• The Long Center recently gained an additional $150,000 toward the $77 million total of its capital campaign. At a Corporate Council meeting on Dec. 7, Fulbright & Jaworski law firm announced a $100,000 gift, and health giant Humana kicked in $50,000. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst was also on hand to say that the performing arts hall will “dramatically improve the quality of life in Austin” and to promise center board chair (and namesake) Joe Long that he’d match his gift of last year with a new one. The new gifts officially put the center at the $68 million mark, with $9 million left to raise.

• The Austin Museum of Art can hardly wait for its big Christo retrospective next month. Two weeks before the traveling exhibit’s Jan. 28 opening, AMOA is hosting a special “Austin Responds” program bringing together locals who have personally experienced or even worked on a work by Christo and Jeanne-Claude – including their 1979 visit to Laguna Gloria. The program, I Was There: Sharing Stories of Christo and Jeanne-Claude Projects, will take place Thursday, Jan. 12, 7pm, at AMOA, 823 Congress. The museum urges participants to bring photos and stories to contribute to the Austin Responds Wall. For more information, call 495-9224.

• Want to see your art in City Hall? The Cultural Arts Division of the city’s Economic Growth & Redevelopment Services Office is looking for works to display in its second edition of its ongoing City Hall exhibition series. The next exhibit will show from Feb. 27, 2006-Feb. 2, 2007. Works may be two- or three-dimensional, installations, or digital art. The deadline for applications is Friday, Jan. 6, 2006. The full prospectus and instructions to apply can be downloaded at www.cityofaustin.org/aipp/cityhall.htm.

• Want to see your art at the airport? The city of Austin’s Art in Public Places Program is seeking Texas artists to create unique artwork for Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The project budget is $120,000, and the deadline to respond is also Jan. 6, 2006. The complete Request for Qualifications and photos of preferred locations for artwork at the airport can be found at www.ci.austin.tx.us/aipp. For more information, contact Meghan Turner at 974-9314.

This article appears in December 23 • 2005.

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