org.
