On Thursday, October 7, 2021, Waterloo Greenway Conservancy hosted its inaugural Glow in the Park Benefit Concert + Dinner presented by PNC Bank at the newly reopened Waterloo Park, raising a whopping $1.7M! These funds will help keep Waterloo Park green and flourishing, bring free community events to the park, and support the organization’s environmental […]
Thank you to everyone in our community who participated in our Free Day of Yoga & Fitness on September 6! Waterloo Greenway is proud to partner with Castle Hill Fitness to offer a series of free community fitness classes at the newly reopened Waterloo Park this fall. This new collaboration, called Weekly Workouts at Waterloo, kicked […]
This past weekend, we celebrated yet another historic milestone for Waterloo Greenway and our community — our very first ticketed concerts at Moody Amphitheater! Nearly 5,000 Austinites came out each night to experience the inaugural concerts at Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park headlined by one of Texas’ most beloved artists, Gary Clark Jr. The Austin icon and […]
We did it, Austin! After many years in the making, the construction fence surrounding Waterloo Park has come down and the 11 acres are yours once again — Waterloo Park and Moody Amphitheater are now open to the public!
Thank you to all who drove by Waterloo Park to view the illuminated Moody Amphitheater from November 16-22, 2020. Last week, Waterloo Park’s world-class Moody Amphitheater came to life by illumination in honor of our beloved annual event Creek Show. Since 2014, our organization has commissioned dozens of local artists to create site-specific, light-based art […]
This Valentine’s Day, more than 400 people gathered at Symphony Square for Frida Friday ATX’s Gaylentine’s Celebration! Guests danced along to music by DJ Kick It and enjoyed show-stopping performances by local drag queens, Kelly Kline, Robin Rose Quartz, and Grandma Steven. In addition to participating in family-friendly activities, visitors got to sip on complimentary […]
Thank you for coming out to support our 6th Annual Creek Show. We were delighted to see tens of thousands of people experiencing the magic of Waterloo Greenway and exploring the Red River Cultural District throughout our 11-night event.
Over 1,200 Waterloo Greenway supporters, friends, and King Princess fans joined us at Stubb’s on October 9 to help us get one step closer to fulfilling our vision of creating 35 acres of extraordinary green space in ever-changing downtown Austin.
Orly Genger
March 2016 – March 2017
Waller Creek at Lady Bird Lake
Presented in partnership with The Contemporary Austin, Hurlyburly is a massive outdoor piece of painted and hand-knotted rope that stretches across an area directly adjacent to the mouth of Waller Creek. Recalling the languid flow of the creek, the undulating, woven structure invites visitors to interact with each other, with the work, and with the surrounding parkland. New York City-based artist and designer Orly Genger creates organic forms and site-specific installations from painted swaths of woven rope, crocheting, weaving, and knotting heavy twine over the course of many months.
Ai Weiwei
June 2017 – May 2018
Waller Creek at Lady Bird Lake
Presented in partnership with The Contemporary Austin, Forever Bicycles (2014) consists of over 1,200 bicycles transformed into a playful, spectacular monolith of a sculpture. The title, Forever Bicycles, alludes to the Forever brand (Yongjiu) – a company based in Shanghai whose mass-produced bicycles flooded the streets of China during the artist’s childhood yet remained financially out of reach for many – but also suggests a globally utilitarian form of transport now disappearing as car culture becomes predominant. The conceptual premise of this series consists of several to thousands of bicycles assembled into a composition.
