There is a lot of talk about upcycling, reusing and recycling in the world of art these days. Utilizing found materials in sculptures, collages and other pieces has always been popular method of art creation. For artist and jewelry designer Christine Terrell of Adaptive reUse, taking scraps of metal and discarded tin containers and repurposing them as necklaces, cufflinks and belt buckles is a passion. ... [continue]

The dough throwers over at Home Slice Pizza have been serving up New York style slices from its South Congress location for three years now. And in what has become a birthday tradition the folks there are hosting a carnival on Saturday in celebration of the milestone. ... [continue]

Since it was announced earlier this year that Polaroid film will no longer be produced parting with Polaroid has sent many fans of the iconic instant film and camera into mourning. But this weekend Polaroid purists will gather to celebrate this retro art form during the Austin Chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts’ Polaroid scavenger hunt from 1 to 5 pm. ... [continue]

In the never-ending search for the ultimate sandwich it is more than likely that you will wind up at Food Heads Café.... [continue]

As a kid Adreon Henry would sketch forlorn-looking characters on the backs of church bulletins and in the margins of his textbooks – any place where there was a bit of white space. He created these fitfully-drawn creatures (monsters, nuns riding dogs, magicians, etc.) to keep him from being lonely at school, at summer camp, at church, or wherever.... [continue]

Enmascarados: An Homage to Lucha Libre opens Thursday at Pump Project and features paintings, drawings and photographs depicting the mystique, strength and showmanship of Mexican wrestling performers, known as "luchadores". ... [continue]

Houston artist Elaine Bradford has knitted handmade sweaters for trees, vacuum cleaners, pickup truck bumpers and groceries. No item is too strange or unlikely (including taxidermied deer heads) to sport one of her cozy yarn creations.... [continue]

Those dabblers and some devoted to the moving art form will get together on Saturday for the opening of Cut the Cord! Up Here Everything Makes Sense!, the latest exclamation-point-filled offering by the conglomeration of artists at Okay Mountain. ... [continue]

Caroline Wright’s entire world is about calculated movement. The yoga instructor/cellist/painter's deft hands and agile body carry her from one artistic endeavor to the next. ... [continue]

The Hula Hoop has swung around the hips of kids, hippies and even police chiefs during its 50 years on earth. This week people around the world are celebrating the classic plastic toy’s half-century of existence, culminating with World Hoop Day, which is Friday (8/8/08).... [continue]

With a name like Jesse Butcher, your art has to be a bit on the dark side. The Austin artist and Rhode Island School of Design grad combines photographs and cringe-inducing sculptural elements, like tree stumps, hatchets, barbed wire, bone and crumpled paper napkins, to evoke reactions to his themes of masculinity and death. His latest solo exhibit, We're All in Love with Dying and We're Doing it in Texas, opens Saturday at the MASS Gallery. ... [continue]

A group of multimedia artists from New York took a look at the ironically mass-merchandised search for self in a new exhibit opening this weekend at Art Palace. ... [continue]

The cast and crew of television football drama Friday Night Lights will kick off production in Austin once again on August 6 ... [continue]

An Austin Police Department employee may have dipped his hand into Santa’s toy sack. APD civilian supervisor Nicholas Medina was charged with theft by a public servant for stealing $959.17 worth of Wal-Mart gift cards from APD’s Blue Santa fund. ... [continue]

Pryor and her team of pink-jumpsuited cupids will open up the Pink Love Factory on Sunday from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. at the United States Art Authority. The one-off event, which will include live music by The Squirrels, Damp Heat, Puff Puff and the Receivers, WinoVino, The Pelicks, and DJs Orion and Aquamanchill (aka Professah Funkensteen), seeks to help raise money for Pink's next road trip and installation in Chicago later this summer.... [continue]

Hungry for a little optical stimuli? Stereopticon, with its futuristic 3D stereograms, kinetic art and optical sounds, promises to weave together sound and light in ways that will fascinate (and possibly trigger a seizure or two). ... [continue]

Presented by Art Alliance Austin and the city’s longest running art fair, Art City Austin begins with a variety of Art Talks by featured artists and culminates with outdoor displays, music and food on the steps of City Hall.... [continue]

Austinite John Langmore spent more than a year capturing on film the lives of those in East Austin. The result is a collection of intimate photographs that document the people, places and culture of the gentrified area where condos and new homes are replacing century-old houses and crumbling taquerias.... [continue]

Untitled prepartory sketch by Trenton Doyle Hancock Cult of Color: Call to Color—Notes on a Collaboration Exhibit thru 4/27Arthouse (700 Congress Ave)[info]The fantastical world of an artist’s imagination will come to life during a special collaborative project that incorporates visual art and ballet. The Arthouse at the Jones Center’s latest exhibit, Cult of Color: Call to Color—Notes on a Collaboration, which opened Saturday, is held in conjunction with a new ballet of the same name... [continue]

Saturday marks the opening of Wheelchair Epidemic, a group show featuring exclusive black and white photos taken at Antone’s, 80s Austin punk scene photos by documentary photog Bill Daniel, and various music-inspired drawings, paintings and mixed media collages.... [continue]