For art lovers, Austin’s East Austin Studio Tour is a little like Christmas, except that it runs for two whole weekends–Double your pleasure, Double your fun! If you’re unfamiliar with the event, this is the time of year when a bazillion artists with studios on the east side of Austin welcome the public. It’s a great time to meet a ton of talented, local artists, see a bunch of inspiring work, and BUY IT.
If you haven’t been one of the lucky peeps to nab a copy of this year’s behemoth of a free catalog, you’re in trouble. Unlike previous years, they haven’t posted an interactive list of participating artists with links to their websites, which makes it trickier to make an informed decision on which studios might interest you. There is a map online here, and if you page through it, you’ll see all of the artists listed on the last page–but again, it doesn’t feature links to websites or any photos for you to preview. Considering there are 542 pages in the catalog for 2012, sussing out your itinerary is not really a last-minute kind of endeavor. It takes planning.
This year's catalog is a BEAST!
Here’s the part where you luck out a bit. We’re putting our own carefully curated list together, just in case you find yourself sans reference catalog. Unfortunately, we can’t feature photos of every artist’s work on this list–that would just take for effing ever and like the sands through the hourglass, we’re running out of blogging time before this shindig starts. But our list features most of the artists’ websites, so you can click through and check out their work. Ba-da-bing! Check out our E.A.S.T. Picks from 2011 and 2009, and our 2009 recaps Part 1 and Part 2 for more visuals from some of our perennial faves.
Numbers before artists’ names correspond to pins on the tour map.
1 Austin Public Library – University Hills Branch | Mom-daughter mixed media collaborations | 4721 Loyola Lane
2 James Tisdale | Ceramic figurative sculptures | 5809 Coventry Lane
6 Clair LeVaye & House of Debauch | Photography, vintage printing, silkscreen | 1604 Glenvalley Drive
7 Scott Rolfe | Assemblage, mixed media | 1305 Glencrest Drive
22 Bryan Jobe & Jobe Fabrications | Steel & wood furniture | 1208 Bentwood Drive
24a Christine Terrell & Adaptive Reuse Studios | Upcycled tin jewelry & encaustic paintings | 4017 Cherrywood Road
24b Liz Potter | Photography, mixed media | 4017 Cherrywood Road
37 Jennifer Balkan | Oil painting & cutest house ever | 3109 Lafayette Avenue
40a Misha Maynerick Blaise | Mixed media (featured in West Elm) | 3209 Walnut Avenue
46b Chun Hui Pak (at Flatbed Press) | Oil painting | 2830 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
49 Space12 | Cool stuff worth seeing, various artists | 3121 E. 12th Street
56a Susan Wallace | Mid-century-ish screen doors & custom aluminum grillwork | 2012 E. 16th Street
56c Lori Linder & Litmus Industries | Wood, metal, fused glass | 2012 E. 16th Street
60 Erin Curtis | Painting (although so crazy-detailed, you’d swear it was digital) | 1904 Pennsylvania Avenue
66 Charlie Cauvin & April Garcia = Life with Danger | Mixed media, fabric, illustration, painting | 1004 Juniper Street
70 HI5H | Anti’s Warhall | 1111 Chicon Street
76 Sara Hasslinger & Monsterlove | Paper mache, screen printing, lots o’ stuff | 3119 Prado Street
81 Sarah Wilson | Photography | 701 Tillery Street, Studio B-1
82 Catherine Dudley | Mixed media, collage | 701 Tillery Street, Studio B-2
90 John Mulvany | Painting, mixed media | 3401 Govalle Avenue
91 Blue Genie Art Industries | Oversized fun + Rory Skagen | 916 Springdale Road, Suite 4
92 Federico Archuleta & Graffiiti Western | Graffiti stencil, mixed media | 4609 Lyons Road
The following artists are featured at the Pump Project Satellite (1109-B Shady Lane):
95b Donna Dechen Birdwell | Mixed media, digital composition
95c MAKEatx | Laser cutting
95e ModPlexi | Mixed media, collage, plexiglass
95i Cathy Savage | Printmaking, collage
95? Patricia Chapa | Silkscreen paintings (did not appear in catalog)
The following artists are featured in the same strip of metal buildings at 5305 Bolm Road:
97d Judy Paul | Painting, mixed media (One of our Guest Room Giveaway sponsors!)
