Austin, TX
Texas Medal of Arts recipients including Gary Clark Jr. honored in Austin
Austin’s spring art season blooms with exhibitions that explore memory, identity, and the spaces between reality and imagination. From Jiab Prachakul’s intimate portraits of the Asian diaspora at The Contemporary Austin to Kristin Moore’s atmospheric paintings of iconic Texas landmarks at Dimmitt Contemporary Art, artists are examining how personal histories and cultural displacement shape our understanding of place and belonging.
Several artists are also working at intersections of traditional and experimental techniques this season. Carl Hammoud’s intimate drawings and paintings at Lora Reynolds Gallery mark a departure from his methodical past work, while at Georgetown Art Center, Neena Buxani manipulates pouring mediums and everyday tools to create unique dimensional natural landscapes.
The Contemporary Austin
Jiab Prachakul: Sweet Solitude— Now through March 6
In her first solo museum exhibition, Thai-born artist Jiab Prachakul presents five years of portraiture that challenges Western artistic traditions while celebrating Asian diaspora figures. The exhibition features intimate paintings of friends, cultural luminaries, and new work inspired by global waterways, demonstrating the artist’s ability to capture both personal connection and geographic displacement through richly textured canvases.
Georgetown Art Center
Mark Greenwalt: I Spot Eye Spots— Now through March 6
Based in his background in field biology and fine arts, Greenwalt draws mutable figures that challenge conventional ideals of beauty and proportion. His works feature recurring anatomical motifs that develop organically on the surface, embodying cycles of growth and regeneration. As a professor and practicing artist based in Texas, Greenwalt brings his unique perspective on biological transformation and human spirit to this exhibition, where each drawing serves as a type of metamorphosis.
Neena Buxani: Where Real Meets The Imagined— March 21 through April 19
Neena Buxani creates vibrant dimensional worlds through unconventional techniques. Using a dynamic combination of pouring medium, acrylic paints, gold leaf, gouache, and collage, Buxani crafts dreamlike natural landscapes that blur the line between abstract and representational art. Her experimental approach involves manipulating materials with everyday tools like spoons, allowing spontaneity to guide her process.
Art for the People Gallery
Group Exhibition: A Spark of Wonder — Now through March 21
This exhibition brings together 39 artists in celebration of the city’s dynamic creative spirit. Featured artists like Malti B Lee bring an international lens, while Daniel Trelenberg’s distinctive hieroglyphic textural works add depth and intrigue. Zoee Xiao’s minimalist watercolor and acrylic paintings infuse the show with vibrant color and joy.
Dimmitt Contemporary Art
Kristin Moore: Home State— Now through March 29
Kristin Moore presents a cinematic tribute to Texas through atmospheric architectural landscapes. Moore’s paintings capture iconic locations in Houston and Austin that have shaped her journey — from early morning Shipley’s donut runs to the vibrant cultural scenes of both cities. Her distinctive style transforms familiar Texas landmarks into ethereal scenes that blur the line between physical reality and memory.
Mexicarte Museum
Sarah Gonzales Busse: Changarrito Residency— Now through March 31
A San Antonio-based artist, Sarah Gonzales Busse, presents a series of natural dye serigraphs on reclaimed cotton fabric. Drawing from her Tejana heritage and global experiences, Busse’s work explores human narratives through the lens of women and children set against abstracted landscapes. As both artist and mother, she merges traditional techniques with contemporary concerns, addressing cultural evolution, digital age dynamics, and environmental uncertainties.
Lora Reynolds Gallery
Carl Hammoud: Mise en Abyme — Now through April 26
Carl Hammoud presents an intimate collection of small-scale paintings and drawings that mark a striking departure from his usual methodical approach. This exhibition combines new subjects with Hammoud’s signature motifs of swirling papers and stacked chairs. At the heart of the exhibition is a three-part drawing inspired by the artist’s eight-year-old daughter, capturing both paternal devotion and the poignant passage of time.
Unchained Art Contemporary Gallery
Juliette Lepage Boisdron:Tales in Ink— March 6 through March 22
In her second Austin exhibition, Boisdron presents a captivating collection that transforms traditional Chinese rice paper into dreamlike stories. Using ink, acrylic, and occasional delicate stitching, the artist creates surreal compositions where faces become landscapes and hair transforms into playgrounds for miniature scenes of daily life. The exhibition showcases her signature style: large expressive faces, often featuring women, where blank spaces and penetrating eyes serve as anchoring points.
