Due to foretasted inclement weather, Music that Advocates: Considering Matthew Shepard is being postponed to a later date. Check back soon for updates. ——————- Waller Creek Conservancy, KLRU-TV, Austin PBS and Conspirare have partnered to present a special screening of Considering Matthew Shepard, a unique performance documentary born in Austin and experienced around the country. […]
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? […]
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 […]
Now entering its 6th year, Creek Show features light-based art works by local designers. Mark your calendars for Creek Show 2019: November 7-17, with a preview party on November 6. The event continues to grow in popularity, drawing more than 50,000 Austinites and visitors to Waller Creek last year. The objective of Creek Show is […]
Symphony Square, a hidden jewel along Waller Creek, has been revived by the Waller Creek Conservancy after a four-month restoration project. The historic site is a rare oasis in downtown Austin and a time capsule that represents so many memories and stories associated with it. “Putting down roots at Symphony Square has been a wonderful […]