Join Tito’s Prize 2023 Curators Erika Mei Chua Holum and Coka Treviño in conversation with awardee Rodell Warner where we’ll learn more about his practice, inspiration and all that you want to know about Fictions More Precious.
Big Medium and The Projecto are thrilled to collaborate and bring artist Molly Sydnor to Austin for a pop-up exhibition in our space!
After the Rain Part I will include her well-known weavings to make a special installation with new and old works to immerse us in her colorful, deep world.
After the Rain Part I runs from April 5 - May 12, 2024
Opening Reception: April 5, 7-9 PM
(New) Gallery Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7 - 9PM
Saturdays and Sundays 11AM -4 PM
(New) Big Medium: 4201 S Congress Ave, #323
Suzanne Wyss' end-of-residence event
presented with Big Medium
March 1, 2024 | 6:30PM The LINE Austin, 2nd Floor
Open to the Public
Adde Russell's end-of-residence event
presented with Big Medium
December 7, 2023 | 6:30PM The LINE Austin, 2nd Floor
Open to the Public
You are cordially invited to the Official Kick Off for the Austin Studio Tour!
November 1, 2023
Member Preview 7-8p | General Admission 8-10p
1165 Angelina St
In partnership with the George Washington Carver Museum, we invite you to celebrate 30 iterations of studio tours with us.
Join us in supporting the arts and making magic happen. Together, we'll experience a vibrant, enchanted arts community, plus you'll get a sneak peek of the 500+ artists featured in this year's tour Group Exhibition at the Carver Museum.
Your ticket includes:
Early Access to the Group Exhibition
Tax-Free Art Purchases
Open Bar
Tarot Readings
Music
Awesome Community!
Chantal Lesley's end-of-residence event
presented with Big Medium
October 5, 2023 | 6:30PM The LINE Austin, 2nd Floor
Open to the Public
What propels an artist into the global arena, and what are the alternative platforms for success and sustainability? Join art professional and best-selling author Halima Taha for an interactive workshop to learn new strategies and gain tools to help you manage the business side of your art career. Taha will provide a thorough overview of the overlapping collective activity existing within a layered ecosystem of artists, dealers, collectors, curators, critics, appraisers, and insurers and will distinguish the difference between the art world and the art market.
The workshop will also present multiple markets for visual artists, with marketing strategies that include artists' bios, statements, and elevator pitches designed for greater visibility within the collective activity of the art world. Artists will walk away with a clear plan of action and an understanding of their responsibilities within their practice.
The cost for this workshop is $25 for Bullock Museum Members and $35 for general admission.
A limited number of tickets are available for Big Medium Members; stay tuned for an RSVP link in your emails.
To become a Big Medium Member and enjoy these and other perks, visit bigmedium.org/membership
Halima Taha is an art professional whose curatorial, art advisory, gallery, appraisal, strategic planning, writing, and management services develop corporate, not-for-profit, academic, and civic programs and audiences. She is best known for her groundbreaking bestseller, Collecting African American Art: Works on Paper and Canvas, the first book to validate collecting fine art, printmaking, and photography by Americans of African descent as viable assets and commodities in the market. It was also used as a choice PBS membership incentive raising three times its fundraising goal. In addition, her work provided the Foundation, in conjunction with the historic National Black Fine Art Show (1997-2009), to cultivate and educate the market, enabling Swann Galleries to successfully establish the first African American auction category within an international arena since 2008. Her work also catalyzed significant museums to pursue collections of African American art for exhibition within the last 25 years worldwide. She is an art advocate committed to nurturing the development, documentation, and acquisition of Black visual culture as a professional speaker and arts writer for Artnet, Black Art In America, Pigment, Tribes, and SugarCane Magazine.
