Dancing on a Lake and Other Pandemic Miracles
If 2020 into 2021 was the ultimate annus horribilis, the year really became the worst of times for that most ephemeral and impermanent of arts, live performance.
Austin
Sage Studio: Artists in Tandem
In the three years that Sage Studio has showcased artists with disabilities—helping its roster develop and sell their works, much as ordinary galleries do—Austin’s art scene has embraced it, co-founder Lucy Gross says.
A Cartography of Broadway Shows Across Texas
We’re still holding our breath, knocking on a forest full of wood and sacrificing chicken-shaped tofu to Dionysius, but it looks like in-person, inside-an-actual-theater, theater will finally take the stage this fall.
ISHIDA Brings Literature to Dance for Texas Audiences
Brett Ishida, a California transplant to Austin, is bringing her new Austin-based contemporary dance company ISHIDA to the stage for the company’s first evening-length production since the pandemic began.
Art and Alchemy: Sedrick Huckaby at the Blanton
“Every person is like a novel. We all have a story.” Sedrick Huckaby says. “I’ve never met a boring person.”
TX Lens: Ron Berry on his pandemic year and the Fusebox Future
The pandemic may have forced the cancellation of this year’s Fusebox Festival, one of the nation’s largest annual interdisciplinary performing arts festivals, but the Austin organization continues to present and nurture artists.
Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company: 21 Years and Counting
I’ve been watching the Austin-based Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company almost as long as it has existed.
Blanton New Grounds Initiative Promises New Visitor Experience
Construction will begin this spring and continue through late 2022 on the Blanton Museum’s New Grounds Initiative.
The New Normal: The 2020 Austin Studio Tour Goes Digital
In a normal year, hundreds of Austin art studios and workshops would fill with thousands of visitors next week.
A Love Letter to the Audience: Tarra Gaines on her Digital Diet and Missing Live Performance
Tarra Gaines on her Digital Diet and Missing Live Performance
Bridging Science and Art: Jennifer Steinkamp’s Eon
Jennifer Steinkamp’s new digital work Eon, recently unveiled as part of the University of Texas Landmarks Collection and commissioned for Welch Hall, the university’s recently renovated science building, invokes these complex ideas not in the form of ephemeral petals, but in massive LED screens.
Room to Move: Nicole Eisenman at The Contemporary Austin
Emotion, individualism, unfettered expression, fruitful rebellion, and spontaneous movement are not often the makings of everyday life. But sometimes the storm and stress of life bring such things into being.