The Very 'Rary
Join us for a magical afternoon filled with artmaking and adventures, benefitting contemporary art experiences for local K-12 students.
The Very ‘Rary will take over the lawns, woods, and shoreline of Laguna Gloria on Oct 29 (Sun) with experiences that play on illusion, inspired by the park's many sculptures throughout the grounds.
Highlights you can look forward to include a performance by Sky Candy aerialists inspired by Tom Friedman’s towering sculpture, Looking Up. School of Rock returns for a rockin’ good time. Glass Half Full Theater and Polly Mermaid go lagoonal with lakeside interactive puppet workshops alongside Wengechi Mutu’s Water Woman. Mad Science gets oozy with slime making experiments, and so much more!
Plus, enjoy food and drink from some of Austin’s finest.
Mark your calendar for the Member Pre-Sale taking place Sept 6–13 (Wed–Wed)! Tickets go on sale to the general public on Sept 14 (Thurs).
About Sponsorships
Last year’s inaugural event welcomed more than 1000 kids and their families to experience artful activities and spellbinding performances on the enchanting, lakeside grounds of Laguna Gloria. This annual, all-ages friend- and fundraiser benefits our award-winning arts K-12 education programs that serve more than 20,000 visitors each year, fostering social and emotional learning and cultivating the earliest seeds of a lifelong love of the arts.
We rely on the support of individual, family, and corporate sponsors to bring The Very ‘Rary to life. As a sponsor:
- Help us keep ticket prices affordable for all Austinites!
- Help us make the event free and accessible to students from Title 1 schools.
- Help us bring the expressive power of contemporary art to young people throughout Central Texas all year long.
- Enjoy advance tickets to The Very ‘Rary before they go on sale to the general public.
All sponsorships include tickets to the event and special benefits to make the day even more magical. Learn more about Family and Individual sponsorships!
Interested in Corporate Sponsorships? Click here.
For any questions, please contact development@thecontemporaryaustin.org.
Corporate Sponsors
Community Sponsor
Balyasny Asset Management
HEB
Corporate Partners
Endeavor Real Estate Group
Frost Bank
Horizon Bank
MML
Thundercloud Subs
Free Grab and Go Mart brought to you by Lake Austin Boulevard HEB
In-Kind Sponsors
Austin Beerworks
Batch Brewery
Cold Ones Pops
Easy Tiger
Funsize
Goody Bag
Good Spirits
Gold Rush Vinyl
JuiceLand
KIND Bar
Preacher
Siete
Tiff's Treats
Tito’s Handmade Vodka
Topo Chico
Family & Individual 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
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 Campbell Family
The Chandlee Family
Chapple Family
The Cohen Young Family
The Cowan Family
The Dell Family
Susan Espinoza & Marc Piatkowski
Vivek and Brittany Goswami Family
The Hester Family
Carrie and Robert Hicks
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
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
Erin Stewart
Texas State University System Public Art Program
Trucksess Family
Zatkoff Family