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Robert LB Tobin: Collector, Curator, Visionary reintroduces the late San Antonio arts advocate and The Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts to new generations of.
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It Happened in Texas: San Antonio Collector/Visionary Robert L. B. Tobin at the McNay

Standing six-foot-six, sporting a luxuriant silver mane and beard, decked out on formal occasions in flamboyant capes, he turned heads from Texas to New York. A lover of opera and theater, he amassed thousands of books, renderings, models and other items documenting centuries of theatrical design–now a calling card of San Antonio’s McNay Museum of Art.

To a generation that has come along since his death in 2001, though, the lifelong San Antonian is only a shadowy figure. The McNay returns him to the spotlight with Robert L.B. Tobin: Collector, Curator, Visionary.

The show, running through April 26, aims to re-introduce Tobin to museum-goers, says R. Scott Blackshire, curator of what’s now called the Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts. Drawing mainly on the 12,000-piece collection, the show features key works that helps tell Tobin’s story–from a 1642 etching of an opera design to a costume worn in the 1970s by opera star Beverly Sills, from Ballets Russes costume drawings to the m

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On View

Through August 23, 2020

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Robert L. B. Tobin: Collector, Curator, Visionary

Through August 23, 2020

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Located in the Brown Gallery and Tobin Theatre Arts Gallery.

“Designs come to life only when they are used.” – Robert L. B. Tobin

Robert L. B. Tobin: Collector, Curator, Visionary reintroduces the late San Antonio arts advocate and The Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts to new generations of San Antonians. Through a mix of unparalleled artworks acquired by the exhibition’s namesake, this presentation will focus on the visionary contributions Tobin made to San Antonio and beyond.

Through this exhibition, the McNay hopes the world-renowned collection continues to educate and inspire future generations of theatre-makers for years to come.

Robert L. B. Tobin: Collector, Curator, Visionary is organized for the McNay Art Museum by R. Scott Blackshire, PhD, Curator, Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts, and Timothy J. Chagolla Retzloff, Tobin Theatre Arts Fund Assi

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The Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Prize recognizes promising stage directors and designers for their ingenuity in bringing operatic works to life for contemporary audiences.

Teams of creative artists are invited biennially to devise production concepts for specific works from the inherited or American repertoire. Winning teams present their designs to producers throughout the industry in the Director-Designer Showcase at the national Opera Conference and in exhibitions at OPERA America’s National Opera Center.

The program is intended to bring new talent to the forefront and connect directors and designers early in their opera careers with those who are in a position to advance their work.

The Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Prize is supported by the Tobin Theatre Arts Fund.

Prize Details

The biennial Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Prize is awarded to four teams of stage directors and designers. Each team receives $3,000 to further develop its production concept in preparation for the Director-Designer Showcase, as well as complimentary registration and trav