From the Walls to the Page in ATX Urban Art

New book ATX Urban Art catalogs Austin's street art, murals, mosaics, and graffiti

"...Graffiti artists see through a lens, one of unutilized spaces and..."

March 24, 2023 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Putting the Art into Fart: Peter Strickland Heats Up Flux Gourmet

The filmmaker traces how industrial music informed his new work

"...Strickland wouldn't call himself a fan of seminal British art goths Joy Division, "but I appreciated – pardon the..."

June 24, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Baking for Good Cooks Up a Tasty Benefit for Black Art Matters

Nonprofit makes you a sweet offer

"...you like sweets? If you answered "yes" to either question – and especially if you said "yes" to both..."

July 9, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Art City Austin Is More Fun Than Just Another Frame-Up

Annual extravaganza fills the Palmer and beyond with creativity

"...You could, in fact, do the opposite of abandoning all hope, ye who enter into Art City Austin..."

April 9, 2018 Arts Post by Memory Harker

Fantastic Fest Interview: Haunters: The Art of the Scare

Director Jon Schnitzer talks Halloween haunts and the new extreme

"...years for Halloween haunted houses have been years of national trauma, like 9/11 and the 2008 financial collapse. Ominously,..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Art Lives Here

Jennifer Chenoweth's home embodies the essence of the East Austin Studio Tour

"...Even before you enter the house at East Second and Waller, there's so much to see: towering colored..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Everybody Must Get Stoned

City hopes to represent every Asian country in public art project

"...The headline really writes itself: Well-traveled Austinites get stones in 50 countries, bring baggies with the goods..."

April 11, 2012 News Post by Monica Riese

Good Art Hunting

'Cracks in the Pavement' is back, giving Austinites another chance to discover art left on sidewalks, under bridges, beside freeways, in park bushes, and in other unlikely corners of the cityscape

"...gift was a hand-carved prayer bench with cloth upholstery on which was embroidered in red: "Your happiness is intertwined..."

June 24, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art Review: “Creating Encuentros: Changarrito 2012-2024” at Mexic-Arte

New exhibit offers a comprehensive look at the Changarrito art residency program

"...Mexico, you’re probably still aware of changarritos. These vendor carts are pervasive in the streets and massively influential to..."

May 3, 2024 Arts Feature by Meher Qazilbash

Five Ways to Complete Your PrintAustin Experience

The final week of the celebration of ink and paper

"...local printmakers Cathy Savage and Elvia Perrin to bring attention to the vibrant printmaking scene in Austin. The duo..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

The City's Largest Art Gallery Leaves South Austin for the Arboretum

Ao5 heads north

"...You won't ever find Todd Gresley wearing a stiff, tailored suit..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Arts Feature by Vivie Behrens

Five Things to Stuff Your Literary Stocking

Supercharge your personal, locally sourced library

"...Your bookshelves (and even your coffee table) deserve what's brilliant..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Raise Your Glass to Negroni Week

Drink a cocktail, do some good

"...We know. Negroni Week started on Monday. But there was also the..."

June 8, 2016 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Wayne White's Big Art Adventure Arrives on TV Tonight

'Beauty Is Embarrassing' doc debuts on PBS at 9pm

"...weird world of Wayne White, Beauty Is Embarrassing bounces along the emotional spectrum from hilarity to poignancy as director..."

Jan. 21, 2013 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

Art Beneath Your Feet

No-Comply paints the boards in its annual design contest

"...Everyone knows that Marty McFly invented skate boarding in November..."

July 13, 2010 Design Post by Richard Whittaker

The Art of Schlock

A conversation with Shock Festival art director Tim Bradstreet

"...Plenty of artists and graphic designers had a hand in helping Stephen..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

More Than Something Hanging on the Wall

Robert Bonar on the Dell Children's collection

"...The most prominent work of art in the modestly cluttered office of Robert Bonar, president..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Art of the State

Retiring director Rick Hernandez reflects on three decades with the Texas Commission on the Arts

"...When Ricardo Hernandez started working with the Texas Commission on the Arts, Dolph..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

An Art, a Craft, a Movie, and More Events for the Weekdays

Don't let the workweek get you down

"...Monday 22, VORTEX Theatre..."

July 19, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Sentimental Family Band Isn’t Hung Up on the High Times

The softie ex-art-rockers arrive at Austin’s honky-tonk revival

"...This is what Sagebrush was made for. The South Congress honky-tonk is full to the brim. Dancers swirl on..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Qmmunity: Let’s Get Physical

Move your body-ody-ody-ody at these fitness-focused queer events

"...Sun's out, queers out: Here are two events that'll get you moving & grooving with all the other LGBTQ..."

May 26, 2023 Column by James Scott

The Art of Racing in the Rain

They're all good philosophizing puppers, Brent

"...Directed by: Simon Curtis. Starring: Milo Ventimiglia, Amanda Seyfried, Ryan Kiera Armstrong,..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Movie Review by Katelyn Landry

Laguna Gloria to Get New Entrance

The Contemporary Austin plans $6 million makeover on 35th St.

"...Start saying your goodbyes to the cramped, awkward approach to..."

Feb. 22, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Please Lick the Art

Keith Kreeger's ceramics get up close and personal

"...At the beginning of Edith Wharton's 1905 novel, The House of Mirth, the tragic heroine..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Kenjutsu: The Art of the Sword

The Hideout improvises tales of samurai battle and broken honor

"...First, in case you don’t know better already, don’t be thinking of it as..."

March 28, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

This Weekend's Your Last Chance to See the Human/Animal Hybrids

Brought to you by painter Malcolm Bucknall at the Wally Workman Gallery

"...Malcolm Bucknall's falling dog is on the Jesus Lizard t-shirt I inherited from my ex-wife...."

Feb. 22, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Luv Doc Recommends: Cherrywood Art Fair 10th Anniversary

Maplewood Elementary School, Saturday, December 10, 2011

"...Christmas is no time to jump off the materialism bandwagon. You may think you're doing good by feeding the..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

But Is It Art?

Austin Kleon gets creative with poetry in his new collection, Newspaper Blackout

"...Writer's block can make a man murderous. Austin Kleon's chosen weapon? A Sharpie. A few years back, while..."

April 9, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Art Is Formally Known as Prints

A somewhat kaleidoscopic glimpse of Austin's screen-printing scene

"...Take another look at the cover of this week's Chronicle. There's a giant crab attacking some modern metropolis, cars..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Your Library Wants These Bad

How do we recommend these books highly enough? What miracles of precision can be created with pen-and-ink?

"...This smart little volume's a collection of Karl Stevens' strips from..."

May 2, 2008 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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