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Love, From Death Row: A Day of Art and Film
Sep
24
5:00 PM17:00

Love, From Death Row: A Day of Art and Film

This free & open to the public event will feature a screening of two films about death penalty and the families that are affected by it. There will also be an exhibition featured of incredible artwork created by people currently on death row which is entitled "Love, From Death Row".

Free & open to the public

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Austin School of Film x AFS Cinema: Official 2020 Showcase
Mar
14
3:00 PM15:00

Austin School of Film x AFS Cinema: Official 2020 Showcase

All work created by real-life students, highlighting their experience as filmmakers and artists through new work and short films. Works extend a wide variety of mediums including: Super 8, 16mm, Digital Filmmaking and more. Come hear the stories of those who live, work, and breathe in the lone star state.

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Cinema Obscura: Experimental Media Exhibition
Nov
16
to Nov 17

Cinema Obscura: Experimental Media Exhibition

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CINEMA OBSCURA is an ever-evolving experimental audiovisual series produced by Motion Media Arts Center combining analog film, video mapping, installation, and sound. This showcase will feature three independent multimedia artists work produced in conjunction with Austin School of Film.

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You Are Me & I Am You (Documentary Screening)
Aug
18
7:00 PM19:00

You Are Me & I Am You (Documentary Screening)

FREE SPECIAL EVENT: Documentary Discussion & New Trailer release party for the feature length documentary film "You are Me & I am You" (currently in production) about indigenous partera (midwife) and yachak (shaman) Carmen Cumba (also known as "Mama Carmen") in Cotacachi, Ecuador who, despite many hardships and obstacles, is working to improve people’s lives and influence western medicine through her practice of pakarina and the use of medicinal plants to heal people.

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Loud & Clear Youth Film Fest 2019
Aug
3
10:00 AM10:00

Loud & Clear Youth Film Fest 2019

With our community partner Alamo Drafthouse, Austin School of Film will host an afternoon of work created by youth campers in our 2019 Summer Film & Creative Media camps. The screening will include a special Q&A with the campers, where attendees can ask the students directly about their media projects, experiences, and films.

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Matched Imperfect -- Premiere
Jun
28
7:00 PM19:00

Matched Imperfect -- Premiere

Charlene is caught up in a past relationship with inability to cope with her emotional attachment to Chris. Three visitors arrive revealing different perspectives to her current dilemma to influence her next action.

A Short Film directed by J.D. Denham; starring Sheilava, Alex Gabelli, Madeleine Robb, Juliet Robb, and Marissa Nicole.

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TRANSFORM FILM FEST >>> SCREENING & AWARDS <<<
Apr
6
7:00 PM19:00

TRANSFORM FILM FEST >>> SCREENING & AWARDS <<<

LET’S. DO. THIS 〰️ We’ll kick off the night with a special keynote by a very special #Texan woman filmmaker, Chelsea Hernandez. We’ll be hearing from our 2019 JUDGES and screening 20 short films made by Texan women. Cappin’ off the night with awarding Best Narrative, Best Documentary, Best Animation, Best Experimental, and Fan Favorite of the 2019 fest.

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TRANSFORM FILM FEST &gt;&gt;&gt; OPENING NIGHT &lt;&lt;&lt;
Apr
5
7:00 PM19:00

TRANSFORM FILM FEST >>> OPENING NIGHT <<<

TRANSFORM FILM FEST is the first & only film festival exclusively for Texas women. Join us as we kick off the fest with a night of drinks, bites, a panel featuring three badass women from the film community, & SO MUCH more! All humans welcome to attend!

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Groundwork: Artists Taking Risks
Jan
27
7:30 PM19:30

Groundwork: Artists Taking Risks

A space for diverse artists to experiment, take chances in a safe space, and support each other. Come join our community of diverse artists in this bimonthly works-in-progress event. Contact us to sign up for a slot for you or your group; artists of color are especially welcome!

