Three friends sitting at a table in a cafe, holding colorful cocktails and smiling. In the background, other people are sitting on a couch, chatting, and using their phones. There is vibrant wall art and a potted plant.

Future Front x The LINE Austin

Annually, Future Front partners with The LINE Hotel to amplify emerging artists and independent creatives living in Central Texas.

Featuring independent artists and local cultural icons, consider these installations a love note to their workโ€”and an introduction to the city we call home.

Here, we let creativity emerge.

Scroll to learn more about this yearโ€™s programming.

Whatโ€™s Here This Year

A crowded outdoor pool with many people swimming and lounging. There are large trees, umbrellas, and outdoor furniture around the pool area, with some people standing or sitting in the water and others relaxing on the pool deck.
  • As is annual tradition, Future Front programs Swim Sessionsโ€”a five-part poolside series in celebration of The Front Festival 2025โ€”at The LINE Hotel Austin pool and Cantero bar.

    This yearโ€™s sessions featured renowned Austin vinyl and open-format DJs, including: DJ Wyldflower, DJ HoneyPocket, DJ Helios, DJ Beaujolais and DJ Dana Scully of Queer Vinyl Co.

    LEARN MORE ABOUT SWIM SESSIONS.

    ATTEND FUTURE SWIM SESSIONS.

Person folding multicolored paper sheets on the floor, with various paper samples and color guides around.
  • For the first time in Summer 2025, Future Front partnered with The LINE Hotel Austin to host a two-night creative retreat for Central Texas artists in the heart of downtown Austin. 

    Known for its legacy of supporting artists and integrating creativity into the guest experience, The LINE Austin provided the perfect backdrop for a community-focused approach to creative visibility.

    Together, we created an alternative retreat experienceโ€”removed from the everyday rhythm and everyday life to retreat with intention.

    VIEW THE RETREAT RECAP.

Lobby Installations by Austin Artists

  • A surreal illustration of a hand holding a long stem with multiple faces and hands on it, all in shades of blue.

    Select Works by Dave McClinton

    Based in Austin, Texas, multidisciplinary artist Dave McClinton creates life-size portraits through paper, photography and digital collage. His work has been widely exhibited and collected across Central Texas.

    Learn more about each artwork on display here.

  • A colorful quilt with geometric patterns in shades of blue, orange, peach, and white, featuring arches, squares, and clouds.

    Select Works by Ryan Thayer Davis

    Ryan Thayer Davis is a painter working and living in Lockhart, Texas. As a generational Texan with deep roots in Austin, he studied studio art at The University of Texas at Austin and is currently represented by Ivester Contemporary.

    Learn more about each artwork on display here.

  • Abstract painting of interconnected looping shapes with polka dot and striped patterns, in black, pink, and white.

    Select Works by Angy Che

    Angy Che is an artist and designer based in Austin, Texas. Her current sumi ink series explores how the imperfection of memories can inspire the process of abstracting imagery. Angy Che participated in The LINE Austin Creative Retreat in 2025.

  • Abstract collage with various colorful textures and patterns layered together.

    Select Works by Sophia Gonzalez

    Sophia Gonzalez is an artist, writer, and curator born and raised in Austin, Texas. With a background in Art History from the University of Houston, she specializes in American Realism and Magic Realism, weaving together art, philosophy and storytelling. Her creative journey has taken her through Houston and Los Angelesโ€”places that shaped her eye for atmosphere, experience and human connection. Sophia Gonzalez participated in The LINE Austin Creative Retreat in 2025.

Since 2017, The Line Hotel Austinโ€™s Emerge Program has amplified 175+ Austin artists with more than lip service.

Through strategic art installations in the lobby, community swims on the hotelโ€™s pool deck and support for The Front Festival, the program has generated $80,000+ in support for independent creatives and collectives.

Emerge is an official Future Front Public Space Partnership.

Alongside partners, Future Front pioneers unique, community-based models for cultural programming and place-making initiatives in all kinds of spacesโ€”from museums to city streets to public parksโ€”around three core pillars: Creative Community-Building, Creative Wellness and Creative Belonging.

Over the last decade, we have collaborated directly with like-minded companies and organizations to bring expanded versions of our programs and community design frameworks to the public. We regularly co-found, design, curate and manage a range of public place-making programs with partner organizations, like Pride Picnic.

Learn more.