Join us for an evening of fun at Freedom + Juneteenth: A Night of Jubilation on Saturday, June 8th from 5 pm to 9 pm at Pease Park in Austin, Texas! Freedom + Juneteenth is presented by Pease Park and Art is Cool in partnership with Origin Studio House and Spaces. Click here to RSVP!

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Engage in a panel, "Curating Community in Your Own Backyard," featuring experts sharing insights on Black community curation and businesses. Dance to the beats of our live DJ, check out live art by a local artist and enjoy a dance performance by Ballet Afrique. Explore black-owned vendors selling a variety of unique goods. Participate in different workshops: sip and paint, and family scrapbooking (These workshops are first come first serve). Early arrival is suggested. Click here to RSVP!

Art is Cool and Pease Park Conservancy Presents: Freedom & Juneteenth!
Enjoy a meal while enjoying a panel discussion and a short preview of an upcoming documentary about Austin's Black Freedom Communities! Click here to register!

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Join us for an enchanting night of jubilation, screenings, and commemoration of Juneteenth, as we honor the rich and inspiring history of Austin's Black Freedom Communities. We invite you to revel in the festivities and engage in enlightening discussions that will deepen your understanding of this significant cultural event. Let us come together in a spirit of merriment and reflection as we celebrate this momentous occasion.

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7:00 arrive & get food

7:30 panel discussion

8:30 documentary discussion & preview

Panelists:

Dr. Tara Dudley, Assistant Professor, UT Austin

Funmi Ogunro, Director / Editor / Producer of the upcoming documentary on Black Freedom Communities

Harrison Eppright, Manager, Visit Austin

Rachel E. Winston, Black Diaspora Archivist, UT Austin

Cullen Cooper, Producer

Stephanie Lang, Creative Producer

Shanisha Johnson, Central Texas Juneteenth

A note about Pease Park Conservancy's events: If you sign up, please make every effort to show up. Our events are free so all of our community members can attend. But we plan our events to be meaningful for the number of people who register to be there, so please make every effort to attend if you have registered. We understand things come up from time to time, but If you have registered we look forward to having you there! Thank you!

LET'S TALK: AUSTIN BLACK HISTORY

THURSDAY, AUGUST 27

7:00 PM - 7:45 PM

Join Funmi Ogunro and Rachel E. Winston for a discussion on Black Austin History. Rachel E. Winston is a Black Diaspora Archivist at UT. We will learn more about Rachel’s Journey as well as discuss Black Austin History. Join us on IG Live Thursday at 7pm. We will also have the discussion on Zoom and Facebook. If you want to join us on Zoom, please fill out the form below and you will receive the zoom information the day of the event.

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Join us for a conversation and screening with the creators of the We Are film series, Nneka the Uber Driver, and GoziTV. Bites and drinks included. The panel will include: B.B. Araya, Tamar Price, Fum Fum Ko, Nickclette Izuegbu, Ngozi Kim. 

Topics include:

• - The business side of film making (creating a budget, crowdfunding, business      proposals)
• - Networking across
• - Creating your own space

Date & Time:

• Saturday, March 10th 2018, 7PM - 9PM

Location:

• Six Square, 1152 San Bernard Street, Austin, TX 78702

Presented by: Art is Cool and Six Square

Thank You to Our Sponsors: City of Austin Economic Development Department, City of Austin Cultural Arts Division, Allgo, Brown State of Mind

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Tickets: $5 online, $10 at the door.

Hyperreal Film Club and The Museum of Human Achievement will screen Fum Fum Ko's short film "No Sleep No Breaks" at the Museum of Human Achievement. 

Date & Time:

January 25th, 7PM - 11PM

Location: 

3600 Lyons Rd
Austin, TX 78702

7pm – doors // live DJ set – Chief and The Doomsday Device
8pm – "No Sleep No Breaks" with Fum Fum Ko - Director/Producer
815pm – THE FITS
 

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After the screening of "No Sleep No Breaks," the feature film "The Fits" will follow.

Beverages provided by our most excellent friends at 4th Tap Brewing Co-op

Suggested $5 donation at the door
Screenings every other Thursday (mostly) all winter long
PART ~FOUR~ of ~SEVEN~

About the short:

“No Sleep No Breaks,” shot mainly throughout East Austin, is about two best friends headed to record their first studio session. This moment has been long overdue. Will their dreams be realized?

