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Art from the Streets: 30th Anniversary Show
Head over to the Blue Genie space this weekend and shop original art and support people experiencing homelessness in Austin: 95% of the proceeds from sales at this exhibition of diverse and unique creations go directly to the artist.Sat.-Sun., 11am-5pm, Oct. 29-30. Free to attend. -
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AusPop: Fall Fundraiser
This fundraiser for the Austin Museum of Popular Culture features a taco dinner with live music from Al Staehely, door prizes, a thoroughly Austintatious silent auction (of vintage music posters, vintage T-shirts, gift baskets from Antones Records and Ruta Maya Coffee, vintage jewelry, and more), and a raffle for two nights in Big Bend.Sun., Oct. 30, 6-10pm. $25-125. -
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Landmarks: Self-Guided Walking Tour
Use your smartphone to access self-guided tours of the outdoor public art sited by UT's award-winning Landmarks program any time you feel like it. BONUS: There's also a free, docent-led tour starting at Marc Quinn's "Spiral of the Galaxy" (1501 Red River) on Sun., Jan. 8, 11am. -
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The Contemporary Austin: The Very 'Rary
The Contemporary Austin hosts their first-ever family-friendly fundraiser, a magical afternoon filled with artmaking and adventures with local artists and entertainers, all to benefit contemporary art experiences for local K-12 students. They'll be taking over the lawns, woods, and shoreline of Laguna Gloria, bringing creative opportunities and wonderment to all.Sun., Oct. 30, 1-5pm. $30 (free, ages 5 and younger).
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Elisabet Ney Museum: Eve
This is a new exhibition by documentarian photographer Cindy Elizabeth, featuring an outdoor installation that is immersed within the museum’s native landscape. There are large-scale photographs inside the building, too, interwoven amongst Elisabet Ney's own neoclassical sculptures.Through Oct. 30. Free. -
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Lydia Street Gallery: SUM of the Parts
Valerie Fowler, that acclaimed painter of natural phantasmagoria, returns with a new show. Says the artist: "I began this body of work feeling scattered, a little spent and rudderless, then walloped by unrelenting heat, the worst in my memory, and I’m a lifelong Texan… Beyond the walls of my studio, fires and floods were happening seemingly everywhere, and the Arctic ice cap was melting four times faster than scientists had previously understood. I felt exhausted from the challenge to maintain hope. I decided to just keep at the work, following curiosity, making pieces that reflected my scattered consciousness." Suggestion: Give your eyes a glimpse of the wild sublime and soak in the glory of what Fowler's brushes and pigments so vividly capture.Through Oct. 30. Free. -
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Prizer Arts & Letters: Gay Fay Kelly Memorial
Here's a memorial exhibit of works by artist and gallerist Gay Fay Kelly, a seventh generation Texan and one of the original Prizer curators. This show includes more than 40 pieces that display her amazing breadth of talent.Through Oct. 30
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Art4Water: Sacred Springs Kites
Art4Water’s inaugural program (now on view at Downtown's gorgeous library) is a collaboration between the Watershed Association, Terry Zee Lee, and more than 30 national artists in the creation of dozens and dozens of water-inspired art kites.Through Nov. 30. Free. -
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Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center: Field of Light
Illuminating 16 acres in the Texas Arboretum at the Wildflower Center, Field of Light is Bruce Munro's stunning display of 28,000 subtly lit, solar-powered spheres that showcase the intersection of art, technology, and nature.Through May 1 -
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Laguna Gloria
This local treasure of a venue, run by those Contemporary Austin folks who also bring us the Jones Center shows Downtown, is all about the outdoors – which is perfect for these trickily navigated times of ours, n'est-ce pas? Recommended: Stop by and breathe in the air, enjoy the lawns and gardens and the many examples of world-class sculpture arrayed across the property, and (as Frankie used to say) r-e-l-a-x.Thu.-Fri., 9am-noon; Sat.-Sun., 9am-3pm -
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Neill-Cochran House: The Hope Suite
Mark Smith’s The Hope Suite is a series of forty-four collages inspired by the theme of global unity. Each 24-by-18-inch work on paper consists of a background monoprint or a digital photoprint, overlaid with collage, calligraphy, and mixed media. Note: The originals are part of the permanent collection of the Obama Presidential Center Museum in Chicago; the works on display here are limited-edition prints of those originals.Through Dec. 16. Free. -
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Really Small Museum: Widdle Wasteland
Drive on up, walk on by! The latest installation at this neighborhood cynosure is Calder Kamin's small vignette of natural transitions and homage to the one of best recyclers: mushrooms. We, for one, gladly welcome our new mycelial overlords.Through Nov. 4. Free.1311 Harvey -
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Strange Beasts VII: Guzu vs. The King
The King of the Monsters is back, and this time he – Gojiraaaaaaaa! – will be vividly rendered by 23 bone-crushingly talented and ferocious artists from Austin. Printed and original artwork will be available for purchase, in-person and online, from the lizard-limning likes of Kyle Armstrong, Chet Phillips, Half-Human, Tessa Morrison, Matt Frank, Daddy Otis, and more.Through Nov. 6 -
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Testsite: PM
Jessica Halonen’s current project is a series of paintings that co-mingles abstraction and trompe l'oeil informed by a collection of toxic wallpaper samples.Through Dec. 11 -
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The Contemporary Austin: In a Dream You Saw a Way to Survive and You Were Full of Joy
Explore the works of eight female artists – Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, Adriana Corral, Ellie Ga, Juliana Huxtable, Tala Madani, Danielle Mckinney, Wendy Red Star, and Clare Rojas – in this new exhibition that explores how narrative and storytelling shape our senses of self, community, history, and identity.Through Feb. 12 -
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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 Really Small Museum: The Watcher
The Watcher is a fleeting visitor, a tiny observer watching your every move, presented at this small but mighty neighborhood spot by flower-forward artist Marisa Bosquez-White.Oct. 24-Nov. 5. Free.3509 Banton