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AKIRA: Live Scored by the Switched On Ensemble
Dec
7
7:00 PM19:00

AKIRA: Live Scored by the Switched On Ensemble

The Switched On Ensemble, a new supergroup of employees from Austin’s synthesizer headquarters featuring Joey Postiglione, Patrick Edwards and JU4N Cisneros, will perform a once-in-a-lifetime, concrete-shaking, brain-searing original score in accompaniment of the film at 8pm.

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EXHIBITION: "Flash Forward" by Carlos Mats (Xchematic)
Oct
11
6:00 PM18:00

EXHIBITION: "Flash Forward" by Carlos Mats (Xchematic)

Join Motion Media Arts Center for an evening with Carlos Mats of Xchematic. In his debut exhibit titled FLASH FORWARD, Mats' will display a carefully curated exhibition and celebration of Xchematic’s 14 years of professional foray into the creative, technological and artistic fields for the first time as a single, career-spanning body of work.

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East Austin Studio Tour Weekend 1
Nov
11
to Nov 12

East Austin Studio Tour Weekend 1

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It's that special time of year in East Austin where we all gather for conversation, empowerment and inspiration of the hundreds of artists contributing to our city's creative culture.

....It's East Austin Studio Tour.

Join us for a unique curated pop-up gallery at our creative East Austin hub featuring 20+ artists and their work spanning the entire spectrum of visual arts. We hope to inspire people of all ages with new meaningful work.

EXHIBITING ARTISTS

Abby Ruston
Adrienne Cullins
Anna Swanson
Avery Orendorf
Carlos Canales
Carmen Izurieta
Chery Henderson
Drea Peters
Dustin Pilkington
Eli Halpin
Erin Wendel
Faiza Kracheni
Heidi Lowell
Karli Isiyel
Kelsey Kilcrease
Keri Anderson
Laura Lee Romaine
Lakeem Wilson
Lorelei Linklater
Martha Wells
Mary Wendel
Meena Matai
Sarah Luna
Sasha Knight
Taylor Pilkington
Valentina Dorsa
Art Obscura: a special exhibition curated by MMAC featuring 16mm & Super 8 experimental projection.

*All artists & exhibitions are official E.A.S.T participants/events.

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About the EAST:
Big Medium's East Austin Studio Tour (EAST) is a free, annual, self-guided art event spanning two weekends in November. EAST provides opportunities for the public to meet the artists and artisans of Austin in their creative spaces.

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Caroline Eck & Bryan Lee Taylor: VARIOUS WORKS
May
5
to May 26

Caroline Eck & Bryan Lee Taylor: VARIOUS WORKS

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Caroline Eck is a multimedia artist living and working in Austin, Texas. Her work takes the viewer to a cold, personal, and paradoxical world laced with uncertainty and the subconscious. The subjects and drawings are a development of the experiences in the artist's life and the emotional effects they have had on the artist in addition to dreams and imagination. She's currently completing a BFA in studio art and marketing at St. Edward's University.

Bryan Lee Taylor is a multimedia artist living and working in Austin, Texas. His primary focus is on 35mm film photography and drawing inspiration from day to day experiences of human interaction and emotions.

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Ben Livingston, Paintings + Neon
Feb
25
to Mar 6

Ben Livingston, Paintings + Neon

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About the Artist:National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) fellow, Ben Livingston was Born 1958 in Victoria, Texas into a creative family. His mother, Polly Lou Livingston, known for her voice and personality of Tree Trunks, on "Adventure Time with Finn and Jake".

Livingston spent much of his childhood creating allegorical scenes that were playing in his mind. He also liked making other things, like stories and songs, which blossomed with international critical acclaim at age 50.

In 1992, Ivan Karp of the OK Harris Gallery in the SOHO district of New York City saw Ben's paintings and offered him a place in his stable of artists with the agreement that he move there from Texas.

Harris was involved in launching the careers of artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, James Rosenquist, Frank Stella, and John Chamberlain.

Livingston's signing off from aspirations as a "highfalutin" artist in New York City is defined by his solution oriented painting: "How I Decided NOT to Move to New York".

The paintings exhibited for this series are from that body of work.

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