Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury
Every Sunday 10:00AM - Sun. 05/17 @ Blanton Museum of Art (Campus)
Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture At Midcentury takes a look at the broad cultural zeitgeist of "cool" that influenced the visual , graphic, and decorative arts, furniture…more»
Memento Mori
Sat. 08/30 | 7:00PM - Fri. 09/19 @ Pump Project Art Complex (East Side)
Art Exhibit: August 30 – September 19, 2008 Opening Reception: Saturday, August 30, 2008 7-11 pm The phrase Memento Mori reminds us to be aware of our mortality. David de…more»
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Artist David de Lara creates stylized portraits of women, with his latest series being moodier and darker than ever. more at www.austin360.com
In Citizen's Garb: Southern Plains Native Americans, 1889-1891
Sat. 09/15 | 7:00PM - Tue. 01/06 @ Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
The 1880's and 1890's were decades of tremendous upheaval for many native peoples in Texas. Numerous Indian reservations were opened in the Oklahoma and Indian Territories during this …more»
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In the decades between 1880 and 1900, American Indians underwent significant cultural transformations as a result of European settlers who thrust them into reservations and Euro-American customs. During this period, William J. Lenny and William L. Sawyers opened a photo studio in Purcell, Okla., near the reservations, and photographed American Indians in both their traditional dress and the current fashions of the time.read more at austin360.com
Aztec and Maya Revival Exhibition
Every Friday 10:00AM - Tue. 09/16 @ Mexic-Arte Museum (Warehouse District)
The Aztec and Maya Revival exhibition illustrates the resurgence of Pre-Columbian motifs and patterns in Mexico’s modern arts during the late 19th and early 20th century. The main galler…more»
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“Aztec and Maya Revival,” which runs until Sept. 16 at the Mexic-Arte Museum, includes furniture, ceramics, paper, books and authentic pre-Columbian artifacts in the main gallery. The exhibit includes paintings from Roberto Montenegro and Miguel Covarrubias, and the back gallery appeals to horror aficionados with showings of 1950s Mexican horror films from the Aztec Mummy Collection.
— Ameera Butt
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Sai Sei Party
Tue. 12/04 | 7:00PM - Thu. 01/08 @ Silhouette Restaurant & Bar
Sai Sei Party! (part of the weekly tuesday Gan-So Ladies Night Collective @ Silhouette)Come see 3 of Austin's respected Graffiti Artists display a Brand New Urban Art Collection!(All new a…more»
Darryl Freeman Paintings
Fri. 08/15 | 7:00PM - Sun. 08/31 @ Uppercrust Bakery
I have a new show up at Uppercrust Bakery ( 45th and Burnet Rd. ) 13 Tropical seascapes in heavy impasto style palette knife painting. The show is up until the end of Au…more»
Cynthia Camlin: Extremities & Marianne Green: Silence and Sound
Thu. 08/14 | 6:00PM - Sat. 09/20 @ d berman gallery
Cynthia Camlin's works on paper (watercolor, ink & gouache) "combine chance procedures and different mark-making strategies to build images of melting icebergs." &n…more»
"Birds, Beasts, and Teeth": New Works by David Lujan at The Parlor Hyde Park
Every Sunday 6:00PM - Tue. 01/06 @ The Parlor Hyde Park (Campus)
BIRDS, BEASTS & TEETH:A collection of new screen prints by David Lujan. Reception:Sun., Dec. 14, 6-9pm. Exhibition: Through Jan. 6.4301 Guadalupe St., 323-0440www.bicyclesamurai.com
'Sensual Abstractions' by Artist Leanne Venier at Hyde Park
Sun. 08/03 | 11:00AM - Sun. 09/21 @ Hyde Park Bar & Grill (North Austin)
Hyde Park Bar and Grill is now featuring the energetic and sensual abstract oil paintings of the International Award Winnning artist, Leanne Venier. The artist breathes life into paint, and wh…more»
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Austin Full Monty Painting & Drawing Sessions
Every Sunday 6:30PM @ Austin Visual Arts Association (AVAA) (Campus)
http://austinfullmontypainting.weebly.com Come celebrate the contemporary male figure by painting and drawing with us on Sunday evenings from 6:30-9:30 PM at Austin Visual Arts Association, l…more»
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The Austin Children's Museum new exhibit - Play it by ear
Fri. 07/25 | 10:00AM - Sun. 09/14 @ Austin Children's Museum (Downtown)
Tuesday - Saturday 10 am to 5 pm Wednesday Nights - 5pm to 8pmSunday - Noon to 5pmExplore the art and science of tinkering with sound at their newest exhibit "play it by ear." touch,…more»
Public Tour: The Changing American Landscape
Every Sunday 2:00PM @ Blanton Museum of Art (Campus)
The wide-open spaces of the American west have beckoned artists since the 19th century. Trace the development of landscape painting from its roots in Europe to its culmination in the 21st cent…more»
Public Tour: Teresita Fernandez: Blind Landscape
Every Sunday 2:00PM @ Blanton Museum of Art (Campus)
Join us for a special gallery talk by Samuel Baker, associate professor in the department of English at UT: Quiet Rock: Borrowdale in the Sculptural Poetics of Teresita Fernández and Wi…more»
MY TOWN - ART OPENING
Tue. 08/05 | 6:00PM - Tue. 09/30 @ J Blacks Feel Good Lounge (West Sixth)
My Town Exhibit - An Artistic Perspective of Austin Architecture What began as a collaboration of commission paintings and photographs for a local downtown development has evolved into an en…more»
XL Recommended – `Birth of the Cool’: The most anticipated museum exhibit of the spring – and sure to be the most buzzed about – `Birth of the Cool’ charts everything about California mid-century groovy style. more at www.austin360.com