Weekend Art Roundup
This evening, spend a happy hour or two over at Industry Screenprinting (2503B E. 6th) for another installment of PRINT+addiction. This time the crew has invited Jared Connor from Mexican Chocolate Design to set up the studio's eight color press with original t-shirt ready designs. Expect Connor's classic psychedelic rock poster aesthetic mixed with images from Mayan calendars and heavy metal skulls to look pretty righteous on a shirt. Show up between 6pm and 9pm with $20 to purchase a new blank shirt that you can layout and print with as many designs as you like.
Artists Brian Gilbert and Jay Geurink have a new collaborative series of paintings showing at the Austin Art Garage. The show, entitled Unemployment, celebrates its opening reception tonight from 7pm to 10pm. The pair created their work without planned concepts or themes resulting in surprisingly cohesive pieces with graphic, comic book aesthetics. Both Gilbert and Geurink are otherwise unemployed, so show up to show your support and drink a Lone Star. Admission is free.
On Saturday evening, Domy Books is celebrating yet another opening in their gallery space. This time around, local stitcher extraordinaire, Jenny Hart, is presenting a new exhibit of drawings based on year-book photos from her small town high school. The pencil line portraits are decorated with embroidery-like embellishes, suggestive of Hart's work with her company, Sublime Stitching. Saturday's reception is free and starts at 7pm.
Just down the road from Domy, Super!Alright! is hosting an opening on Saturday from 6pm to 10pm. The show, Disposable Edits features over a dozen Austin artists each displaying one unaltered enlarged photograph taken with a standard disposable 35mm camera. No photoshop? How old school! The participating artists work in various mediums, and aren't all primarily photographers. It'll be great to see through the lens of the likes of Adreon Henry, Jen Bradley, Leah Ross, and Eric Schoen. Refreshments will be provided and Missions will be night's musical guest.
Rounding out the weekend is the eleventh annual Ahead of Their Time Student Art Exhibition and Awards Ceremony. The show, which is usually held at Arthouse, will be at Pump Project while Arthouse undergoes renovations. Sunday's award ceremony starts at 2pm and will showcase work by students from thirty-three Austin area high schools. Ahead of Their Time will be on view at Pump Project through May 8th and culminates with ArtBash!, a teen and families art party featuring bands, photo booths, stop motion film screenings and more. ArtBash! will take place on Saturday, May 8th from 4-8pm.
We really weren't kidding... there are a ton of art events taking place this first weekend in May. Follow this post after the jump for a few more.
Even more weekend art events...
Of course, Fusebox Festival continues tonight, tomorrow, and culminates on Sunday. There are still many great performances to see (and even some you can participate in). Check out the full schedule of events for tonight, Saturday, and Sunday.
AIA Austin is presenting a juried exhibition and sale of art created by area architects. The exhibition's opening and award announcement takes place tonight (Friday) from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the Austin Center for Architecture (801 W. 12th St.). The exhibition is free and features fifty pieces with work for sale ranging from $100 to $5,500.
Handmade Austin Women's spring show and sale, Art in the Garden takes place on Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 6pm at Ginko Studios (800 Gullett Street). Stop by to purchase the perfect Mother's Day gift. The family friendly event will include music and entertainment along with massage therapy in Ginko's beautiful park-like setting.
Mobile craft juggernaut, The WonderCraft, will be parked in the Art Pad's courtyard (4520 Burnet) on Saturday to host a Crafty Tea Party. Stop by at 1pm to take the Hostess Set class - participants will learn how to print with botanicals on tea towels, pillowcases, or paper and decoupage a serving tray. Perfect for a Mother's Day gift or an early mother and child activity, the class costs $25 (plus a $15 supply fee) and is recommended for ages 12 and up.
Wally Workman Gallery and neighbor L. Nowlin Gallery are both hosting opening receptions on Saturday from 6pm to 8pm. Over at Wally's, Fatima Ronquillo presents an exhibit of her paintings titled Secret Narratives. Ronquillo's classically inspired portraits are fresh interpretations of traditional European and colonial imagery. Next door at the photo-centric L. Nowlin Gallery, Karen Zimmerley and John Mattson present Time and Place in Texas. The show represents work from an ongoing project documenting rural and declining communities in Texas.
