WCC is partnering with Monument Lab for a focused discussion around an open research question: “Who decides the fate of public space?” This free workshop is open to the public and will be lead by Monument Lab’s Paul Farber, co-founder and Artistic Director, and Laurie Allen, Director of Research. Presented with our current “New Monuments […]
Join us for our final panel discussion for New Monuments for New Cities, featuring Nicole Awai and Vincent Valdez! This current art exhibition raises a number of questions about who and what has been memorialized in the past and how applying new lenses could shift that paradigm in the future. Join the dialogue as we […]
Join Waller Creek Conservancy and KMFA Classical 89.5 for an outdoor exploration of music in celebration of National Bicycle Month! Austin musician and artist, Steve Parker, will lead a series of performances and workshops that will explore the traditional and non-traditional properties of music through an unusual combinations of sound-makers including bicycles! Steve Parker will […]
Brought to Austin by a partnership between the Waller Creek Conservancy and The Contemporary Austin, Forever Bicycles (2014), by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei, has been on display at Waller Creek since June 2017. The temporary installation was funded in part by a generous grant from the Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation. Located along […]
Panel discussion presented in partnership with Preservation Austin and the Austin History Center. Free; registration required. Refreshments will be available. Interactive panel discussion exploring themes and issues raised in “New Monuments for New Cities,” hosted by Waller Creek Conservancy, Preservation Austin, and the Austin History Center. Based in the Austin experience, dynamic guest speakers will […]
Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s Pop-Up Picnic! We were bummed about the weather, but loved seeing all of your smiling faces for picnic basket pick up. We enjoyed all of the #PopUpPicnic social posts by guests creating their own indoor picnics with family and friends. Want to Write a Rain Check? […]
On the corner of Cesar Chavez and the I-35 frontage road stands the old Palm School building, the current home of the Travis County Health and Human Services and Veteran Services building, but the building is best known as the elementary school that stood in service to the communities of East Austin for 84 years […]
During this Black History Month, we’d like to profile one of many special stories on the history of Symphony Square. Have other stories or memories you’d like to share? Please let us know! Symphony Square was originally designed as a southeastward extension of Waterloo Park on both sides of East 11th Street east of Red […]
Waller Creek Conservancy is proud to present New Monuments for New Cities, the inaugural joint art initiative of the High Line Network. The exhibition features 25 artists selected by five industrial reuse projects in North America. Each artist was asked to respond to the role monuments have played in shaping cities and how they successfully […]
Giant tree to be moved from the State Capitol Complex on Sunday, February 24 City of Austin Contact: Sylvia Arzola, Development Services Department, 512-974-6448, Sylvia.Arzola@austintexas.gov Waller Creek Conservancy Contact: Emily Ergas, Breakaway Public Relations, 512-761-4567, emily@breakaway-pr.com Thanks to a partnership between the State of Texas, the City of Austin, and Waller Creek Conservancy, a heritage […]