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• Posted Celebrate Día de los Muertos: Viva la Vida Fest at Mexic-Arte Museum to Austinist
  With Halloween just a week away, the the various seasonal celebrations are in full swing! On Saturday, October 24, the Mexic-Arte Museum will celebrate its 26th Annual Día de los Muertos -- Austin's largest and longest-running Day of the Dead festival -- a lively, traditional Mexican and Latin American holiday that commemorates loved ones who have passed. This year, however, the Mexic-Arte Museum will present Día de los Muertos as "Viva la Vida Fest" to celebrate life and the environment, featuring Latino artists, special exhibitions, music, activities for families, and a Grand Procession. 

• Posted <em>SuperStupid</em> Art and Videos at Okay Mountain to Austinist
  Okay Mountain's latest exhibition, Devin Flynn's SuperStupid is a great example of the shows the gallery puts together. On view through Halloween, the exhibition features work of animation machine and artist, Devin Flynn. After busting his artistic chops in Providence, R.I., Flynn relocated to Brooklyn where his homegrown DIY ethics were challenged by the reality of economics. To stay one step ahead of the game, he created his own market by doing animated music videos for friends in up and coming bands like Providence’s Lightening Bolt and others, which led to several new opportunities. These included a regular spot on MTV's Wondershowzen, a video in the Liverpool Biennial, curating a video program for The Anthology Film Archives, animating the title sequence for Adult Swim's AquaTeen Hunger Force Movie, and the creation of a stream of consciousness webseries on Adultswim.com called Y'all So Stupid.
• Posted Thursday Night Art Hot Spots: Art Palace and West End Galleries [Art Preview] to Austinist
  Despite the fact that it is still pretty sweltering outside, this evening offers the perfect opportunity to check out a few Austin galleries after hours. Art Palace, on East Cesar Chavez, is presenting two solo exhibitions: Use Your Illusion: Sterling Allen and Rx Garden: Jessica Halonen. The exhibitions will be on view through October 10, and the opening reception will take place tonight from 8 to 10pm. The aptly titled Use Your Illusion, features a new works by Austin-based artist and co-founder of Okay Mountain Gallery, Sterling Allen. Through video, photography, sculpture, and drawing, Allen plays out his experiences with optical illusion, visual perception, and trickery.
• Posted Art City Austin This Weekend to Austinist
  Organized by Art Alliance Austin, this annual event is the city's largest and longest running outdoor art fair, and features more than 200 established and emerging artists working in a range of mediums. In addition to all of the creative output, there will be local and organic food producers, interactive art projects, live music, and activities for the little ones.
• Posted Art & Film: <em>New Brow: The Rise of Underground Art</em> to Austinist
  Each year SXSW brings a tidal wave of uber-creative people to Austin with talents in technology and digital media, film, and obviously, music. This year, the visual arts are no exception and make a strong appearance with an art + film combo titled New Brow: The Rise of Underground Art, featuring some of the country’s white hot contemporary underground artists. Though not officially part of the SXSW line-up, New Brow is a joint effort courtesy of California-based Humble Pictures, the Shooting Gallery, and the Alternative Café and should not be missed. It is completely apropos that the film and exhibition will make their debuts in Austin this week during the music portion of SXSW as New Brow celebrates and give a voice to the DIY culture in the art world.