The Contemporary Austin
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| Established | 1911 |
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| Location | Jones Center 700 Congress Ave Austin, TX 78701 Laguna Gloria 3809 West 35th Street Austin, TX 78703 |
| Director | Sharon Maidenberg |
| Website | thecontemporaryaustin |
The Contemporary Austin is a contemporary art museum in Austin, comprising two locations, an art school, and the Museum Without Walls program, bringing sculpture to city parks. Locally, the museum is often referred to as the Contemporary. It has been called "the go-to institution for all things cutting edge in Austin’s world of fine art.[1]
Jones Center on Congress Avenue
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Designed by architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis, The Jones Center includes 7000 square feet of exhibition space, along with a community room and a roof-top deck with a 21-foot-high canopy for events and educational programming.[2]
Laguna Gloria
Once owned by Stephen F. Austin, the Laguna Gloria site is on state and national registers of historic places. The site consists of 14-acres on Lake Austin, including the restored 1916 Italianate-style Driscoll Villa that was the home of Clara Driscoll, and the extensive Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park.[1]
Art school
Laguna Gloria is also home to The Contemporary Austin's Art School, one of the largest museum-affiliated schools in the nation, where classes are taught year-round to adults and children. The Art School has an enrollment of just under 5,000 students and offers scholarships to approximately 50 students per year. Docent-led school tours serve roughly 10,000 students annually, many from Title 1 schools.[3][4]
Museum Without Walls
The Contemporary's Museum Without Walls program has installed outdoor sculptures in city parks, including David Deming's monumental Mystic Raven in Pease Park,[5] and a sculpture garden in Perry Park.[6]
See also
References
- 1 2 "The Contemporary Austin at Laguna Gloria". texastimetravel.com. Retrieved August 2, 2026.
- ↑ Griffin, Nicole. "$1.3 Million Grant from The Moody Foundation to Support Major Renovation and Expansion of The Contemporary Austin – Jones Center". thecontemporaryaustin.org. Retrieved July 17, 2026.
- ↑ "Impact Austin Awards $80,600 to The Contemporary Austin to Support Art Education". thecontemporaryaustin.org. June 14, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2026.
- ↑ "About The Art School at Laguna Gloria". thecontemporaryaustin.org. Retrieved August 2, 2026.
- ↑ "Art in the Park". peasepark.org. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
- ↑ "Art in the Parks: 6 Unique Public Art Pieces in Austin's Parks". austinparks.org. May 6, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2025.
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