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Culture
Geierwally Freilichtbühne
www.geierwally.lechtal.atThe Geierwally open air theatre in Elbigenalp is situated at the mouth of the Berhardstal gorge, surrounded by breathtaking natural scenery. Overhanging, almost 100 metre high rock formations form the gripping natural setting, where folk actors present myths and stories from their region. The stage was named after the painter Anna Stainer-Knittel, better known as "Geierwally", who was born in Elbigenalp.
Antony Gormley
In summer 2009, the culture house Bregenz, in cooperation with the British sculptor Antony Gormley, plans a single exhibition at the KUB and a large-scale landscape project at Vorarlberg, Hochtannberg, Warth. Antony Gormley is one of the most important artists in the world and one of the most famous contemporary British sculptors. His work focuses on the human being and its complex relationships with society, architecture and nature. The main focus of this work is the human body, which is used as a singe character and as part of large ensembles.
Schubertiade Schwarzenberg
From 13 July to 22 July 2008 and from 23 August to 07 September 2008 numerous musical highlights await all lovers of classical music. Recitals, piano matinees, chamber concerts, master classes and lots more are on the agenda.
Sommerausstellung Angelika Kauffmann
From the 17 May to the 26 October 2008, the „friends of the Angelika Kauffmann museum Schwarzenberg" present the summer exhibition 2008.
The theme of this year's summer exhibiton is the close and intense relationships of the artist and her father to her adopted hometown Schwarzenberg. The exhibition shows unpublished letters of Angelika Kauffmann and her father Johann Joseph to relatives in Schwarzenberg and gives and insight into her life, the era and her contemporaries.
Paintings, engravings, documents, works of art and objects from the era paint a lively picture of the era of classicism.
The 450-year old housing unit of the Kleber house shows the peasant living culture during the first half of the 19th century. The entrance fees allows you to access both exhibitions.
