Events

VIP and Corporate Members are invited to join us for a reception and first-look tour of the new exhibition Monika Sosnowska: Habitat, led by Senior Curator Heather Pesanti.

Members are invited to preview the stunning new exhibition Monika Sosnowska: Habitat before it opens to the public!

Feast your eyes on artwork by teen artists from around Austin. The museum’s Young Artists program ends a semester of art making and exploration with this celebration and display of their art. Support these artists and learn more about our opportunities for teens.

Members are invited to join us for the Jones Center Grand Reopening Party with celebrations for the exhibition Monika Sosnowska: Habitat and a new installation by Jim Hodges on The Moody Rooftop.

Join us to celebrate new projects on view by artists Terry Allen, Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler, Monika Sosnowska, and SUPERFLEX. Admission is FREE all day at both Laguna Gloria and the Jones Center.

Educators, please join us to explore our new exhibition Monika Sosnowska: Habitat and a new installation by Jim Hodges, With Liberty and Justice for All (A Work in Progress) at the Jones Center, and to discuss ways to incorporate contemporary art into your classroom.

Join us for an evening of film and conversation inspired by Jim Hodges’s installation With Liberty and Justice for All (A Work in
Progress). A screening of the 2016 documentary What the Hell Is the Presidency For?: LBJ’s Battle for Civil Rights considers the legacies of Lyndon Johnson and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and how the important civil rights legislation of the 1960s affects
Americans today. Following the film, Mark K. Updegrove, Director of the LBJ Presidential Library, offers thoughts on LBJ’s presidency and social justice issues that continue to resonate today.

You’ll be wowed by the wild patterns you can create using an ancient fabric-dyeing technique! This inky workshop, inspired by Concentric, the watery work of art by Danae Stratou, will also feature a hula hoop how-to by a local “hoopiness” expert.

How to you build a distinct program for a sculpture park? Join Elisabeth Millqvist, Co-Director and Artistic Leader of Wanås Konst, Sweden, and Helen Pheby, Senior Curator of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, U.K., for a conversation about how they conceive projects, engage artists, and impact audiences outdoors.

Get lost in an immersive paper world inspired by Monika Sosnowska: Habitat! Be amazed by what paper can do as you create a three-dimensional work of art with this extraordinary material. Then dive into our temporary maze and see if you can find your way out!