Fabio Saavedra: Opening Reception

“I only see the things I love. I have been doing the things I love in the same 400 sq/f space that I love for 18 years, painting and building some sculptures using discarded tree branches and bamboo.

I have enjoyed drawing and painting since I was a child. On my second or third semester at San Jacinto Jr. College in Pasadena, Texas. Mr Brown and two other professors let me know that I was a painter. I believed them and I have been walking on this field since that semester in 1967.

With the proper respects for the masters, ‘Anch’io son’pittore’”

— Fabio Saavedra

This exhibit is possible thanks to the service coordinators at Family Eldercare: Sherry Kleinert, Nate Basham, and Belmer Wright.

Proceeds of the sales will be donated to a YOUTH FUND for Sanchez Elementary School.

Live Music and refreshments.
Free and Open to the Public.

La Peña is funded and supported in part by the City of Austin through the Economic Growth & Redevelopment Services Office/Cultural Arts Division and by grants from the Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation, the Texas Commission of the Arts, CoYoTe Phoenix, and an award from the National Endowment on the Arts, believing an investment in the Arts is an investment in Austin’s future. Visit Austin at NowPlayingAustin.com.