Art Garden

Local Artists collaborate on an installation to demonstrate the power of art and the effect of environment over mental health. The show will consist of the main installation and ancillary booths where artists will be available for meet and greets, as well as members of the Haven Meadows team to discuss the Project, what it is, and what hopes to accomplish.  This is an all ages event and children are welcome.

Do you wonder why there’s a dial at the business end of some drills?
Want to know why there’s more than one guide mark on a circular saw?
Come out to the Flipside Where?House Saturday 12/19/09 at noon and
we’ll discuss all this and more at the Texas Art Garden’s first ever
WOOD SHOP 101!
We’ll cover lots of useful tips, tricks and techniques on all of the
woodworking tools we can find.
If you’ve always wanted to work with wood, but didn’t know how to jump
in this is the class for you.

Wood Shop 101 w/ Kaleb And Sarah
Noon, Saturday December 19, 2009
Flipside Warehouse: 1023 Springdale Rd
RSVP here
$20 admission payable in cash or check at the workshop.
Registration fee waived if you have previously donated to Art Garden.

p.s. punch and pie

Amy “Starr” Benton was a founding member and the longest standing board member of Art Garden. We deeply mourn her loss, and will continue in her tradition of dreaming and doing to facilitate art to the local community.

Donations in lieu of flowers can be made to either Christopher House (www.hospiceaustin.org) or to Art Garden by cash or check – unfortunately we do not have a paypal account at this time. If you’d like to donate, please catch us (Sparky or Lucky) at church night or email donations@texasartgaren.org to make arrangements.

Spark up your life!

On Sat, Sept 26th from 2-5 pm, Rocky will teach us how to use a voltmeter to test electric outlets,batteries,fuses,bulbs and other electrical thingies. We will discuss both AC,DC and automotive circuitry. (battery,alternator,headlamps,etc) Participants will go home with a voltmeter and the knowledge and skills to use it!

You don’t want to miss this if you are interested in expanding your creations or attending our upcoming LED/blinky light workshop…to be announced!

Register here: http://www.texasartgarden.org/?page_id=21
Costs is $20, unless you have previously donated to Art Garden.
At the AAR Warehouse, 1023 Springdale Rd
Any questions? Contact: lucretia@texasartgarden.org

Art and electrons,
Your friends at Art Garden

Art Garden is proud to announce that our beloved AAR Warehouse is slated to appear at this year’s E.A.S.T. Austin Studio tour! Show off your talent, shmooze with sexy, wealthy patrons, and enjoy the finest in expression with your fellow neighborhood creators! During both weekends of November 14th to 15th and 22nd to 23rd, we will throw open the doors of our beloved creative community workspace to the public and strut our stuff for the masses! We will need artists, performers, sculptors, poets, and volunteers of all types. So start working on those projects, mark off time on your calendar, and prepare in whatever form necessary to ensure we have a successful and impressive presentation of collective art and mediums represented!
An announcement will be forthcoming with more details on how to get involved.

Presenting check at July 09 Burning Man Temple fundraiser

Texas Art Garden would like to announce a $1,000 grant to ‘Community Art Makers’, the creators of this year’s Temple at the annual Burning Man Arts Festival in Black Rock City, Nevada. This will be the first time the temple has been built outside of California. With a motto of ‘Building community though interactive art’, Community Art Makers embraces the very ideals of Texas Art Garden in a practical, inclusive way, providing space, materials, and years of combined knowledge and experience to the community in the creation of multiple art projects. This year’s temple, the ‘Fire of Fires’ will be a culmination of dozens of artist’s creations of panels divided into six major cultural designs. The temple crew has been helping to educate and instruct volunteers in a multitude of wood working, power tool, and computer design techniques involving the construction of the temple at Burning Man. The project has been a joint venture between many dozens of local artists from Austin and around Texas.  Your continued support allows Art Garden to supply skills, materials, and funding to artists like this!

For more information, updates, and photographs, or to donate directly to the temple fund, please visit www.communityartmakers.com.

The time is now! I know you’ve all been getting it done, building, sewing, creating and whatnot… But Art Garden’s got a cool workshop for you! Take a breather for a few hours on Sunday August 16, 2009, and come check out the latest community workshop.  Our own Sparrow is heading this one, and sharing her knowledge of body casting.  From 6-8 pm ish, we’ll be learning about casting, and then actually creating casts of our hands. Hands on, eh, eh? The end result? Each participant goes home with a near-perfect copy of their own hand, in whatever pose they wish, MADE OUT OF FIREPROOF* CEMENT-LIKE MATERIAL. Want a copy of you and your partner holding hands? This can be done. Want to be able to place your hand on your mantle, flicking off everyone that walks in your door? This too, can be done (must supply your own mantle and company). Want your own personal Thing to sit next to your bed and guard you from the monsters at night? Yup, okay. And anywhere in-between…Or a lot of in-between, anyway — I know you creative peeps will come up with SOMEthing we won’t be able to do. :}  People consistently pay $75 and more to get simple copies of their hand(s) in plaster.  YOU get the opportunity to learn about the process, learn to do it yourself, and go home with a much more impressive, much more durable finished product, for only $20!!! Free admission to 2008/09 donors!!!

