Spider Sculptures, Gore Feasts, and More Arts Events

Feed your art habit with these recommended events for the week

"...Alejandra Almuelle has been responsible for some of the most..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Review: "De Tierra"

Exhibition unites two profound figurative sculptors, immigrants more than a century apart

"...A new exhibition of sculpture by Alejandra Almuelle adds further beauty to that familiar gem anchoring..."

July 28, 2023 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

East and West Sides Converge at the Austin Studio Tour

Here are a few recommended events to get you started on your arts odyssey

"...The ceramic sculptor Alejandra Almuelle's newest work is celebrated here, its powerful figurative..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Two Austin Art Shows You Don't Want to Miss

One closing, one opening, both extraordinary

"...artist reception from 5-9pm – and that one is Alejandra Almuelle’s “Of the Land” at Cloud Tree Studios...."

Sept. 29, 2021 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

"The Femme Abstract"

Moya McIntyre’s second edition of this group show ushers in the new year with a glorious plenitude of color and imagery

"...even violent opposition. In an adjacent room, one of Alejandra Almuelle's sculptures haunts quietly: A bust of a woman..."

Jan. 8, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Critics Table's Grand Tales

The winners of the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Solo Gallery Exhibition “Alejandra Almuelle: Journey,” 1300 E. Fifth (East Austin Studio Tour)..."

June 4, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Nominees for the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards Announced

The Critics Table's picture-perfect year

"...Solo Gallery Exhibition “Alejandra Almuelle: Journey,” 1300 E. Fifth (East Austin Studio Tour)..."

May 13, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Wayne Alan Brenner’s Top 10 Arts-Related Things I Enjoyed in 2018

Representational and digital art, plus theatre rooted in history proved especially mind-blowing this year

"...5) "ALEJANDRA ALMUELLE: JOURNEY" Each of Almuelle's figurative creations are powerful..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

EAST 2018: Brenner’s Picks

Our savvy arts reprobate has a few suggestions for you, comma, citizen

"...1300 E. Fifth – and, in that same venue: Alejandra Almuelle’s astonishing “Journey” installation of ceramic sculpture. Tell you..."

Nov. 15, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Dimension Gallery Shows Support for Art and Artists at EAST

The 2018 East Austin Studio Tour bears fruit with help from local artspace

"...artwork by all eight 2016-17 fellows (Olaniyi Rasheed Akindiya, Alejandra Almuelle, Colby Brinkman, Terra Goolsby, Nick Schnitzer, Haley Woodward,..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

10 Recommended Arts Events This Fall

So much creative energy flowing to quench your cultural thirst

"...with six different artists – ceramicists Ryan McKerley and Alejandra Almuelle, lighting designers Mark Figueredo and Adele Hauser, and..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Events Post

Here’s Some Sound in Your Eye

Northern-Southern & Dimension Gallery: Austin Art-and-Audio Twofer

"...And we’ve gone on about Dimension Gallery in the..."

July 11, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Arts Events in Austin This Weekend

FronteraFest, Refigured, Ellsworth Kelly, Ballet Austin, ColdTowne

"...too. But, look, Jennifer Balkan and Dana Younger and Alejandra Almuelle and Karen Maness and Felice House are among..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Wayne Alan Brenner's Top 10 Arts-Related Things I Enjoyed in 2017

Bold takes on history and art that moved around the city spoke to a growing, changing Austin this year

"...art and events, the gallery hosted astonishing exhibitions (OMG, Alejandra Almuelle and Colby Brinkman), and the outside Paved Garden..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Things to Do in Austin This Weekend

Because you can't just get baked & eat breakfast tacos 24/7, right?

"...we totally love that peripatetic, artist-filled tour. But this Alejandra Almuelle show that's on the Eastside right now, for..."

May 19, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Almuelle’s “The Silent Narrative of Things” Speaks Loud in the Shadows

The acclaimed sculptor brings a dark divinity to Dimension Gallery

"...This: “The Silent Narrative of Things” by Alejandra Almuelle...."

May 17, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Blue Genie Art Bazaar: The Movening

Blue Genie Art Bazaar shifts its longtime holiday gift emporium to a new space across from ACC Highland

"...art bazaar on and off since 2007," says sculptor Alejandra Almuelle. "The people that put it together, the way..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Of Course, Music Is Never Your Sole Identity

But even what brings the music to you can be a part of it

"...I’ve mentioned Dimension here already, have even reviewed a..."

Oct. 5, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Force, Fuse, Flower: Colin McIntyre’s “Circumnutation”

New metalwork show brings a few helical organics to Dimension Gallery

"...No, it’s that thing Dylan Thomas said about “the..."

June 15, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

West Austin Studio Tour: The Second Weekend

Our recommendations among WEST's artist studios and galleries

"...exhibition in a variety of mediums, featuring wonderments by Alejandra Almuelle, Celeste DeLuna, Fidencio Durán, Liliana Wilson, Celeste González,..."

May 18, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

"Alejandra Almuelle: Locus" at Dimension Gallery

The dark physicality of these figurative sculptures brings an exquisite imposition of memories into the waking world

"...the form of sgraffito'd pottery or intriguing fragments thereof, Alejandra Almuelle has her first solo exhibition at the new..."

April 15, 2016 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Take Five (New Stops)

Brenner expands his tips for your 2013 EAST exploration

"...• Alejandra Almuelle at Iona Hand-crafted Books (701 Tillery), whose hand-built..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

More Than Just Kiln Time

Ishmael Soto passes the torch to a younger generation

"...Alejandra Almuelle is a longtime Austinite who enlivens the surfaces..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 10 Artists by Body of Work in 2005

'Chronicle' visual arts writer Rachel Koper names her favorite artists by the body of work they showed in 2005

"...5) Alejandra Almuelle (ArtAmici, Gallery Lombardi)..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Artful Presents

Local gift suggestions from the Art Elf Prize Patrol

Dec. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

EAST: Now With More!

The 2005 East Austin Studio Tour boasts 40% more paintings, sculpture, photography, ceramics, jewelry, prints ...

Nov. 18, 2005 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Ceramics You Will Not Want to Eat Off

'The Fine Art of Ceramics' is a straightforward title for a tight show, with five artists creating intimate textures and sculptures out of clay, porcelain, and plaster

"...with distressed textures. The Austin artists Rebecca Roberts and Alejandra Almuelle are featured alongside Massachusetts' Thomas Hoadley, whose unglazed..."

April 9, 2004 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Art

Art Openings

"...featuring paintings and sculpture by Pio Pulido, Alejandro Nieri, Alejandra Almuelle, Willy Rogere, Augusto Brocca, Timothy Donavan, and Steve..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature