Books, Sculpture, and Weed Lead Our Recommended Arts Events

It'd be a lot cooler if you went to one of these events this week

"...Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum’s 25th Annual Garden Party..."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Waterloo Park Hosts an Eclipse-Themed Sculpture

“A portal through time, backwards and forwards”

"...A new sculpture was unveiled this week in Waterloo Park to commemorate..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by Robyn Ross

Review: “I Want to Believe” at Martha’s

Sci-fi-themed exhibit showcases early career artists

"...bubbly goop that brings aliens to mind. The sole sculpture is Ghost Dog, a skillfully constructed wooden canine constructed..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by Meher Qazilbash

Spider Sculptures, Gore Feasts, and More Arts Events

Feed your art habit with these recommended events for the week

"...for some of the most compelling works of clay sculpture ever created in this city, many of them predicated..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Visual Art Review: Stuffed Animal Rescue Foundation’s “The Still Life”

This charming exhibit rehabilitates neglected stuffies, then puts them to work creating art

"...Says Lin’s artist statement, “I received my MFA in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2010...."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Relays, Rides, and Rasslin' Headline This Week's Community Events

Recommended happenings around town

"...– James Scott Kids Create: Louise Bourgeois-Inspired Wire Spider Sculptures..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW Film Review: Oddity

A wickedly fun blend of melodrama and horror

"...it would seem, she packs up a fearsome wooden sculpture and pays an unexpected visit to Tim and new..."

March 9, 2024 Screens Post by Matthew Monagle

Parks, Gardens, Pisces, and More Arts Events for the Week

Get out and get arty, away from the SXSW crowds

"...Saturday 9, Dimension Sculpture Park..."

March 8, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Visual Arts Review: Malou Flato: “Greatest Hits”

Texas nature artist presents a garden of vegetal delights at Davis Gallery

"...in costume design, printmaking, digital prints, ceramic tiles, and sculpture throughout her career – has, with this newest solo..."

March 8, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin FC Season Kickoff, Black History Month, and More Community Events

Get out and about in Austin while the weather's good

"...offer teenagers multimedia art know-how from professional artists. From sculpture to digital media, painting to papier-mâché, TCTA has a..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Cassette Roulette, Some Bitchcraft, and More Arts Events

Get arty this week with our recommended happenings

"...offer teenagers multimedia art know-how from professional artists. From sculpture to digital media, painting to papier-mâché, TCTA has a..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Boner Bizarre, Improvised Love Stories, and More Arts Events

Get some culture and love this week

"...works from more than 20 members of the Texas Sculpture Group, a creative powerhouse of Lone Star State makers..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Day Trips: Sculpture Zoo, Waco

Spend the day with free-range animals by the Brazos River

"...The Sculpture Zoo in Waco invites visitors to get up close..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Carnaval to Chili Cook-Off: This Week's Recommended Community Events

A kickoff for Black History Month, Mean Girls trivia, a farewell to boobies, and more

"...and Black scientists and inventors, as well as a sculpture gallery full of Juneteenth freedom figureheads. Not purely educational,..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Day Trips: Cloud Column, Houston

Houston gets into a bean war with Chicago

"...The Cloud Column sculpture in Houston provoked some good-natured ribbing from the folks..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Review: “Eye Moon Cocoon”

VLM's installation emphasizes environmental power of small gestures

"...a BFA from UT Austin and an MFA in sculpture from Yale, VLM’s work often takes a dreamy and..."

Nov. 27, 2023 Arts Post by Meher Qazilbash

Five Austin Studio Tour Shows

So many artists, so big a city, almost too much beauty and fun

"...brings the spotlight to everything east of I-35. Painting. Sculpture. Woodworking. Murals. Glasswork. Metalcraft. Collage. New-media manifestations in all..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Bid the sun farewell and enjoy a fall fair this October

"...American Made: Paintings and Sculpture from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection Oct. 14-Jan. 7, 2024,..."

Oct. 5, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Guinness World Records

Four Texas record holders you can visit

"...holder since 1980 is the "world's largest cowboy boot sculpture." At 35 feet tall, Bob "Daddy-O" Wade's pair of..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Five Big Nights Out for the Visual Arts

From folk traditions to fancy fundraisers, events that make galleries social

"...Help support Austin's Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum by enjoying – among all the..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Qmmunity: Queer Comedy Pipeline

Ivy Le talks the impact of Tongue in Cheek, a queer comedy open mic providing fertile ground for Austin's LGBTQ comics

"...ATX hosts a 3.2-mile hike through Twin Falls and Sculpture Falls. Sat., Sept. 30, 6-7:30pm. Twin Falls, 3918 S...."

Sept. 29, 2023 Column by James Scott

Armadillo Christmas Bazaar Announces Maker Lineup

The iconic holiday marketplace returns Dec. 15-23

"...in fashion, furniture, outdoor art, ceramics, concrete and glass sculpture, and more. Tacking on an extra weekend this year,..."

Sept. 26, 2023 Arts Post by Jencie Tomasek

Five More Gallery Shows to Beat the Heat

Cool visions, cool on the skin

"...The Umlauf's famed sculpture garden features bronze or stone cynosures by Charles Umlauf and..."

Sept. 8, 2023 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Review: Davis Gallery’s “Late Summer Dreams”

Don't sleep on this new group show

"...– offering fresh takes on painting, mixed media, assemblage, sculpture, and photography, decking the walls and plinths of the..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

In Memory of Mike Young, the Life of the Culinary Party

Co-founder of Chuy's, Hula Hut, and more helped make Austin food weird

"...sip large, strong cocktails overlooking a giant fiberglass fish sculpture in the lake...."

Aug. 16, 2023 Food Post by Deven Wilson

Five Gallery Shows to Beat the Summer Heat

Cool visions, cool on the skin

"...objects made by craftspeople – including paintings, photography and sculpture. With works by Jonas Criscoe, Ryan Thayer Davis, Jenn..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

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..."

July 28, 2023 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips: The Desk, Alpine

Beat-up desk attracts visitors to a West Texas desert hilltop

"...someone hung bicycle parts to a tree as a sculpture and sign that you're near the desk...."

June 30, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Five Best of Austin Originals

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

"...Exhibits change, but Austin's most beauteous outdoor home to sculpture and installations, as well as the now-restored and peerless..."

June 16, 2023 Arts Column by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips: Singing Ringing Tree, Abilene

Soundless sculpture still impresses

"...Installed last summer, the 22-foot-tall sculpture is made of 22 horizontal levels of 3-inch pipe,..."

May 19, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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