A limited number of tickets are available for Big Medium Members; stay tuned for an RSVP link in your emails. To become a Big Medium Member and enjoy these and other perks visit bigmedium.org/membership
For more information and tickets visit The Bullock Museum
Diego Mireles Duran, end of residence event
presented with Big Medium
August 18, 2023 | 6:30PM The LINE Austin, 2nd Floor
Open to the Public
Collecting Black Visual Culture is a complimentary presentation to The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art: Works on Paper exhibition.
Halima Taha, art professional and author of the classic book, Collecting African American Art: Works on Paper and Canvas, provides an overview of how the collective activity of the art world impacts the marketplace for art produced by artists of African descent. A historical overview of how the discipline of African American art history evolved, collecting tips, and a context for why it has taken until the 21st century for major private and public collections and museums to fill the historical gaps in their collections and exhibition schedules is discussed.
This event is generously sponsored by Jeanne and Michael L. Klein, and promotional support is provided by Big Medium.
Halima Taha is an art professional whose curatorial, art advisory, gallery, appraisal, strategic planning, writing, and management services develop corporate, not-for-profit, academic, and civic programs and audiences. She is best known for her groundbreaking bestseller, Collecting African American Art: Works on Paper and Canvas, the first book to validate collecting fine art, printmaking, and photography by Americans of African descent as viable assets and commodities in the market. It was also used as a choice PBS membership incentive raising three times its fundraising goal. In addition, her work provided the Foundation, in conjunction with the historic National Black Fine Art Show (1997-2009), to cultivate and educate the market, enabling Swann Galleries to successfully establish the first African American auction category within an international arena since 2008. Her work also catalyzed significant museums to pursue collections of African American art for exhibition within the last 25 years worldwide. She is an art advocate committed to nurturing the development, documentation, and acquisition of Black visual culture as a professional speaker and arts writer for Artnet, Black Art In America, Pigment, Tribes, and SugarCane Magazine.
Big Medium Members receive a $2 discount fee; Stay tuned for RSVP details on your email.
For more information, and tickets visit The Bullock Museum
For this edition of Summertime Studio Visits, we are going to two artists' studios monthly in an intimate gathering where members hear them talking about their work and have one-on-one conversations with artists and other art lovers. Learn about their tools and techniques while you enjoy tasty snacks and beverages courtesy of Big Medium.
Big Medium’s Summertime Studio Visits is a perk for members at the $250 level and above, and you can bring a plus one to one or all three studio visits. Thank you for your support!
Left: Elizabeth Chaping, Right: Diego Mireles Duran.
August 4, 11am - 1pm
Members: Reserve your spot before August 4 at 12pm
If you are a current member below the $250 level, we encourage you to consider joining the $250 level and experience one or all three of these Summertime Studio Visits. Your further investment will also support all of Big Medium’s programming.
Interested in joining us for a studio visit but not ready to join at the $250 level? We are offering tickets to the general public for $55 per person starting July 14!
For this edition of Summertime Studio Visits, we are going to two artists' studios monthly in an intimate gathering where members hear them talking about their work and have one-on-one conversations with artists and other art lovers. Learn about their tools and techniques while you enjoy tasty snacks and beverages courtesy of Big Medium.
Big Medium’s Summertime Studio Visits is a perk for members at the $250 level and above, and you can bring a plus one to one or all three studio visits. Thank you for your support!
July 22, 11am - 1pm
Members: Reserve your spot before July 14th at 12pm
If you are a current member below the $250 level, we encourage you to consider joining the $250 level and experience one or all three of these Summertime Studio Visits. Your further investment will also support all of Big Medium’s programming.
Interested in joining us for a studio visit but not ready to join at the $250 level? We are offering tickets to the general public for $55 per person starting July 14!
Come to the George Washington Carver Museum to ask any questions or to get assistance filling out your Austin Studio Tour application, it’s due tonight!
We’ll be in the conference room ;)
Come to the George Washington Carver Museum to ask any questions or to get assistance filling out your Austin Studio Tour application!
