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The Very 'Rary

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  • 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!

    SPONSOR NOW

    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

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