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AIGA Fellow Awards Gala
The local chapter of the national American Institute of Graphic Arts recognizes newest honorees Herman Dyal and David Kampa at this festive (and well-designed) soirée that'll be replete with cocktails and a tasty plethora of catered noms.Thu., Oct. 4, 7pm. $75. -
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Sensory Overload
What has that UT-stained crowd of sonic edgepushers been up to lately? Here's a live audio-visual concert, featuring experimental, eyegrabbing performances by Weather Machine, Kyle Evans, Yuliya Lanina, Neal Daugherty, Dax Norman, and more. Gonna be such a cool show, we reckon, only thing would make it better is if Shox Lumania could time-travel from the past and do a set.Thu., Oct. 4, 7-10pm. Free.TACC's Vislab, 201 E. 24th
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Wonderwall Studio: Spirit Room
Here's a show of 29 original paintings (and prints on metal, wood, silver, and acrylic) by Austin artist Caitlin G. McCollom. Bonus: DJ Celina Zisman.Reception: Thu., Oct. 4, 6-9pm4401 Freidrich #200
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Dimension Gallery: Seasons of Fruition
That intimate but powerful gallery on Springdale has selected its fellowship artists for the coming year, and this is the inaugural group show for those chosen, reflecting on the dichotomy between things and projects coming ephemerally into fruition before disappearing or transforming. Reason for rapt anticipation: Jade Walker, Suzanne Wyss, Magdalena Jarkowiec, Laura Latimer, David Wright, Tammie Rubin.Through Nov. 11
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Art on 5th: Aim Carefully
It's the fifth show here for the California-based Gabe Leonard and his cinematically staged paintings of sharpshooters, gangsters, gamblers, and musicians.Through Oct. 7 -
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Atelier 1205: Within the Stand, Under the Habit
It's a veritable framed forest of a three-artist show in this still-fresh new gallery, with works by Cade Bradshaw, Charles Heppner, and Madeline Irvine using a variety of media to explore the relationship of people to the physical form of trees.Closing reception: Sun., Oct. 7, 2-5pm -
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Big Medium: Quick and Quiet
This solo exhibition features Galveston-based artist a review of the work.)Through Oct. 6 -
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Camiba Art: Holding Patterns
Following a 2016 adventure with a Hopi pottery collector through the Southwest, Edward Lane McCartney returned to his studio to explore – in ceramics, in metals, in gemstones – the concepts of landscape and topography. The results form the four main series of this show that opens Camiba's new season: Typecast, Canyon Suite, Arabesques, Formations.Through Oct. 13 -
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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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Crabtree Roth Gallery: Upon Hearing the #News
Continuing the exhibition theme and name from his solo show at GSD&M during SXSW – visceral responses to the endless flood of absurd news headlines that we can no longer ignore or escape – Chad Rea continues to add to the ongoing series with new pieces almost as regularly as the news does.Through Oct. 92830 E. MLK -
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Davis Gallery: De/Construction
This three-person exhibit featuring the work of Austin artists Joseph Hammer, Chun Hui Pak, and Gabe Langholtz focuses on each artist’s ability to dismantle their subjects and reimagine them into new compositions.Through Oct. 20 -
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grayDUCK Gallery: Serene Disturbance
Listen: "Scattered along the shores of a growing lake, small volcanic rocks disintegrate from endless fractures. Left behind in the wake of a glacier’s now constant recession, these scarred tokens from the mountain show an array of colorful shards between their dark crevices." And this new exhibition by Dameon Lester is the exploration of one such rock, transmediated via modest materials and repetitive minimal shapes, abstractly focusing on our cause and effect with nature.Through Oct. 28 -
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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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Lora Reynolds Gallery: Gumbo of Gravel
Here's an exhibition of lithographs and sculpture by Ed Ruscha. "Paradox and absurdity have just always been really delicious to me," says the artist. "I've always been dead serious about being nonsensical."Through Nov. 3 -
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Mexic-Arte Museum: Viva la Vida
This exhibition presents Mexic-Arte’s 35-year quest to educate the public about the significance of Dia de los Muertos, offering displays of art, ofrendas, and archival materials as a historical survey and a testament to the holiday’s unique character in the region.Through Nov. 25 -
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Stephen L. Clark Gallery: As Far As You Can See
This exhibition of works by Kenny Braun features images from the acclaimed photographer's newest book.Through Oct. 17 -
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Submerge Gallery: Wide Open Spaces
Landscape paintings by Gay Gaddis, inspired by the skies above the artist's working Texas Longhorn ranch.Through Oct. 12 -
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Taking it to the Streets: A Visual History of Protest and Demonstration in Austin
The Austin History Center's latest exhibit spotlights local efforts to create social change over the decades, including the Civil Rights and Women's Liberation movements. Residents are invited to upload personal photos of recent marches and rallies for inclusion.Through Oct. 28. Free. -
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The Contemporary Austin: Other Forms of Life
If someone's going to be presenting other forms of life, how lucky for those forms and for the viewers of those forms, that it's the New York–based artist Huma Bhabha, here offering an unforgettable array of human, alien, god, plant, animal, and machinelike entities, rendered in her unique combination of representation and abstraction, in two dimensions and three, in whatever media works best. Celebrated in professional art circles, welcomed with a mixture of wonder and fear by ordinary citizens with eyes to see, Bhabha's creations provide an infusion of transgenre brilliance and savagery that Austin, in particular, needs right about now.Through Jan. 13 -
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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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The UMLAUF Prize Exhibition: Slippery Clump
Prize juror Sedrick Huckaby has selected French Canadian sculptor Shanie Tomassini as this year's winner, and so the artist receives a full exhibition of her work, featuring oversized sculptures, fountains, and negative-space forms installed throughout the Umlauf’s six-acre site. And what does the Chronicle's Melany Jean have to say about this?Through Nov. 4 -
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Women & Their Work: Many Mini Murder Scenes
Candace Hicks' new show features a series of rooms constructed in miniature and vignettes created from cut paper, each reconstructing a tableau plucked from crime fiction, offering viewers the experience of playing a detective searching for clues. See our review right here.Through Nov. 8 -
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Yard Dog: The Party's Just Getting Started
Party's just getting started, yeah, and is that Bob Schneider music they're playing? Maybe. But maybe it's also some of this, excuse me, fucking righteousvisual work that the man's been up to recently. We fairly raved about his monochrome etchings, back in the day; this new full-color painting/collage thing Schneider's doing is at least as impressive – and more vibrant across the spectrum of light. Been to Yard Dog lately? Here's you a good excuse.Through Oct. 21
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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