From the director: “I'm a native Austinite and have seen the many changes in East Austin. I along with my producers of the film are paying homage to East Austin with our film. I grew up in East Austin and our short film depicts the East Austin that we know. We feel that it is important for people to see the other side of East Austin, such as Givens Park, Mr. Catfish, Booker T Apartments. Our film is an attempt to share our experiences with the old and newcomers of Austin, TX.”

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Hyperreal Film Club was named "Best More-Than-Just-Film Series" by The Austin Chronicle
For more information on HFC, visit hyperrealfilm.club

SECOND LOOK, a bi-weekly series running from December – March, brings back to the big screen seven films by women, all released in the past five years, all featuring diverse perspectives on both sides of the camera. With this series, we want to progress as an advocate for the current work of adventurous, diverse filmmakers and as a community film hub for Austin.

This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.

Join Outreach Productions for their annual Juneteenth Celebration at the George Washington Carver Library on Saturday June 17th from 10 AM - 4 PM

It will be a fun filled day for youth of all ages and all families. Outreach will showcase artwork from the amazing young women from Bertha Sadler Means Young Women's Leadership Academy. Their artwork will be available for purchase and the proceeds will go to the students. We will have a variety of activities including: puppet shows, arts & crafts, story time, and more. Read below for the scheduled list of activities:

Juneteenth Schedule
10:00 AM - Visual Art Presented by Students of Bertha Sadler Means Art Students.
11:30 AM - Opening - Salute to Marian E. Barnes
12:00 PM - Free Refreshments
1:00 PM - Puppet show: The Borreguita and the Coyote by Verna Aardema
2:00 PM - Arts & Crafts
3:00 PM - Dance Session

Saturday, June 17th
10 AM- 4 PM

Carver Library
1161 Angelina Street
Austin, TX 78702

Sponsors
George Washington Carver Library
Art is Cool
H-E-B

Check out the amazing work from the art students at Bertha Sadler Means Young Women's Leadership Academy!

Free Event - Art is Cool is collaborating with BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse for our first fundraiser! Come see the amazing exhibit will also donating to Art is Cool! Make sure to mention to BJ's that Art is Cool sent ya!

Any patrons that dine in have the option of donating 20% of the total cost of your meal to Art is Cool. On Tuesdays the wine is half off!

Tuesday, May 30th. The gallery will be open from 11 AM-11PM. At 7pm we will have an artist talk.

Located at: 

BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse

5207 Brodie Lane, Sunset Valley TX, 78745

The gallery will include art from 5 amazing artists:

• Arielle Austin
• Fum Fum Ko - Director/Producer
• Kel Brown
• Tracy
• Timika Mitchell

All artwork will be for sale.

MONSTROSITY GALLERY
2514 WILSON ST,
AUSTIN, TX 78704

Read more about Tunde here.

Tunde Odunlade, world renowned Nigerian textile artist, musician and author, will be displaying his works for one night only here in Austin. 

*** We will screen the final debate (Clinton/Trump)***

Tunde's work has been featured at Smithsonian Museum of African Art and the World Bank Headquarters in Washington, D.C., the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the MacArthur Foundation Collection in Chicago, and the State House in Lagos, Nigeria. 

Also featured in the gallery space is Mike Troy, a local sculptor and woodsmith. 

Join us for a night of batik, textile art, sculptures, west African drumming, refreshments and an informal Q&A with the artists. 

Read more about Tunde here.

Thank you everyone for coming! Check out the pictures below!

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On June 18th, we had an amazing exhibit of visual art, live music and good vibes! The artists we featured included: Dawn Okoro, Hakeem Adewumi, Cindy Elizabeth, Timika Mitchell, Beth Consetta Rubel, and Ethan Parker.

The event was sponsored by:

Outreach Productions
City of Austin: Cultural Arts Division
Six Square
JuiceLand
Franklin Barbecue
Greater Austin Black Chamber of Commerce
Jerry's Artarama
Austin Beerworks
Deep Eddy Vodka
Lonestar Beer
 

Our very first Art is Cool event was at the Salvage Vanguard Theatre! We featured the following artists: Lakeem Wilson, Mahealani Williams, Timika Mitchell, and Beth Consetta Rubel. We screened the documentary Art is Cool Web-series!

The event was sponsored by:
Outreach Productions
Six Square
Savvy Entertainment
Nonye's Hair Braiding
Jerry's Artarama
Austin Beerworks
Brass Ovaries