The Gallery features rotating art displays from local and national artists. While the artwork is not for sale, visitors are encouraged to browse the artwork during open hours.
Similar to the Special Event Room, the Gallery space can be used for community programs and rented for private events.
Presented by Cattywampus Press
October 8 – November 13, 2019
Central Library Main Gallery | 710 W. César Chávez St.
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Artists’ publications represent a significant portion of cultural and creative production. Despite their democratic nature, they can be challenging to find or acquire because of small print runs, limited distribution, and niche marketing. This project provides access to the often unappreciated and unknown art form to new and expanded audiences.
From Amarillo to Houston, the art of publishing books independently, in limited editions, is alive and thriving in the Lone Star State. The Texas Micro Press Reading Room (TMPRR) is an interactive exhibition showcasing more than 100 artists’ publications made by Texans or in homage to Texas. The TMPRR provides a palpable snapshot of arts-focused independent publishing conducted within and about our storied State. The public is welcome to handle and experience the collection, which consists of books, zines, magazines, posters, and chapbooks.
August 29 – September 28, 2019
Central Library Main Gallery | 710 W. César Chávez St.
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Opening Reception | Thursday, August 29, 7 – 9 PM
Entre Líneas, curated by Coka Treviño features the work of artists María Fernanda Barrero, Luisa Duarte, and Jenelle Esparza, celebrating women in Latin American and Hispanic communities. Historically, much of this group’s contributions have fallen in between the lines. This exhibition explores displacement, labor, boundaries, and fragility, in hopes to evoke pride and empower Latinas to claim their space and realize their important role in our society.
Entre Líneas, exhibición curada por Coka Treviño, presenta el trabajo de las artistas María Fernanda Barrero, Luisa Duarte, y Jenelle Esparza, celebrando a las mujeres de las comunidades Hispana y Latinoamericana. Históricamente, gran parte de la existencia y contribuciones de este grupo se ha mantenido bajo las sombras, sin reconocimiento, perdidas entre líneas. Esta exposición explora temas de desplazamiento, labor y fronteras, con la esperanza de evocar orgullo y empoderar a las latinas a reclamar su espacio y reconocer el importante papel que juegan en la comunidad.
Image: Prueba de color 001, María Fernanda Barrero
Susan Scafati is an American conceptual artist who explores the ways in which individual versus collective identities, personal versus cultural mythologies, are constructed. She explores the iconography and materiality that contribute to the way meaning is organized and its impact on human experience. Scafati’s solo exhibition features in the 3rd and 4th Floor Balcony Windows a 2-story, site-responsive, mixed-media installation that reimagines our constructed landscape as a suspended spectrum of everyday urban forms in flux. This exhibition extends to the library’s 6th Floor Living Room where Scafati’s archival pigment and silver gelatin prints and sculptures are on view. These artworks explore existence and perception, inviting us to think about how representation of one’s self and one’s world is expressed in our visual, virtual culture today. This project is funded in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department, and sponsored by Big Medium.
6th Floor Exhibition on view April 19 – June 12
3rd & 4th Floor Installation on view starting April 16
Artist Reception: May 17, 2019
7-9 PM Central Library Roof Garden
Image: Installation at The Long Center for Texas Medal of Arts Awards. Photograph by Colin Doyle.
