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.”
Austin
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.
Expanding Histories at Austin’s Fusebox 2020
Artists grappling with the political has been the norm for thousands of years, but when art and social-political questioning merge at an interdisciplinary performance festival like Austin’s Fusebox Festival 2020 (April 15-19), the results can sometimes expand artistic boundaries.
The Not-So-Secret Life of Objects: Hillerbrand+Magsamen’s Devices Spread Throughout Texas
Houston-based artists Stephan Hillerbrand and Mary Magsamen, known collectively as Hillerbrand+Magsamen, address topics of family, communication, and consumerism, most recently through their ongoing body of artworks called The Devices Project.
Rock reset: With her Tito’s Prize exhibition, Betelhem Makonnen suggests an alternative to our current climate of temporal anxiety
Time is of the essence for Betehelm Makonnen.
Texas Lens: 10 Years of Flamencura in Austin
I sat down with Director Olivia Chacón to discuss Austin’s burgeoning flamenco scene, the growth of the studio and the company’s next theatrical production.