Upcoming Social Events:
ISSS Social Cycling: Mueller Farmer’s Market
- Led by ISSS staff, students and scholars will learn how to safely navigate the streets of Austin in and around the UT campus. You will also be stopping at Mueller Farmer’s Market along the way! Feel free to bring your own bike. If you do not have a bike, please contact ISSS at intercultural@austin.utexas.edu and ISSS will provide one.
- Because ISSS cares about the health and safety of students and scholars, all participants are required to wear a helmet while cycling for the duration of this event. While Texas Global cannot provide helmets, participants may purchase one from any preferred retailer.
- ISSS also requires that all participants fill out a liability waver. Waivers will be available at the event for participants to read and sign.
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- Meet in front of the Gregory Gym, 2101 Speedway.
- Register here.
Talk Time
- Practice your English conversation skills with native English speakers!
- Tuesday, October 3
- 4:30 – 5:30 pm
- MEZ 1.122
Taco Lunch Social
- Join your friends and classmates in the ELC for a delicious taco lunch and social.
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- UTC 3.104
Blanton Museum of Art
Containing over 21,000 works in its permanent collection, the Blanton Museum of Art showcases art from across the ages, from ancient Greek pottery to abstract expressionism.
- Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin, 2,715-square-foot stone building with luminous colored glass windows, a totemic wood sculpture, and fourteen black and white marble panels.
- Admission is FREE with your UT ID!
- Hours:
- Tuesday-Friday & Sunday: 10 am – 5 pm
- Saturday: 10 am – 8 pm
- Monday: Closed
- Located at 200 E Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.
New Grounds Initiative
- “The new grounds initiative was designed to unify and revitalize the Blanton campus through architectural and landscape improvements and art.
- Three stories tall, 12 eye-catching “petals” shade the Moody Patio and the Museum Drop-Off. Look up to see hundreds of perforations in each structure. Look down (on sunny days) to see the dappled shadows they cast.
- Cool fact: rain falling into the petal funnels is routed to an underground collection system.”
Forces of Nature: Ancient Maya Art
from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- “This exhibition explores the rich world of the supernatural in ancient Maya art, through 200 works from LACMA’s notable collection — including ceramic vessels and figurines, and greenstone jewelry from present-day Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras. These ancient artworks showcase how artists portrayed the supernatural world and how royalty acquired and displayed their own supernatural power.
- For the ancient Maya, the natural world was both a source of nourishment and danger. From the sun to wildlife to maize crops, forces of nature manifested supernatural beings that were inseparable from their lives.”
- The Blanton presentation is organized by Rosario I. Granados, Marilynn Thoma Associate Curator, Art of the Spanish Americas.
- On view until January 7, 2024
I am an ELC student, and this is my first time visiting Austin. I would like to thank Jack’s Blog for providing a wealth of information about this city. I have a deep passion for art, history, and cultural heritage. I particularly enjoy exploring museums, and I’ve heard about the Blanton Museum. In fact, I have already visited it three times. The Blanton Museum features numerous paintings and sculptures that reflect the history of the USA, Colombia, Mexico, the Mediterranean, and more. Not only can I learn about the cultures of various countries here, but it also provides a unique opportunity to enhance my English skills. Actually, I don’t have much knowledge about South America. Machu Picchu and the Maya Empire particularly intrigue me.
Thank you for reading the blog! I’m so glad you have found it helpful. I love the Blanton too.
I’ve never visited a museum in Austin. I’m gonna take some time to visit Blanton Museum of Art this weekend. Thanks Jack for the information
I’m so glad to hear it! The Blanton is a great museum. I hope you enjoy it!
This museum looks very special and interesting。