Buckle up folks, the 10th annual East Austin Studio Tour kicks off tomorrow. Running both this weekend and next, this is your opportunity to check out (and purchase) a ton of local artists’ work. Considering the hundreds of artists on the tour, it can be overwhelming to try and tackle the entire list. If you’ve never hit the tour before, my advice is to start with the larger studio complexes that house multiple artists’ spaces…like the Pump Project (stop #57) and its Satellite (#76), Big Medium (#75), Smith Road Studios (#67), Flatbed Press, Bay 6 (#73), Splinter Group South (#53), and Artpost (#54).
My favorite stops:
Jennifer Chenoweth at Fisterra Studio, Stop #8
Triangulated Spheres, by Jennifer Chenoweth
Leah Haney at Willow House, #21
Lisa Crowder jewelry, guest of Ryan McKerley #35
Jackson dining set, by Michael Yates.
Blacksmith Industries at Splinter Group South, #53
Macek Furniture Company at Splinter Group South, #53
Kristy Darnell Battani at Artpost, #54
Concrete scupltures by Paul Oglesby.
Satch Grimley at Red Bluff Studios, #56. Satch is a silkscreen artist by day, so he usually has amazing concert posters for sale during the tour in addition to his outstanding (and affordable) art.
How to Disappear Completely (series), by Susannah Blanton.
Zoe Comings ceramic tile, jewelry and vessels, #70
Cari Washburn at Pigoata Studios, #74
Fair Weather Baptism, by Jennifer Balkan.
This tour is one of the highlights of my whole year…I highly recommend it!