ATX – Art Spark Texas https://www.artsparktx.org Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:02:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.artsparktx.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-sm-rotated-sticks-web-32x32.png ATX – Art Spark Texas https://www.artsparktx.org 32 32 Art in the park 2025 https://www.artsparktx.org/2025/03/20/art-in-the-park-2025/ https://www.artsparktx.org/2025/03/20/art-in-the-park-2025/#respond Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:26:28 +0000 https://www.artsparktx.org/?p=30716
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For nearly 30 years, Art in the Park has been a cornerstone event for the Austin community, bringing together special education students, artists, and volunteers to celebrate creativity, community, and inclusion.

This annual festival is more than just an art event—it’s a day dedicated to ensuring that children with disabilities have the opportunity to explore and express themselves through art in a welcoming and supportive environment.

Students with disabilities often face challenges in accessing creative spaces. Art in the Park is designed to change that-by creating an environment where accessibility is the priority so kids of all ages and abilities can participate in creativity and art.

Interested in participating?

Art in the Park welcomes arts organizations, local businesses, volunteer groups, and individuals to host make-and-take art activities or lead creative projects and demonstrations. School groups, home-schooled children, and adult groups are also encouraged to attend and participate.

To volunteer as general staff or as an artist leading a creative project or demo, sign up at the link below.

SIGN UP: ATTEND OR VOLUNTEER AT ART IN THE PARK
Colorful flyer for Art in the Park, an inclusive festival on April 10th at Fiesta Gardens from 9:30am - 1:30pm in Austin Texas.
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CTD and Art Spark Texas are committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment for all attendees and participants. We ask everyone to act with kindness and respect.

Lion & Pirate content warning policy: We use content warnings to keep this space safe and welcoming. Please use them! If you have questions about content warnings, feel free to ask us before or during an open mic.

Things we believe:

  • We feel and practice respect for all people, and for diversity of thought and identity.
  • We see honesty as a form of love.
  • We acknowledge that free speech is difficult sometimes.
  • We accept that we are unaware of the traumas people within even our own communities are trying to live through, and we have to teach each other, learn from each other, make each other more aware.
🗓 **When**: Saturday, April 5th, 2025

🕖 **Time**: 2:00 – 4:00 PM CDT

 

In-person – Art Spark Texas, 1152 San Bernard Street, Austin

Virtual – Zoom link for event here

Sign up to perform: Here!

If you have any questions, please email Celia at celia@artsparktx.org
]]> https://www.artsparktx.org/event/the-lion-pirate-open-mic-hybrid-in-person-virtual/feed/ 0 The Lion & Pirate Open Mic – Virtual https://www.artsparktx.org/event/the-lion-pirate-open-mic-virtual-3/ https://www.artsparktx.org/event/the-lion-pirate-open-mic-virtual-3/#respond Sun, 04 May 2025 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.artsparktx.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=30735 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!

  • 🗓 **When**: Sunday, May 4th, 2025🕖 **Time**: 1:00 – 2:30 PM CDTJoin Laura Perna and her guest co-host for this months Lion and Pirate Open Mic!

    Sign up sheet coming soon.

    If you have any questions, please email Celia at celia@artsparktx.org

    PLEASE NOTE: Zoom link to the open mic here

]]> https://www.artsparktx.org/event/the-lion-pirate-open-mic-virtual-3/feed/ 0 The Lion & Pirate – Virtual Writing Group https://www.artsparktx.org/event/the-lion-pirate-virtual-writing-group-2/ https://www.artsparktx.org/event/the-lion-pirate-virtual-writing-group-2/#respond Sun, 08 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.artsparktx.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=30730 Join us for our Lion and Pirate writers group

🗓 **When**: Saturday, June 7th, 2025

🕖 **Time**: 7:00 – 8:30 PM CDT

  • Get settled and say hi to everyone (like usual).
  • Laura will screen share and read a couple of writing prompts.
  • Time for questions.
  • Free write for 30 minutes (it will go faster than you think)!
  • Read us what you wrote or tell us about your experience (only if you want to)!
  • Debrief: how was this? What worked? What do you want to see done differently next time?

If you have any questions, please email Laura at lperna@txdisabilities.org

PLEASE NOTE: Zoom link for event here

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🗓 **When**: Sunday, March 2nd, 2025

🕖 **Time**: 1:00 – 2:30 PM CDT

Here is what our first-ever writers’ group will look like:

  • Get settled and say hi to everyone (like usual).
  • Laura will screen share and read a couple of writing prompts.
  • Time for questions.
  • Free write for 30 minutes (it will go faster than you think)!
  • Read us what you wrote or tell us about your experience (only if you want to)!
  • Debrief: how was this? What worked? What do you want to see done differently next time?

In the interest of keeping things accessible to all, we’ll be very interested to find out how we can use the virtual space to accommodate everyone. So please, fill out the form below, or get in touch any time to let us know what you need to write comfortably in this space.

Let us know you are coming: Here

If you have any questions, please email Laura at lperna@txdisabilities.org

PLEASE NOTE: Zoom link for Sunday’s event here

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  • 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!
  • 🗓 **When**: Saturday, February 1st, 2025

    🕖 **Time**: 7:00 – 8:30 PM CDT

    Join our co-host Amy Litzinger, as she and Laura Perna launch our co-hosting Lion and Pirate Open Mic project!

    and remember, next month we will be writing together, and then a hybrid gathering in April at the Art Spark studio location on San Bernard!

    Please sign up Here to speak/read/sing:

    If you have any questions, please email Celia at celia@artsparktx.org

    PLEASE NOTE: Zoom link to the open mic here

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    March 17-21st, 10am-2pm (ages 15-22)
    Art Spark Texas is looking for young adults with disabilities interested in our photography internship!  To be considered participants should apply by March 1, have 1 reference letter and a strong interest in Photography. Once chosen, those students who complete the entire 20 hour internship will receive a $50 stipend. Limited space is available!

    Application Here

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    March 17-21st, 10am-2pm (ages 15-22)
    Art Spark Texas is looking for young adults with disabilities interested in our photography internship!  To be considered participants should apply by March 1, have 1 reference letter and a strong interest in Photography. Once chosen, those students who complete the entire 20 hour internship will receive a $50 stipend. Limited space is available!

    Application Here

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    March 17-21st, 10am-2pm (ages 15-22)
    Art Spark Texas is looking for young adults with disabilities interested in our photography internship!  To be considered participants should apply by March 1, have 1 reference letter and a strong interest in Photography. Once chosen, those students who complete the entire 20 hour internship will receive a $50 stipend. Limited space is available!

    Application Here

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    March 17-21st, 10am-2pm (ages 15-22)
    Art Spark Texas is looking for young adults with disabilities interested in our photography internship!  To be considered participants should apply by March 1, have 1 reference letter and a strong interest in Photography. Once chosen, those students who complete the entire 20 hour internship will receive a $50 stipend. Limited space is available!

    Application Here

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