RSVP today by signing up on the link to the right.

There is limited space available, so get your spot now!

*I hesitate to say fireproof, because I know what some of us are capable of creating… :} But it IS extremely fire-resistant.

The Burning Man Temple is in the home stretch. Come celebrate with the Temple Crew and help them prepare for the upcoming journey to the desert.

Thursday July 30th:
Barebones Orchestra, That Damned Band! and Wino Vino.
The Parish, 214 E. 6th St (between Brazos and San Jacinto)
Three great bands and much more!
Doors at 9pm. Show at 10pm.
$10 at the door, $7 if you are in playa gear.

For more information on what they’re doing, visit them at:
http://communityartmakers.com

A Women and Welding Workshop

The purpose of this workshop is to encourage females to learn the skills of metal working in order to foster artistic expression and confidence. Art Garden will be offering additional welding and metal working workshops in the near future that are open to all artists. Stay tuned!

Who: Women only, please! We will be registering 12-16 women for a workshop on welding.

What: Learn the basics of metal tools, metal working safety, and techniques! Grinding! Cutting! Welding!

Four lovely women to teach you: Ms Ava Destruction, Miss Dominque Vyborny, Ms Shiree Schade, and Miss Paije.

When: Saturday, March 14th, 2009, 10am to 4pm. There will be a break for lunch.

Why: To teach you the basic techniques of welding, cutting, and grinding. Become familiar with safety and tool needs, and empower you in your art!

Where: The Flipside Warehouse

Cost: $20 – registration is available on the workshop sign-up form. Please note – if you donated $20 or more to Art Garden in 2007 or 2008, one workshop admission is waived. Please note this on the registration form. If you have an inability to pay but a strong desire to learn, we have some spots available as a sponsorship. Please contact workshops@texasartgarden.org with your request.

What you need: Be sure to wear close toed boots or shoes and a long sleeve shirt; all non-synthetic fabrics, please. Bring gloves and eye protection if you have them. Pants and your full brain power are mandatory! Bring your lunch (alternately, there are restaurants near by) and feel free to bring snacks and non-alcoholic beverages for yourself and/or to share.

Cheers,

Your friends at Art Garden

Art Garden is pleased to announce the availability of art grants intended for the 2009 Burning Flipside Festival!

The deadline for grant applications is 12 Noon. Saturday, March 7th.   Grants will be awarded on March 11 at Church Night.  These grants are “seed money” and are intended to enhance projects for community benefit. The requested amount should encompass less than 50% of total material cost for your project.

 Art Grant Proposals will be evaluated based on the following:

 • interactive/participatory

• original/creative

• feasible

• service to community/LNT values

• general awesomeness/jury excitement

We encourage freedom of expression in the presentation of your creativity! Each grant proposal must be submitted to artgrants@texasartgarden.org as one editable electronic document less than 7 MB and contain the following information:

1. Your full (real) name, street address, phone number and email address. This information is for financial bookkeeping and granting oversight purposes only and will be removed from the individual applications prior to the jury process.

2. A detailed description of the project. Please answer the following questions. What is your project? (Name, Brief description)

How will your project involve the Flipside community through its planning, creation, realization, and removal? Will it need power? What is your power plan?

How and where will the piece/creativity be installed/performed and removed from Flatcreek Leaving No Trace?

Will the piece incorporate flame effects, moveable pieces, and/or is it climbable? If so, how will you ensure the safety of the Flipside Participant? Please describe your Safety Plan in detail if applicable. (Note: if flame effects are used, your project will be subject to inspection by the Flipside Fire Chief, who has final say if your project will burn during the event).

3. A thorough itemized budget and amount requested. What materials will you be using and how much do they cost? How will you transport those materials to and from Flipside and what are those costs? Will extra safety equipment and personnel be required? Keep in mind Art Garden is providing seed money for raw materials not transportation costs, and receipts will be required for our records.

4. A timeline detailing the planning, creation, installment, and removal of your project.

Optional but suggested: detailed drawings, CAD files, sketches, or other graphic illustrations of your creative concept. Please forward any questions and your completed grant proposals to artgrants@texasartgarden.org.

Grant winners will sign a contract stating their intent to:

• create the proposed art piece

• save receipts of materials and present copies of those receipts greater than or equal to grant amount along with a short follow-up report

• return funds if project is not completed

• lead one workshop for Art Garden