Historic Preservation Month Seminar: Focus on Miraflores
May
13
10:30 AM10:30

Historic Preservation Month Seminar: Focus on Miraflores

  • Seddon Recital Hall, Univ. of the Incarnate Word (map)
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Join us in seminar to illuminate the historical and cultural significance of Miraflores and to explore motivations and challenges for future restoration as a public, educational, and garden space. Followed by a Q&A session, FREE and open to all participants, Saturday, May 13, 2023, 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon, in the Seddon Recital Hall at the University of the Incarnate Word. Led by Anne Elise Urrutia, author of Miraflores, in conversation with Dr. Logan Wagner, co-author of “Ancient Origins of the Mexican Plaza” and Claudia Guerra, cultural historian for the City of San Antonio’s Office of Historic Preservation. Sponsored by the Conservation Society of San Antonio.

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New Braunfels Public Library Foundation Author + Book Lunch
May
9
10:00 AM10:00

New Braunfels Public Library Foundation Author + Book Lunch

Anne Elise Urrutia is a writer and explorer of family history, especially the life, work, and legacy of her great grandfather, Dr. Aureliano Urrutia, a renowned surgeon who came to San Antonio in 1914 as an exile of the Mexican Revolution. Her book, San Antonio’s Mexican Garden of Memory, was published in 2022.

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Jardín de Afuera, the Mexican creativity of Miraflores
Feb
11
1:00 PM13:00

Jardín de Afuera, the Mexican creativity of Miraflores

Please join us on Saturday February 11, 2023 at 1 pm, when Anne Elise Urrutia, author of Miraflores, will speak at Period Modern, 4347 McCullough Avenue, San Antonio, Texas. Her talk, entitled “Jardín de Afuera,” will focus on the exclusively Mexican creative minds and hands that made Miraflores, the beautiful mid-century garden of her great-grandfather, Dr. Aureliano Urrutia. Ms. Urrutia will be available afterward for book-signing. Books are available for purchase from her website at www.quintaurrutia.com, and a limited supply will also be available at the event. You can also do your Valentine’s Day shopping at this lovely vintage modern furniture and art shop!

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Texas Book Festival
Nov
6
12:15 PM12:15

Texas Book Festival

Join Anne Elise Urrutia, author of “Miraflores, San Antonio’s Mexican Garden of Memory” at the Texas Book Festival in Austin, discussing Miraflores, del pasado al futuro. Miraflores was the historic garden created in San Antonio by Dr. Aureliano Urrutia, a noted physician who immigrated to San Antonio from Mexico in 1914. Free and open to the public.

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University of Texas at San Antonio
Oct
28
2:00 PM14:00

University of Texas at San Antonio

  • UTSA McKinney Humanities Building, Room 3.02.18 (map)
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A presentation by Anne Elise Urrutia, author of “Miraflores,” to the College of Liberal and Fine Arts, on the multi-faceted garden of Dr. Aureliano Urrutia. Urrutia was a prominent physician from Mexico City, who built Miraflores garden after immigrating to San Antonio from Mexico in 1914. Free and open to the public. Hosted by Dr. Glenn Martinez, Dean of COLFA, and Dr. Wendy Barker, Poet-in Residence and Pearl LeWinn Endowed Chair in Creative Writing. Free and open to the public.

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San Antonio Museum of Art
Sep
6
6:00 PM18:00

San Antonio Museum of Art

An evening with Anne Elise Urrutia, author of Miraflores: San Antonio's Mexican Garden of Memory. During this talk she will discuss SAMA's Urrutia Arch, its relationship to Dr. Aureliano Urrutia's historic garden; Miraflores, and the arch's artists, origins, symbolism, and significance. Free and open to the public with registration.

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Miraflores at 100 ~ del pasado al futuro
Sep
18
8:30 AM08:30

Miraflores at 100 ~ del pasado al futuro

A symposium. One hundred years ago, Dr. Aureliano Urrutia began creating his garden, Miraflores, near the headwaters of the San Antonio River. Today the the gates are locked, and the land is fragile. Come discover a multi-disciplinary story of this unusual garden and its significance. PLEASE NOTE the NEW LOCATION.

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