Judy Paul's East Meets West 1
97h Revi Meicler | Mixed media
97l Joseph Phillips | Painting, mixed media
97m Jana Swec | Mixed media
97n Shea Little | Mixed media
97o Gabriel Rodriguez | Painting, drawing, mixed media
98b Cari Washburn & Pigoata Studios | Painting, ceramics, metal, glass
98c Karen Woodward | Sculpture
98d Hopscotch Road | Furniture
98e Stephanie Rubiano | Mixed media
101a Kevin Greenblat | Photography transferred onto recycled wood blocks
104a Andrea Nelson | Painting, drawing | 1514 Ed Bluestein Blvd. #108
110c Alex Upham | Painting | 727 Airport Blvd.
112 David Clark & Kartwheel Custom Craftsmanship | Wood, metal, furniture & construction | 777 Shady Lane, #16
114a Susannah Blanton | Oil painting | 777 Shady Lane #7
The following artists are featured at the Pump Project Art Complex (702 Shady Lane):
117a Debra Broz | Mixed media
117e Edson Enriquez & Limbo Jewelry | Jewelry, silly!
117f Cheryl Finfrock | Painting, encaustic, monotype
117g Kristin Freeman | Painting
117o Darvin Jones | Acrylic painting
117p Kafka Lenton | Painting, mixed media
117t Michelle Rahbar | Painting, mixed media
117u J. Haley | Mixed media
117? Matt Wester | Paintings (did not appear in catalog)
118 Satch Grimley | Seiography, painting, collage & nicest guy ever | 4809 Red Bluff Road
The following artists are featured at ARTPOST (4704 E. Cesar Chavez Street):
119a Court Lurie | Contemporary abstract painting
119b Kristy Darnell Battani | Contemporary visual art
119h Katy Horan | drawing, painting, illustration
119n Paul Clarence Oglesby, Jr. | Cast concrete sculpture
119u Sara Vanderbeek | Oil painting
119v Cherie Weaver | Visual alchemy
119y Brian Maclaskey & Lynnea Edwards @ Squid Ink Collective | Screenprinting, painting, textiles
127b Mark Macek & Macek Furniture Company | Modern wood furniture | 405 Springdale Road (Splinter Group South)
128b Tanya Zal | Painting, photography, collage
The following furniture designers and makers are located at 618 Tillery Street
132 Hatch Workshop | Wood furniture & fun stuff
134 Michael Yates Design | Wood furniture
135 Ryan Anderson & RAD Furniture | Steel furniture
136 Antonio Diaz & Industry Print Shop | Screenprinting
140d Lisa Crowder | Metalsmithing, jewelry | 2710 E. Cesar Chavez Street
140f Christopher Locke & Heartless Machine | Steampunk metalwork | 2710 E. Cesar Chavez Street
141 J.J. Campbell & Rural Rooster | Screenprinting | 2602 E. Cesar Chavez Street
142a Carly Weaver | Oil painting | 2606 E. 2nd Street
146 Sky Candy | Aerial and circus arts | 507 Calles Street, #117
147c Catherine Hart | Drawing, glassblowing | 507 Calles, #120
148c Joel Ganucheau | Mixed media, painting | Boom Gallery, 507 Calles Street
148g Brian McAnulty | Furniture | Boom Gallery, 507 Calles Street
150 Kincannon Studios | Sculpture, designed environments | 2601 E. 5th Street
160 Perch Gallery | ArtAlchemy show | 2235 E. 6th Street
178 Payam Sarabi & Sarabi Studio | Metal & wood furniture | 1000 E. 6th Street, Bldg. B
The following artists are exhibiting at Fisterra Studio (1200 E. 2nd Street):
181a Jennifer Chenoweth & Fisterra Studio | Painting, sculpture
181b Monique Capanelli & Articulture Designs | 3D mixed media
181c Autumn Ewalt | Sculpture, drawing, mixed media
181e Bridget Quinn | Mixed media
The E.A.S.T. tour runs this Saturday/Sunday and the next, from 11-6. Seriously, don’t miss it. As we come across work we want to rave about, we’ll be doing that on Facebook. So if you want to stay in the loop on the best stops of the tour, be sure you’re part of our Facebook crowd! Other tips: bring cash for art, wear the most comfortable shoes in your hipster closet, keep water in your car for hydrating between stops, and ask the artists for permission if you want to photograph anything.
I’m SO DANG EXCITED!
THANK YOU!! You are the awesomest!
Thanks, Joy! Hope you enjoyed the tour!