Summer pleasures: Barton Springs Pool and Lockhart art
A summer visit to chilly Barton Springs Pool in Austin and laid-back Lockhart, Texas, for tasty bar food and art.… Read More
Ganador grackle now rules the roost at Austin City Hall
Christy Stallop created a monster-sized grackle in a Mexican wrestler mask, and now Ganador resides at Austin City Hall as part of its People’s Gallery. … Read More
Ganador the lucha libre grackle is ready to wrestle
The Austin artist whose grackles I absolutely adore is Christy Stallop, especially her lucha libre series. Yes, her grackles wear Mexican wrestler masks! Recently she branched out from painting on wood panels to sculpting a larger-than-life grackle, a project for which she won a TEMPO grant. … Read More