Meet the New Bosses

Long Center director Cliff Redd and ALO director Richard Buckley compare notes on leading an arts institution, the challenges they face, and being new to Austin

"...was hired last year as the artistic director for Austin Lyric Opera; Redd was named the new executive director..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

WEST 2014: Ink Tank

Artists host a yard sale of their work, offer soothing tunes from a vending machine

"...daunting, more than 200 open studios and exhibits, but artists and collectives like Ink Tank have me excited about..."

May 16, 2014 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Catherine Lee

Back in her home state full-time, the noted artist shares her work and what she's learned in 30 years of making art

"...Austin Chronicle: Can you talk about the two current projects..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Arts Feature by Rachel Cook

Our Shostakovich Year

On the centenary of Dmitri Shostakovich's birth, Austin arts groups join forces to throw the Russian composer a yearlong party

"...least. In a cultural collaboration that's unprecedented locally, 15 Austin arts organizations have joined forces to commemorate Shostakovich's 100th..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

After 43 Years, Women & Their Work Lands a Permanent Address

The Austin arts organization had to search for two years, but it finally founded a home of its own

"...The first home for one of Austin's most significant and enduring arts organizations was a one-room..."

July 23, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Snapshot: 24 Hours in Angers

David Brendan Hall dives in to the cultural details of Austin's sister city in France

"...Did you know Austin has a sister city in France? Most people "Snapshot"..."

July 27, 2018 Arts Column by David Brendan Hall

Eastside Vibes: Come Experience the Culture

Celebrations, food joints, & moves to make on the Eastside this summer

"...Despite gentrification, Austin’s rich cultural history still exists east of Highway 35..."

May 24, 2017 Chronolog Post by Montinique Monroe

Day of the Dead at the ESB-MACC

Sam Coronado remembered as part of this year's festivities

"...believe that it's almost a year since we lost Austin's patron saint of printmaking, Sam Coronado. He died from..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

'Faculty Showcase: Doug Jaques'

Austin Community College pays a memorial tribute to this late, great Austin muralist and teacher

"...are among the memorable to adorn the walls of Austin: the aquatic delights outside (and inside) Esther's Follies; the..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Survey Says: Creative Spaces Needed

Artspace Market Survey results get presented tonight

"...you recall a survey about creative space needs in Austin conducted last fall by Minneapolis-based nonprofit developer Artspace Projects...."

July 22, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Studio Visits: Kevin Muñoz

Art and graphic design meet in a windowless East Austin studio

"...maw. Muñoz, who is one of a group of artists/curators renting studio space at the Okay Mountain building, has..."

March 1, 2013 Arts Feature by Andy Campbell

Studio Visits: Carin Rodenborn

This Austin artist loves having her entire home serve as her studio

"...Austin Chronicle: So your studio is all over the house...."

Feb. 8, 2013 Arts Column by Andy Campbell

Studio Visits: Autumn Ewalt

In an airy South Austin studio, Autumn Ewalt makes space for individual and collaborative work

"...space. In that respect, Ewalt is like so many artists in this city who combine life and work out..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Arts Column by Andy Campbell

Humana Festival of New American Plays

A report from Louisville, where Austin theatre artists stood tall

"...of three brilliant sets at the festival designed by Austin's Michael Raiford), struggling to square their recollections of places..."

April 2, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Michael Mogavero

The Austin painter explores taboo with images that blend classicism and sex

"...the art itself. Eventually, he made his way to Austin, where he has continued steadily painting year after year...."

Feb. 5, 2010 Arts Feature by Andrew Long

Talking Art at the Top

The executive directors of the city's museums shed light on the local visual arts scene

"...If you didn't know, the Austin Museum of Art is not going to build its..."

July 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

Art

Art Openings

"...Film Art," Pro-Jex (Mar 5); "C-21 Expo -- Metamorfosis," Austin Visual Arts Association (Mar 6); "David Douglas Duncan: One..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature

A Big Word With a Small "A"

Sue Graze leads an organization that works to bring the visual arts to the entire Lone Star State. She talks with Rebecca Cohen about her first year directing the Texas Fine Arts Association.

"...bit of New York's urban art space aesthetic to Austin when TFAA hired him to redesign the building several..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Articulations

Getting Online With Art

"...the next educational seminar from our good friends in Artists' Legal & Accounting Assistance of Austin. This Saturday, January..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Arts Column

Bending the Rules

Getting arts funding from the City of Austin is a long, complicated game, and Austin Chronicle writers Robi Polgar, John Walch, and Mary Jane Garza have been following some of the players around the game board this year. In the final part of their four-part series, they critique the city arts funding process.

"...game board in utter frustration. As the City of Austin arts funding system -- formally known as the Cultural..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

Articulations

IRS OKs G&S @ CCP

"...the Internal Revenue Service put the fate of the Austin Gilbert & Sullivan Society's Gala All-Star Revue -- scheduled..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Arts Column

Show and Sell

Austin art is getting national buzz, but is anybody buying it?

"...Austin is a city proud of its talents and wares,..."

March 14, 2008 Arts Feature by Clayton Maxwell

Chasing the Dream

AVAA Director Vanessa Ronsonette

"...Three weeks after Vanessa Ronsonette came to Austin in 1992, she wrote an article for Avaanti, the..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Arts Feature

Park Benched

The Cost of Art, Part II: Without enough buyers for art, local galleries like Tiny Park can't make the rent

"...too high for our limited personal resources, and the Austin art market is still too small. So we will..."

March 28, 2014 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect ...

Part One: The Artists' Application Process

"...and Congress reads. It's Monday afternoon, March 15, and Austin artists from all disciplines are nervously standing over copy..."

March 26, 1999 Arts Feature

Painting With Sound

"...is "to present multidisciplinary collaborations of nationally known, professional artists from Austin and beyond." One group that best represents..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

The Electric Exchange

Theatre, dance, music, and film meld and get supercharged in the Fuse Box Festival

"...stood between different kinds of art – keeping the visual arts apart from dance and classical music apart from..."

April 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Leon and Stella Alesi: Love Conjures All

Leon and Stella Alesi provide ocular proof of a life in the arts

"...a glimpse into the lives and work of two Austin-based authors, Elizabeth McCracken and Edward Carey, who are happily..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Cantanker/us

'Cantanker/us,' a show of artwork by the staff of the visual-arts magazine Cantanker, is a rare opportunity to consider both sides of each artist/staffer's practice

"...not be apparent to some readers just how many visual-arts writers are also visual artists. At the Chronicle, three..."

June 22, 2007 Arts Review by Amanda Douberley

Words on the Wall

The Mexic-Arte Museum exhibition "Brazilian Visual Poetry" is an ambitious attempt to trace a history of visual poetry among Brazilian artists since the Fifties, but the show feels fragmentary, defining poetry in the broadest of terms and presenting the work in an inconsistent manner.

"...So, what is visual poetry? To tell the truth, after seeing the exhibition..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Arts Feature by Merchant Adams

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