You’ll Never Hear Fred Frith Plunk
Avant-garde UK guitarist explores the notes behind the notes
"...touring schedule, simply because his native continent supports the arts in ways far different from here. That said, this..."
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Jan. 31, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri
Event Horizon
As festivals, crowds, and expenses proliferate – is Austin approaching major event overload?
"...taxes, and other ancillary coffer-filling actions. As a respected cultural critic, he also brings his laptop – and the..."
July 12, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin
The Facts Were Immaterial
The 'counterintelligence' operations of Hoover's FBI included harassment, vilification, violence – and fake 'underground' newspapers in Bloomington, D.C., and Austin
"...Director J. Edgar Hoover. "One technique the San Antonio division would like to propose is that a publication be..."
June 7, 2013 News Feature by Dale Brumfield
Dawn in the EAST
Big Medium's Shea Little recalls the East Austin Studio Tour's beginning
"...Around the third tour, we found out about the Cultural Arts Division." Over the next year, Little, Swec, and..."
Nov. 16, 2012 Arts Feature by Caitlin Greenwood
Civics 101
"...to help you put your best foot forward. 10am. Cultural Arts Division offices, 201 E. Second, 974-7700. Free. www.austincreates.com...."
July 27, 2012 News Column
West Side Tour-y
Big Medium lets artists on the other side of I-35 in on the fun
"...Don't tell that to Big Medium. The local visual arts nonprofit that gave us the East Austin Studio Tour..."
May 18, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Shaken, Not Deterred
Despite the many upheavals in 2011, Austin's arts scene perseveres
"...rattled by record quakes in 2011. Alas, for Austin's arts scene, the year was also full of shock waves,..."
Jan. 6, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
All Over Creation: Who's on First?
Are we looking at the wrong statistics for measuring a win in the arts?
"...general manager turns the lackluster 2002 Athletics into a division leader by drafting players based on statistics not traditionally..."
Nov. 11, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Crisis and Opportunity
Do you know your audience?
"...had the most value for folks in the performing arts scoping out new strategies to build their audiences, it..."
Aug. 5, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
East Austin Studio De-Tour
Homesteading artists face city code challenges – and raise old fears – in changing neighborhoods
"...top deputies transferred to Code Compliance, and that former division became its own department. As the city conducted a..."
July 15, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin
Crisis & Opportunity: An Open, Structured Dialogue
A conversation about the state of the arts turned out to be open and frank
"...An Open, Structured Dialogue. Given the volatility of Austin's cultural scene in recent months and the strong feelings that..."
June 17, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Culture Flash
A dozen NEA grants, an Austinite for State Artist, and Austin High takes state
"...• Congratulations to the following 12 Central Texas arts groups that have just been awarded 2011 grants from..."
May 27, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Control Shift
Thoughts on adjusting to hard times from former opera director Kevin Patterson
"...Austin's arts scene has never seen a season as turbulent as..."
May 13, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Ensemble VIII
Austin's new professional chorus is the perfect size for singing early music
"...the Forty Acres leading the Chamber Singers and Choral Arts Society, and despite a less than hospitable economic climate..."
May 13, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Cultural Affairs Division
Vincent Kitch off to head the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs in Seattle
"...years of working for the city of Austin on arts and cultural issues and heads to Seattle to serve..."
March 11, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Larger Than Life
The Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards
"...Uncertainty always lies on the horizon for the arts, dependent on funding and grants, and with the proverbial..."
March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser
ARTroduction to Austin
Glass artist Morgan Graff wins Hanger's $10,000 art competition
"...Director of Education Judith Sims, city of Austin Acting Cultural Arts Division Manager Megan Crigger, and this reporter. The..."
Nov. 26, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Culture Flash
The city helps artists plan, and a writers' organization edits its own name
"...• Need help planning? The city's Cultural Arts Division has your back. The latest workshop in..."
Sept. 17, 2010 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Culture Flash
Exploring the meaning of public art and competing for a $10,000 commission
"...redevelopment project, and Lauren Ross, curator and director of arts programs at Friends of the High Line, will deliver..."
Sept. 10, 2010 Arts Column by Robert Faires
The Thousand-String Guitar
Austin gets the world jazzed about classical guitar
"...Segovia was The Man, but it hasn't had much cultural currency since the Eisenhower administration, has it? In fact,..."
June 18, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Take It to the Next Level
The Cultural Arts Division revives its series of summer workshops for pro creatives
"...series was so successful that the city of Austin's Cultural Arts Division is following up with a new series..."
May 28, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
City Arts Funding
A new clash over what arts groups are legally entitled to bed tax funds
"...presentations at schools across Central Texas. Sounds like a cultural enterprise worthy of our tax dollars, right? Kirk Watson..."
April 9, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
UT Axing Cactus Cafe, Informal Classes
Union board "phasing out" two campus institutions in August
"...The enormous cultural impact of the Cactus Cafe has been well-documented in..."
Jan. 31, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Peace Through Pie
A sweet honoring of Martin Luther King
"...the homeless and build restoration funds for two important cultural landmarks, Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church and the Limerick-Frazier..."
Jan. 15, 2010 Food Feature by Toni Tipton-Martin
Austin Arts Groups
A dozen culture providers have been very nice, according to the NEA
"...The National Endowment for the Arts has made its annual impersonation of St. Nick and..."
Dec. 25, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Austin Asian American Film Festival: '9500 Liberty'
A free screening of Eric Byler's immigration doc has been added to the schedule
"...screens at Nov. 14, 5pm, at the Mexican American Cultural Arts Center. Wanna know more? Go here or here...."
Nov. 13, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones
Culture Club
Aaron Mace's Church of the Friendly Ghost rattles the fringes of creative and musical expressionism
"..."My idea was straight from Epistrophy Arts," explains Mace, 32, referring to the local music arts..."
Nov. 13, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder
AMODA's Operandi
Just what, exactly, is the Austin Museum of Digital Art up to these days?
"...This is now: when Third World cultural memes virus swiftly through the Internetted strata of moneyed..."
Sept. 18, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
Cultural Arts Division
Learn from the city how public art happens and how the downturn is affecting local creatives
"...The city's Cultural Arts Division is delivering a double-barreled blast of informative..."
Sept. 11, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Sara Hensley Turns Over a New Leaf
The new PARD director has big ideas – to realize them, she'll have to raise big bucks
"...Nature & Science Center. PARD also runs the Dougherty Arts Center and four museums – though it may soon..."
July 24, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
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