The Texas Longhorns are less than two months away from starting their regular season slate of the 2026 schedule.
Just like last season, the Longhorns have been given unrealistic expectations by some, but will look to avoid the slow start that had everyone counting them out in September. On paper, the Longhorns should be a lot better than they were last season.
A national championship run should be on the table for head coach Steve Sarkisian and his team. One of the reasons that is a possibility is due to the Longhorns have something in common with previous national championship winners.
Legacy Year
Last season, the college football world was enamored by the Indiana Hoosiers. A program that no one saw ever winning the national championship, was hoisting the trophy at the end of the season.
Now, the Hoosiers had a talented roster from top to bottom. But the play of starting quarterback Fernando Mendoza was the leading factor in this team reaching the mountaintop.
Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning has the chance to make that same impression this season. After his first full season as the starting quarterback in Austin last year, there is a growing confidence that Manning is going to be on another level in 2026.
Last season, Manning threw for 3,163 yards and 26 touchdown passes. If you were to compare those numbers to Mendoza’s last season, the Hoosiers quarterback threw for 3,535 yards and an impressive 41 touchdown passes.
Those numbers make it clear that Manning will have to elevate his performance this season. With a revamped offensive line, the Longhorns quarterback may have the time to rival the numbers of Mendoza from this past season.
But another key piece to the Longhorns’ 2026 roster is a massive wide receiver addition.
It’s going to take the whole village, and Coach Sarkisian went out and got one of the most talented wide receivers in the transfer portal with Cam Coleman.
Coleman had two solid years with the Auburn Tigers and now will look to be the deep field threat for Manning and the Longhorns. The junior receiver’s addition to the roster could take this offensive unit to being one of the top units in the country.
All championship teams have a quarterback who could lead them to victory. Manning could very well be the next elite quarterback to hold a national championship trophy.
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Join several Austin labor unions and community members to honor Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s life and the countless immigrants who have been impacted by ICE.
The community vigil will take place at the Wildflower Church on Saturday, July 11th starting at 6 PM. All are welcome to bring flowers and candles as we honor the loss of life and grieve the separation of families.
Community Vigil Details
🗓️ July 11, 2026 | 6:00 – 8:00 PM
🗺️ 1314 E Oltorf St, Austin, TX 78704
🚗 Public transit and rideshare encouraged! Limited parking available and overflow parking may be available at Travis High School.
Please consider donating to the family’s GoFundMe if you are able: https://bit.ly/atx4lorenzo
AUSTIN (KXAN) — A report released by the think tank Texas 2036 claims that ten state laws implemented between 2019 and 2025 led to “one of the nation’s most comprehensive strategies for connecting education to careers.”
The report is titled “The Next Generation of the Texas Miracle.” It can be read below.
Mary Lynn Pruneda, Texas 2036’s director of education and workforce policy, said in an announcement accompanying the report that the reforms have been steps in the right direction.
“Texas has a bright economic future ahead of it, but we have to make sure that Texas students are equipped to share in this prosperity,” she said. “Texas needs to double down on improving and investing in high-quality career pathways so that all Texas students can take part in the Texas Miracle. Thankfully, due to the Legislature’s great work over the past four sessions, we are on our way to that critical goal.”
The report gives several data points, such as a 532% increase in high schoolers earning “post-secondary credentials” since 2018, or that community colleges awarded 140,000 “credentials of value” in 2024.
It paints a rosy picture of the future Texas economy, but doesn’t source its data or explain how it reached these conclusions. It’s apparent that the think tank wants further laws related to Texas’ workforce and education.
“Texas 2036 is actively engaged in that process, pushing for data modernization and interoperability reforms that would allow the state to track whether credentials are meeting real employer needs in communities across the state,” said the think tank in its announcement.
Grace Atkins, policy advisor of postsecondary education for Texas 2036, called the think tank’s report “encouraging.”
“The early results are encouraging: more students are earning credentials that can help them move into good jobs, and that is real progress,” she said. “For students and families, these pathways can be the difference between getting by and getting ahead. The next step is making sure more Texans can earn credentials that lead to strong wages, real career options and greater economic mobility.”
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