Exhibits
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2024 Lakeway Photo Festival Announces Winners!
The City of Lakeway Arts Committee announced the winning photos for the 2024 Lakeway Photo Festival on September 22, 2024 at the Lakeway Activity Center. There were 180 beautiful digital photographs entered from 60 talented local photographers – the highest numbers ever! The 12 categories this year were Abstract, Architecture, Birds, Community, Deer, Drone/Aerial, Greenscapes, Macro/Close-up, Pets, Skyscapes, Waterscapes and Wildlife. Click here to see the winning photos! From November 1st to December 20th, all the winning and honorable mention photographs will be on display at the Lakeway City Hall Art Gallery with an opening reception on November 18th at 5:30pm. Everyone can also stop by during business hours to…
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Celebrate Women Behind the Camera this Spring
The Lakeway Arts District presents the Women in Photography art exhibit, on display from March 1-30, 2024 in celebration of Women’s History Month. This exhibit will feature the work of local women photographers, showcasing their diverse perspectives and talents. It will also include portrait photographs of women which celebrate women’s history, issues, and rights and explore themes of voting, equality, health, beauty, motherhood, and more through photography. Photography has long been a powerful tool for storytelling and social commentary. In the hands of women photographers, it has been used to document the experiences of women and girls around the world, to challenge stereotypes, and to promote equality. Why celebrate Women…
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Women in Photography Exhibit to Showcase Work of Local Photographers
UPDATE: DEADLINE NOW EXTENDED TO 1/29/24! Calling all photographers! The Lakeway Arts District is seeking submissions for the debut Women in Photography art exhibit, which will be on display from March 1-30, 2024 at the Lake Travis Community Library in celebration of Women’s History Month. This exhibit will feature the work of local photographers, showcasing their diverse perspectives and talents as well as compelling photographic portraits of women subjects. All are welcome to enter their creative photographic expressions as we celebrate women’s history, issues, and rights. We encourage photographers to explore themes of voting, equality, health, beauty, motherhood, and more, whether through abstract or realistic photographic representations. We are looking…
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The New Woman Behind the Camera
The New Woman of the 1920s through the 1950s was a powerful expression of modernity, a global phenomenon that embodied an ideal of female empowerment based on real women making revolutionary changes in life and art. During this tumultuous period shaped by two world wars, women stood at the forefront of experimentation with the camera and produced invaluable visual testimony that reflects both their personal experiences and the extraordinary social and political transformations of the era. Join Mia Fineman, Curator in the Department of Photographs, for a tour of The New Woman Behind the Camera, a groundbreaking exhibition, which features more than 120 photographers from over 20 countries and…
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Photography Exhibits to Visit Online
Smithsonian American Art Museum – Various Exhibits Explore the sweep of the American imagination across four centuries at the nation’s flagship museum for American art and craft. Inspiring artworks and special exhibitions online. National educational offerings. Innovative research. Video interviews with artists and virtual studio tours, lectures and more. Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) – Various Exhibits The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) began collecting modern photography in 1930 and established the department in 1940. The Museum’s holdings of more than 25,000 works constitute one of the most important collections of modern and contemporary photography in the world. As diverse as photography itself, the collection includes work not only by…
