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This year’s Texas-local lineup featured 35 different musical acts and films, all from independent artists, musicians and filmmakers shaping Austin and Central Texas beyond. Each night converged to present a future-forward lineup that ultimately brought 900 guests together across generations.

In July 2025, Future Front hosted Spilled Fruit, a curated selection of portraits and multidisciplinary works by LGBTQIA+ artists in or from Texas.

Austin-based chef Deepa Shridhar and Future Front Executive Director Jane Hervey host their second-annual supper club and community fundraiser.

For the second time, we brought back the picnic’s annual polaroid yearbook. In these 29 snaps, we hope to celebrate (and document) the presence of community joy in Texas for future generations.

In commemoration of Madly Involved and our Spring Season, we interviewed curator Mueni Loko Rudd, as well as artists Sacugar Edwards and Moses Leonardo, on the world-buildling creative rituals that define their practices.

Co-hosted by our founding Executive Director Jane Hervey and a lineup of guest instructors, this three-part series was designed for Austin-based independent and DIY artists, creatives and small business owners.

History in the Making posed two questions — What does Black History mean to you? How are you making History today? — as an expression of solidarity, a celebration of existence and a desire for life. For ourselves and the futures of those to come after us.

Due to the termination of the National Endowment of the Arts’ cooperative agreement with South Arts, Future Front’s $65,000 ArtsHERE grant award was rescinded on May 5, 2025

On April 12, 2025, we hosted a soft afternoon of all-ages creative workshops, outdoor DJ sets and community vibes during Pease Park’s Squirrel Fest—an annual day to celebrate Spring, Austin’s natural ecosystems and the city’s iconic native squirrel.

For The Front Market’s Spring 2025 Season, we exhibited 175+ independent artists, makers and creatives, welcoming 5,000 visitors across the state of Texas.

The Broad Studios Club House x Future Front Community Clay Fellowship awards 12 students with six free weeks of ceramic classes every year.

Future Front provides ongoing fiscal sponsorship, mentorship and capacity-building support to independent cultural producers’ public creative projects in Austin.

From November 2024 to February 2025, we hosted Ceremony, a collaborative group show celebrating independent visual artists in our 2024/25 Artist Residency.

Every year during SXSW, Future Front hosts artists, creatives, cultural workers and activists across the U.S. for International Women's Day and Women's History Month.

It’s time for a close read. Bookmark Future Front’s big event and open calls dates for 2025.

Last season, we collaborated with artist Lola Budimir (a featured creative within The Front Market) to design a fresh take on the Future Front logo, inspired by vintage I <3 Mom tats—and the goods are finally here.

In response to recent rollbacks and bans on federal diversity and grants programs, Future Front (and many arts organizations like ours) will continue to be discriminately affected without cause. As familiar as the challenges are, nothing has changed at Future Front—and we will let you know if anything does.

Keep reading for an introduction to five Austin-based artists and their thoughts on independent creative work, nurturing community and returning to oneself.

Through annual art shows and pop-ups to our award-winning parties at the hotel’s pool (also known as Swim Sessions), these strategic collaborations have generated $75,000+ in support for local arts and culture over the last seven years.

This Fall, we welcomed back Highlander Center for the second iteration of Future Lands, an all-day teach-in exploring the artistic, cultural and creative impact of southern people’s struggles for justice and democracy.

Learn about our 10-day exhibit, A Path of Impermanence, featuring archival photo prints by Future Front Resident Artist Liz Moskowitz.

For The Front Market’s Fall 2024 Season, we exhibited 175+ creatives and welcomed 4,000+ visitors at our largest location yet—Waterloo Greenway—in the heart of downtown Austin.

In November 2024, we hosted Body Freedom for Every(Body), a cross-country art exhibition tour that takes place inside a 27-foot box truck.

This October, Future Front is proud to announce the launch of a new mural by Austin-based illustrator, designer and small business owner Steffi Lynn Tsai in partnership with Waymo.

This July, we partnered with Red River Cultural District to present The Front Market for Hot Summer Nights, an annual festival celebrating Austin's live music scene.