Rooftop Sessions
Sip & See Open House
Join The Contemporary Austin on Wednesday, October 23rd from 6:30pm – 8:30pm for Rooftop Sessions Sip & Mingle Open House. Experience a special kind of Rooftop Sessions event curated by Sweet Vida Events and the museum’s Site Rentals department. Sip and mingle with some of Austin most sought out event service industry vendors while enjoying appetizers and complimentary drinks! Event attendees will have a chance to connect with the museum’s Site Rentals department and learn more about event booking at The Contemporary Austin and explore the current exhibitions, Carl Cheng: Nature Never Loses and HOST: Katarina Janečková Walshe.
This event is in conjunction with a VIP invite-only preview, open to event service industry vendors from 5pm – 6:30pm. If you’d like to attend the VIP preview or learn more, please contact the Rentals department at [email protected].
To learn more about hosting your event, please visit https://thecontemporaryaustin.org/site-rentals/
About The Contemporary Austin
The Contemporary Austin offers two unique locations for ceremonies and receptions, rehearsal dinners, elopements, celebrations of life, reunions, meetings, and corporate parties. Laguna Gloria is a historic landmark site located only five miles from downtown on beautiful Lake Austin, featuring outdoor sculptures by renowned international artists, a gorgeous natural landscape, and historic ties to Texas culture. The Jones Center is a stunning contemporary art space in the heart of downtown, located on 7th Street and Congress Avenue and in close proximity to many Austin hot spots. The architecturally-renowned Moody Rooftop features open-air, panoramic views of downtown, the Capitol and the iconic sculptural installation With Liberty and Justice for All (A Work in Progress) by artist Jim Hodges.
About the Exhibitions
Carl Cheng: Nature Never Loses
Nature Never Loses surveys six decades of the prescient, genre-defying work of artist Carl Cheng (b. 1942, San Francisco; lives and works in Santa Monica). Having studied both fine art and industrial design, Cheng first developed his art practice in Southern California in the 1960s, amid political unrest, an interdisciplinary art scene, a booming post-war aerospace industry, and rapid development of the landscape. His ever-evolving body of work, incorporating a variety of materials and media, engages with environmental change, the relevance of art institutions to their publics, and the role of technology in society—topics with urgent contemporary relevance.
HOST: Katarina Janečková Walshe
Ten years ago, when Katarina Janečková Walshe moved from her hometown of Bratislava, Slovakia to Corpus Christi, Texas, she was prompted to examine how those aspects of experience manifest in American and Texan culture. In this installation, titled Mother Land, the artist extends her inquiry to contemplate the transformative potential that applying a mother’s love and care universally might unleash.
Special thanks to all our partners:
Sweet Vida Event for curating the theme and vendor support and LALO Tequila, Tito’s Vodka, and Topo Chico for providing the key ingredients
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