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Mel Ziegler: The exit interview
As he prepares to leave Austin, internationally recognized artist and former Arts Commission Chairman Mel Ziegler reflects on the city and the arts over the past decade
Mel Ziegler
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Site Unseen
‘America Starts Here’ shows how the pioneering artistic team of Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler made the overlooked visible
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Culture Flash!
Deadline for the Texas State Auditions, Armadillo artist Danny Garrett gets his own day, proposals for the Mueller public art project are presented, and Ann Adams’ ‘Big Chiller Blues’ gets hot press
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AMOA’s Symposium on Austin Art: How Deep Is Our Love?
The Austin Museum of Art symposium Self Portrait: Austin Art in Local, National, and International Contexts was a positive day of critical dialog and amazingly open-minded community work
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Hold That Process
The Arts Commission recommends to City Council
that the arts funding application process be
suspended for the coming year
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Articulations
The Austin Arts Commission defuses a community controversy by restarting the process of selecting public art for the soon-to-be-expanded George Washington Carver Museum and Library.
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Articulations
Four months after using a new guideline to declare Sharir + Bustamante Danceworks ineligible for city arts funding, threatening the company’s survival and sparking community concern, the Austin Arts Commission reversed course and cleared the way for the company to receive money from the city.