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Atelier Dojo: David Shevlino
The renowned artist's in town to lead a workshop at this excellent teaching facility and studio, yes – but this here is a free painting demo and talk, open to the public.Fri., Dec. 7, 7pm -
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Davis Gallery: The Animal Kingdom
Randal Ford's compelling and intimate photographic portraits of nonhuman species depict an undeniable sense of power, humor, beauty, and an unspoken kinship to our animal relatives. You've seen them on the covers of Time, Texas Monthly, and even Communication Arts; now see them bigger, better, brighter on the walls of this excellent gallery – for just four days!Through Dec. 8. Reception: Thu., 6-8:30pm -
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Party for the People: The Pink Parachute Project
Join photographer Teodora Pogonat – and the actual 30-pound pink military-grade parachute she's used for her project – during this cocktail-fueled night of art sales to benefit Austin's Breast Cancer Resource Center.Fri., Dec. 7, 6-9pm
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Big Medium: Annual Report
It really is a sort of annual report, visually, with this eight-person show featuring artists from Big Medium's wealth of programming in 2018 – including EAST, WEST, the Big Medium Gallery, and Canopy Studios. Witness here the marvels of R F Alvarez, David Amdur, Mimi Bardagjy, Jieun Beth, Santiago Escobedo, Bill Kolb, Ana Esteve Llorens, and Alyssa Taylor Wendt.Through Dec. 29 -
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Guzu Gallery: Binge
That Vince Torres and his astonishing cohort of creatives have garnered more graphic goodness for those Guzu walls, with 26 artists paying tribute to shows from the small screen, with stylish renditions of characters and settings from television’s past and present. Featuring homages by Chet Phillips, Tessa Morrison, Killian Glenn, Half-Human, Nina Sanchez, and more. Where's your fandom at, baby? It's probably right here, right now.Through Jan. 7 -
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Mexic-Arte Museum: New Holiday Exhibitions
"Chapel Shrine" showcases the paintings of Austin artist John Patrick Cobb, whose works of Biblical imagery are inspired by the religious paintings he encountered in European chapels. "Nacimentos" features traditional Nativity scenes from Mexico.Through Jan. 8
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SouthPop: It's a Plaid, Plaid, Plaid, Plaid World
The year's final exhibition at SouthPop is a celebration of the life and art of that Austintatious punk cowboy Davy Jones, with part of the show reserved for selling the man's creations.Through Dec. 7
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Art for the People: The Pink Parachute Project
Teodora Pogonat's provocative series of photography depicts women overcoming struggles, hardships, and setbacks through the use of a 30-pound pink military-grade parachute.Through Jan. 26 -
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Blanton Museum: Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design
This new exhibition, organized by the Vitra Design Museum and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, presents the work of more than 120 artists and designers, displaying sculpture, prints, fashion, furniture, film, photography, apps, maps, digital comics, and more to show how African design generates innovative design approaches and solutions with worldwide relevance.Through Jan. 6 -
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Comanche Motion: The Art of Eric Tippeconnic
This exhibition is enhanced with artifacts providing historical context for the paintings, rich with the unbroken connection the Comanche people have with their roots. Also, Rodeo: The Exhibition. Boy howdy, it's the history of the Texas rodeo – vibrant, interactive, and fully documented in this fine new show.Through Jan. 2. $9-13. -
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Gallery Lucid: Visions Rising
Here comes the final night for this show of Leah Dorrian's trippy, polychrome, divinely inspired and potentially mind-expanding paintings, the terminal party boasting a complementary array of brews and noms and live music.Closing reception: Sat., Dec. 8, 6-9pmGallery Lucid, 7101 Easy Wind #3101 -
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Generative Art Project: Thoughts In Action
This bastion of the aesthetically brilliant possibilities of generative technology presents two new videos, a video slideshow, and five related prints by Alba Corral of Barcelona, Spain. Listen: "The notion that digital imagery is easy to make or merely a gimmick driven by software is wrong. The truth is generative artists, like those working in other media, must invent everything you see. The difference is their marks move through time, which adds to the complexity of their process." Corral’s style elegantly demonstrates her creativity in action. And Brenner tells you more about this new gallery right here.Through Dec. 30 -
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grayDUCK Gallery: Landfall
Multidisciplinary artist Suchitra Mattai presents installations, mixed media drawings and paintings, collages, and video in leveraging land as a catalyst for the exploration of identity. There's so much going on in each piece, a person can't really sum it in a simple blurb. (Pro tip: See our review this issue.)Through Dec. 23 -
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Harry Ransom Center: Archaeology and Romance
Ed Ruscha, anyone? We'll bet yes – we're big fans ourselves – and now here's a diverse selection of the celebrated American artist’s books, photographs, drawings, and pprints. With archival production materials, preliminary sketches, and studio notebooks; with more than 150 objects providing visitors an unprecedented look into Ruscha's creative process. And the Chronicle's Melany Jean tells more about this show right here.Through Jan. 6 -
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ICOSA: The Matter At Hand
This is a two-person exhibition featuring the work of Darcie Book and Sarah Hirneisen, in which the artists push the boundaries of traditional artmaking techniques. Book stretches the possibilities of painting by navigating between the two- and three-dimensional, while Hirneisen uses mold-making and casting to remake everyday objects into unexpected new forms. Note: You know that ICOSA is right down the Canopy hall from Atelier Dojo, right?Through Jan. 5 -
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Russell Collection: John Maisano
Lovely exhibition of wildlife sculpture and more by the renowned artist in this new show.Through Dec. 31 -
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Staycation: Thresholds
Here's the much-anticipated re-opening of MASS Gallery, launching the new venue with the latest exhibition in their Staycation series, featuring 10 Austin artists whose work – in video, sound art, painting, photography, and drawing – explores the mystery and magic found in layering objects, surfaces, time, and experience. See our full review right here.Through Dec. 8 -
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The Museum of Natural & Artificial Ephemerata
This place, ah, it's one of our favorite places in the entire city; and of course they're properly corona-closed. But check 'em out online right now – it's a rich, wonder-filled website – to whet your appetite for when things get back to … uh … are we still calling it "normal," these days? -
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Wally Workman Gallery: Water & Fire
The artist Priscilla Robinson works with water and fiber (yucca, flax, abaca, kozo, and gampi) to create handmade paper – and fire and sand to make glass. These elements also inspire the shapes and compositions within her work, making the pieces not only about but also of the natural world.Through Dec. 23 -
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Women & Their Work: Everything You Ever
In this new show by Tammie Rubin, "the wispy tendrils of ball moss serve as a signifier of gathering chaos, conclave connections, concentrated confusion, a labyrinth of values, and growing will. Sculptures are constructed of knots and tangles of twine and rope, embedded with steel wool and cotton, and armatures of wire."Through Jan. 10 -
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Yard Dog: Birds, Bears, and Bones
In which the founding fathers of Austin punk get visual, as Jon Dee Graham, Jesse Sublett, and Larry Seaman present their unique visions of the world via canvas, paper, 3-D assemblages, and more.Through Dec. 31
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The Art of Ice Cream
This? Is one of those ooooh-this'll-look-great-on-Instagram pop-ups that all the like-hungry kids are flocking to, cameras at the ready, surfaces polished for posing. The venue's packed with a colorful array of ice-cream-themed environments, obvs, and so they'll offer you free samples of frozen confections, too. Note: See David Brendan Hall's photo gallery of the place right here.Through Dec. 30. Wed.-Mon., 11am-8pm. $15-25.3208 S. Congress