We’ll be in the conference room ;)
Molly Margaret Sydnor mid-residence pool party
"TIME ROOTED IN PLACE"
presented by Big Medium
June 22, 2023 | 6:00PM Poolside at The LINE Austin
Open to the Public
Come to the Yarborough Branch Library to ask any questions or to get assistance filling out your Austin Studio Tour application!
We’ll be at the Room: Yarborough Branch #1
Come to the Downs-Jones Library at Huston-Tillotson University to ask any questions or to get assistance filling out your Austin Studio Tour application!
We’ll be on the 2nd floor ;)
Come to the Austin Central Library to ask any questions or to get assistance filling out your Austin Studio Tour application!
Rian (raven) Crane Closing Residency Reception
Friday, April 28 | 6:30-9pm
LINE Austin – 2nd Floor Studios
Open to the Public
Big Medium proudly presents I am at my best when I’m escaping by Tito's Prize awardee Tammie Rubin, in partnership with Tito's Handmade Vodka for this edition of the Fusebox Festival.
This exhibition, Big Medium's last show at Canopy, features Rubin's well known objects and ceramics. In addition to her familiar works, new murals and intricate installations all combine to harmoniously reflect on dynamics of power, symbols, rituals, and faith.
Location:
916 Springdale Rd, Bldg 2 #101, Austin, TX 78702
No tickets or reservations required
This exhibit is free and open to the public during the following days/hours:
Gallery Hours:
TH - SAT | 12 PM-6 PM
Big Medium will also be open during Fusebox Hub @ Canopy Night, Friday, April 14, 2023
Join us for a VIP & Members Preview of our upcoming Tito’s Prize exhibition, I am at my best when I’m escaping works by Tammie Rubin.
VIP & Members Preview 7-8 PM | Artist Talk 7:30 PM
Public Reception 8-10PM
In this exhibition, Rubin transforms the gallery space into a portal for escape and delves into her fascination with power objects, coded symbols, migration, rituals, and faith. The artist employs ceramic conical forms, raised maps, and murals to create spaces of metaphysical, physical, and spiritual escape and relocation. Using imagery and objects of the familiar, she contemplates ideas of authenticity and inherited meanings while inviting new considerations that open dream-like spaces of unexpected associations and dislocations.
I am at my best when I’m escaping runs from March 17 through April 29 during Gallery Hours on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, 12-6 PM.
To attend the VIP & Members Preview, please RSVP below:
Blue Headdresses and North Star, 2023
Come have a drink on us at Thirsty Planet Brewing Co. to help us kick off Amplify Austin Day!
Enjoy tours of the brewery, learn more about our ongoing open call for the Thirsty Planet Artist Series and see where the magic happens for our seasonal beer collaboration.
This year, Big Medium embraces our new mission to support artists through equitable and inclusive platforms to explore their practice and advance their careers. By making a donation through our Amplify Austin Day campaign between now and March 2 at 6pm, you are investing in the future of Big Medium and fueling our work to advance the careers of Texas-based artists.
Our donation levels for Amplify Austin Day correspond to our membership levels and include various ways to support and become involved in our programs. Already a Member? Level up by making an additional donation!
Join our efforts and make an impact in our creative community!
and RSVP below!
Kevin Munoz Closing Residency Reception
Thursday, December 1 | 6:30-9pm
LINE Austin – 2nd Floor Studios
Open to the Public
Kevin Munoz Closing Residency Reception
Thursday, December 1 | 6:30-9pm
LINE Austin – 2nd Floor Studios
Open to the Public
“Donde Pisa Lobo Maricón” a new site specific video performance is coming very soon as part of the Austin Studio Tour 2022. Due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control, what was supposed to be a live performance will now be a virtual performance to premiere virtually, artist talk right after.
