Art School Fall Registration
Join us for fun, enriching classes at the Art School this fall!
Second Saturdays Are for Families: Ice Painting
It’s getting hot out there! Cool down by creating drippy paintings using colorful ice cubes, and watch a live ice-sculpting demonstration.
IMAGE: Rodney McMillian, The White House Painting, 2018. Vinyl and thread. 13 feet x 42 feet 4 inches. Commissioned by The Contemporary Austin, with funds provided by the Suzanne Deal Booth Art Prize. Installation view, Rodney McMillian: Against a Civic Death, The Contemporary Austin – Jones Center on Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas, 2018. Artwork © Rodney McMillian. Courtesy the artist, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, and Maccarone, New York. Image courtesy The Contemporary Austin. Photograph by Brian Fitzsimmons.
Members’ Lunch & Learn: Last-Look Tour
Members are invited to bring a lunch to enjoy on the rooftop, plus join us for a last-look tour of Rodney McMillian’s exhibition Against a Civic Death.
Artist Talk: Crit Group 2018
Hear from the artists participating in the fifth year of The Contemporary Austin’s Crit Group program as they discuss their work in the exhibition, featuring artists Adrian Aguilera, Christa Blackwood, Christine Garvey, Ron Geibel, Jenn Hassin, Landon O’Brien, Dawn Okoro, and Rachel Wolfson Smith.
Second Saturdays Are for Families: Sink or Swim
Learn how to engineer an aquatic work of art that can actually swim and more at this family-friendly event!
Teacher Workshop: Back to School Night
Connect with fellow educators, learn how to book field trips, and enjoy a guided tour of the newest additions to the sculpture park.
Members’ Preview and Opening Reception: Huma Bhabha and Jessica Stockholder
Members are invited to join us to preview and celebrate our Fall 2018 exhibitions by artists Huma Bhabha and Jessica Stockholder!
IMAGE: Jessica Stockholder and Robert Davidson.
Artists in Conversation: Jessica Stockholder & Robert Davidson
Stockholder and Davidson will share the varied roots of their artistic inspirations; their mutual interests in color, form, and abstraction; and offer perspectives on one another’s work.
IMAGE: The Moody Rooftop at the Jones Center.
Rentals Open House
Come explore our Moody Rooftop, perfect for weddings, corporate events, or parties.
IMAGE: Rendering of Laguna Gloria Master Plan Phase I, Visitor Pavilions, 2017. Courtesy Reed Hilderbrand and Trahan Architects.
Director’s Circle Members: Breakfast with the Director
Director’s Circle Members are invited to join Executive Director and CEO Louis Grachos for breakfast and a talk about the future of The Contemporary Austin and Phase I of our Master Plan for Laguna Gloria.