2nd Street artworks: Rivers, Streams and Springs 

Sadi Brewton and Jonathan Davies took their inspiration for their artwork from its location at the northwest corner of Second and Lavaca streets. The Lavaca River was originally named Rivi�re aux vaches (Cow River) by French explorer Robert de La Salle because of the bison that roamed the area.

Interested in the trails these bison might have made, the artists created an abstracted herd traversing the urban landscape by etching simplified profiles of bison into the concrete (above).

ABIA Airport Entrance Project

Ann Gardner, Artist (Seattle) 

Carolyn Law, Artist and Planner (Seattle)

Miguel Rivera, Architect (Austin)

Chris M. Stevens, Public Art Program Manager, Denver International Airport (Denver) 

Christy Ten Eyck, Landscape Architect (Austin)  

ABIA Terminal/Apron Expansion and Improvements Project

Amy Hauft, Artist and Professor of Art, University of Texas at Austin (Austin)

Mike Guidry, Artist and Curator, University of Houston Public Art Collection (Houston)

Amy Landesberg, Artist and Architect, Amy Landesberg Architects (Decatur, GA)

Murray Legge, Architect, Murray Legge Architecture (Austin)

Shelly Willis, Director, Sacramento Arts Commission (Sacramento, CA)

Jill Bedgood, Artist and Art Professor (Austin)

Nick Ramos, Exhibits Chair, Georgetown Art Center (Georgetown, TX)

Lars Stanley, Architect and Artist (Austin)

Downtown Austin Wayfinding Project

Chris Burch, Artist and Curator, Co-Lab Projects (Austin)

Brad Carlin, Managing director, Fusebox Festival (Austin)

Kim Garza, Professor of Graphic Design, St. Edwards University (Austin)

Montopolis Parking Lot Expansion Project 

Brady Foster, Artist, The Metal Authority (Austin)

Paloma Mayorga, Artist and Assistant Director, Coronado Studio (Austin)

Juliet Whitsitt, Public Programs Manager, The Thinkery (Austin)

Wura Natasha Ogunji, Visual and Performance Artist (Austin)   

Seaholm Redevelopment Underground Parking Structure Project 

Rachel Adams, Independent Curator (Austin)

Lisa Retrum, Architect, STG Design (Austin)

Zack Booth Simpson, Artist and Software Engineer (Austin)

Stop by the Cultural Arts Division offices (201 E. 2nd Street) on Friday, December 12, between 2:00 and 4:00 p.m. for Open Office Hours!

Meet with an AIPP staff member and ask any questions related to public art commissions or the AIPP collection. No appointments necessary!

Big Arch, by artists David Santos and Joe Perez, was made in 1992. Over the years it has suffered from vandalism, including graffiti tags and a paint bomb thrown at the keystone. This massive twenty-foot-tall carved limestone and ironwork archway spans the hike-and-bike trail where it crosses Riverview Street, near the Holly Street Power Plant.

Matthew Johnson, an Austin stonecarver contracted to make repairs, is seen in the photo removing the latex house paint that obscured the hand-carved keystone.

Santos and Perez were part of a group of Austin artists called LUCHA (League of United Chicano Artists). They used this project to train interested youth in the craft of stone carving. Through the efforts of the neighborhood, the adjacent power plant was later decommissioned.