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Is EAST the SXSW of art?
Chatter surrounding this year’s East Austin Studio Tour — now extended over two weekends and sandwiching a week happenings and programs — has some calling it the SXSW of visual art.
Is it?
Not really. After all, EAST is a neighborhood-specific local-only event. SXSW is a major international affair.
But EAST does this year have that sense of occasion and community that can emerge from a festival experience. And there’s that frenzy of so many things to do and see that creates a certain kind of shared excitement.
One more weekend of EAST. And while it’s hard to choose what to see, a worthwhile starting place is with the kind of indie galleries and collaborative studio complexes that give East Austin a specific vibe — like Big Medium, Pump Project, Co-Lab and Birdhouse.
‘Two Houses’ by Dan Kaplan at Big Medium
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