History In The Making at The Future Front House
DO NOT DISTURB X TAYLOR DANIELLE DAVIS
Presented in collaboration with curator Taylor Danielle Davis and Austin-based collective Do Not Disturb, this interactive exhibit features artwork from five emerging artists in the Texas South, whose mediums draw on visual archives.
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WHAT’S ON VIEW
History in the Making poses 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.
Following an opening night of music and libations, expect multidisciplinary talks and workshops with Austin’s creative community on the exhibit’s themes of cultural preservation and celebration through April 2025.
To register for these workshops, head to futurefronttexas.org/comethrough.
WHAT TO EXPECT opening night
Join us to celebrate History In The Making’s featured artists Constance White, Dontrius Williams, Karin Moss, Jasmin Porter, Salihah Saadiq.
Expect music by DJ Wyldflower, rotating food and drink menus, plus one-night-only exhibits by our community’s little ones: Macsen (5 yo), Koen and Yannis (3 yo).
BEHIND THE SHOW
EXHIBITING ARTIST
Constance White (she/her) is a native Texan who is a graduate of the Meadows School of Art, Southern Methodist University, Dallas Texas. She uses an analog process with cut paper and adhesive to investigate beauty and sublime femininity. Her narrative collages often manifest as surreal and familiar biographical tableaus. Each piece represents an individual and collective experience, memory or mystic vision. White has been a practicing artist since 2002 and has been awarded residencies and exhibitions in both Texas and California. Her work has been privately collected throughout the US.
EXHIBITING ARTIST
Jasmin Porter is an artist from Oakland, CA living in Austin, Texas. Most of her creative practices depict the intricate vibrancies of life through visual mediums. She seeks to tell the stories that do not often get told and to breathe life into living and still entities.
EXHIBITING ARTIST
Karin Moss is a Detroit native with a profound passion for the arts, especially the works of Black artists. From an early age, they were immersed in a rich environment of poetry, paintings, statues, and fashion, within their childhood home which ignited their creative journey. As a child, skateboarding through their neighborhood served as a vital form of self-expression, blending movement and creativity in a way that would later influence their art.
EXHIBITING ARTIST
Salihah Saadiq is a photographer, curator and DJ based in Austin, Texas.
EXHIBITING ARTIST
Dontrius Williams (he/him) is a film photographer living and working in Fort Worth, Texas. Much of his work documents people, street scenes and incredibly unique situations through a variety of analog cameras and processes. He is a visual historian exploring and capturing the beauty of the here and now, often depicting people, places and residential artists that have energized a contemporary scene in Fort Worth. He captures raw situations alongside beautiful portraits that tell of a city’s large demographic and community. All of which will go into his digital and physical history book through social media and self published photo books.
GUEST DJ
Wyldflower (she/her/they), blooming in Austin but hailing from Detroit, is the founder and host of Sunday Sessions, a DJ, builder, & spiritually led wellness champion. She studied architecture, herbalism, and continues to study many other subjects. As a DJ & music fanatic, she’s heavily influenced by classic House & Soulful sounds, but her styles & interests are as expansive as her travels have been. As a human, she's a champion of anything that supports our collective liberation and believes community is an integral in that pursuit.
CURATOR
Taylor Danielle Davis (she/her) is an independent curator and landscape designer living in Austin, Texas. After receiving her masters in Landscape Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin she went on to work for a local Austin design firm, TBG partners where she works on projects such as parks, multifamily amenity courtyards, hospitals and trails. Her curatorial practice is interested in the nuance of artistic practice as it relates to unique life experiences. Working with different galleries she has curated group art shows in San Francisco and Austin. She serves as a board member of the Trail Conservancy in Austin and serves as the board chair for their Arts and Culture Committee and has worked with local Austin arts and culture groups such as AIPP and Future Front Texas.
HOW TO ATTEND
Registration for opening night is required.
*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 FUTURE FRONT HOUSE
The Future Front House is located at 1900 E. 12th Street.
WHERE TO PARK: The Future Front House has a large paid parking lot across the street and is directly accessible by bus line. There’s also free parking up and down the street and in surrounding neighborhoods. Carpool, if you can!
WHAT TO DO: The Future Front House is located within the historic East 12th Street District, which is home to many other creative spaces and businesses, as well as organizations like Six Square. Explore the District while you’re around.
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 includes:
As Future Front strives to be a good neighbor, we also 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 DO NOT DISTURB
do not disturb collective is a community event series by austin-based artists jasmin porter and karin moss.
Learn more at @donotdisturbcollective.
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 a diverse network of partnerships, we invite the public to dream of a future where local art and creativity thrive in Texas—where we see ourselves and our cultures reflected in our communities. Learn more at futurefronttexas.org.
THE FUTURE FRONT HOUSE 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!