Drag ‘N’ Draw at The Front Market’s Fall 2024 Season ✰
Hosted at The Front Market’s Fall 2024 Season, find Sketchers Drawing Club on the lawn at Waterloo Park for a special Drag ‘N’ Draw session from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM. For one hour only, you can sketch and draw one of Austin’s favorite drag artists while they pose among Waterloo Park’s flora and fauna.
Bring your own picnic blanket to sit on and settle in before or after shopping the market. Drawing supplies will be available for use, but feel free to bring your own materials, as well. Sketchbooks and drawing pads encouraged. No experience necessary.
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BEHIND THIS ACTIVITY
meet the FEATURED drag artist
Bobby Pudrido is a trans, Latine, and lesbian performance artist, emcee, and producer based in Austin, Texas. Bobby is dedicated to amplifying BIPOC queer voices through his work. He creates and produces shows and various performances aimed at addressing and bridging gaps in representation for marginalized communities. He was nominated for 2024 Best of Austin’s Drag Performer award and recently launched Rhinestone Roots, a BIPOC queer country night.
MEET THE HOSTS OF SKETCHERS DRAWING CLUB:
Lu Farrell (they/them) is a Chicanx trans nonbinary artist, community organizer and digital strategist living in Austin, Texas. Lu began their work with Future Front as a volunteer during the summer of 2022 as a way to engage with their new city and build a creative community. Since then, they joined the Future Front network as a Community Club host and, now, as a Curator. As a Curator with Future Front, Lu seeks to celebrate Austin’s local creative community and create more spaces for queer creative exchange.
Carson Stanch (insta: carcar.artart) is a Houston born artist and designer. She creates workshops and activities designed to bring people together for collective action and/or collective rest. Through her love of sketching, she found Future Front and the warmth of the FFTX community. Starting in 2023 she has run their Sketchers Club & workshops such as Shrinky Dinks Charms, Drag n’ Draw, and many others. She hopes to strengthen the connections of the community mycelium network through collaborative art building & support of local bipoc artists. In her spare time you can find her asking her friends to come outside to draw.
BEHIND THE FRONT MARKET
The Front Market will be back on NOVEMBER 23 AND 24 AT WATERLOO Park.
✹ 150+ vendors
✹ Waterloo park (500 E 12th St, 78701)
✹ November 23 and 24, 2024
✹ 11 AM to 5 PM each day!
✹ 100% women & LGBTQ+ lineup
✹ Rain or shine!
SHOP SMALL. SUSTAIN LOCAL. SHOW UP.
For the first time, The Front Market’s Fall 2024 Season will be hosted at Waterloo Park, a park and event space located in the heart of downtown Austin. (Learn more about our new Fall Season venue here. )
As always, we’ll be open for the weekend, with an exhibition of more than 150 women and LGBTQ+ creatives, small business owners, designers and makers across the Texas South.
100% family-friendly and outdoors. Dog-friendly. Human-friendly. Free and open to the public.
THE FRONT MARKET IS AN INDEPENDENT MARKETPLACE AND FAIR, CURATED BY FUTURE FRONT.
Welcoming 400+ vendors & 10,000+ guests across two seasons in Austin, we showcase women and LGBTQ+ creatives, designers, makers, craftspeople, small business owners and artists from Texas.
Show up to support the people, places and things you want to see in the world.
HOW TO ATTEND
The Front Market is open to the public—free or by donation. When you RSVP, you have the option to donate to our work.
Proceeds will benefit our very own Creative Future of Texas Fund, a micro-grants program for women and queer creatives and small business owners in Texas.
Name your ticket price to donate below:
*If you are a Future Front member, please provide your name at the door for entry or head to members.futurefronttexas.org or futurefrontmembership.squarespace.com to access member rates for event tickets, applications & other perks at anytime.
PREPARE YOUR VISIT TO THE FRONT MARKET
Waterloo Park is part of Waterloo Greenway, a 1.5-mile park system with the power to bring the entire Austin community together. Amid epic gardens and rolling pathways, and a twinkling Waller Creek that links them, the environment, arts, health, and adventure will converge — and nourish authentic and uplifting experiences that reflect our city’s diversity.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW — thefrontmarket.com/faq
WHERE TO PARK — Waterloo Park guests can find parking at the nearby Capitol Visitors Parking garage located at 1201 San Jacinto Blvd. Paid evening/weekend parking is also available in State Garages A & F. Additionally, you can use the Trip Planner at capmetro.org/plan for public transit options. Personal bike parking is available at 15th St. & Red River St. and along Trinity St. between 12th St. & 15th St.
WHAT TO DO — When you arrive at the market, you'll have plenty of vendors to meet, plus a chance to browse our curated food court. DJ sets, workshops and live art installations will rotate each day, too.
WHAT TO EAT/DRINK — The Front Market's food court is immaculate; if you can't find something at the food court, though, there plenty of restaurants and businesses within walking distance.
AVAILABLE LANGUAGES — ASL interpreters can be provided upon request. Si necesita traducción al español para participar en este evento, envíenos un correo electrónico a hello@futurefronttexas.org.
OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY GUIDELINES —
All Future Front staff, volunteers and guests will be required to practice mutual respect, as well as demonstrate an alignment with Future Front’s code of conduct and values.
Capacity is limited to reduce crowding of any kind and all events will be held in primarily outdoor and open-air spaces or have access to proper ventilations and well-maintained A/C systems.
At Future Front events, all guests are expected to follow Austin-local health and safety guidelines for gatherings, as well as practice consideration with the consumption of tobacco, alcohol and any other legal, mind-altering or dangerous substances and objects. This also includes:
As Future Front strives to be a good neighbor, we discourage the use of tobacco products on the property of nearby businesses and residences, to improve air quality, throughout our events.
Tobacco use and electronic smoking device use are not permitted at any time within Future Front properties and event spaces at least 15 ft from entrances, exits, operational windows, or ventilation system intake vents.
Littering of tobacco-related products on the grounds or parking lots is also prohibited.
Concealed or open weapons and firearms (including handguns) are not allowed at any Future Front venues.
GOT QUESTIONS? Shoot us a note at hello@futurefronttexas.org. We're happy to help and will get back to you!
BEHIND FUTURE FRONT
HOMEGROWN IN AUSTIN, FUTURE FRONT IS AN AWARD-WINNING CULTURE SPACE AND EXHIBITION SERIES—WITH WOMEN AND LGBTQ+ CREATIVES AT THE FRONT.
As an arts and culture nonprofit, we produce two community-led exhibitions, The Front Market and The Front Festival. Beyond our flagship showcases, we host year-round shows and workshops at our creative space in historic East Austin, welcoming 20,000+ visitors per year.
Through these programs and collaborations, we invite the public to dream of a future where creativity, curiosity and intersectional design thrive in Texas—where we see ourselves and our cultures reflected in our communities. Learn more at futurefronttexas.org.
THIS PROJECT IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY The City of Austin Economic Development Department, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Texas Commission on the Arts, Waymo, The LINE Hotel Austin, Pease Park Conservancy, the Red River Cultural District, Downtown Austin Alliance Foundation, Topo Chico, as well as Future Front’s donors and members. THANK YOU!