Click here for a full listing of the Cultural Arts Division's BOOST! Take It to the Next Level: 2008 Business and Professional Development Workshops for Creatives
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New Map Interface and Brochure
View the AIPP collection by location with our new map feature. Or download our map brochure to take with you!
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New Web-Based Application System and Registry
The new Application System for Austin Public Art (ASAP!) is available now! Please click the colorful logo below to access this new web-based Registry and Application System.
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Two New Pieces Added to AIPP Collection
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CAMPUS: The dedication for Letterscape, 2007, by Jimmy Luu, an earthwork commissioned by AIPP for the Health and Human Services Administrative Campus, took place on Friday May 9th, 2008 from 4-6 pm. This artwork is comprised of steel letters planted with wildflowers which together spell out the word "Onward". The artist also planted native grasses in arcs across the campus. The size of each arc is proportional to the population of Austin by decade since 1903 - the first year official birth records were kept in the Office of Vital records.
The Health and Human Services campus is located at 601 Airport Boulevard by Levander Loop.
GUS GARCIA REC CENTER: Saturday April 26th, at 11 am, the grand opening of the new Gus Garcia Recreation Center, located at 1201 E. Rundberg Lane, took place. The recreation center is 19,200 square feet in size and houses a gymnasium, a weight room, an aerobics classroom, arts and crafts area, a computer room, and a tiny tots' room.
Artist Lars Stanley was commissioned by AIPP to create Tribute to Gus Garcia, a forged steel and stone desk surround for the lobby.
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News Items
* The People’s Gallery was recognized in The Austin Chronicle’s "Best of Austin" 2007 issue. The Reader’s Poll selected City Hall as the Best Indoor Public Space, saying “within City Hall’s limestone walls and among the shimmer of her 66,000 square feet of copper, you’ll find a great indoor space, including the People’s Gallery, which showcases visual art.”
* Eight artworks commissioned through the Art in Public Places program will be featured in the windows of the historic Scarbrough Building at Sixth Street and Congress Avenue during the month of August. Read more
* First piece of public art installed at the new Mexican-American Cultural Center, Benito Huerta's "SnakePath (Mexican Milk Snake)." Read More
* AIPP artist, Stephanie Strange, is seeking donations of typewriters for her public art piece at the Twin Oaks Library.
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* We are creating a Community Cultural Plan, and we need your help! Click the logo to learn more.
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