Women Veterans Strong
2024-06-13 12:30 - 13:30, 2024-05-09 12:30 - 13:30, 2024-04-11 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Chicago) | TX
A virtual group for women vets to connect, create, and converse. Register in advance for this meeting at: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsceGurDstGdGUBQk_1QdFZoHxuchPLwZs
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Texas Veterans Strong Creative Network
2024-06-13 10:30 - 11:30, 2024-05-09 10:30 - 11:30 | Virtual
Join us for this monthly virtual creative network that connects Arts Organization, Veteran Organizations, and Creative Veterans to share ideas, network, and collaborate to elevate and support or creative Texas Veterans. Together, we are strong!
Register to receive the meeting link: tps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrdOmgpzMsHNYYU-Wv-UyUGYxf7d6OvDrU

Call for Art- Community Exhibition Spaces
2024-06-11 10:00 - 10:30, 2024-05-28 10:00 - 10:30, 2024-05-14 10:00 - 10:30, 2024-04-30 10:00 - 10:30, 2024-04-16 10:00 - 10:30 | Art Spark Texas, 1152 San Bernard Street, Austin, TX, 78702, United States
Deadline: Ongoing
This call for art is open to all Texas artists with a disability, Texas veteran or current military member artists, and any senior artist 55 and over.
Art Spark Texas curates solo and group exhibitions at a few locations around Austin. These spaces are suitable for framed work with wire across the back for hanging.

Austin Bergstrom International Airport Accessibility Lounge
We can hang around 15-20 pieces (depending on size) at this space on a six-month rotation. Larger works preferred.
Austin Lighthouse for the Blind – Southeast Austin
We can hang around 15-20 pieces (depending on size) at this space on a two-month rotation.

Download the Entry Form
Or contact April at april@artsparktx.org or 512-454-9912

Art Spark TX Radio Hour Show
2024-06-10 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-06-03 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-05-27 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-05-20 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-05-13 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-05-06 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-04-29 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-04-22 14:00 - 15:00 and 1 more date | TX
Tune in every Monday at 2:00 PM CT to the Art Spark TX Radio Hour live on the Austin airwaves at KOOP 91.7 FM or streaming at https://koop.org/program/art-spark-tx-radio-hour/
Bringing inclusive discussion of topics important to the disability community & beyond!

Disney's Frozen (Audio Described)
2024-06-06 19:30 - 22:30 | Bass Concert Hall, 2350 Robert Dedman Drive, Austin, TX, 78712, United States
From the producer of The Lion King and Aladdin, Frozen, the Tony®-nominated Best Musical, is now on tour across North America and the critics rave, “It’s simply magical!” (LA Daily News). Heralded by The New Yorker as “thrilling” and “genuinely moving,” Frozen features the songs you know and love from the original Oscar®-winning film, plus an expanded score with a dozen new numbers by the film’s songwriters, Oscar winner Kristen Anderson-Lopez and EGOT winner Robert Lopez. Oscar winner Jennifer Lee (book), Tony and Olivier Award winner Michael Grandage (director), and Tony winner Rob Ashford (choreographer) round out the creative team that has won a cumulative 16 Tony Awards. An unforgettable theatrical experience filled with sensational special effects, stunning sets and costumes, and powerhouse performances, Frozen is everything you want in a musical: It’s moving. It’s spectacular. And above all, it’s pure Broadway joy.
View event details and get tickets here.
Ticket Office:
email: tickets@texasperformingarts.org or call: 512.471.1444
Monday–Friday: 10 am–5 pm
Accessibility Information for Texas Performing Arts

Image Description: A feminine figure with long hair and one arm outstretched seems to burst through a dark blue background in a sudden white flash. Text reads, “Disney, Frozen, The Hit Broadway Musical.”

Call For Art: Distinguished Artist Veterans 15th Annual Exhibition
2024-06-04 | Dougherty Arts Center, 1110 Barton Springs Rd, Austin, TX, 78704, United States
Deadline: August 6, 2024
Art Spark Texas invites all Veterans and current and prior service members living in Texas to submit artwork to the fifteenth annual Distinguished Artist Veterans exhibit. There is no fee to submit artwork to this call for entries and artwork in all 2-D and 3-D media are eligible. The exhibition will be on view at the Julia C. Butridge West Gallery, Dougherty Arts Center, 1110 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TX 78704 from October 12 – December 7, 2024.
Art Spark TX 15th Vet entry form

VIRTUAL OPEN MIC: THE LION & PIRATE
2024-06-01 19:00 - 20:30, 2024-05-05 13:00 - 14:30 | TX
The Lion & Pirate invites you to our virtual inclusive open mic for writers, performers, and musicians! As always, we’re open to work in any genre: music, spoken word, improv, skits, storytelling, dance, poems or prose… Anything you can perform!
Featured performers to be announced; then, it will be your time to shine! There will be 10 sign-up slots. We ask that you sign up ahead of time. Any sign-ups after 10 will be held on a backup list.
Join us on Zoom:
Use this Link to attend our virtual open mic.
Stay tuned to our Facebook Group for event updates, signup sheets, and links, and invite your friends, too. You can tune in just to connect with your community and give us those “clap” reactions.
Questions? Please email MsBoye.

