Arts Commission to Consider Using Reserve Fund to Make-up Shortfalls
Emotions — and confusion — ran high at an Austin Arts Commission meeting last night...
Austin Arts Groups Angered As City Announces Cuts to Funding
Arts groups in Austin are furious with the city’s Cultural Arts Division latest funding recommendations...
Study: Austin/Round Rock — and Fredericksburg — Make the List of Nation’s Most Vibrant Communities
A recent study by SMU’s DataArts ranks the Austin/Round Rock area — and Fredericksburg —camong the...
Look, and Touch: Terra Goolsby’s Slick Sculptures Dazzle at Dimension Gallery
The title for Terra Goolsby’s showing of new work at Dimension Gallery, “Black Rainbow,” derives...
Lisa B. Thompson’s “Monroe” Celebrates Courage
A tragicomedy by local playwright and University professor Lisa B. Thompson, "Monroe" opened at Austin Playhouse...
Full Circle: A New Vision for an Iconic Austin Mural
In 1992, two young local artists, Robert Herrera and Oscar Cortez, began transforming a 700-square...
Texas Commission on the Arts Awards $4 million in Grants
The Texas Commission on the Arts has announced its first funding round for fiscal year...
The Writing Life: Carrie Fountain, On Tackling New Genres
New Mexico native Carrie Fountain has spent the last decade establishing herself as a talent...
Austin Film Society Awards 19 Grants to Filmmakers
Austin Film Society announced 19 recipients for its annual production fund, the AFS Grant.
Grantees received...
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Look, and Touch: Terra Goolsby’s Slick Sculptures Dazzle at Dimension Gallery
The title for Terra Goolsby’s showing of new work at Dimension Gallery, “Black Rainbow,” derives...
Lisa B. Thompson’s “Monroe” Celebrates Courage
A tragicomedy by local playwright and University professor Lisa B. Thompson, "Monroe" opened at Austin Playhouse...
Excavating Disappearance: ‘The Madres’ Uncovers One Family’s Story of Argentina’s Dirty War
Playwright Stephanie Alison Walker has not assumed that her audience is familiar with the Dirty...
Parking Lots, Pools, and Palm Trees: From Ed Ruscha’s Archive a Sweeping, and Revealing, Exhibition
Context and circumstance matter. And with “Ed Ruscha: Archaeology and Romance” the new exhibition on...
Growth Spurt: The Contemporary’s Crit Group Emboldens Artists to Experiment
The act of critique — crit, if you will — is a staple of university...
Dreaming of Our Abuelitos: “YLA 23” at Mexic-Arte Museum Explores Border Identity
Growing up on the border of any two countries leads to early political awareness. That's...
The Writing Life: Carrie Fountain, On Tackling New Genres
New Mexico native Carrie Fountain has spent the last decade establishing herself as a talent...
Natalie George Sees the Light
In the middle of a dark night last year, Natalie George was wide awake and...
Archiving Black Dance: Gesel Mason Preserves, and Dances, the Work Of African American Choreographers
Dancer and choreographer Gesel Mason never set out to be an archivist, but for the...
Disrupting Practice: To Make a New Series of Sculpture, Tammie Rubin Makes Her Art-Making Public
On an already hot Texas summer morning, Tammie Rubin sets about mixing porcelain slip in...
Dennis Nance Makes It Present: Curating in Galveston, Practicing Art Everywhere
My first visit to Galveston happened one year ago on the invitation of Dennis Nance,...
Making New Theater From Other Artists’ Unfinished Business
Austin playwright Elizabeth Doss is fond of messing with history.
Last year, Doss re-told the story of...
