The Contemporary Austin

In November 2011, AMOA celebrated 50 years in the community and merged with Arthouse at the Jones Center, rejoining the two primary organizations that constituted the TFAA.

Designed by architects Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis, The Jones Center includes 5,100 square feet of exhibition space, along with a community room and roof-top deck for events and educational programming.

Crit Group is led by a roster of curator mentors, including Sterling Allen, Annette DiMeo Carlozzi, and Andrea Mellard.

Complete list of alumni include Adrian Aguilera; Emma Hadzi Antich; Annie Arnold; Amy Bench; Christa Blackwood; Ted Carey; Sandy Carson; Veronica Ceci; Christina Coleman; Jonas Criscoe; Bug Davidson; Rakhee Jain Desai; Lydia Garcia; Christine Garvey; Ron Geibel; Rebecca Rothfus Harrell; Roberto Jackson Harrington, Jenn Hassin; Sarah Hill; Katy Horan; Madeline Irvine; Calder Kamin; Masumi Kataoka; Lauren Klotzman; Josef Kristofoletti; Dameon Lester; Betelhem Makonnen; Rebecca Marino; Paloma Mayorga; R. Eric McMaster; Deborah Mersky; Virginia Lee Montgomery; Olivia Martin Moore; Michael Muelhaupt; Manik Raj Nakra; Teruko Nimura; Dawn Okoro; Steve Parker; Everest Pipkin; Sean Ripple; Alexandra Robinson; Saul Jerome E. San Juan; Amy Scofield; Amber Shields; Rachel Wolfson Smith; Pat Snow; Matthew Steinke; Michael Stephen; Sherwin Tibayan; Glenn Twiggs; Sara Vanderbeek; Cheyenne Weaver; Jenn Wilson.

The couple purchased the Laguna Gloria property in 1914, because it reminded them of Lake Como in Italy where they had honeymooned a few years earlier.

I have struggled to make this little home site...into a passably presentable garden of lawns and shrubs and flowers, intersected by paths and steps, with...glimpses and balustrades, and a few oil jars of ancient and accepted design.

The Contemporary Austin – Jones Center on Congress Avenue
The Contemporary Austin – Laguna Gloria