Home Events Arts Visual Arts
All Events Visual Arts Theatre Comedy Books Dance Classical Music also: Arts News
Events
-
Arts
Visual Arts
Art & Parks Tour
This sweet opportunity comes to us from the Downtown Austin Alliance, the Pease Park Conservancy, and Ride Bikes Austin – so we know it's a damned good thing indeed. Take the self-guided Art & Parks Tour to explore the best of what Downtown Austin art and parks have to offer through this selection of curated murals, artworks, and green spaces. You can sign up anytime, so click that URL and get ready to learn the most vibrantly visual parts of your city soon – live and in person. -
Arts
Visual Arts
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. -
Arts
Visual Arts
Sounds of Texas + Music Gallery Opening
Artist Tim Wakefield, founder of Soundwaves Art, has created a collection of limited-edition pieces using soundwaves of songs from iconic Texas musicians to benefit SIMS Foundation and mental health services for the music industry. See them at this opening in the Hotel Van Zandt's lobby.Opening reception: Mon., May 15, 5-8pm. Free.
OPENING
-
Arts
Visual Arts
Window Dressing XXVII: Sunlight and Bone
Damian Noll uses a magnifying lens to draw with sunlight, solar-tattooing his designs onto bones acquired from local hunters, butchers, or road kills. For a limited time, you can see these beauties on display, 24/7, in ICOSA's front window at Canopy – but don't miss the artist reception!Through May 22. Artist reception: Fri., May 19, 7-9pm
ONGOING
-
Arts
Visual Arts
Museum of Illusions
Enter the fascinating world of illusions in this new venue that boasts a stunning array of intriguing visual, sensory, and educational experiences among new, unexplored optical wonderments.$20-24.11010 Domain #100 -
Arts
Visual Arts
Really Small Museum: Spring Fling
Photographer Jason Garcia's show features the colorful spring birds he has photographed during the spring 2023 migratory season. Recommended: Walk on up to this smallest of museums and see for yourself.Through May. Free.1311 Harvey -
Arts
Visual Arts
SAGE Studios: Label Makers
This group exhibition features the work of artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities from across the country, focusing on how each artist incorporates text into their work and exploring how they've been labeled in the past versus how they choose to identify.Through May 20. Free. -
Arts
Visual Arts
The Blanton: Day Jobs
This first major exhibition to examine the overlooked impact of day jobs on the visual arts is dedicated to demystifying artistic production and upending the stubborn myth of the artist sequestered in their studio, waiting for inspiration to strike.Through July 23 -
Arts
Visual Arts
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?
Creative Opportunities
-
Arts
Visual Arts
MHOA: Design for All Partnership
Michael Hsu Office of Architecture has announced its second annual Design for All Partnership, a seed program supporting community-driven partners through design. The architecture and interior design firm is seeking another nonprofit partner that’s based in Austin or Houston. The partnership award will provide $20,000 in pro bono design and consultation services.: MHOA has just released its Request for Proposals (RFP) for interested nonprofit organizations and is now accepting submissions through May 19.Accepting submissions through May 19
