Evolution: A Grand Opening
Saturday, October 27 from 6-11pm
Gallery Hours: Thursdays 2-7pm and Saturdays 12-6pm through November 10
Pump Project Art Complex invites Austin to its official grand opening celebration, Evolution. As the largest art facility in East Austin, Pump Project has renewed its focus to offer important resources for artists such as affordable studios, gallery space, equiment and tool rental, and meeting room, as well as to actively encourage the importance of art in the community through exhibitions, film screenings, and workshops.
Our renewed mission kicks off with a gallery exhibition including work by Alonso Rey-Sanchez, David Ohlerking, Miranda Mueller, Stan Irvin, Ricardo Acevedo, and many others. The nearly 40 painters, sculptors, printmakers, ceramists, and glassworkers who have studios at Pump Project will open their doors to give the public an opportunity to interact with them and take a look at their latest work. Some artists will also give demonstrations on how they create their art. Musical guests for the evening are It Was Divine Justice and Daetron Vargas.
In early 2005 the building that houses Pump Project Art Complex was nothing more than an old, vacant warehouse. The floors and walls were covered in thick layers of dust. When a few local artists found the building they realized it had potential to be something great. After many months of work and two years of transitions the building was renamed Pump Project Art Complex in 2007 after the rustic sprinkler pump at the edge of the gallery.
