The Gallery ATX Presents: Studio Works

The Gallery ATX presents Studio Works, a one-day open studio for artists who don't have one. Most working artists in Austin don't have a dedicated studio. They make work in bedrooms, at kitchen tables, and on apartment floors, so the public rarely gets to see how their art actually gets made. On Sunday, November 22, the closing day of Austin Studio Tour, 8 local artists are bringing their studios outside and recreating them in the backyard of Central Machine Works. Each pop-up studio is built around three things: art to see, art to buy, and a piece of the artist's practice, from sketchbooks and reference photos to the tools and materials they use every day. Watch a pen plotter draw code-generated geometry in ink, see slip casting and tape-resist glazing on ceramics, follow an oil still life from sketch to painting, and make your own collage or cyanotype print alongside the artists. Pick up a passport at The Gallery ATX table, then visit every studio to collect a sticker designed by each artist. By the end of the afternoon, you'll have your own set of original mini artworks from Austin artists. Passports are free; suggested donations at the table support The Gallery ATX's emerging-artist programming. Artists will also make new work live throughout the day. Those pieces will be auctioned at the end of the event, with a portion of proceeds supporting The Gallery ATX's emerging-artist programming. Free and open to all ages.