Notes From the E.A.S.T.

East Austin Studio Tour
Saturday, November 17 - Sunday, November 18
Various Venues (Austin)
Free, 10am-5pm Daily
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The 2007 East Austin Studio Tour (E.A.S.T.) is happening this weekend, and over the next two days we'll be previewing a handful of the artists whose works you'll be able to check out.

Here's our guide to E.A.S.T. 2007:

The tour runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
With 113 studios and over 200 artists participating, it's a good idea to check out the map in advance and plan your route on this self-guided tour. You can view it online as a whole or in pieces through the links below. Printed maps are also available at Cafe Mundi, Bolm Studios, and a few other places around town.
- Complete Map: jpg
- Section 1: jpg pdf
- Section 2: jpg pdf
- Section 3: jpg pdf
- Section 4: jpg pdf
This year's theme is all about Reducing Your Speed and enjoying the tour in an environmentally friendly, low-impact fashion—as such, they're encouraging you to ride your bikes from gallery to gallery.
- Saturday morning at 10 a.m., there will be a "gigantic" launch of 100 bikes from the Yellow Bike Project at Cafe Mundi
- If you want to make your way via bike but would rather someone else do the actual pedaling, Metrocycle Pedicab is booking tours ($50/hr, 2 hr minimum), and will allow folks to choose their own route and see the sights along the way with no worries over finding a parking space.

The maps are helpful, but the E.A.S.T. catalogs, which come in a nice square form-factor, go into much further detail about almost all of the participating artists and galleries.
- You can pick one up for an affordable $5 at various places around town, including BookPeople, d berman Gallery, Cafe Mundi, Wally Workman, Big Red Sun, and Bolm Studios.
- These, along with various tour-related merch (t-shirts, tote bags, etc), make for nice souvenirs. Last year's batch sold out pretty quickly, so get yours early.
- All of the proceeds from these sales go straight back into keeping the tour going, which is a great thing for both the artists and our city.
Look for orange signs posted outside of each studio, with numbers corresponding to the official map
Finish your tour with some great (and free) eastside events:
- SOL-ART opening party from 8 p.m.-11 p.m. on Saturday night at 1141 Perry Road (Austinist post)
- Black Star Co-Op's November Beer Social at The Compound, from 7 p.m.-10 p.m. (info)
- Opening Reception for Introduction to Mountain Making: Okay Mountain Staff at Okay Mountain, starting at 7 p.m. (Austinist post)

Participating Artists

Matt Norris: East Austin Studio Tour Rocks

Lanie McCormick

Peter Staats | Peter Staats Photo Studio

Piercarlo Abate Photography

Contact the author of this article or email tips@austinist.com with further questions, comments or tips.

By Allen Y Chen in Arts & Entertainment on November 15, 2007 9:12 AM 0 Comments

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Hiya, nice day.. Your article is extremely
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metrocycle

Congratulations to the EAST crew and the artists for another successful tour. I had a great time pedicabbing people on prebooked tours all over the studios on the eastside, and look forward to next year!

Nathan Lipson

http://www.MetrocycleCab.com

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ayc, you did an incredible job, here...this must have taken quite a while...i also wish i knew more about frequency dividers, and you should consider re-posting that paper for our edification.

Allen Y Chen

that's hilarious! and totally accidental ... we'll get the file fixed and uploaded shortly.

thanks, t0n3d0g

t0n3d0g

Hey Allen,

When downloading the full EAST Map, instead I found your impressive 35-page research paper ("A High-Speed Programmable Frequency Divider")! I'm not sure what this has to do with the EAST 2007? Check your links please...