Community stories. Creative pop-ups. Art installations.
Come through for one of our classic Community Meet-Ups on Saturday, November 2 from 11 AM to 1 PM CT. As always, this meet-up is run by and for women and LGBTQ+ creatives—open to all.
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WHAT TO EXPECT
✰ Austin-local pop-ups and a sweet DJ set
✰ Community vibes + Community announcements
✰ Complimentary tours of Future Front’s current art art show, “Ceremony,” as well as traveling guest exhibit “BODY FREEDOM”
✰ An introduction to The Future Front House & our historic neighborhood
✰ Curated shopping experiences with our neighbors at The Little Gay Shop & Redeemer Small Batch
THE SCHEDULE
✰ 11:00 AM — Meet us at The House to settle in. This is a good time to explore The Future Front House, grab a cup of coffee in our neighborhood, meet this month’s pop-ups and introduce yourself to a few people.
✰ 11:30 AM — Community storytime begins! Meet the featured guests below.
✰ 12:00 PM — Announcements open. If you're there, you can share (capacity limited). You can submit your announcement ahead of time at this link.
✰ 12:30 PM — Announcements close and the rest of your day begins. Feel free to grab lunch in the area, explore neighboring creative spaces and arts studios that are open, etc. The Future Front House will be open throughout the rest of the day for special programming and guest exhibits, too! You can check that out here.
HOW TO ATTEND
Tickets are $10 minimum donation or free with Future Front membership*.
If this is your first time at a meet-up, you'll also get one month of Future Front membership for free. (The link to claim this will be sent to you after the meet-up.)
All proceeds benefit our nonprofit events and programs.
Get Your $10 Ticket 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.
THIS MEET-UP’S SPECIAL GUESTS
Nathaly Batista (she/her) is a life-long educator, consultant and improv educator. She loves to help people apply improv principles to daily life to become bolder, braver and take more risks.
This summer, Nathaly was a featured host within Future Front’s Community Clubs.
Chris Barias (he/him) and Angela Mathews (she/her) have a combined 35+ years of experience building and operating brands and publications.
Keep Looking Shop is Austin's one and only "newsstand," specializing in fashion and lifestyle magazines and artful zines from around the world. Photographers at heart, they opened Keep Looking Shop (located in east Austin) as a meeting place to discover new perspectives, source inspiration and generally inform how people live life day-to-day.
"Through the deep relationships we've formed with artists and publishers, we have curated zine and magazine titles that have deeply inspired our own work, style and interests. It is incredibly special to now share that with our community in Austin."
Keep Looking Shop is publishing a self-titled magazine to be released later this year. Come check the shop- located next door to El Tigre Coffee at 1614 E 12th Street.
Ana V Peralta (she/her) is a Principal User Experience Designer in FinTech, CSPO and User Experience Strategist based in Austin, Texas with almost 10 years of experience. Ana specializes in applying Design Thinking to develop website + web applications + mobile applications and product roadmaps to set them up for customer engagement and usability success.
Her latest venture is becoming the Founder of FLIT, an online platform serving as a visual guide that spotlights local, pop up vendors in the Austin area and their locations via a map on the homepage in hopes to connect Austitinies with the pop up vendor community better to encourage supporting and shopping in our own communities.
Eva (she/her) is an Austin-based linocut printmaker who runs Strawberry Milkweed Prints. She mostly prints on t-shirts, and her designs are inspired by folklore, nature and medieval woodcuts. When she's not creating art of mythological creatures she's writing and editing stories about Texas' own mythic (and often misunderstood) animals as the managing editor of Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine.
Yvonne Uwah (she/her) is a self-taught photographer living in Austin, Texas. She began using photography out of a deep desire to connect with and acknowledge other people. Because of this, her work primarily focuses on portraiture and what emerges when investing time into relationships.
Olivia Komahcheet (she/her) is a music producer, live performer and Emmy nominated composer whose work spans within spaces of music, visual media and immersive art experiences. Collectively intertwining a multitude of soundscapes often integrating alternative/indie, experimental art pop and indietronica, Olivia has worked with top brands including Paramount Pictures, Apple +, PBS, Instagram, Ableton, Red Bull, Walrus Audio, Sundance, Square Register and Brooks Running with original music being heard on Netflix and Shudder TV platforms. Her original music has been married to films screened at National Museum of the American Indian Smithsonian, TIFF Film Festival, SXSW and is a 3 year platinum Producer on Timbaland's global music industry platform "Beatclub".
Megz Kelli (she/her) is a multi-hyphenate creative, filmmaker and one-half of the acclaimed hip-hop outfit Magna Carda based in Austin, Texas.
Notable for her eclectic musical style–a genre-defying blend of rap-meets-jazz-meets-R&B-meets- electronic—and for performing with live instrumentation, Megz Kelli draws inspiration from jazz, art, and literature.
Victoria Cardenas (she/her) was raised in Buda, Texas and now currently resides in Austin. She is a self-taught artist that primarily works with acrylic on canvas but is constantly exploring other creative methods such as murals, screen printing, block printing, and more! Her love for sharing art began with vending and meeting others that can relate to her art, as it gave her the courage to keep going creatively. Her art explores connection (and lack of connection) that is all around her; with herself & her own trauma, others, and nature. She explores these feelings through fun calming colors and shape. She believes it's important to find her relation to everything in existence no matter how big or small!
Ebony (she/her) is an Austin-based herbalist, birth worker, and the founder of June & Sage, an herbal wellness shop. Through her work as an herbalist, and Doula, she is creating safe spaces for communities to reclaim autonomy over their health and well-being. Honoring ancestral wisdom, Ebony is passionate about helping others reconnect to their wellness and traditional healing modalities. Most of her work includes leading herbal wellness workshops, and creating hand-crafted plant medicine and skincare, using traditional plant-based remedies passed down through generations. Her mission is to aid in the healing of communities by harnessing the power of nature to nurture overall well-being.
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 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.
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!