Art in Public Places' TEMPO Program

The city of Austin gets into temporary sculpture in a big way, debuting 10 new works around town this fall

"...That's not a concept exclusive to magic. It's increasingly part of our public art scene. Time was, a..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art in Public Places' Wander

This interactive public artwork creates narrative pathways for you to travel in Downtown Austin

"...I'm writing to you from the year 1730, which is good..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Private Parts in Public Places

Bob Byington lifts the lid on Registered Sex Offender

"...I can't be sure if it's affectation, emulation, coincidence, misperception, or a combination of the four, but I..."

March 7, 2008 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Austin Wins: Breakfast and Dinner and Art in Between

Here’s a South Lamar hat trick that’ll make your whole damn day

"...This feature is set in one neighborhood around South Lamar Blvd., near where that..."

Nov. 1, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Power of Art in Austin’s Overlooked Objects

Defining the city's personality from the moonlight towers to the railroad bridge

"...Austin's character is made by its people, objects, and places...."

Aug. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Austin Street Art Enters Into a New Era

With the city cracking down on graffiti and Hope Outdoor Gallery set to close, artists look for permission to paint

"...broad daylight, and a young man with a bandanna masking his face is spray-painting letters onto a retaining wall...."

July 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

Austin's Airport Art Program Makes Every Flight a Trip to the Gallery

Got some time at AUS? There's many distractions in plane sight.

"...You know what there’s a lot of at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport? Art. In diversity of form, in sheer..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Public Notice: Coming Soon to a Corridor Near You

Hopefully in fewer than four score years ...

"...Construction Program that would implement the $482 million authorized in the 2016 Mobility Bond for corridor projects – major..."

Feb. 9, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

November Is Austin Art Month

With EAST, POP Austin, and the Creek Show, who's to argue?

"...hot to gorge on turkey this month, but there's something else you should feast on first: art. While we..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Art Week Austin 2010 Schedule

"...Art Week Austin runs April 21-25, with the fair Art..."

April 23, 2010 Arts Feature

Public Art

Two artists are arrested while painting a mural on a wall in East Austin

"...Mural artists Angel Quesada and Lannea Brooks were arrested and jailed..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Arts Feature by Abe Louise Young

Art for Days

Can you handle two weeks' worth of the East Austin Studio Tour?

"...In the immortal words of Chief Brody, you are going..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Public Notice: Old News on CodeNEXT

Scattershots, while waiting for Draft Three

"...Earlier this month, the Austin American-Statesman ran three full-page editorial pages, of council members..."

Jan. 26, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Art Week Austin

"...Hosting the 2011 Art Week Austin, Art Alliance Austin is..."

April 22, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art City Austin

The big outdoor art fair is spreading the love, via partnerships and pink notes

"...Art City Austin 2009 is on its way this weekend,..."

April 24, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Public Notice: Transit for Art for Transit

Call to artists: Jump into the billion-dollar pool

"...yet) feature of the ambitious Project Connect mobility plan being floated this week by the city and Capital Metro..."

Jan. 17, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice

Get Downtown With Your Bad Selves

"...hype is a tad too precious for us (Downtown... setting the precedent for fun!), the Downtown Austin Alliance (DAA)..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Column by Kate X Messer

Public Notice: The New Industrial Revolution?

Is Mayor Adler our Teddy Roosevelt?

"...Mayor Steve Adler is pushing hard for his Thumbs-Up solution to the standoff with..."

Jan. 22, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Top 9 (Plus Three) Memories & Best Happenings in 2009

2009 was a good year for artists, young and old, getting their props

"...1) BOB 'DADDY-O' WADE'S 40-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE (SOUTH AUSTIN MUSEUM OF POPULAR CULTURE)..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Art Top Ten

Hanging the Best of 1995

"...1. Artwork/Installation: Regina Vater's installation "Ita./Ota" (The Austin Museum of Art..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Arts Feature

Through Steel, Wood, Glass, and Gas, Ion Art Turns Zilker Into a Glowing Wonderland

Enter the Neon Garden

"...No one else in Austin, at least, and likely no one else in..."

April 22, 2022 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Art Lives Here

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

"...East Second and Waller, there's so much to see: towering colored stalks rising from the yard, a flame-hued metal..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Anti-Latino Prejudice in Austin

Despite having a large immigrant population, city isn't always so welcoming

"...When local artist David Goujon read about the saga of the Jumpolin..."

Dec. 4, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Public Notice: Bridges to Forever

The theme for the coming week is public input

"...will come together to honor the legendary and beloved Austin deejay and musicologist, with the dedication and blessing of..."

June 19, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Does Business Really Hate Education?

It's way past time for some new voices on education policy

"...Between the once-in-a-lifetime 10-1 election and the heated three-way mayoral donnybrook, it..."

Oct. 10, 2014 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: What Goes Around ...

This week's news sounds suspiciously familiar

"...So, putting SXSW aside, two of the juiciest news tidbits in..."

March 20, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Drama on the High Seats

Reading (not too far) between the lines of Thursday's marathon

"...The bizarre late ending to last Thursday's City Council meeting demonstrated, among other..."

Sept. 5, 2014 News Column by Nick Barbaro

This Week in Council

"...Hot items on today's agenda include, in no particular order:..."

April 19, 2002 News Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: Love Lock Bridges in Texas

A guide to "love locks" (and rocks) across the state

"...all about the tradition and where you can take part in it, and where not to...."

Feb. 9, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

The World of Wayfinding in Austin

How we get from here to there in our ever-changing city

"...shuttle bus last fall just after we'd crossed back into Downtown. She had just moved to Austin, I'd already..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Features Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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