Melany Jean's Top 10 Fresh Takes in the Arts of 2017

Works of art and shows that were timely, intimate, funny, and awe-inspiring stood out over the year

"...expansive road trip provided a revelatory survey of the visual arts landscape statewide. The culminating exhibition gathered some of..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Melany Jean

UT's Public Arts Program Debuts an Ambitious New Project

Landmarks presents Ann Hamilton’s O N E E V E R Y O N E at the Dell Medical School

"...of this fog and leaned into it, pressing these parts of herself to it that we might see them..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

The 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...T Theatre had a reason to crow at the Austin Critics Table Awards ceremony on Monday, winning three awards..."

May 27, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Art Galleries: Venues in bloom

This is the season when new visual arts galleries seem to sprout up everywhere like bluebonnets, and this spring brings us a bumper crop

"...galleries. This is the season when new showplaces for visual art seem to sprout up everywhere just like Texas'..."

March 16, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Five Recommended Arts Events This Weekend

Fear not, citizen! We’ll shield you against that mofo of a FOMO!

"...But, look: Here are five arty Austin-based things that we think definitely merit your get-outta-the-house time..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Statesman Cuts Arts Staff

Arts critic Jeanne Claire van Ryzin terminated after 17 years

"...The voice of informed and experienced arts criticism in this city is about to get a..."

Nov. 30, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Cantanker/us

'Cantanker/us,' a show of artwork by the staff of the visual-arts magazine Cantanker, is a rare opportunity to consider both sides of each artist/staffer's practice

"...not be apparent to some readers just how many visual-arts writers are also visual artists. At the Chronicle, three..."

June 22, 2007 Arts Review by Amanda Douberley

2012 Austin Critics Table Awards

Giving a lot of sweet bouquets (and taking their sweet time doing it)

"...you get older seemed in full force as the Austin Critics Table marked its 20th year of presenting annual..."

June 8, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Medal of Arts Awards

The Texas Cultural Trust honors its fifth group of notable Texans in the arts

"...They're all recipients of this year's Texas Medal of Arts Awards, being presented in Austin on Tuesday, April 7,..."

April 3, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Big Thanks for Arts Coverage

"...billboard to thank you! for the recent articles regarding visual arts in Austin ["The Art of the Business of..."

Aug. 4, 2004 Postmarks

Introducing the 2019 Class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

The stories behind the art transformers of this year's Hall of Fame inductees

"...What keeps Austin's cultural scene among the liveliest in the nation is..."

May 24, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2018

Actor/director Norman Blumensaadt, dance artists Kathy Dunn Hamrick and Anuradha Naimpally, and philanthropists Jeanne and Michael Klein join the ranks of cultural heroes

"...When you look at the vitality of the arts and culture in Austin, it isn't just the current..."

May 25, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Arts Commission's 1996-97 Recommendations

"...As of its meeting last week, the Arts Commission's recommendations put 24.71%, or just over half a..."

June 28, 1996 News Feature

Five Arty Things To Do In Austin This Weekend

Arty, yeah. You know: Creativity actually happening in our city.

"...FLATBED PRESS NEW-EDITION CELEBRATION The Flatbed Press is a..."

June 16, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Texas Medal of Arts

The Texas Cultural Trust honors its sixth group of notable Texans in the arts

"...After a decade of handing out Texas Medal of Arts Awards to the state's cultural stalwarts, you might think..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Few Visual Art Galleries: In Your City and Beyond Right Now

So much to see, how far to go, an embarrassment of riches…

"...So, yeah, I'm probably not going to make it..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Recommended Arts Events In Austin This Weekend

Mind the rain, yes, but don’t miss these public treats IRL

"...1) A person might move from Austin to Montana in order to become, say, a dental..."

May 3, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Good Things to Do in Austin This Weekend

On what’s already the second weekend of June, yes

"...that bird flying – as a proud inhabitant of Austin, Texas, The City That Doesn’t Smell Free Enough for..."

June 9, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Things to Do in Austin This Weekend

Because you can't just get baked & eat breakfast tacos 24/7, right?

"...THINGS" We're not just trying to backlash the West Austin Studio Tour – we totally love that peripatetic, artist-filled..."

May 19, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Art Week Austin

"...Hosting the 2011 Art Week Austin, Art Alliance Austin is taking advantage of the exceptional..."

April 22, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art City Austin: A new kind of art fair

Art Alliance Austin is calling on artists and architects to make work that will reinvent its annual art fair

"...What had been the Austin Fine Arts Festival is now Art City Austin, and..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

East Austin Studio Tour

The city's autumn marathon of art covers work by some 300 artists in 175 venues

"...Hope you've been training for Austin's annual autumn art marathon. With this year's East Austin..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Christa Palazzolo: City Folk

Christa Palazzolo was an astounding painter before she left Austin for New York, but her solo show at 1906 Gallery shows that her artistic skill has only deepened

"...has just opened 1906 Gallery, a new space for visual arts and, in doing so, has added another laurel..."

March 16, 2007 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

How $50,000 Is Shaking Up Austin's Black Artists Buried Treasure

"...funds lies in wait. Already ear-marked for the African-American arts community, it feels like an elusive miracle cure for..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Arts Feature by Danielle McClelland

Five Things to Do in Austin This Weekend

Because what good is sitting? Alone? In your room?

"...1) AUSTIN SKETCH FEST This annual conflagration of sketch-comedy features the..."

May 26, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Four Austin Art Galleries Worth Your Weekend Time

Gonna make your eyes wanna kiss your brain

"...(Hell, no: This city's lousy with visual-arts goodness. It's not San Antonio, no, you're right; but,..."

July 26, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 10 Favorite Arts-Related, Ah, Things From the Past 12 Months

A surfeit of visual-arts splendors and transcendent theatre elevate 2010

"...4) VISUAL ARTS CENTER (UT DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ART HISTORY)..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Arts Alive Institute: Reaching all learners with art

VSA Arts' Arts Alive Institute brings together artists and educators from across the state to discuss best practices for using the arts to reach everyone in the classroom

"...or bilingual just by registering for and attending the Arts Alive Institute: A Bi-Lingual Inclusive Arts Exchange on Tuesday,..."

June 15, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Top Nine in Visual Art of 2020, Plus One Exceptional Other

Wayne Alan Brenner chooses outstanding visual artistry that made this year a feast, save for one performative and culinary experience that was the cherry on top

"...except for one item, is a tenner of outstanding visual artistry from among what impressed me this year. I'm..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2017

Flatbed Press founders Katherine Brimberry and Mark L. Smith, choreographer Kate Warren and theatre / spoken word artist Zell Miller III join the ranks of cultural heroes

"...For the arts and culture to take root in a city, to..."

June 2, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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