Bullock Texas State History Museum
A Better Life for Their Children
Julius Rosenwald, Booker T. Washington, and the 4,978 Schools that Changed America
Exhibit | Closes February 23, 2025
Discover how Rosenwald schools built and uplifted communities, even in the most difficult circumstances.
Born to Jewish immigrants, Julius Rosenwald rose to lead Sears, Roebuck & Company and turned it into the world’s largest retailer of its time. Born into slavery, Booker T. Washington became the founding principal of the Tuskegee Institute. In 1912 these two men launched an ambitious program to partner with Black communities across the segregated South to build public schools for African American children. This watershed moment in the history of philanthropy drove dramatic improvement in African American educational achievement and fostered the generation who became leaders of the Civil Rights Movement.
Of the original 4,978 Rosenwald schools built between 1912 and 1937 across 15 southern and border states, only about 500 survive. The exhibition features 23 black and white photographs of Rosenwald Schools across the country as they exist today. Brief narratives written by Feiler accompany each photograph, telling the stories of Rosenwald schools’ connections to the Trail of Tears, the Great Migration, the Tuskegee Airmen, Brown v. Board of Education, and more. Together, photographs and narratives from cities and towns from Texas and throughout the South show the schoolhouses and the people for whom they meant so much.
For more information, visit: A Better Life for Their Children | Bullock Texas State History Museum
Blanton Museum of Art
Long Live Surrealism! 1924 – Today
Paper Vault | Closes January 12, 2025
The international Surrealist movement emphasized dreams, chance, and the unconscious. Such sources of inspiration had the potential for both artistic and personal liberation. Not solely a style or movement, Surrealism is also a worldview or politics that believes in transforming daily life by challenging a viewer’s sense of reality.
100 years after Surrealism’s inception, explore its revolutionary contributions to art across mediums, geography, and time.
Drawn from the Blanton’s collection with select loans, the exhibition includes famed Surrealists such as Hans Bellmer, Leonora Carrington, Max Ernst, Wifredo Lam, and Man Ray, alongside artists inspired by its innovations, including Yayoi Kusama and Dorothy Hood, and contemporary artists working within its vocabulary. Long Live Surrealism! expands our understanding of one of the twentieth century’s most enduring ideas—and its continued relevance today.
Curated by Claire Howard, Associate Curator, Collections and Exhibitions, Blanton Museum of Art.
For more information, visit: Long Live Surrealism! 1924–Today – Blanton Museum of Art
Members get free admission.
Waterloo Greenway
Creek Show 2024
Waterloo Park
November 8-16, 2024
6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m..
Creek Show is Waterloo Greenway’s most defining signature program and aims to raise awareness and public support for the transformation of Waller Creek into a series of restored urban parks and trails.
Since 2014, Waterloo Greenway and AIA Austin have commissioned site-specific work by Austin-based architects, landscape architects, artists, and designers. As part of its 10th anniversary celebration, Waterloo Greenway is reimagining the format of Creek Show to honor a decade of high spectacle creativity, innovation, and community.
Creek Show will open nightly November 8-16 from 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. and will require an online reservation to attend. Visit creekshow.com to see which nights offer free entry and which carry a low-cost entry fee. Tickets go on sale September 19 at 10:00 a.m. All proceeds from Creek Show benefit Waterloo Greenway, whose mission is to create and maintain a new 35-acre urban park system in partnership with the City of Austin.
For more information, visit: WATERLOO GREENWAY ANNOUNCES CREEK SHOW 10TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION – Waterloo Greenway Conservancy
Capitol Gift Shop
Art of Texas
Collect historic and unique works of art from the Lone Star State.
The assortment of paintings, historical art of Texas, maps, photography, and portraits has been specially curated for the Texas Capitol Gift Shop.
Each work of art is customizable to fit your home or office. Choose your size, material, and the option for framing with matting. Select works that hold historical significance in Texas, such as a conceptual drawing by E. E. Meyers – the architect of the Texas State Capitol, letters from the Alamo, paintings & photographs of the Capitol, maps dating back to 1804, and stunning landscapes of our great state. Showcase replicas of historic Texas artwork in your home.
The Texas Capitol Gift Shop offers a wide variety of Texas-themed souvenirs and unique gift items. The shops carry books on Texas history and culture, maps, jewelry, items for the home, children’s toys, apparel, bags, and accessories featuring state-inspired themes and the Texas state seal. The Capitol’s collectible ornament program, now in its 28th year, is a much-loved tradition at holiday time. The Capitol Gift Shop strives to carry Texas-made items and feature artists from the Austin area.
Capitol Extension
1400 N. Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 475-2167
Monday – Friday – 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday – 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday – 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Capitol Visitors Center
112 E. 11th Street
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 305-8408
Monday – Friday – 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday – 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday – 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
For more information, visit: The Texas Capitol Gift Shop
Austin Scottish Rite Theater
Judy Moody & Stink: The Holly Joliday
Showtimes | November 30 – December 22, 2024
Judy Moody & Stink: The Holly Joliday is adapted hilariously for the stage by Griffen McDonald from the classic children’s chapter book by Megan McDonald (no relation). The story follows the adventures of Judy Moody and her younger brother, Stink, during the holiday season. Stink is determined that this year, the only present he truly wants is snow – but Judy says that can’t possibly happen where they live!
About The Austin Scottish Rite Theater
The Austin Scottish Rite Community and Children’s Theater (SRT) is an Austin gem – a fully operational modern theater thriving within a stunning historic landmark. SRT is Austin’s oldest theater, erected in 1871, the same year Austin became the capitol of Texas. For forty years it was a German opera house. In 2004, the Masons created the non-profit theater organization that exists today nestled amid the State Capitol, The University of Texas at Austin, and Austin’s museum district. SRT is dedicated to building community through the arts, providing quality shows for all ages, with enriching programming for children. For almost a century and a half, innumerable artists and events of all kinds have graced the venue, from the operas and circus trapeze acts that wowed crowds during the 19th Century to the live world music and multimedia children’s programming that delight Austinites today.
The excellent programming at SRT is created by experienced professionals and purposefully designed to meet the needs of diverse cultural communities in Austin.
For more information, visit: Austin Scottish Rite Theater – Austin’s oldest and dearest theater
