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Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Austin Museum of Art selects triennial artists
The Austin Museum of Art just announced the 20 emerging artists who have been chosen for the much anticipated show New Art in Austin: 20 to Watch. The triennial exhibition, started in 2002, features emerging artists from within the Austin community whose work stretches the boundaries of contemporary art.
The 20 artists are:
Yoon Cho
Meggie Chou
Ali Fitzgerald
Alyson Fox
Buster Graybill
Jen Hirt & Scott Webel, (Museum of Natural and Artificial Ephemerata)
Jules Jones
Baseera Khan
Andrew Long
Kurt Mueller
Jill Pangallo
Scott Proctor
Matthew Rodriguez
Shawn Smith
Xochi Solis
Sarah Sudhoff
Raymond Uhlir
Stephanie Wagner
Rebecca Ward
Eric Zimmerman
The exhibit will be on view at the museum downtown Feb. 16-May 11, 2008. Then it will travel through 2009 to Blue Star Art Space in San Antonio, the Grace Museum in Abilene and DiverseWorks in Houston.
The museum received 254 artist submissions, a record number. The pool of artists was developed from a public call for entries, nominations from past artists, local curators and critics and museum curatorial staff interest over the past three years. The statewide curatorial team evaluated the work of 32 finalists, all living within a 50-mile radius of Austin.
Eva Buttacavoli, the Austin Museum of Art’s director of exhibitions and education and one of the curators of the show, said “The curators and I were invigorated by immersing ourselves in Austin’s evolving art scene during a week of meetings with artists.
“Some exciting themes artists are addressing include architecture, class, personal narratives, manipulation of found imagery, and a return from the digital world back to the natural world. Materials used are as varied as medical equipment, vinyl tape, displays challenging the museum itself, as well as refreshing looks at painting and drawing.”
Eric Zimmerman. Mixed media drawing.
Ali Fitzgerald. Detail of “On Virgin Land.”
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Circle of Friends exceeds Long Center funding goal
Austin ‘s singular civil rights, education and arts pioneer Ada Anderson has done it again — even surpassing her own estimable goals. The third-generation Central Texan has for more than 50 years been a leader in the political, economic, social and artistic life of the capital city. Now, she has succeeded in outdoing herself to raise $50,000 for the Long Center for the Performing Arts through her Circle of Friends campaign, targeted at getting Austin’s African American community involved as donors to the new civic performing arts center. As of last week, Anderson raised $67,000 — $17,000 beyond her original goal.
You can read more about it here.
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