Ley Line is Bringing Their Own World Music to Austin

For our Issue 20 Music Spotlight, we delved into the musical journeys of three local bands by combining the “then and now.” We compared their musical inspirations, daily routines and goals to see what’s changed,...

Why Dead Space Dash isn’t Trying to be Popular

For our Issue 20 Music Spotlight, we delved into the musical journeys of three local bands by combining the “then and now.” We compared their musical inspirations, daily routines and goals to see what’s changed,...

Nolina’s Musical Venture Spans 15 Years

For our Issue 20 Music Spotlight, we delved into the musical journeys of three local bands by combining the “then and now.” We compared their musical inspirations, daily routines and goals to see what’s changed,...

April Garcia’s Scuptures Are Both Soft and Strong

April Garcia creates soft sculptures full of whimsy, found objects and well, anything you can imagine! She describes her work as an affinity for abstraction and minimalism. The process is relatively simple. She creates soft colorful...

Why Johnna Krantz is Getting Back into Ceramic Art

Austin ceramic artist Johnna Krantz re-established her love of the craft during quarantine. After being laid off from her job at a local gallery, she became dedicated to making art once again. Though it was...

Dreamy Paintings from Lindsay Laser Smith

Lindsay Laser Smith has her head in the clouds. And the clouds on her canvas. For the last year, Lindsay has been painting clouds in every shape, color and composition. It is her way of...

Topher Sipes Creates Art that You Could Only Dream Of

Austin virtual reality artist Topher Sipes mixes analog methods and virtual drawing to create surreal depictions of nature. Topher dabbles in a range of digital art making. This includes public art, fabrication design, graphic design,...

Get Lost in Leslie Kell’s Surreal Digital Landscapes

Austin digital artist Leslie Kell fuses photography with digital composition to create surreal landscapes. After beginning her artistic journey as an airbrush painter and illustrator, she transitioned to a career as a graphic artist and...

How Yasmin Youssef Uses the Sun to Make Plant X-Rays

Yasmin Youssef doesn’t want to be defined by just one thing. That’s the reason she loves mixed media. She can incorporate anything she finds into a texture or another layer of her work. In her collage...

How Adrian Armstrong is Making Art a Full Experience

Adrian Armstrong has been making art all of his life. In high school, he started taking his work seriously after watching a video about Art Basel. After that, he made up his mind. He was...