Last week, I joined local photographer Rebecca Belcher at Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum for one of the loveliest events in Austin, the 17th Annual Umlauf Garden Party. This major fundraiser featured fare from 20 local restaurants, wine, a silent and live auction, live music and, of course, striking artwork. Though the humidity that night made us feel like […]
Austin’s Jennifer Cunningham Hearts Art
As an artist, mother and comic book geek, Jennifer Cunningham is the embodiment of Austin, TX. Art from Early Age Her life long love of art started early. Despite life throwing her curve balls, Jennifer has never forgotten how it feels to create. In her own words, “I’ve been drawing and creating various things for as long as […]
Heartless Machine Finds New Purpose for Antique Instruments
Thankfully the sun wasn’t shining the day I met Christopher Locke, owner of Heartless Machine, or I would’ve been blinded by the countless brass instruments strung across his shop, oddly resembling the dangling nocturnal colony that clings to the underbelly of Congress Bridge. These discarded musical remnants wait to be freed from restraint. Though the metal […]
Target Austin: How To Survive a Nuclear Attack
The year is 1960 and Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy is on the campaign trail with a charismatic senator from Texas, Lyndon Baines Johnson. The threat of nuclear war is ever present with families around the country building fall out shelters. The small city of Austin, Texas with a population of 186,545 takes the looming threat […]
Yard Dog Gallery: Folk and Outsider Art on South Congress
For almost 20 years, Yard Dog Gallery has resided at 1510 S Congress Ave. When I first moved to Austin and visited the South Congress shops, I was excited to find a gallery space full of intriguing art. Since my curiosity was piqued back then, I’ve always wanted to know more about this space and […]
Hill Country Science Mill Creating New Generation of Problem Solvers
Guest article by Anne Hebert A 40-foot wall of LED lights demonstrating the power of cell phone signals. A giant Romenesco broccoli-shaped sculpture illuminating fractals. A lifelike look at the inside of the Edwards Aquifer, showing the water cycle. Would you imagine you’d find each of these inside once-defunct grain silos? This is the new […]
Paramount Theatre Celebrates 100 Years with Special Events
Guest article by Lindsey Moringy A walk through the basement of the Paramount Theatre is like a walk through time: its history is literally written on the walls. Over the years, many of the estimated 10,000 visiting artists have left their mark on the famed theatre by signing the walls downstairs, just outside the dressing […]
Behind the Paint Cans: Austin Street Art
Guest article by Gino Barasa It’s five in the morning and I’m somewhere off 51st Street with Austin’s most dangerous street artists. Well, not exactly. It is really early and I am watching some of Austin’s finest street artists do their thing, but they aren’t actually very dangerous. In fact, they’re really a bunch of easy going […]
One of Austin’s Weirdest Homes: Casa Neverlandia
After going on the Weird Homes Tour last year, I wanted to take a closer look at some of the odd homes in Austin and the people who live in them. Not far from FlamingO Ranch (my first peek into one of Austin’s unique abodes) lies Casa Neverlandia, the Bouldin Creek home of artist James Edward Talbot. Welcome […]
Homegrown: Austin Music Posters 1967 to 1982
Sometimes you see them flitting by in the wind on a city street like a brightly colored bird. Sometimes you see them posted on telephone poles. You see others on walls inside clubs. I’m talking about music posters. While they are silent in sound, their designs portend grand audio and visual experiences to come, as bands perform at […]
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