Fears I Overcame While Learning to Write
Today, most people know me for my professional demeanor and cool charm (yeah right). But I wasn’t always this way. When I started training as a professional journalist at the…
Eva Avenue
Eva Avenue is a writer, editor, painter, photographer, filmmaker, musician and designer. She lives in Manhattan where she keeps a chatty Youtube vlog about her experience as an artist in the city.
Get Into A Gallery With A Great First Impression
If your clothes are all stained and torn, your posture sucks and your attitude isn’t authentically charming, you’re an easy write-off.
Why I Didn’t Need Journalism School
I never considered journalism school. I just walked into the student newspaper, slammed my fist onto counter and said, “I wanna write for the paper!”
Indigenous and Global: Two New Shows at 516 ARTS
The ability for the artists to make statements like this and show them to the public is really empowering for the Native nation.
Nix “Interested” and “Fascinating” When Writing an Artist Statement
There is only one artist statement I have ever read that stayed in my memory long after having read it, and it belongs to actor/writer Allison Zajac.
A Chat with 516 ARTS Director Suzanne Sbarge
They’re working with the Native American tradition of giveaways where they give these prints away.
Austin’s Urban Planning Problem
It’s a surprise to see the instantaneous, not-well-thought-out response to residential real estate demand.
Jackie Battenfield: Make a Living Doing What You Love
“The Artist’s Guide: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love” has been trumpeted as the bible of art career how-to.
Flatlanders at 516 ARTS Continues with Films, Talks, Workshops
Upcoming events will further explore the themes of surface and texture highlighted in the Flatlanders exhibition. All are free unless otherwise noted.
Intro to the Temp Score
You can find instrumentalists for a cheaper rate if you find music students at your local university.
Artists & Dead Fish Belong in the City
Is that a guitar or is that a salmon. You know? It plays with your mind.
Beyond the Surface at 516 ARTS
The 24-artist group show Flatlanders & Surface Dwellers explores the essence of surface and, invariably, what lies beneath.
How to Be a Healthy Artist
the fact that I take preventative measures with my health makes me think I’m not crazy at all.
516 ARTS Brings New Life to the Surface: Art Party on 3/9
The surface is just superficial, right? Not when Lea Anderson is organizing a show about it.
Every Artist Should Have a Box of Artist Tricks
Nothing streamlines productivity like organizing your supples into a container you can take anywhere.
Painters: Your Fancy Tools May Be Holding You Back
For an artist, there’s a momentum of exponential discovery and growth that comes with steady working.