Austin's Artspace Crisis and Microvenues

Are home art galleries and mini-performance venues the answer to the space crunch?

"...away, displacing more than 40 artists who have been using the space to make paintings, prints, ceramics, glass, jewelry,..."

June 22, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art Palace

An appreciation of the great Eastside gallery as it packs up and moves to Houston

"...Forget the "handful of hours on Wednesday and Saturday" business; now it's Tuesday through Saturday, 11am to 6pm. You'll..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

East Austin Studio Tour

Art-savvy locals offer tips for where to go and who to see when you go EAST this year

"...full-color catalogs, available at BookPeople and art-friendly East Austin businesses, are phat with funny pictures and well worth $5..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

The Art of the Business of Art

Gallery owners David Berman, Wally Workman, and Steve Clark talk about their lives promoting artists and selling art

"...promoters and facilitators, but most of all they are businesspeople. If it's the artist's job to make good art,..."

July 30, 2004 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

Universal Talent

From 1961 to 1992, Julioeloy Mesa worked in the Cuban Institute of Cinematic Industry and Art, making movie posters that earned international awards, exhibitions in museums, and even a permanent collection in the Library of Congress. Though he now lives comfortably in Austin, Texas, Mesa's artistic struggle continues.

"...The silver ghosts of film had enchanted the artist since boyhood. "I would take money from my mother's purse,..."

July 13, 2001 Arts Feature by Rob Curran

Articulations

Big career moves for a couple of Austin playwrights and big parties thrown by a couple of Austin arts organizations.

"...are chosen to spend a 12-month residency in Minnesota using center services, including readings and workshops with professional directors,..."

March 2, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Positively Operatic

The Year in Austin Culture

"...the course of the year seemed unusually dramatic: the closings of Black Mountain Arts, the Public Domain Theatre on..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Believing in Beauty

Fabric, home altars, and the influence of her mother all figure heavily in the art of Connie Arismendi, and writer Mary Jane Garza opens up the heart from which her remarkable images spring.

"...Memory," her current exhibition and the final show for Galeria Sin Fronteras, several of her smaller mixed media pieces..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

Articulations

Farewell to two local galleries, welcome to the new dean of the UT College of Fine Arts.

"...allowing owner Camille Lyons a well-deserved respite from the singular madness of running a private visual arts space. Then,..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

A spin on the Austin art gallery carousel.

"...coming week. Call 451-9310 for information. The former is rising up from local soil, with folks who have had..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

1999 Critics' Table Nominations

"...Courtney Wissinger, Schoolhouse Rock..."

May 21, 1999 Arts Feature

Art

Art Openings

"...Women and Their Work (Mar 4); "Standing, Sitting, Sleeping, Sinking," Lyons Matrix Gallery (Mar 4); "N-O-N," Terra Children's Gallery..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature

Growth Spurt

Nine Shows That Transported Me

"...was the show of the year. In its characters' musings on time and change, we could glimpse the author-performers..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Cultural Hero

"...office space, which were split between an office/mini-gallery inside Galeria Sin Fronteras on Guadalupe Street and a studio off..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

Art Fights the Power

The Liberating Artwork of Malaquías Montoya

"...U.S. presidency. Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King are assassinated. There are violent civil rights clashes at the Watts..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

Framing the Border

Photography of the Region Between Mexico and the U.S.

"...share a passion for photography and for the region encompassing Mexico and the southwestern United States gather round a..."

May 1, 1998 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Exhibitionism

Calavera #4 UBU ROI: ANIMAL HOUSE MACBETH

"...Galeria Sin Fronteras, through January 14..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Arts Review

Top Ten Art

The Best Art Shows in 1997 That I Never Reviewed

"...anchored by Lyons Matrix, Women & Their Work, and Galeria Sin Fronteras, this area of Guadalupe and Lavaca just..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Arts Feature

Collecting as Affliction

Art Lover Philip Dempsey Just Can't Shake the Bug

"...himself understood, but Dempsey has worn a hearing aid since he was a child. "Maybe I became more visual..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Art's New Address

Uptown Is Home to Austin's Latest Cultural District

"...Gallery, Women & Their Work Gallery (W&TW), ACA Gallery@ArtPlex, Galeria Sin Fronteras, and R. Peeples Gallery -- and five..."

July 4, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Neon Austin

South Lamar

"...very metal); the Longhorn Po-Boy signs (2901 Medical Arts); Galeria Sin Fronteras (1701 Guadalupe); the purple Wrapido spiral (3023..."

May 23, 1997 Arts Feature

Art

Art Openings

"...explores American art and culture through contemporary art patterns, focusing on artists who use patterns and repeated decorative designs...."

March 14, 1997 News Feature

Prints Charming

Marking Austin's Museum of Art's "Fresh Ink" Exhibit

"...of art and art history; Gilberto Cardenas, owner of Galeria Sin Fronteras; Jonathan Bober, curator of prints and drawings..."

Feb. 21, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Local Palette

Paintings

"...Galeria Sin Fronteras through March..."

Feb. 21, 1997 Arts Feature

Articulations

Pan Soars Into Holdover

"...Peden to create the Art Plex, 20,000 square feet housing offices for ACA and AVAA, a gallery, and studio..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Arts Column

Mercedes Wanguemert-Peña's Grand Obsession Stuck Inside Cuba

"...Art and a San Antonio gallery. An exhibition at Galeria Sin Fronteras, Recuerdos/Memories, features a large group of these..."

Feb. 16, 1996 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

A Day in the Neighborhood

A Trip Through Three New Exhibits

"...Lyons Matrix Gallery, Women & Their Work Gallery, and Galeria Sin Fronteras - routinely presents contemporary talent worth walking..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Arts Feature

Man on a Mission

Professor, Collector, Leader Gil Cárdenas

"...as well as drawers full of flat files at Galeria Sin Fronteras...."

Aug. 18, 1995 Arts Feature

Art for the "Common Audience" Journal of the Heart

"...that holds old photographs. One is labeled "National Negro Business League, August '38." It is a sepia-toned group photo..."

June 16, 1995 Arts Feature

Wet Paint and Natural Disasters

Three Artists Redefine the Landscape

"...Lilian Garcia-Roig, is featured in a one-person exhibition at Galeria Sin Fronteras. Her paintings are significantly different from Whyne's...."

April 28, 1995 Arts Feature