Austin Thomas is an artist that has done it all, from large-scale sculpture to a rigorous sketchbook practice alongside owning a gallery and then teaching. Join me as I learn how Austin has, in her words “…developed a way of making my art that goes along with a way of making my life.” You will love to hear how working in her sketchbook facilitated building the community that in turn built her up as an artist and mother.
From 2007 to 2015, Austin directed the influential Pocket Utopia gallery in NYC. She is a graduate of NYU and has received numerous residencies and fellowships, including Wave Hill, Guttenberg Arts, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, and Smack Mellon. Her work is in “Living and Sustaining a Creative Life: Essays by 40 Working Artists” and as well as “The Artist as Culture Producer: Living and Sustaining a Creative Life”, both edited by Sharon Louden. Austin is the Exhibitions Manager at FIT and a Seminar Instructor at the New School. She lives and works in New York City.
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