Events

Bleep Bloop! Put everyday materials together to create a robotic work of art and experiment with robo-sounds, inspired by Tom Friedman’s metallic masterpiece Looking Up at Laguna Gloria.

In connection with the photography exhibition Seen & Unseen: A Sunday Afternoon in Clarksville, at UT-Austin’s Art Galleries in Black Studies, this tour will explore Clarksville, a westside community founded in 1871 as a freedom settlement.

Drop into either location and explore the art on view through a conversational tour with a knowledgeable docent.

Come together to view Rodney McMillian’s timely exhibition Against a Civic Death, then take part in a conversation about art, politics, and race with Chris Tomlinson, journalist, filmmaker, and author based in Austin.

Learn about birds, build a flight-friendly abode for feathered friends in your own backyard, and try out Birdy Bowling!

Hear from Rodney McMillian, the inaugural winner of the Suzanne Deal Booth Art Prize, about his exhibition Against a Civic Death. Chief Curator Heather Pesanti joins McMillian to talk about his art.

Drop into either location and explore the art on view through a conversational tour with a knowledgeable docent.

At the dawn of the twentieth century, a multigenerational family in the Gullah community on the Sea Islands off of South Carolina—former West African slaves who adopted many of their ancestors’ Yoruba traditions—struggle to maintain their heritage and folklore while contemplating a migration to the mainland. This acclaimed film was the first wide release by a black female filmmaker.

Meet three of the cloaked dancers featured in Rodney McMillian’s video Untitled (Neighbors)—Edward Carr, James Fuller, and Jordan Moser—as they share their experiences performing for the camera, in this conversation with Ballet Austin artistic director Stephen Mills.

In Whale Rider, a Maori village faces a crisis when the heir to the leadership of the Ngati Konohi dies at birth and is survived only by his twin sister, Pai. Although disregarded by her grandfather and shunned by the village, twelve-year-old Pai remains certain of her calling and trains herself in the ways and customs of her people.