Erasing street art won’t make Texas safer — only smaller

Gov. Greg Abbott’s order to remove “non-standard” road art targets local identity and the Black and LGBTQ+ communities Texas ...
The Daily Texan

City of Austin requests exemption from Abbott’s street art order

In a letter addressed to the Texas Department of Transportation on Oct. 30, the city of Austin requested to be exempt from ...
The Christian Post on MSN

Texas cities scramble to comply with Gov. Abbott's order to remove street art linked to 'political ideologies'

Rainbow-painted crosswalks in Texas could become a thing of the past as cities scramble to comply with an executive order ...
AOL

Austin’s mayor asks for ‘creative’ responses to Texas order on street art

AUSTIN (KXAN) — After Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered Texas cities to remove ‘political ideologies’ from streets — including displays like Austin’s rainbow crosswalks and the ‘Black Artists Matter’ ...
KVUE

Austin mayor says city will remove street markings to follow state order

On Wednesday, Austin’s mayor told KVUE the city still plans to remove street art and painted crosswalks to comply with an order from Governor Greg Abbott. This is the first time KVUE has spoken with ...
KXAN

Meet the artist behind the mural on the new 6th Street concrete barriers

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Concrete barriers went up along Sixth Street recently, as part of the Austin Police Department’s efforts to preve nt late-night crowds from gathering in the street or outside ...
KVUE

Vendors react to popular art and music festival shifting away from Downtown Austin after decades

AUSTIN, Texas — After decades in Downtown Austin, one of the city's longest-running festivals has a new home and a muddled future. The Pecan Street Festival will move to Bee Cave for its upcoming ...
The Austin Chronicle

Affordable Art Fair Austin's Mission to Make Art Less Scary

Affordable Art Fair Austin is back this weekend at Palmer Events Center. If you ask Fair Director Cori Teague what it is, she compares it to Art Basel, the world’s biggest event for art vendors. “We ...
Austin American-Statesman

Austin seeks public input on Sixth Street redesign

Austin officials are asking the public to weigh in on three design alternatives for a revamp of Sixth Street, one of the city’s most iconic entertainment corridors. The initiative, known as the Sixth ...