Think Like a Designer
2023-06-16 09:00 - 14:00, 2023-06-23 09:00 - 14:00, 2023-06-30 09:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Art Spark Texas, 1152 San Bernard Street, Austin, TX, 78702, United States
Join Art Spark Texas for our summer workshop series that combines the worlds of Art and Design with nature. In these weekly workshops participants will explore and create in a variety of different genres, including Graphic Design, T-shirt Design, Eco Art and Natural Dyes. Each class will provide students with a strong introduction to the topic as well as engage them in projects to workout their ideas. Come grow your art and design skills with us each week, in East Austin!
$35 per workshop, $130 all 4 weeks
Register here.

Art Spark TX Radio Hour Show
2023-06-19 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-06-26 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-07-03 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-07-10 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-07-17 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-07-24 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-07-31 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-08-07 14:00 - 15:00 and 2 more dates | 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!

Monthly Drum Circle
2023-06-24 11:00 - 12:30, 2023-07-29 11:00 - 12:30 | Art Spark Texas, 1152 San Bernard Street, Austin, TX, 78702, United States
Join our Monthly Drum Circle, led by Mary Oliver of Spirit Rhythms on the last Saturday of each month from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM. Mary focuses on her passion for drumming as a tool for nurturing others toward self-expression, spirituality, and wellness. The drum circle will take place outdoors in chairs but will move indoors in the case of inclement weather.
To sign up, or if you have any questions, please email mary.spiritrhythms@gmail.com
There is no cost to participate, though donations are welcome.

Makers Meet-up
2023-06-25 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 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.

Hamilton (Audio Described)
2023-06-25 14:00 - 17:00 | Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston Street, San Antonio, TX, 78205, United States
HAMILTON is the story of America then, told by America now. Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadway, HAMILTON has taken the story of American founding father Alexander Hamilton and created a revolutionary moment in theatre ─ a musical that has had a profound impact on culture, politics and education.
Event Information: https://www.majesticempire.com/events/hamilton/
Call the Majestic Theatre Box Office at 210-226-3333 and indicate you want audio description.

VIRTUAL OPEN MIC: THE LION & PIRATE
2023-07-02 13:00 - 14:30 | TX
The Lion & Pirate, an inclusive, open mic for writers, performers, and acoustic musicians, invites you to join us the first weekend of the month.
Join the Lion & Pirate for our next virtual inclusive, open mic! Featured performers to be announced; then, it will be your time to shine!
Join us on Zoom:
Use this Link to attend our virtual open mic.
Sign-up here: https://forms.gle/3QnaRvNnL83XG1n79
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.
As always, we’re open to work in any genre: music, spoken word, improv, skits, storytelling, dance, poems or prose… Anything you can perform! 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.
Questions? Please email Ms Boye: boye@artsparktx.org.

Texas Veterans Strong Creative Network
2023-07-13 10:30 - 11:30, 2023-08-10 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: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrdOmgpzMsHNYYU-Wv-UyUGYxf7d6OvDrU

Women Veterans Strong
2023-07-13 19:00 - 20:00 | TX
A virtual group for women vets to connect, create, and converse.
July 13 – Pressed Flower Bookmarks
Start early for this one! Find some flowers out in nature and press them between pages of books for a few weeks. Then, make bookmarks using simple materials.
Supplies Needed: Pressed flowers, Clear Contact Paper.
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.

Beauty and the Beast (Audio Described)
2023-07-19 20:00 - 22:15, 2023-07-26 20:00 - 22:15, 2023-08-02 20:00 - 22:15, 2023-08-09 20:00 - 22:15 | Hill Country Galleria, 12712 Hill Country Blvd., Bee Cave, TX, 78738, United States
Magnolia Musical Theatre and the City of Bee Cave present Disney’s Beauty and the Beast at Hill Country Galleria!
This audio described performance is free and runs from 8 PM to 10:15 PM.

Event Information: https://magnoliamt.org/beauty-and-the-beast-summer-2023/

Image Description: An outline of the beast holding a rose against a starry sky appears on a graphic.

Disney's Mary Poppins (Audio Described)
2023-07-21 19:00 - 23:00 | AISD Performing Arts Center, 1500 Barbara Jordan Boulevard, Austin, 78723
Austin ISD Summer Theatre Series proudly presents MARY POPPINS, the story of the Banks family who live in a big house in London on Cherry Lane. Things are not going well for the family, the children, Jane and Michael, are out of control and are in need of a new nanny. Jane and Michael have their own ideas about what sort of caretaker they should have, while their parents—and in particular Mr. Banks—are insistent on someone strict for the job. When a mysterious young woman named Mary Poppins appears at their doorstep, the family finds that she’s the answer to their prayers, but in the most peculiar way. Mary Poppins takes the children on many magical and memorable adventures, but Jane and Michael aren’t the only ones she has a profound effect upon. Even grown-ups can learn a lesson or two from the nanny who advises that “anything can happen if you let it.”
This audio described performance runs from 7 PM to 11 PM.

Event Information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cast-b-bert-cast-disneys-mary-poppins-asl-audio-description-avail-tickets-660662789187

Image Description: Graphic of Mary Poppins dressed in a red coat and flying with her suitcase in hand. Text reads, “Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins, The Broadway Musical.”

Women Veteran Art and Nature Workshop in Dallas, TX
2023-07-28 08:00 - 12:00 | Trinity River Audubon Center, 6500 Great Trinity Forest Way, Dallas, TX, 75217, United States
Connect and Reflect in Nature
Join female veterans for a nature walk at Trinity River Audubon Center, 6500 Great Trinity Forest Way, Dallas, TX 75217. Then, we will gather inside the education center for nature art and yoga.
** Please wear appropriate clothing and walking shoes for the nature walk. This event is specifically for Women Veterans, current, and prior military.
Only 20 spots available.
In partnership with At Ease Texas and the North Texas VA 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/676964889207

Makers Meet-up
2023-07-30 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 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.
This month we are doing Marbleized Paper Journals. Use a fun marbling technique with shaving cream and liquid watercolor and assemble your pages into a journal.

Women Veterans Strong
2023-08-05 10:00 - 11:00 | 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
Our regular Second Thursday event has been moved in August to Saturday, August 5th so that we can host a discussion about the PACT Act before the August 9th deadline.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

VIRTUAL OPEN MIC: THE LION & PIRATE
2023-08-05 19:00 - 20:30 | TX
The Lion & Pirate, an inclusive, open mic for writers, performers, and acoustic musicians, invites you to join us the first weekend of the month.
Join the Lion & Pirate for our next virtual inclusive, open mic! Featured performers to be announced; then, it will be your time to shine!
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.
As always, we’re open to work in any genre: music, spoken word, improv, skits, storytelling, dance, poems or prose… Anything you can perform! 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.
Questions? Please email MsBoye.
