Art City Austin Needs Your Help, Wants to Serve You Drinks

Art Week Austin starts a week from today, and as in years past, the city-wide showcase of our town's artistic talent will include site specific temporary art installations from commissioned artists. Magda Sayeg, founder of the stitching graffiti crew Knitta Please, will be tagging bike racks, lamp posts, and other urban fixtures with hand knit accessories the likes of which can now be seen outside of Domy Books and The Drafthouse on South Lamar. Daniel Morrison, an architecture student at UT, will be exhibiting "Cardboard Sky", an installation that the artist considers to be similar to a "very large puzzle". Nearly 20,000 pieces will be laser cut from discarded cardboard boxes and when assembled, will reveal a photo-mosaic that will decorate the streets during Art City Austin.

Morrison and Art Alliance Austin are rallying volunteers to help assemble "Cardboard Sky". The pieces will be pre-cut and relatively simple to fit together, so everyone is encouraged to come out and lend a hand. The community puzzle piecing will take place at 416 W. Cesar Chavez Street from 6-10pm on Thursday, April 15th. Stop by to lend a hand - come for the art, stay for the free beer! To RSVP visit the Cardboard Sky Assembly event page on Facebook.

"Cardboard Sky" will premier at Art City Austin, taking place on April 24th and 25th.