Celebrate the beginning of a new school year at The Contemporary Austin! Explore the grounds to uncover works of contemporary sculpture, and get ready to incorporate contemporary art and artists into your classroom.
Join us for an Artists' Talk with our 2016 Crit Group artists Emma Hadzi Antich, Amy Bench, Ted Carey, Christina Coleman, Lauren Klotzman, Josef Kristofoletti, Betelhem Makonnen, Rebecca Marino, and Amber Shields.
The sky’s the limit at this family-friendly, celestial day of art and exploring at Laguna Gloria, part of the citywide Austin Museum Day. Featuring art-making activities, special performances, food trucks, and more!
Neon traces the history of the Communist-era neon signs that light up Warsaw, Poland—socialist-blessed neons that mimicked the color, dazzle, and glamour of capitalist cities without crossing the line of commercial advertising.
Join us for Camp Contemporary at the Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria—a camp-inspired art, nature, and culinary adventure for grown-ups benefiting the museum’s innovative education programs.
Join us for a movie under the moonlight! At this teen night, you’ll enter an alternate world with Coraline, an animated dark fantasy horror film. Journey by flashlight and zine through fourteen acres of art under the stars and get in the Halloween spirit with face painting. Costumes welcome!
Reinventing the colorful tradition of knitting and crochet, YARN, directed by Una Lorenzen, weaves together wool graffiti artists, circus performers, and structural designers. Join us for a visually striking look at the women who are taking a creative stance while building one of contemporary art’s hottest trends.
The Texas Book Festival celebrates authors and their contributions to the culture of literacy, ideas, and imagination.
Director’s Circle Members are invited to join us as we unveil the 2016 Contemporary Print Series artwork by Mark Mothersbaugh at a special reception with the artist.
Oink, quack…wait, what sound does a bunny make? Find out as we bring rabbits of all shapes and sizes, along with plenty of other cuddly creatures, to this animal reunion inspired by our cutest sculpture, Tom Sachs’s Miffy Fountain. Rub feathers with new friends, then make an animal work of art to take home!