Perhaps you remember our incredible First Night Austin projects from the past, where hundreds of people from the community have collaborated on exciting art projects that illuminate social issues...Click here to see the evidence!

We are currently working on our 5th Original Commission!

This year our theme is "The Neighborhood Project" and it's all about celebrating the beauty in our neighborhoods and exploring where we can make improvements.  We are excited and so are the hundreds of youth who have already begun working with us! Click here to see the work so far!

This is a year-long initiative that includes:

* 4 schools in the 183/Lamar area engaging in a year-long project, through which they celebrate and beautify their neighborhood in collaboration with their parents and the community.

* A spectacle of puppets, banners, and music for the First Night Grand Procession, all created with recycled materials.

*A community mural constructed of reclaimed wood tiles expressing where we each find beauty in our communities. To be completed by Spring 2010. Click here to learn more and see how you can make your own tile to be a part of the mural!

*30 Schools participating in art projects exploring where they find beauty in their neighborhood, to be a part of a traveling exhibit celebrating Austin's Neighborhoods.

* Roughly 20 community events between November 2009-May 2010. Click here to see what's coming up!

*A series of interactive and fun community forums for parents and youth to develop and implement neighborhood beautification projects in the 183/Lamar area.

How you can participate: 

VOLUNTEER

We have events galore that need volunteer support and we have oodles of opportunities to help build elements of the Grand Procession.

Click here to contact Megan Fullen, Community Relations Manager. She can give you the scoop!

DONATE We are looking for tons of materials including: cardboard, coffee cans, shoe boxes, water bottles, cardboard rolls, corrugated plastic, fabric, wire, rope, hangers, egg cartons, paint, paint brushes, and more! We also need a lot of donated food for our Family Dinner.

Click here to contact Megan Fullen, Community Relations Manager. She can tell you more!

MAKE A MURAL TILE

Be a part of the project by painting your own tile for our hug mural. Click here, to learn more!

JOIN US AT FIRST NIGHT AUSTIN!

Join us on New Year's Eve for The Family Festival and the Grand Procession! Click here for more information!