Art.Science.Gallery. is moving to a new location in 2018. Help us celebrate 5 awesome years here at Canopy before we move at our Bon Voyage Party! We’ll reopen later this year at a new location (TBA), so come out and get your science-art fix to last you a few months!
We’re having a rad moving sale so we don’t have to move as much to our new location. Enjoy 10% off everything in the gallery (including work from SOLAR) Feb 13-18th and 25% off everything in the gallery Feb 20-24th!
This is also the closing reception for our last exhibit in this space — SOLAR, featuring 13 awesome printmakers.
Harness the power of the sun’s rays to create original prints on paper in this afternoon printmaking workshop. You will learn the basics of solar printmaking using a variety of colorful photosensitive pigments and will get hands-on experience making your own original prints. All supplies are included.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Melissa Gillespie, BFA
Melissa Gillespie is an artist from Fort Worth, TX. She earned her BFA from University of Texas at Arlington in papermaking and printmaking.
SOLAR features artwork in the printmaking medium about the sun, made by our sun (as in solar printmaking, cyanotyping, or printing with photosensitive inks) or for the sun (about sun- or star-related cultural and natural history). The exhibit is our featured exhibit for the 2018 PrintAustin annual printmaking festival (January 15 – February 15, 2018).
Support local studios and galleries on Small Business Saturday at Canopy! Small Business Saturday is a day to celebrate and support small businesses and all they do for their communities. Please join us in supporting your local small business by shopping at a small business on Saturday November 25th.
In addition to our TX*SCI exhibit and our freshly-stocked gift shop, we invite you to enjoy work by these four local science-inspired artists who will be hosting pop-up exhibits of their work in the gallery during this year’s EAST Austin Studio Tour. A special opening reception will be held on Friday November 10th, sponsored by Dulce Vida Tequila. This is a great chance for you to meet local artists and support their work, don’t miss it!
Opening Reception Friday, November 10th 6-9pm
EAST Weekends November 11-12 & 18-19 11am-6pm
Small Business Saturday Weekend November 25-26th 12-4pm
Art.Science.Gallery.’s monthly artist pop-up features artist and designer Melissa Borrell, who is introducing ‘Fusion’, her new line of 3D printed jewelry! Melissa has been an artist in our gift shop for many years, and we’re really excited to be hosting a show of her newest line of jewelry.
Artist Reception Friday, September 29th from 6-9pm. Meet the artist Melissa Borrell and enjoy light refreshments.
Pop-Up Hours Saturday & Sunday September 30-October 1st from 12-4pm. This is also the last weekend to see the gallery’s The Birds exhibit, inspired by the science of birds.
Art.Science.Gallery.’s monthly artist trunk show & art sale features Patricia Falconer, MFA, an Austin-based artist and art instructor for The Contemporary Austin and the University of Texas Informal Classes. She will have a pop-up show of a variety of original drawings and paintings. Pat Falconer has taught classes in drawing and bird illustration at The Contemporary Austin’s Art School at Laguna Gloria since 1998, and has also been an animator for Austin films such as Richard Linklater’s Waking Life. Primarily a painter, Pat has a BFA and BA from The University of Texas at Austin and an MFA in Studio Art, Hoffberger School of Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art.
About This Event: Art.Science.Gallery. is excited to announce our new monthly artist pop-up. Held the last full weekend of each month, each event features one of our favorite science-inspired artists! Meet the artist at the Friday night opening reception, and enjoy complimentary refreshments throughout the weekend while you shop. We think it’s a great way to support local artists and galleries. You can also check out our current art show and gift shop.
Art.Science.Gallery. is so proud to invite you to our 5th Birthday party celebration benefitting Girlstart, a non-profit dedicated to increasing girls’ interest and engagement in STEM. Our independent art gallery was founded by local scientist and artist Dr. Hayley Gillespie on July 5, 2012 and is the nation’s first art gallery dedicated exclusively to science-inspired artwork.
Tickets: $10 advance (save $5!) / $15 door
benefitting
We’ve got great stuff planned for our 5th birthday bash and we can’t wait to party with you!
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
doors open at 6pm
free color changing cup with each ticket
live music with Pulsar Rendezvous
silent auction begins
meet the Girlstart STEM Crew all night
learn more about the Austin Astronomical Society before it gets dark, then stargaze with them at 8:30!
complimentary frozen margaritas & piña coladas until they run out
complimentary iced coffee & tea from Texas Coffee Traders until it runs dry
7:00pm
remarks by Girlstart executive director Dr. Tamara Hudgins
gallery service awards presented by Art.Science.Gallery. founder/director Dr. Hayley Gillespie
cutting of the birthday cake from Whole Foods Market!