Disney's Frozen (Audio Described)
2024-05-26 13:00 - 16:00 | Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston Street, San Antonio, TX, 78205, United States
From the producer of The Lion King and Aladdin, Frozen, the Tony®-nominated Best Musical, is now on tour across North America and the critics rave, “It’s simply magical!” (LA Daily News). Heralded by The New Yorker as “thrilling” and “genuinely moving,” Frozen features the songs you know and love from the original Oscar®-winning film, plus an expanded score with a dozen new numbers by the film’s songwriters, Oscar winner Kristen Anderson-Lopez and EGOT winner Robert Lopez. Oscar winner Jennifer Lee (book), Tony and Olivier Award winner Michael Grandage (director), and Tony winner Rob Ashford (choreographer) round out the creative team that has won a cumulative 16 Tony Awards. An unforgettable theatrical experience filled with sensational special effects, stunning sets and costumes, and powerhouse performances, Frozen is everything you want in a musical: It’s moving. It’s spectacular. And above all, it’s pure Broadway joy.
View event details and get tickets here.
Call the Majestic Theatre Box Office at 210-226-3333 and indicate you want audio description.

Image Description: A feminine figure with long hair and one arm outstretched seems to burst through a dark blue background in a sudden white flash. Text reads, “Disney, Frozen, The Hit Broadway Musical.”

Makers Meet-up
2024-05-26 13:00 - 16:00 | Art Spark Texas, 1152 San Bernard Street, Austin, TX, 78702, United States
Join Art Spark Texas staff April Sullivan and board member/veteran Judith Estrada Garcia, for our monthly Makers Meet-up, a creative in-person gathering, taking place the last Sunday of the month 1-4:00 PM CT. All types of Makers are welcome! We’ll hang out, try a new art method and/or do a creative prompt or two, and share our work. You are always welcome to bring your choice of media, or your latest creative project to share. All supplies provided for the project of the month.

Nature as Muse
2024-05-19 12:30 - 16:30 | Woodlawn Island House, 501 S. Josephine Tobin, San Antonio, 78201, United States
Join female veterans for a nature walk and writing workshop at Woodlawn Island House in Woodlawn Park from 12:30-4:30 pm on May 19th.
During our four hours together we will spend some quiet, mindful time outdoors to connect to Nature in order to generate both wonder and words to craft into poems or short prose pieces. Time indoors will include reading poems and prose passages by women eco-writers such as Camille Dungy, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, and Danusha Laméris (lots of inspiration to gather there!). Writing prompts will be provided for participants to generate original work, and sharing will be encouraged for those who would like supportive feedback. Mobi aims to create a workshop atmosphere that is spacious, restful, affirming of individual needs, and that sparks the creative process. Participants can expect to leave the workshop having created new work (poems or short prose pieces), as well as having generated plenty of raw material for further writing.
What to bring: All you’ll need is something to write on and with; and your own water bottle is always a good idea.
** Please wear appropriate clothing and walking shoes for the nature walk. This event is specifically for Women Veterans, current, and prior military.
Limited spots available.
Mobi Warren is a poet and naturalist who has led poetry walks and given nature-based writing workshops for over 20 years. She has taught writing workshops through Bihl Haus Arts and Gemini Ink, among other venues, and is the author of a poetry chapbook, Thread and Nectar, and a young adult novel The Bee Maker. Mobi is co-founder of Stone in the Stream/Roca en el Rio, a regional collective of environmental writers and artists, and is the translator of several works by Thich Nhat Hanh including The Miracle of Mindfulness. She also enjoys exploring prose forms. Her essay “Cicadas Still Sing,” is included in the anthology The Book of Bugs: The best writing about insects, arachnids, and other arthropods from Orion magazine.
This workshop is provided with funding from the Texas Commission on the Arts. If you have questions, please contact April Sullivan at april@artsparktx.org or 512-454-9912 ext 103.
Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nature-as-muse-women-veteran-writing-workshop-tickets-838984193307?aff=oddtdtcreator

