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Call for Artwork at Austin Pets Alive!
Life Scout Tyce Bogdon from Boy Scout Troop 52 is working on a project benefiting Austin Pets Alive, a local non-profit organization that provides care to dogs and cats who are looking for a home. He is creating a new outdoor space that is in a high-traffic area of their Town Lake headquarters. The hope is that this new space will inspire and encourage more donations and pet adoptions. Because art is an important part of his life, Tyce would like to have a piece of artwork donated as a gift to Austin Pets Alive. This piece of art can be small or large, ideally dog and/or cat related and it MUST…
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Save the Date for the Cool Arts Show and Studio Tour 2023
The City of Lakeway Arts Committee presents the 2023 Cool Arts Show and Studio Tour on August 26 from 1-5pm at the Lakeway Activity Center. This year the annual party has expanded to an unique arts festival chock full of live music and kids activities. The Studio Tour will take place on August 26th and 27th from 1-5pm at various artist studios in Lakeway. You won’t want to miss it! Registration for the 2023 Cool Arts Show and Studio Tour will open June 1st at the Lakeway Activity Center. Artists, this year, we will not be using the room dividers to hang art. If you need to hang your work,…
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Songs to Smile about at the Lakeway Sing Along
Would you like to brighten your day? Join the Lakeway Sing Along as they perform a musical inventory of classic songs of the many things we can smile about! The Lakeway Sing Along will present their 22nd annual spring music show, “Come On, Get Happy” at the Lakeway Activity Center on April 28-29. Doors open for these dinner show performances at 6pm, dinner served at 6:30, with the show following. BYOB and tables of 8 and 10 are available. Tickets are $40 and go on sale to Lakeway Activity Center members at 8AM on March 20. Public sales start March 27. Tickets are also available on line or in person at…
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Explore Undulating Fields in Painted Landscapes this April
Local artist Jay Ohlrich will exhibit his oil painting at the Lake Travis Community Library in April. Jay works with bronze, clay, paint, gold, and silver to create his unique paintings and sculptures. His exhibit will feature a collection of oil landscapes on canvas which were inspired by his love of the rolling Midwest and Western topography. All are invited to join Ohlrich for a reception on Saturday, April 1st from 1pm to 3pm and an artist talk Wednesday, April 5th at 2pm. “I see the natural undulations of plowed fields and the movement in unplowed fields of grass and trees as relaxed brush strokes. The intense shadows cast by brilliant…
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How American Women Artists Expressed Their Suffragist Ideas
In keeping with the theme of Women’s History Month at the Lake Travis Community Library, join us for a virtual talk on March 28th at 1pm by Dr Pam Sachant PhD when she will focus on several American women artists working in the late 19th and early 20th centuries at the time of the Suffragist Movement in the US. While some were active participants in or supporters of women’s right to vote, others of these artists made no references to the cause in their art or recorded words. Nevertheless, they all worked in a time of great social change. How can the challenges and opportunities of the era be seen in…
