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September 30, 2012

Weekly Roundup

10:00 AM Posted by Unknown
Welcome October!
Weekly Art Events in Austin
September 30 - October 6

Sunday 30
Monday 1
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Wednesday 3
Thursday 4
Friday 5
Saturday 6

August 12, 2012

Weekly Roundup

12:33 PM Posted by Unknown
Artsy Events during the week of August 12 - 18

HIGHLIGHT: Austin Fashion Week! Check out the line up of events here.

Sunday 12
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Wednesday 15
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Saturday 18

August 2, 2012

#MuseumOlympics

11:38 AM Posted by Unknown ,
This goes beyond the scope of the 512, but you can easily access all of this from your own living room (so I'm not breaking any locality rules!).

Twitter is currently abuzz with Olympics news and the #Olympics hashtag is getting more use than the London pubs right about now.  However, there is another type of Olympics taking place on the Twittersphere called.... #MuseumOlympics.  Museums and curators around the country are in the midst of tweeting contenders for the Olympics based on their collections.  Thus far they've been highlighting some ab-tastic pieces and adding a lighthearted spirit to their tweets.

For example:
Move over, Michael Phelps!
Tweeted via The Morgan Library 

You can also encounter some playful museum banter:
Cupid! Cupid! Cupid!
Tweets via Ruben Museum of Art, Penn Museum, & Philadelphia Museum of Art

It's worth perusing the #MuseumOlympics hashtag - they just started using it in earnest today & will continue to do so for the next week.  You can also join in the conversation & suggest your own ideas from the museums' collections.

July 29, 2012

Weekly Roudup

10:07 AM Posted by Unknown
Art Events in Austin
July 29 - August 4
Warning: it appears to be the dog days of summer - not a whole lot this week

Sunday 29


Monday 30
Tuesday 31
Wednesday 1
Thursday 2


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Saturday 4

July 26, 2012

Fedoras! Frocks! Feathers!

12:15 PM Posted by Unknown ,
Austin Fashion Week is almost upon us!  August 10-18 will bring Austin fashionistas out onto the streets in full force & designers will descend upon the city.  Start planning your outfits now, folks.  It's dress to impress week.

For a full lineup of events, go here.  I'm hoping more events appear on the list in the next week; last year there were more free events on the schedule in the evenings and let's face it: I cannot afford the tickets to be an official fashion week attendee.  Be that as it may, I shall report back after enjoying some of these events & I hope to see you there (even if I don't know that I've seen you!).

You can also check them out on Facebook.
Or on Twitter.
Or on Pinterest.
OR on Google+.
Oh, social media outlets...

July 8, 2012

Weekly Roundup

9:00 AM Posted by Unknown
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