The Very 'Rary back for a second year!

Creativity and inspiration shone through the gray skies we had at The Very ‘Rary last Sunday, and we were overjoyed to share our second-annual afternoon of art and amazement with you.

We welcomed nearly 1000 kids and their families to Laguna Gloria for an epic day of art adventures – from mini mosaics and dip-dye bandanas to interactive making with Art Island and puppeteering with Polly Mermaid. Not to mention all the tasty treats courtesy of H-E-B’s Free Grab-and-Go Mart, gigantic pretzels from Easy Tiger, kolaches and more from Batch Craft Brewery and Kolaches, and scrumptious cookies from Tiff’s Treats made the day even brighter.

An extra special thanks to our many amazing sponsors, partners, and collaborators for making The Very ‘Rary 2023 possible!

Community Sponsors: Balyasny Asset Management, HEB

Corporate Partners: Endeavor Real Estate Group, Frost Bank, Horizon Bank, MML, Thundercloud Subs

In-kind Sponsors: Austin Beerworks, Batch Craft Beer & Kolaches, Cold Ones Pops, Easy Tiger, Funsize, Goody Bag, Good Spirits, Gold Rush Vinyl, JuiceLand, KIND Bar, Preacher, Savor + Sweat, Tiff’s Treats, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, and Topo Chico

Participating Vendors & Activations: Allday Pizza, Bananarchy, Dulce Frida, TacoMan512, Fancy Fluff, Spread & Co., Art Island, Sky Candy, Glass Half Full Theatre, Mad Science

Family Sponsors

Very Visionary: The Christopher and Adrienne Bosh Family, The Brown Family, Janette and Pat Keating, Gary McClure and Kelley Cooper McClure

‘Rary Rockstars: Malú Alvarez, The Langston Family, The Loughlin Family, The Moorman Family, Genevieve Padalecki, Margo and Jonathan Tate Family

Magic Makers: The Arnold Family, Austin Area Urban League, Fair Catch Foundation, The Lobosco Family, The Newby Family, Jon and Alexa Polenz

Enchanted Enthusiasts: Natalie and Anthony Armendariz, Bettina and Brian Barrow, Jane Black, Veronica Bright, Anne and Cameron Campbell, The Chandlee Family, Chapple Family, The Cohen Young Family, The Cowan Family, Suzanne Deal Booth, The Dell Family, Susan Espinoza & Marc Piatkowski, Vivek and Brittany Goswami Family, The Hester Family, Carrie and Robert Hicks, Hirsch Family, Fredericka and David Middleton, The Oudt Family, Ryann and Jorge Rangel, Amy and Kirk Rudy, Emily and Rick Seiders, Ashley and Cole Stout, Colleen and Frank Trabold, Kellie and James Weir, The Wishnow Family

Creative Connoisseurs: Leyla Abou-Samra and Michael Winningham, Alpay Waldman Family, Anonymous, The Arrieta Family, Noël and Will Bridges, Annette Carlozzi and Dan Bullock, The Collins Family, The Hardeman Family, Anne Harrington, Samantha Holiday, The Jocelyn Family, Georgia Jolink and Tye Greene, Kay and John Kingsbury, Ellen and David Lake, The Martell Family, The McMullen Family, Cassandra Nollmann, The Rauh Family, Pam Reed, Andrew and Erin Stephens, Rachel and Shelby Stephens, James + Erin Stewart, Texas State University System Public Art Program, Trucksess Family, Zatkoff Family

Your generous support of The Very ‘Rary means that local K-12 students will have the opportunity to experience contemporary art in more ways at The Contemporary and out in the community.

Until next time!