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May 2013
 

 

West End 1st Thursday

1st Thursday
Gallery Night
May 2
Open until 8 pm

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AMOA-Arthouse at the Jones Center

Members' Reception
Friday, May 3, 7-9 pm
Celebrate with the artists and enjoy light bites and beverages courtesy of our sponsors Circle Brewing Co., Hickory Street, and Pedernales Cellars. Bring your friends to enjoy engaging new art and great conversations on our rooftop deck.
Free for members // $15 for non-members

 

AMOA-Arthouse at the Jones Center

Insanely Good Lunch: A High Thai Experience
Saturday, May 4, 1-3 pm
Join us for a roof deck celebration with special guest artist Pinaree Sanpitak, featuring locally-prepared Thai fare inspired by her sculptures in the gallery. Sponsored by Jim Thompson, a Thai Silk Company. Co-presented by Edible Austin.
Limited tickets available: $10 for members // $15 for non-members

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Women & Their Work

"Last Resort: Color Me" free manicures
Saturday, May 4, 2-6 pm
"Last Resort: Color Me" free manicures inspired by the palette of Kelly O'Connor and hand massages!
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Visual Arts Center - UT

Walk-In Guided Tour
May 4, 11 at 2 pm
Visual Arts Center
Join us every Saturday at 2pm for a tour of the Visual Arts Center. With the VAC's multiple galleries and ever changing exhibitions, each weekly tour will feature a different theme and conversation topic as a launching pad for visitors to enjoy. A VAC guide will meet participants at the front desk for a tour through the galleries with plenty of time for questions about the work on display. Tours will last approximately 45 minutes and no reservation is necessary.

 

Wally Workman Gallery

Carol Dawson | The Great Piece of Turf
Saturday, May 4, 6-8 pm
Opening Reception

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Big Medium

2013 West Austin Studio Tour
April 27 & 28 - May 4 & 5
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Wally Workman Gallery

2013 West Austin Studio Tour
April 27 & 28 - May 4 & 5
The gallery will be open 10am to 6pm both Saturdays and Sundays. This is also a great chance to visit the studios of two of our artists who are participating: Stella Alesi (#132a) and Priscilla Robinson (#41).

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Artworks

2013 West Austin Studio Tour
May 4 & 5
Bastrop artist, Enid Wood, has been Artworks' best selling artist three years in a row. Enid will be in the gallery on May 4th and May 5th creating original work and engaging in dialogue.

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Capital Fine Art

West Austin Studio Tour 2
April 27 & 28 - May 4 & 5
Featured Artists:
Valerie Walden -- Valerie will be painting in the gallery both weekends.
Mejo Okon -- Mejo will be present in the gallery May 4 & 5

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Visual Arts Center - UT

Focus Group: Screening Room featuring
Jonas Mekas
May 9, 7 pm
Art Building, Room 1.102
Screening Room, a 1970s television series that aired in Boston, invited independent filmmakers to screen and discuss their work.
For February's edition, the VAC presents the October 1981 episode of Screening Room with Jonas Mekas.

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Harry Ransom Center

CURATOR TOUR
Thursday, May 9, 7 pm
Roy Flukinger, Senior Research Curator of Photography, leads a tour of Arnold Newman: Masterclass.

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grayDUCK Gallery

RED LEFT BLUE RIGHT
A group show of art and design for anaglyph 3-D glasses
May 10, 7-9 pm
Opening Reception

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Russell Collection Fine Art

Las Estaciones de Royo
Friday, May 10 & Saturday, May 11, 6-8 pm
Artist Receptions
RSVP Requested: (512) 478-4440

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AMOA-Arthouse at Laguna Gloria

Second Saturdays are for Families
Saturday, May 11, 12-3 pm
Drop in and create!
$5 member families // $10 non-member families.

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Blanton Museum - UT

Beat the Rush: Justin Sherburn and Montopolis
Thursday, May 16, 5:30 pm
Each third Thursday at 5:30 PM, noted musicians from UT and across Austin present short concerts in the galleries, providing visitors a chance to unwind before jumping in to their evening commute.
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AMOA-Arthouse

Art Museum Day
Saturday, May 18
AMOA-Arthouse is pleased to offer free admission and activities on May 18, 2013, in celebration of the Association of Art Museum Directors' (AAMD) Art Museum Day, coinciding with International Museum Day.
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Tiny Park Gallery

East Austin Arts - Art Brawl
Saturday, May 18, 12-11 pm
A day and night of exhibitions and special events at Tiny Park, Co-Lab Projects, Big Medium, and Mass Gallery. Joel Ross and Jason Creps will give an artist talk at Tiny Park. See web site for times and details:
http://eastaustinarts.org/may-18th-art-brawl/

 

AMOA-Arthouse at Laguna Gloria

Viewpoints--Of a Technical Nature
Saturday, May 18, 2 pm
Curatorial Assistant Sean Ripple speaks about the works in Of a Technical Nature, with an emphasis on technology as a human exoskeleton.
Free with museum admission.

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Women & Their Work

Monica Vidal: Falling Hive
Saturday, May 18, 7-9 pm
Opening Reception
Monica Vidal will speak at the opening.

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AMOA-Arthouse at the Jones Center

Küçük Sinemalar!
Experimental Cinema from Turkey
Saturday, May 18, 7 pm
Community Room
Küçük Sinemalar (Little Cinemas) is an informal group formed in İstanbul to encourage moving image works that do not fit within the boundaries of video art or traditional cinema. The twelve films and videos in this program include cell phone video abstractions, untrustworthy narratives, and a 16-mm essay film on that quintessential middle-class activity of seaside vacations. Co-presented by Experimental Response Cinema.
Free

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Tiny Park Gallery

Not How It Happened: Joel Ross and Jason Creps
Saturday, May 18, 7-11 pm
Opening Reception

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AMOA-Arthouse at the Jones Center

Rooftop Architecture Film Series
Life Architecturally
Wednesday, May 22, 8 pm
Showing May 22, Life Architecturally (2011) investigates the chaotic lives of an internationally acclaimed and highly prolific husband-and-wife team: architect Robert McBride and interior designer Debbie Ryan. An intimate documentary, Life Architecturally seeks to discover the inspiration behind the pair's groundbreaking architecture as well as the pressures of bringing their revolutionary concepts to life.
Free for members // $10 for non-members (tickets sold at the door)

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