Austin's Cultural Makeover: The Next Stage

How much closer we are to getting the cultural wonderland we imagined 10 years ago

"...tech, and so much money was flowing that even arts groups were seeing the green. More than a dozen..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Rite of Spring: The Austin Fine Arts Festival

Local sculptor Damian Priour talks about being Featured Artist for one of the city's rites of spring: the Austin Fine Arts Festival.

"...Acres; and Fiesta popping up on the grounds of Laguna Gloria. Back before festivals spread all over the calendar..."

April 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Residence = Difference

A Stay at ArtPace in San Antonio Can Change an Artist

"...those who wait. For more than two years, Austin artists have been casting envious eyes toward San Antonio where..."

June 13, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Tracking the MACC

A Brief History of Austin's Latino Cultural Center

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June 12, 1998 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

Five Best of Austin Originals

Winners from our first BOA issue, 33 years ago, that are still kicking today

"...led to those businesses, venues, hotels, and galleries remaining part of Austin's cultural life. Terra Toys..."

June 16, 2023 Arts Column by Richard Whittaker

AMOA-Arthouse

Feral hogs invade Laguna Gloria (sorta)

"...you would expect to encounter on the grounds of Laguna Gloria, and perchance deer or even the odd fox,..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Contemporary Austin Feeds Your Head at Home

All the art in the Jones Center and at Laguna Gloria is yours for the viewing on the museum's new website

"...those collections of fascinating work created by globally recognized artists, filling the rooms of that aquaglass-studded venue. Or you..."

May 15, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Articulations

The passing of Texas regionalist pioneer painter Everett Spruce

"...of the "Dallas Nine," a group of Lone Star artists who rejected impressionism, abstractionism, and other European trends for..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Ten Years After

Curator Annette Carlozzi Returns to Austin's Arts Scene

"...the inside jacket cover of her book, 50 Texas Artists, still accurately describes her. She is a dark-haired, pale-eyed,..."

Sept. 27, 1996 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Dana Friis-Hansen

AMOA's former director presents his first independent show with an old friend

"...When Dana Friis-Hansen left the post of Austin Museum of Art executive director in January, many Austinites feared..."

May 27, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

After a long wait -- some 17 years -- the Austin Museum of Art has a final design for its new downtown facility. And it's a good thing.

"...Museum Design Approved..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Austin Arts Hall of Fame

The Austin Critics Table has named the fifth group of individuals to be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...group of individuals to be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame. As with the previous honorees, these..."

April 21, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

French Picnic Fare at Épicerie at the Contemporary

The menu at Laguna Gloria pairs delightfully with a stroll through the sculpture gardens

"...Austinites to sit on a patio and enjoy a hearty plate of French fare, which is likely why, when..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Devenyns

'A Couple of Ways of Doing Something'

Chuck Close gets in Austin's face with new examples of his pioneering portraiture

"...If ever an artist lived up to his name, it's Chuck Close. With..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

On the Inside

"...This is perhaps photography's greatest ability as an art form: to show us something real and allow the..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Arts Feature

First Generation

The 2011 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...Southwest. Or FronteraFest. Or East Austin Studio Tour. No art museums. No symphony. No ballet. No opera. None of..."

June 3, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

In Memoriam

Alfred King, one of Austin's greatest cultural benefactors and advocates, has died at age 89

"...years ago, moving here from McAllen after selling his part of the ranching empire launched by great-grandfather Richard King..."

March 31, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Censorship 101

"...Regarding your cover story claiming censorship by the Austin Museum of Art ["Why a Duck?" Vol. 16, No. 22],..."

Feb. 7, 1997 Column

Austin's Cultural Makeover

Which arts facilities from the boom years were built, which weren't built, and why

"...how flush we were during the last boom: The arts got a taste of it...."

Feb. 20, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Connectors

The 2013 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...earlier times whose initiative and commitment ensured that the arts had a place in the life of Austin. The..."

May 31, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Touched by Fire

For half a century, Ishmael Soto has used flame to transform copper, clay, and bronze into works of wonder

"...such kiln at the University of Texas for its Department of Art & Art History. It's a relatively offhand..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Keeping Pace, Culturally

Proposition 4 calls for an investment in cultural facilities for the city, and, Austin, it's time

"...1985, $20.3 million was approved for a new downtown art museum for Laguna Gloria Art Museum, as the Austin..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Arts Stalwarts

Twelve of Austin's cultural heroes will be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame at the 2003 Austin Critics Table Awards ceremony, and here is an introduction to them and some of their significant contributions to the local arts scene.

"...cultural heroes. They are individuals who have founded local arts institutions and nurtured their development, pioneered forms of creative..."

May 30, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

ArtPace Honors Austinites

"...Used to be visual artists in this city could only sigh longingly when ArtPace,..."

April 3, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Showing the Way

The 2006 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...forms of creative expression, to discover new works of art and lead us to them. They seek out promising..."

June 2, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips

"...Texas Clay Festival intend for the gathering of regional artisans to be secret, it's just that they have relied..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

A Better Tomorrow

For years, the city of Austin's arts funding process has been mired in perpetual gloom, but with the city reviewing its Cultural Contracts Program, artists and arts companies talking with each other about collaborations and a shared vision of what the arts mean to Austin, there are glimmers of light on the city's arts funding horizon.

"...For years, the city of Austin's arts funding process has been mired in perpetual gloom. The..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Mr. Arts Honored

"...the city's most ardent and influential patrons of the arts was recognized by the UT College of Fine Arts..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Arts Column

Tying the Knot: A Drama

Yes, the merger of Austin's Paramount Theatre and State Theater Company is a business affair, but since theatres traffic in stories, human dramas that talk to us about life, this historic event deserves to be looked at as a story, the story of a wedding between two neighbors.

"...the union of the Paramount Theatre for the Performing Arts and the State Theater Company is a business affair,..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Open House at the Austin Book Arts Center

The city’s epicenter of old-school book tech invites you to visit!

"...You should be warned, citizen, that the Austin Book Arts Center is a hotbed of disruptive technology...."

Sept. 10, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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