Culture Flash!

The new Whole Foods will be getting some tasty new art, the Blanton just needs another $12 million, and where in the world is the Cultural Arts office

"...the blocklong complex will boast new public art: a sculpture garden in the pedestrian plaza along Sixth Street and..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

East Austin Studio Tour, Fall 2004 Map Guide

A guide to the participating stu-dios in the fall 2004 East Austin Studio Tour

"...5. Barry George Sculpture Studio 204 Attayac, 477-0131, www.barrygeorgesculpture.com..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Arts Feature

Day Trips

The Villa Del Rio captures the international influences of the Mexican border

"...is a fishpond off the patio with a bird sculpture...."

Nov. 12, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

'New American Talent – The 19th Exhibition'

"New American Talent – The 19th Exhibition" merits repeated visits, for the abundance of energy and originality of vision among its many featured artists

"...by Betsy Odom, as well as in the delightful sculpture Fucking Squirrels, by Rune Olsen. There's blood as ink..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood introduces you to the new folks in town and updates you on all of the news around town

"...revel in the quiet pastoral beauty of the Umlauf Sculpture Garden (605 Robert E. Lee Rd.) at the sixth..."

April 16, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

A Piece of Work

There's nothing conventionally beautiful about Virginia Fleck's Indented Round Sod, a large, dun-colored disc of dried earth cemented together with mortar, and yet it exudes a strong, serene presence in its shape and balance of the natural and the manmade.

"...Sculpture of preserved sod roots and mortar by Virginia Fleck..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Arts Feature by Molly Beth Brenner

Transforming a Neighborhood Near You

Since 1985, Austin's Art in Public Places program has placed more than 100 works in 57 facilities, transforming not only the look of the city but neighborhoods and the lives of people in them.

"...Steve Daly first spied her untapped talent during a sculpture project on Town Lake...."

Dec. 20, 2002 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

Outside the Box

Opening Closed Doors, an organization founded by artist Benné Rockett to give artists opportunities to address social conditions through their artwork, presents photographs, sculpture, assemblage, and paintings created by young adult offenders in the state Criminal Justice Division's Project Spotlight program in the exhibition "Self-Contained."

"...pieces are part of "Self-Contained," an exhibition of photographs, sculpture, assemblage, and paintings that came out of four workshops..."

April 5, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Graffiti on the Superhighway

The digital age has ushered a new era in visual art, with the Internet offering artists a new medium for the creation of art, an infinite space to display their work, and a marketing tool. But with this expansion of creative opportunities come sticky questions of ownership and the communal experience of art.

"...catalyst that will yield more fertile ideas about painting, sculpture, printmaking, and music of all kinds...."

Dec. 28, 2001 Arts Feature by Rob Curran

Articulations

Arts companies are pulling in the green, playwright Dan Dietz is on the road again, and the stork delivers a couple of new artists.

"...Blitz project jointly created by the ballet, the Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum, and Zachary Scott Theatre Center to..."

July 13, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Vision of a New Republic

Plans for the Revitalization of Republic Square

"...just have a big, undefined, gridded space with interesting sculpture, it doesn't happen."..."

July 13, 2001 News Feature by Chale Nafus

After a Fashion

"After a Fashion" tosses a few words around about local designer Brian Frisbie, and guess what this Thursday is?

"...fly in a fashion show to strikingly original interactive sculpture, he personifies the independent artist spirit that defines the..."

July 6, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Ceviche Sublime

Cool ceviche -- with its clean, fresh flavors of citrus-cured seafood -- is proving to be the hot dish in restaurants all over Austin this summer.

"...At the recent Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum's Garden Party, three of Austin's leading..."

July 6, 2001 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Short Cuts

Slacker turns 10, Cinemaker Co-op is feted, the Alamo Drafthouse heads north, and Bob Sabiston has "it."

"...award -- a dangerously cool (and pointy!) "Golden Spiral" sculpture crafted by Lee Daniel -- and a $2,500 check...."

July 6, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Articulations

An invitation to the city's loosest arts awards ceremony from the Austin Critics Table, a happy birthday to the Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum, and playwright Ruth Margraff is a hit in Big D.

"...we suggest the 10th birthday celebration of the Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum? You can enjoy free birthday cake,..."

June 8, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM

Monet's Water Lilies transport us to a time before the definition of eyesight and humanity.

"...for two dollars, and the cafeteria opened onto the sculpture garden, Rodin's Balzac and Picasso's goat and the Matisse..."

June 8, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Line Describing a Cone

"...Mccall. This experimental work is described as a time sculpture that uses "solid" light to create a three-dimensional image..."

May 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

They're History

The Blue Genie boys -- those whimsical artists responsible for the armadillo-festooned entrance to Threadgill's World Headquarters, the guitar gal atop Fran's Hamburgers, and other mini-landmarks around Austin -- have been fun for the people who see them and fun for the people who made them. Making giant panels for the new Texas State History Museum, though, was a bit more than just that.

"...in Garland, north of Dallas. But the original full-sized sculptures and the molds derived from them were produced by..."

April 27, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

David Leslie's Impact Addict Videos

"...reasons ­ as the Impact Addict. A former UT sculpture student who later moved to New York and switched..."

March 21, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye

Does it seem like this new crop of series, including Ed and Gideon's Crossing, mask their chauvinism under fresh-faced idealism and earnestness -- or is it just us?

"...include The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, the Umlauf Sculpture Garden, and the private garden of artist Jennifer Myers,..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Life's Enriched Pageant

Good design, like good air, helps you breathe a little easier, and here are a few Austinites who are helping us all breathe easier through their work as graphic designers.

"...Hovis studied painting and sculpture at UT years ago, but that's not precisely where..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Truth and Reconciliation

The assertion of the individual is at the heart of the Austin Museum of Art's new show, "Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art From South Africa," which makes it fresh and full of surprises; it resonates with the hungry energy of a country emerging from oppression and brims with experimentation and unique, original perspectives.

"...past five years, she has been creating carved wooden sculptures which represent people in her life. Like Zulu, Scheuders..."

June 2, 2000 Arts Feature by Ben Willcott

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood explains what Por Tabla is all about and gives the lowdown on the latest culinary news in Austin.

"...Slate threw a party last night at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Texas' premier..."

May 26, 2000 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Articulations

This year's recipient of the UT College of Fine Arts' E. William Doty Award.

"...dean David Deming) to make a gift of Deming's sculpture "It's Hard To Be a Top Dog," located in..."

May 19, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Public Notice

"Public Notice" is the sassy yet totally sincere public service column.

"...Sat, Mar 18, featuring drawing painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture. The event will be open to the public and..."

March 17, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

Expanding Cinema

An interview with premier avant-garde filmmaker and musician Michael Snow.

"...representation in every possible medium: painting, music, photography, holography, sculpture, video and sound installation, language, impromptu poetry, celluloid, and..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Screens Feature by Athina Rachel Tsangari

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...lead directly down to the previously remote area surrounding Sculpture Falls. "There is some fear that if a trail..."

June 25, 1999 News Feature

Nothing Succeeds Like Access

"...provided described tours of select exhibitions and the Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum now offers a "touch tour" of..."

June 11, 1999 Arts Feature by Dawn Davis

Articulations

Monumental Gift Made to Performing Arts Center

"...Opera and serving on many boards, like the Umlauf Sculpture Garden and the Austin Symphony(for which Joe is current..."

May 28, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Food-o-File

Random Musing on This Year's "Stars Across Texas"

"...food, wine, life, and art which benefits the Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum (605 Robert E. Lee Rd., 445-5582)...."

April 23, 1999 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

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