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Yard Dog: Odd Pottery
Odd, they say? Well, yes. Odd, a bit eerie, and totally gorgeous, to be sure, as this excellent SoCo venue presents a collection of new work by Waxahachie potter Carl Block.Through Dec. 31 -
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Art.Science.Gallery.: Trading Card Show
If you like art inspired by science, you'll love this. If you like trading cards, you'll love this. If you like both of those things at once, you may be overwhelmed with joy at this fifth annual fundraising event featuring hundreds of original, affordable, miniature works of science-celebrating art by artists from all over the country. That's right, 2.5-by-3.5-inch works of art, already framed for your convenience, waiting for a home on your wall or – hey, it's that time of year – the wall of a lucky friend or friends.Through Dec. 24 -
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Guzu Gallery: They’re Coming To Get You
It's a holiday horror art show here at Guzu in the Center of Austin Fandom, featuring new renditions of the iconic heroes and villains of the grisly genre. By whom, precisely? By some of the best illustrators around: Chet Phillips, Billy Perkins, Katherine Kuehne, the incredible brotherly duo of Half-Human, Tessa Morrison, and more.Through Jan. 1 -
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Vanessa Gonzalez
Holy shit, Christmas has come early this year! Austin's own Vanessa Gonzalez is headlining a week at Cap City, and we can only hope the storied joint doesn't collapse from the force of audience response. We're barely exaggerating: The few times we've seen her perform, half the crowd was, like, screaming laughter, and the other half was gasping for breath so they could scream too. Some comedians are clever, some are sharp. Gonzalez is a bit of both of those, sure, but she's basically just … so … fucking … funny. We're doing ourselves a favor by recommending her; because, if you're unfamiliar with the woman's onstage talent and you go see her because we told you to, you're gonna think little but Thank You, O Savvy Chronicle for the next several years.Dec. 19-23. Tue.-Sat., 8pm. Extra show: Fri., 10:30pm. $7-23.
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Ballet Austin: The Nutcracker
It's the 55th year for this Austin holiday tradition, with all the colorful characters, pomp, and pageantry among the confection-filled Court of the Sugar Plum Fairy, where sweets of all kinds come to life, featuring Stephen Mills' choreography for hundreds of dancers, lavish sets and costumes, and the Austin Symphony Orchestra whipping that beloved Tchaikovsky score into glorious shape.Dec. 19-23: Tue.-Thu., 7:30pm; Fri.-Sat., 2 & 7:30pm; Sun., 2pm. $19-90. -
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Butridge Gallery: Buddhist High Holy Days in Tibet and Qinghai
This exhibition features photographs by Kate Graham.Through Jan. 6 -
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Carver Museum: State of Ascension
Mixed-media vessel works by Rejina Thomas, featuring art she created during the past two decades, with themes positioning the womb as a metaphorical looking glass from which viewers experience and understand the world.Through Feb. 28 -
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Davis Gallery: Botanical Eclipse
Matthew Fuller's technical expertise and dazzling sense of design combine in collusion with his photographically captured flora, resulting in magnified images that allow the viewer to contemplate the most delicate details of earthly life. Suggestion: Plant yourself in front of these beauties for a refreshing art break in the middle of your harried urban existence, citizen.Through Jan. 13 -
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Full Circle: The Art of Mila Sketch
"I show the whole through the fine details," says the artist. "I use subliminal manner of drawing and do not know where my own hand will lead me." Yeah, but where it winds up often looks real damned good. And, here, her works are surrounded by craft beer ready for the drinking.Through Jan. 30 -
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grayDUCK Gallery: Practical Acts of Perception
The works presented here by Cande Aguilar, Mauricio Sáenz, and Jorge Purón utilize proportion as a device to augment or degrade a viewer's perspective. "Launching from the design of the IFRAO Standard Scale used to document archaeological remains, each artist departs and interprets the idea of scale in their own terms."Through Jan. 14 -
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Harry Ransom Center: Mexico Modern
The rise of modernism in Mexico was activated by artists, museum curators, gallery owners, journalists, and publishers both in Mexico and the United States. This exhibition explores two decades of dynamic cultural exchange between the two countries, featuring important artists such as Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, José Clemente Oroxco, and others.Through Jan. 1 -
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Lora Reynolds Gallery: The Last Tree on the Planet
Jason Middlebrook’s new sculptures are black, powder-coated steel, isolating the bold designs he's painted on slabs of wood for the last ten years and making them into three-dimensional line drawings. Also, here's a big bonus: "Haaston Paradise," the latest ceramic and fiber works from those irrepressible Haas Brothers.Through Feb. 3 -
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Mexic-Arte Museum: Latina Legends and Nacimientos
This new "Latina Legends" show features the works of more than 200 artists, while "Naciamentos" displays an array of traditional Mexican Nativity scenes.Through Jan. 7 -
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Stand-Up Comedy Workshop
This is the workshop Hannah Kenah led for Rude Mechs while they were creating their Field Guide. Together, you'll write, you’ll share – and there'll be a mic and a stool. Sign up now for this one-day class that's low-pressure, high-fun, and makes the last Sunday in September worth waking up for.Workshop date: Sun., Sept. 30, 3pm. $20. -
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Stephen Clark Gallery: Notes on the Universe
This is a showcase of recent work by the internationally acclaimed photographer Keith Carter, whose images have been shown in more than 100 solo exhibitions in 13 countries.Through Jan. 13 -
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The Contemporary Austin: John Bock + Wangechi Mutu
Bock's Dead + Juicy exhibition centers around a newly commissioned film that was shot in and around Austin, blending classic Westerns and dark comedy with spooky thriller and horror aesthetics. Mutu offers a new, site-specific edition of Throw, 2017, a painting created by the artist throwing black paper pulp against the wall, resulting in an abstract composition that dries, hardens, and then degrades over time.Through Jan. 14 -
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The Open Road: Photography & The American Road Trip
The Blanton Museum presents the stories of photographers for whom the American road was muse, with more than 100 images spanning the 1950s to today, from the legendary cameras of Robert Frank, Inge Morath, Ed Ruscha, Justine Kurland, Garry Winogrand, William Eggleston, Joel Meyerowitz, Shinya Fujiwara, and more. Note: Arts Editor Robert Faires reviews it here.Through Jan. 7 -
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VSA Texas: Holiday Art Show
Cards, jewelry, prints, ornaments, glass, and more: Unique gifts and artwork from Texas artists with disabilities.Through Dec. 23AGE Building, 3710 Cedar, Rm 101 -
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Wally Workman Gallery: Light
This longtime Austin gallery, one of the best in the whole damn city, ends 2017 with a group show in which more than 30 of their regular artists present new works based on the idea of light. Among those artists: Ian Shults, Honora Jacob, Diana Greenberg, and Will Klemm. Indeed, a show worth treating your art-hungry eyes to.Through Dec. 23 -
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Women & Their Work: Good Days & Bad Days on the Internet
In which Rachel Stuckey, inspired by the creepy content generated on dark corners of the web, dissects the emotional pull of technology – with performative video, projection mapping, signal manipulation, and custom software. And this is our reviewer's reaction to the show.Through Jan. 11