Art Spark Texas

What art are you making this Summer?? The students at AISD are enjoying a variety of media arts, dance, watercolor painting, and book making this June. Take some inspiration from them, let your creativity loose this Summer!

We’re hiring! 🎉 Art Spark Texas is looking for a part time Marketing & Digital Content Coordinator to help tell our story, grow our community, and create engaging content across web, email, and socials.

If you’re a creative storyteller with a passion for accessibility and the arts, we would love to hear from you. Learn more and apply: tinyurl.com/marketingcoordinatorartsparktx 🔗 Must be based in Austin, Texas 📍

Happy Juneteenth! 🎉 Tune in to Voices of Access on KOOP at 91.7FM (2-3pm) on Monday as we celebrate 🎼

We’re interviewing and spotlighting TUBUFEST intern Joe Jaxson, a talented composer for the and the , a doctoral student at UT, and American Prize Winner whose music has been performed by orchestras across the country.

Listen live or stream online at tinyurl.com/voicesofaccessonkoop 🔗

Tonight! Free with RSVP and open to the public 🎶 The incredible Devin Gutierrez performs at ZACH Theatre’s Topfer Lounge from 6–8pm 🎹

Enjoy free sandwiches generously donated by 🥪 and a full paid bar🍹

📍 202 S Lamar Blvd
⏰ Doors at 6pm | Event begins at 6:30pm
✋ No arrivals after 6:30pm 🛑

Time is running out! The deadline to apply for the 17th Distinguished Artist Veterans Exhibit at the Houston Central Public Library is June 29 at midnight CST.

Texas veteran artists are invited to submit their work for this annual exhibition, on view November 2, 2026 – February 4, 2027.

APPLY HERE: tinyurl.com/17thveteranartexhibit 🔗

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“We were three women who wanted to do it, and we did it.”

That’s how Chris Strickland remembers the start of Actual Lives, a groundbreaking theater program that began with a chance meeting between two grad students and grew into a partnership with Art Spark Texas and Celia Hughes.

From recruiting cast members to a standing ovation in Washington DC, this is the story of how three women built something that gave creatives with disabilities a lasting stage. Today, that work lives on through Art Spark Texas’ biannual Speaking Advocates program and the True Tales of Disability Advocates Podcast 🎙️

Read the full story here: ArtSparkTX.org/2004/06/03/chris-strickling-actual-lives 🔗

Save the date: Sunday afternoon, July 12, CTD and Art Spark Texas are holding our third Disability Pride Showcase, with Alienated Majesty Books in Austin! We're putting together a gorgeous line up of disabled writers and artists from the Austin area to celebrate Disability Pride Month!

Free. Air purifier provided by Clear the Air ATX 💜

https://alienatedmajestybooks.com/events/5657920260712

Today from 2–3pm on Voices of Access, Amanda Johnston joins Celia Hughes live on KOOP Radio 91.7 FM. 📻 🎙️

Amanda is the 2024 Texas Poet Laureate, co-founder of Black Poets Speak Out, and founder of Torch Literary Arts

Stream online at tinyurl.com/voicesofaccessonkoop and browse the archive 🔗