Qmmunity: Finding Your Pride

Drip Drop 10 brings urban LGBTQ music to the forefront, plus did you hear it’s Austin Pride this weekend?

"...Drop a safe space for the community and the artists who come to the party...."

Aug. 19, 2022 Column by James Scott

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Small Audiences, Large Souls

At the Fusebox Festival, size matters, but that doesn't always mean 'big'

"...effort that went into its making. Pulling together the artists and projects that comprise Fusebox, Berry is sensitive to..."

April 22, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Art of Schlock

A conversation with Shock Festival art director Tim Bradstreet

"...Plenty of artists and graphic designers had a hand in helping Stephen..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Wait and Hope: New Works by Katy O'Connor/Restless Timber: New Works by Jennifer Drummond

Volitant Gallery's pairing of Katy O'Connor and Jennifer Drummond works so well, you might want to gather some friends and go picnic in the woods by way of celebration

"...brightly expansive Volitant Gallery features the work of two artists, Katy O'Connor and Jennifer Drummond, in a pairing that..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Art Outside

Art Outside reinvents the art show by placing art outside of its normal context, in a wood filled with 120 plots, each occupied by a different visual artist

"...occupied by a different visual artist or group of artists. They work in mixed media, multimedia, photography, acrylics, pottery,..."

March 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Luv Doc Recommends: "Will There Ever Be a Rainbow?” Opening and Reception

Bolm Studios, Saturday, November 5, 2005

"...to be the subjects of countless colorful oil and watercolor renderings. Anything for art, right? In the past unicorn..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Column by The Luv Doc

"Now and Tomorrow"

The kid art in Creative Research Laboratory's "Now and Tomorrow" exhibit is more than notebook doodling; it's inventive, arresting self-expression

"...Because the artists' ages cover such a wide range, the pieces are..."

June 18, 2004 Arts Review by Molly Beth Brenner

Nailing the Market

The next time you go out to eat, keep an eye out for the work of Austin artist Elizabeth Guenthner. She's showing in almost every cafe where it's possible to display art, and her works' precise, distinctly disturbing beauty is simply transcendent.

"...officially appreciated, really, since 1922): the work of untrained artists whose vision and creation is relatively unadulterated by society..."

July 14, 2000 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Life in Fragments

The Eloquence of Betye Saar's Art Assemblages

"...an exchange with her daughters Alison and Lezley, both artists. "They were raised to be junkies," she giggles, meaning..."

July 26, 1996 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

"Premember" Drawings Capture Austin Shops Before They're Gone

Northern-Southern gallery is showing Drew Liverman's art series focused on quirky local businesses that are still here, but maybe not for long

"...a universal notion found in the work of many artists Liverman admires, from the French post-impressionist Jean-Édouard Vuillard to..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

ChronEvents Picks for the WEST Austin Studio Tour

Tour stops to help you get the most out of WEST

"...• 6-34 Catch the work of 12 different artists, including Jan Knox, Melanie Lewis, and Jeff Englert at..."

May 15, 2017 Events Post by Thomas Danh

Fiends With Benefits

The art in 'Monster Show 6' celebrates the horrifying, deliciously so

"...perennial celebration of monsters is left to other monsters: artists...."

Nov. 18, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Tom Molloy: Lucid

Tom Molloy's drawings are delicate but have the power to give you nightmares

"...and pipe bombs in the Seventies and Eighties. Irish artists dealing with issues of violence and human rights look..."

March 20, 2009 Arts Review by Rachel Koper

'Alice in Wonderland': Drawn down the rabbit hole again

The universal appeal of Lewis Carroll's story inspires 45 local artists in a new group show

"...West Sixth, Wally Workman hosts group shows with the artists she represents. Last year, for the first time, Workman..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Austin Figurative Gallery/Pump Project: Something old, something new

Two gallery events, one focused on past Texas masters and one featuring artists creating new work in real time, show us where we've been and where we're going

"...you have a clutch of the city's current contemporary artists creating new work before your very eyes...."

June 1, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

An Artist, a Life, a World

"The Mystical World of Kelly Fearing: A Sixty-Year Retrospective" covers the work of this longtime Texas artist from his days with the Fort Worth Circle, introducing modernism to the Lone Star State in the 1940s, through his 48-year career on the UT-Austin Department of Art faculty, experimenting with form and style.

"...days with the Fort Worth Circle, a gathering of artists largely responsible for introducing modernism to the Lone Star..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

But Is it ART? Finally, Yes

"...dance department chair Richard Isaackesannounced officially the founding of Artists Repertory of Texas (ART). The company is a nonprofit..."

April 23, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Chronicle Art Reviews Exhibitionism

"...and expressions provide a vast realm of inspiration for artists, as well as an easily accessible and wildly diverse..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Arts Review

Arts Recommended: 57th Annual Art Faculty Exhibit: Huntington Art Gallery

"...a faculty group that includes nationally and internationally recognized artists. Forget any preconceptions of university faculty as jaded-ivory tower..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Arts Feature

Arts Review: "Floriculture"

The impermanence of floristry and the eternal nature of tattoos highlight Pastiche House’s fusion philosophy

"...walls of glass fully decked with Von Lehe's monochrome watercolors of myriad botanicals, the natural beauty of leaves and..."

June 2, 2023 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

ACL Interview: Robert Glasper Brings Buoyant Manifesto Black Radio III to Zilker

Grammy-studded Houstonian discusses third jazz installment

"...with Esperanza Spalding’s French wordplay (“Why We Speak”), and watercolor improvisation bleeds into Musiq Soulchild’s R&B (“Everybody Love”) on..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Qmmunity: Homoscopes

Don't know what to do this week? Consult the Qmmunity stars for your homoscope of recommended queer events.

"...to navigate queer relationships while working on a guided watercolor painting. Tue., Aug. 30, 6:30-8pm. Virtual. allgo.org. Cancer..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Column by James Scott

Five Ways to Dress Up Your Bare, Bare Walls

A big weekend of gallery shows gives you plenty of decorating opportunities

"...In which curator Laura Lynn Johnson brings together eight artists – Rory Foster, Shawn Camp, Abi Daniel, Jason Brooks,..."

May 20, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Creates XR Austin for Online Festival

Digital environment will be virtually like being there

"...than a dozen hours of interviews and uses hand-drawn watercolor cel animation and ambisonic sound to visualize an otherwise..."

March 2, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

David Garza Recounts a Few of the 10,000 Stories Behind Fiona Apple’s Fetch the Bolt Cutters

Texan muse and former Austinite relocated production to El Paso

"...in detention after school – playing Exquisite Corpse, trading watercolors, pre-gig Sharpie tattoos, etc. In late February, out of..."

April 20, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Six Picks From That EAST Beast

Necessary, unless you’re the living embodiment of “indefatigable”

"...out of a snack-vending machine. The concept and the artists represented here – Colin McIntyre, Terra Goolsby, Laura Latimer,..."

Nov. 8, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

"Meet the Beetles"

This Art.Science.Gallery exhibit celebrating the order Coleoptera in art will have you screaming "Yeah, yeah, yeah!"

"...sorts of beetles. And the works are by 15 artists from the USA and Spain and Italy who are..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

EAST: 'Eclosion'

'Eclosion' portrays the natural glories of insectdom with ingenuity and wonder

"...unveiling its metamorphosed form, features 57 works by 44 artists from across the country and around the world arranged..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

West Austin Studio Tour

Another weekend in which to go WEST, young man

"...another shot at sampling work by more than 250 artists at 178 stops west of I-35. We wholeheartedly encourage..."

May 3, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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