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Greetings Artists and Arts Supporters!
We are sending you this edition of the Austin Art in Public Places (AIPP) newsletter to let you know about the latest activities of AIPP as well as upcoming opportunities!
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The People's Gallery 2012 is Open!
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photo by philip rogers
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Please come visit the 2012 People's Gallery exhibition, which features over 150 artworks from Austin-area artists, galleries, museums, and art organizations displayed throughout the first three floors of City Hall. Austin City Hall is located at 301 W. 2nd Street.
The exhibition this year includes an installation of "The Mona Lisa Project" by photographer Rino Pizzi in collaboration with 16 women artists, a grouping of works celebrating the life of Damian Priour, and many fine examples of Austin's visual art talent! ***** Congratulations to Shawn Smith, whose sculpture titled Vicious Venue, has been added to the permanent art collection at City Hall The work is perched high above the main floor of City Hall - visit the work by going to the second floor and looking over the lobby on the south side of the building.
Smith's sculpture depicts three life-sized vultures recycling outdated technology. Two of the vultures devour a rotary telephone, while the third tackles a film canister. Derived from digital images, the vultures are built of small cubes of wood, carefully arranged to give the appearance of a three-dimensional pixelated image. The artwork is composed entirely of found objects.
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Art in Public Places Program Announcement
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Dear Citizens and Creative Community,
 I am excited and pleased to officially announce Meghan Turner as the Art in Public Places Administrator for the Cultural Arts Division, EGRSO. She has been serving in this capacity for over a year and has excelled in management of the program - bringing a fresh perspective along with efficient and creative approaches to management of multiple ongoing CIP projects, requests for artwork donations/loans, preservation of the public art collection, as well as innovative public and educational programming for Austin's creatives.
Meghan Turner has served the City of Austin's Art in Public Places (AIPP) program for nearly eight years as an AIPP Coordinator. She has managed artist selection processes and contracts for a variety of public art projects, including streetscapes, parks facilities, the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, and the inauguration of an incredibly successful temporary public art exhibition. During this time, she also designed and managed several annual workshop series for artists in the field, as well as conducted tours, talks and other programming for members of the public.
Prior to her time with the City of Austin, she worked with the public art programs at Texas Tech University and Alameda County, California. Prior to her career in public art, she served as Policy Director for the Missouri School Boards Association and Director of Development and Outreach for the USS Hornet Museum. She has a B.A. in English and Political Science from Rockhurst University, and an M.A. in Museum Science from Texas Tech University.
 Please join me in congratulating Meghan on her new position. It is well deserved!
Megan Crigger
Cultural Arts Program Manager
Cultural Arts Division, EGRSO |
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OTHER OPPORTUNITIES & EVENTS
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UT Law Students for the Arts
Third Annual Arts Legal Clinic
March 28 from 6:00 - 9:00 pm
UT Law Students for the Arts is offering a free legal clinic for artists on March 28. Would you mind helping to spread the word to artists in need of arts-related legal advice by forwarding this email, adding the info to your email blast, or posting the attached flier? We appreciate you!
What: Third Annual Arts Legal Clinic by UT Law Students for the Arts
When: Wednesday, March 28, 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Where: Jackson Walker, L.L.P. | 100 Congress Avenue, Suite 1100 | Austin, TX 78701
Details: Free legal advice to artists of all modes and mediums by local attorneys, with participation by UT Law students who will be learning how to better help artists through this experience. This clinic is intended for arts-related legal issues only (e.g. no criminal or family law cases).
Register in advance in order to attend. For more information, email artslawclinic@gmail.com or contact Micah King at micahking@utexas.edu or 512-351-1106.
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RESCHEDULED
Dedication of Arboreal Passage by Colin McIntyre
Rained out on Friday, March 9; new date:
Friday, April 20, 2012 from 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Austin Nature & Science Center/Zilker Park (301 Nature Center Drive)
This artwork marks the entrance to the newly renovated Austin Nature & Science Center with two forged steel archways inspired by native trees of central Texas. The artwork also consists of three benches made from found wood and a forged steel frame for the facility sign. ______________________________________________________________
For basic information about, and links to, other Public Art Calls to Artists around the country, please visit 4Culture.
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