DONATELLO in London
Who was the greatest sculptor of the Renaissance? Most would vote for Michelangelo (1475-1564), but solidly in second place must surely be Donatello (1386-1466), who died just 9 years before…
Wonderspaces Austin
The California- based Laiken Neumann company brought Wonderspaces to Austin in 2020, four years after its inception. The immersive art experience, where the audience gets right up close to the…
Lauren Lee McCarthy – Surrogate Performance
In the College of Fine Arts at UT Austin, the School of Design and Creative Technologies (SDCT) sponsored Lauren Lee McCarthy, one of several artists in the Creatives on Campus…
Ballet and the Holocaust
How to express ineffable suffering through dance? That is the question Austin Ballet director Stephen Mills asked himself; the answer would propel him a years-long journey of discovery full of…
THE ANGELS ARE WEEPING for Virginia Zeani
I had the privilege of meeting the great opera singer Virginia Zeani in Fort Lauderdale in 2013. She died a few days ago at age 97. Zeani made her debut…
Mr. Spock’s Vincent
If after-play questions are any indication, some people in the audience at the play Vincent had no idea it was developed by none other than Leonard Nimoy. His Star Trek…
Hope and Eternity – Elements of Steven Lavaggi’s Art
For over fifty years, artist and jewelry designer Steven Lavaggi has pondered these questions. What is hope? What is eternity? Do angels answer prayers? His moniker is the ‘Artist of…
Discards Vessels Fragments – a joint exhibit of three artists at Camiba Gallery
Troy Campa is the owner and curator of Camiba Gallery, tucked away off of Hwy 290 on the east side of Austin in a strip mall with a Driver’s Ed…
Wabi Sabi Expressionism – The Art of Karess Pastore
Karess Pastore, a Chicago-born, Minneapolis-trained sculptor and artist has been churning out works in her studio in the Arboretum in Austin for several years. The studio is in a garage…
MONUMENTS: World Premiere Ballet in Austin
Ballet Austin gave the city a huge gift this month with its performance of a world premiere entitled I Am The Monument, composed by Artistic Director Stephen Mills. In creating…