Makers Meet-up
2024-04-28 13:00 - 16:00 | Art Spark Texas, 1152 San Bernard Street, Austin, TX, 78702, United States
Join Art Spark Texas staff April Sullivan for our monthly Makers Meet-up, a creative in-person gathering, taking place the last Sunday of the month 1-4:00 PM CT. All types of Makers are welcome! We’ll hang out, try a new art method and/or do a creative prompt or two, and share our work. You are always welcome to bring your choice of media, or your latest creative project to share. All supplies provided for the project of the month.
This month we have two projects that have the opportunity for your art to be displayed!
The first half of the meetup we will be creating art to submit to the Quickest Flip Laboratory Art Challenge #7.
Create something that includes the color PINK and PETS!
Quickest Flip hosts a series of themed art challenges that are open to anyone and everyone to participate – we call this the QF Laboratory. These challenges will prompt participants to incorporate a set of common ingredients into an art piece while encouraging different interpretations and outcomes. Deadline to submit is May 10th. To submit: Email an image of your art to hello@quickestflip.org along with your name, the title, and medium. All submitted works will be featured in a virtual exhibition on our website and a selection will be shared on social media.
The second half of the meetup we will be partnering with local artist Jieun Beth Kim for a project called “Community.” Participants will have an opportunity to create portraits using stamps that Jieun carved. Next, these portraits will be reproduced and be part of an upcoming installation project at the Austin Central Library in June.
Come for one or both!

Girl From the North Country (Audio Described)
2024-04-25 19:30 - 22:30 | Bass Concert Hall, 2350 Robert Dedman Drive, Austin, TX, 78712, United States
It’s 1934 in Duluth, Minnesota. We meet a group of wayward travelers whose lives intersect in a guesthouse filled with music, life and hope. Experience this ‘profoundly beautiful’ production (The New York Times) brought to vivid life by an extraordinary company of actors and musicians.
View event details and get tickets here.
Ticket Office:
email: tickets@texasperformingarts.org or call: 512.471.1444
Monday–Friday: 10 am–5 pm
Accessibility Information for Texas Performing Arts

Image Description: A young woman in a pink 1930s-era dress and wearing bright red lipstick and white sunglasses sings while tilting a vintage microphone stand in her hands. Fading brown text reads, “Girl from the North Country, Duluth, Minnesota, 1934, Written and Directed by Conor McPherson, Music and Lyrics by Bob Dylan.”

Nature-Inspired Group Mandala Workshop
2024-04-20 10:00 - 14:00 | Government Canyon State Natural Area, 12861 Galm Rd, San Antonio, 78254, United States
Connect and Reflect in Nature
Participate in the creation of a collective mandala by utilizing natural elements found in the park’s environment. Employing biodegradable materials ensures seamless integration of the artwork with the surrounding landscape. Participants are encouraged to bring short sticks, rocks, and flower petals (excluding seeds).
Veterans and current and prior military and their family members are invited to attend this nature based visual art workshop.
The day will start with a nature hike, then attendees will create mandalas.
This creative workshop is free and will be held at Government Canyon Natural State Natural Area, 12861 Galm Rd, San Antonio, TX 78254 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm and includes entry fee and snacks.
**Notes: Plan for April weather conditions. We will be under a covered pavilion. The event will include a nature walk. ADA accessible trails are available and there will be options for hikes based on your personal activity level. Service animals are allowed on leash. Children with supervision allowed in workshop with a parent or plan to bring your family to enjoy the park for the day as you participate in the workshop.
The workshop will be led by Salina Loriaux, LPC-AT/S, ATR-BC, CCST
Salina holds a master’s degree in creative arts therapy from Pratt Institute. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor/Supervisor in the state of Texas, a Board-Certified Art Therapist, and a Certified Clinical Sandtray Therapist-Trainer. Salina specializes in mindfulness, addressing trauma, managing depression, anxiety, and grief, with a particular focus on working with military personnel. As a Military Veteran and spouse, Salina brings a distinctive perspective to her therapeutic practice, combining her roles as an artist and nature enthusiast. She is an active member of professional associations, including the American Art Therapy Association, South Texas Art Therapy Association, and the Texas Sandtray Association.
Limited spots available. Register!
This workshop is made possible with funding from the Texas Commission on the Arts. If you have questions, please contact April Sullivan at april@artsparktx.org or 512-454-9912 ext 103.
Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/824642125797?aff=oddtdtcreator

East Austin Arts District's Third Thursday
2024-04-18 18:00 - 21:00 | Art Spark Texas, 1152 San Bernard Street, Austin, TX, 78702, United States
We are open every Third Thursday 6-9:00 PM as part of the East Austin Arts District’s monthly self-guided tour of 25+ visual arts and gallery venues. Each month we will feature two of our artists showing and selling their work.
This month we feature: Lenny, Yadira Uranga, and Yleana Martinez.
