February 20, 2014. 21 photos.
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This week’s Good Eye covers A Strange Object’s sneak-peek launch of Misadventure by Nicolas Grider at Big Medium Gallery.Back to column. -
ASO co-directors Jill Meyers and Callie Collins in floaty spring prints over opaque tights.Back to column. -
The party took place in the Big Medium Gallery, which housed prints from the PrintAustin2014 festival. (Pictured here: “Fall Buds” by Ricardo Ruiz, relief on mulberry.)Back to column. -
Austin Review editor Tatiana Ryckman, mixing patterns like a pro. She says everything is thrift or bargain except the coat, a gift from her mom. Can she be my mom too?Back to column. -
Caity Schaffer’s cold-weather roses perfectly captured the plaid-over-print optimism of the night.Back to column. -
Dripping Springs vodka provided the open bar, because Dripping Oh-My-God-It’s-Still-Winter vodka was busy. Just kidding! Also, check out the print on that skirt.Back to column. -
The large, intricate cut-paper piece “Fluidensity: System Breakdown (I.)” by Samantha Parker Salazar provided a focal point for the show.Back to column. -
…which writer Sofia Sokolove uncannily matched, in a woven scarf, mint blouse, and shiny, shiny leggings.Back to column. -
ASO author Kelly Luce in prettied-up plaid and motorcycle gloves.Back to column. -
Writer and editor Jaime Netzer totes a vintage MCM bag and dresses up her plaid with a faux fur vest. I believe that’s called “nailing it.”Back to column. -
ASO intern Klarissa Fitzpatrick thrifted this black lace dress, belt, and killer shoes from Houston resale shop Guild. Road trip, anyone?Back to column. -
Excuse me, miss, is that collar a shepherd tartan or a miniature buffalo plaid? That’s what I imagine former 5 Things director Lesley Clayton to be saying, anyway.Back to column. -
Scarves, stripes, stencil, and screenprint. “Totem II (Han)” by Ryan O’Malley.Back to column. -
Natalia Sylvester, whose book Chasing the Sun is coming out later this year, wore a natty pinstripe vest.Back to column. -
Collins takes the mic to introduce the collective reading of “Millions of Americans Are Strange,” a story by Nicolas Grider.Back to column. -
Sentences were projected on the wall during the performance.Back to column. -
The reading line curves in front of Veronica Ceci’s “Augmented Realities,” an installation of relief monotypes.Back to column. -
Writer Meghan McCarron reads a sentence.Back to column. -
Writer Paul Stinson at the mic.Back to column. -
Gatecrasher Dave somehow manages to look more like a critically successful author than anyone else there. (Those pants are yellow, not khaki. Take a memo!)Back to column. -
Texas Book Festival literary director Steph Opitz shares a particularly meaningful sentence with writer Ray Shea.Back to column.