This rad color-changing 12-oz party cup is perfect for filling with complimentary River City Frozen Beverages during the bash. The cup changes from frosted to blue, purple, green or orange when filled with a cold beverage, revealing a nifty Art.Science.Gallery. logo.
Can’t make it to the party? You can buy these rad cups here!
Locally designed and printed, this rad 22 x 22 inch bandana features scientific symbols of 5 including the Saturn V rocket, the 5th human chromosome, Cassini’s drawing of Jupiter (the 5th planet from the sun), a 5-armed starfish by science artist Ernst Haeckel, the electron rings of Boron (atomic number 5), roman numeral V, the Greek numeral epsilon, the molecule cyclopentane and the five-lobed leaves of American Sweetgum (Liquidambar stryaciflua). The names of all 45 Art.Science.Gallery. exhibitions from 2012-2017 border this stylish graphic bandana!
Extremely limited edition of 12 each of our five logo colors: orange , yellow, green, blue or purple are being produced by the local printmakers at Raw Paw (Austin, TX).
Can’t make it to the party? You can buy a bandana here!
WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT ART.SCIENCE.GALLERY.
Maia Weinstock with her Women of NASA Lego Idea.
“Congratulations to Art.Science.Gallery for five wonderful years! At a time when arts budgets are being slashed, A.S.G. is needed more than ever to help convey the beauty and wonder of science in a way that takes visitors out of their usual thinking caps and places them into the nanoworld, or ferrys them to the depths of outer space. When I curated “Go Ahead and Do It,” featuring portraits of women in the sciences, in 2014, it was incredibly powerful to see young women and men being moved by the stories of the unsung pioneers represented on the gallery walls.
Custom scientist minifigs by Maia Weinstock, part from our 2016 #SaveArtScienceGallery campaign
This is the power of art, and another reason why I’m looking forward to the next five years at A.S.G.” – Maia Weinstock (@20tauri), science communicator at MIT, creator of women-in-STEM minifigs, and guest curator of our 2014 Go Ahead & Do It: Portraits of Women in STEM exhibition at Art.Science.Gallery..
Rovena Tey (Toronto, ON)
“There is no other place like it that celebrates the fusion of art and science! The Art.Science.Gallery has been a big part of my journey as a creative scientist and I’m honoured to have my work represented at the Gallery Gift Shop. High Five for a fantastic five years and looking forward to sharing the next five with you!” –Rovena Tey (@thechemisttree), creator of The Chemist Tree greeting card company and represented in the gallery’s gift shop since 2013
Custom neurotransmitter cards by Rovena Tey for our #SaveArtScienceGallery campaign
“Art.Science.Gallery lets artists explain the world of science, beautifully, magically — who knew it would be so important right now?” – Laurie Frick, data artist at www.lauriefrick.com, exhibited her sleep series in our 2014 X Marks The Spot show.
Laurie Frick’s Saturated series.
Japanese Beetle invasive species collage by Emily Bryant.
“Now, more than ever, it is critical that those in the sciences share their work with the public. Communication and collaboration are key for inspiring the action necessary to preserve the diverse life on this planet. Everyone can make a difference! Thank you Art.Science.Gallery. for being a platform for us to connect with, and empower one another. Each time I visit the gallery and its work, I learn more about myself and the world around me. Congratulations on five impactful years and best wishes for those yet to come.” – Emily Blair Bryant, sustainable artist and jeweler at etsy.com/shop/thescoffpatch and Sustainability Manager at the Philadelphia Zoo, exhibited at the gallery’s very first exhibition in 2012, our 2013 Eclosion exhibit about insects, and The Mother Art exhibit on animal architecture in 2015.
Art.Science.Gallery. announces the opening of Far Out, the gallery’s newest art exhibition in partnership with the American Astronomical Society (AAS) and coincident with the AAS summer meeting and the Women in Astronomy conference, both in Austin, Texas. A mini, traveling version of the Art & Science 2017: James Webb Space Telescope exhibit currently on display at the Visitors Center at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, artwork in the Far Out exhibit was inspired by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.
“Art.Science.Gallery lets artists explain the world of science, beautifully, magically — who knew it would be so important right now?” – Laurie Frick, data artist at www.lauriefrick.com, exhibited her sleep series in our 2014 X Marks The Spot show.