Thank you @romerosculpture for the beautiful Mexican Gray Wolf inspired mask
José Villalobos grew up on the US/Mexico border in El Paso, TX. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio. He was awarded the Artist Lab Fellowship Grant for his work De La Misma Piel at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. Villalobos is a recipient of the Joan Mitchell Painters & Sculptors Grant Award and Residency and is also a recipient of the Tanne Foundation Award. His work has been exhibited in the nationally recognized exhibition Trans America/n: Gender, Identity, Appearance Today at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, TX; ArtPace, San Antonio, TX; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX; NARS Foundation, New York, NY; the Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX; El Paso Museum of Art, TX; El Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and The Latino Cultural Center in Dallas, TX, Phoenix Art Museum: Desert Rider, curated by Gilbert Vicario, and Xican-a.o.x. Body at The American Federation of Arts in New York curated by Marisa del Toro, Cecilia Fajardo-Hill and Gilbert Vicario.
José Villalobos’s work is included in the collection of Mexic-arte Museum, Austin, TX, the City of San Antonio Public Collection, TX, Albright College, Reading, PA, and Soho House International in Austin, TX.
Jose Villalobos is currently represented by Liliana Bloch Gallery
Witness artist Steve Parker perform along his sculpture Half Time Sonic Meditation at the Emma S. Barrientos, Mexican American Cultural Center.
Steve Parker is an artist, musician, and curator. He is the recipient of the Rome Prize, the Ashurst Prize (UK), the Tito’s Prize, a Fulbright, and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Parker works with salvaged musical instruments, amateur choirs, marching bands, urban bat colonies, flocks of grackles, and pedicab fleets to investigate systems of control, interspecies behavior, and forgotten histories. His projects include elaborate civic rituals for humans, animals, and machines; listening sculptures modeled after obsolete surveillance tools; and cathartic transportation symphonies for operators of cars, pedicabs, and bicycles.
Parker has exhibited and performed at institutions, public spaces, and festivals internationally. Highlights include the the American Academy in Rome (Italy), Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Arkansas), CUE Art Foundation (NY), the Fusebox Festival (Austin), Gwangju Media Art Festival (Korea), the Guggenheim Museum (NY), the Lincoln Center Festival (NY), Los Angeles Philharmonic inSIGHT (LA), the Lucerne Festival (Switzerland), MASS MoCA (Massachusetts), the McNay Art Museum (San Antonio), Rich Mix (London), SXSW, and Tanglewood. As a soloist and as an artist of NYC-based "new music dream team" Ensemble Signal, he has premiered 200+ new works.
Parker has been awarded support from the National Endowment for the Arts, New Music USA, the Copland Foundation, the Puffin Foundation, and the Mid America Arts Alliance. He is curator of SoundSpace at the Blanton Museum of Art, Executive Director of Collide Arts, and a faculty member at UTSA. He holds degrees in Math and Music from Oberlin, Rice, and UT Austin.
THE HIGH TOWER a Closing Residency Reception
Friday, September 30 | 6:30-9pm
LINE Austin – 2nd Floor Studios
Music by Lost Cat Magnet
Open to the Public
Join us for Alexis Hunter's End of Residency event at The LINE Hotel. Get immersed in her previous work at the hotel's East Gallery, and discover what she's been working on during her 6-week residency.
Free and open to the public at the LINE Hotel, 2nd floor.
Last day to apply to the Austin Studio Tour! If you have questions on how to fill out your applications, or the best way to participate, we'll have some more info sessions now at our Gallery in Canopy Austin.
Only a couple more days to apply to the Austin Studio Tour! If you have questions on how to fill out your applications, or the best way to participate, we'll have some more info sessions now at our Gallery in Canopy Austin. 7/5 & 7/6: 2-4pm, 7/7: 10am-12pm, 7/11 & 7/12: 12-6pm.
Only a couple more weeks to apply to the Austin Studio Tour! If you have questions on how to fill out your applications, or the best way to participate, we'll have some more info sessions now at our Gallery in Canopy Austin. 7/5 & 7/6: 2-4pm, 7/7: 10am-12pm, 7/11 & 7/12: 12-6pm.
