CALENDAR

CURRENT EVENTS

ART OF THE POT - AUSTIN STUDIO POTTERY TOUR

2008 is the 5th annual tour of four Austin pottery studios Mother’s Day weekend, May 10th and 11th from 10:00a.m. to 5:00p.m. This free studio tour is a rare opportunity to view the handmade ceramics of 16 exceptional local and international artists.

It is not the 60’s in ceramics any more. The fine art of handmade pottery has come a long way and is replete with young “rock stars” whose art is like a virtuosic painting or sculpture that is made to be appreciated with food on the table and in the hand. When local museums bring this level of ceramics it cannot be handled, but in our venues one can hold the pieces and converse with the artists themselves. The founders of Art of the Pot have worked hard to bring the excellent work of these world-class artists to Austin providing central Texans the opportunity to appreciate this intimate fine art.

Brochures with maps identifying each of the four participating studios are available at Austin Museum of Art (both locations), Women and their Work Gallery, Umlauf Sculpture Garden, Armadillo Clay, E4 Gallery, Clayways Studio and Gallery, Authenticity Gallery, Sunset Canyon Pottery and more. The website contains a printable map at www.artofthepot.com.

There is a “Passport” drawing with 4 winners for those who complete the tour with prizes of artwork coming from each studio.

THE 2008 LIVEABLE CITY VISION AWARDS

Once a year, The Board of Liveable City pauses to recognize and thank the people, organizations, and community efforts that have demonstrated vision and commitment to improving life in Austin.

For our 5th Annual Liveable City Vision Awards, we will recognize notable community-led initiatives, private sector accomplishments, and advocacy efforts that exemplify the pillars that support a livable, sustainable community.

We invite all of Austin to join us on Wednesday, May 21 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. at The Carver Museum on 1165 Angelina Street to honor those Austinites that best represent the 5E’s of sustainability. The 2008 Liveable Vision Awardees are:

Engagement – Create Austin: For gathering Austin’s diverse players on to one large stage with the goal of sustaining and promoting Austin’s arts and creativity.

Environment – Texas Campaign for the Environment (TCE) and Dell: For creating the computer industry’s leading recycling program setting a new mark for corporate responsibility.

Equity – Austin Voices for Youth: For connecting our public schools to youth, their families, and their communities to expand educational and job opportunities for the young people of Austin.

Economy – HelioVolt: For exceptional innovation and commitment to community in locating the next generation of solar manufacturing in Austin and blazing a trail in the booming green economy.

Esthetics – Butler Park (Town Lake Park)<... See more.

THREADGILL'S BEER GARDEN SERIES

Threadgill’s South, a.k.a., Threadgill’s World Headquarters, has some great live music coming up, so put on your dancin’ boots and head on out!

The 2008 Beer Garden Series is underway just in time for SXSW and with a great lineup of music coming up! KUT is proud to party with Threadgill’s to present another great year of music in the beer garden.

Thursday, May 1 The Belleville Outfit
Friday, May 2 Slaid Cleaves, Gurf Morlix
Saturday, May 3 Willis Alan Ramsey
Sunday, May 3 Gulf Cost Extravaganza with Larry Lange & the Lonely Knights, L’Angelus
Friday, May 9 The Greencards
Sunday May 11 Mandolin Mayhem with Kym Warner, Dennis Ludiker & Sarah Jarosz
Wednesday, May 14 Shinyribs featuring Kevin Russell
Saturday, May 17 Scott Miller, The Gougers
Sunday, May 18 Paul Thorn with Special Guest Angela Stehli
Friday, May 23 Fastball
Saturday, Mary 24 Hayes Carll, Corb Lund
Wednesday, May 28 Rosie Flores, The Hot Club of Cowtown
Thursday, May 29 The Belleville Outfit
Friday, May 30 Cyril Neville & Tribe 13 cd release
Saturday, May 31 The Waybacks, the Dixie Bee-Liners

Visit the Threadgill’s website for ticketing information.

THE BLANTON PRESENTS THE LANGUAGE OF PRINTS & ATELIER 2008

The Language of Prints

Prints are the most frequently experienced but least understood works of art. In the history of art, and most exhibitions, the medium is usually presented in terms of its great masters, from Albrecht Durer through Jasper Johns, or explained solely in terms of technique. Instead, The Language of Prints exhibit explores the medium as a uniquely rich and largely collective system of expression, a “language” with distinctive principles, persistent tendencies, and special processes that are shared across time and space. Planned to coincide with the annual meeting of The Print Council of America, the first ever in the state of Texas, the exhibition will feature around 100 of the collection’s finest and most distinctive prints.

The Language of Prints
April 19 through August 17

Atelier 2008

The Blanton Museum of Art and the Department of Art and Art History will host Atelier 2008, selections from the Department of Art and Art History Faculty at The University of Texas at Austin from April 19 to June 8. Atelier 2008 is the first faculty exhibition being organized by a guest curator, and begins the newly formatted triennial basis in which future faculty shows will now occur. This year, curator James Elaine from the Hammer Museum of Art in Los Angeles has selected works by faculty members, among them some of the country’s most respected artists and artistic scholars highlighting trends in contemporary art.

Atelier 2008
April 19 through June 8