The Front Festival 2024: The Official Recap
Featuring 65 women and LGBTQ+ artists, filmmakers, performers and independent creatives across Texas, The Front Festival 2024 welcomed 1,300+ visitors this weekend.
On Ballroom, Texas Nightlife And Expression: Bring It From the Back
Bring It From The Back features a curated selection of portraits and scenes from Austin-based photographer ScamLikely’s archives. On view at The Future Front House throughout Summer 2024, the exhibit celebrates the profound impact of ballroom and queer nightlife on Central Texas arts and culture.
On Queer Community-Building: Pride Picnic 2024
It was an ecosystem of tie-dye, snow cones, plant swaps, and splash pads. A day of drag fairies, family time, makers’ markets, basketball courts and summer camp queerdom—all strung together by DIY friendship bracelets and shaded park benches.
"Transcendent Reality" Presents 15 Emerging Artists At The Future Front House
Over the last month, The Future Front House presented Transcendent Reality, an exhibit curated by Maria Romero and Rewon Shimray of woman-owned fine art collective The Gallery ATX.
On World-Building With Mueni Loko Rudd, Sacugar Edwards & Moses Leonardo
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.
On Community Fashion Shows and Queer, Texas Design: Hannah Varnell of Bloodbath Studio
Over the last two years, Future Front has proudly supported Bloodbath Studio’s community fashion shows. As Bloodbath prepares for their third-annual show in 2024, we chatted with the studio's co-founder Hannah Varnell about their origin story, the importance of queer representation in art and cultural gatherings and hopes for a sustainable, vibrant and subversively expressive scene.
Introducing The Community Clay Fellowship: Broad Studios Club House x Future Front
Open to makers, artists, designers, creatives or creative-curious types of any kind in Austin, Texas, the fellowship covers 18 free six-week ceramics courses at Broad Studios Club House. Released for the first time this Spring, we received 170+ eligible applications for the fellowship.
The Front Market Spring 2024 Season at Distribution Hall: The Official Recap
As our Spring 2024 Season Finale, we took over distribution hall in Austin, Texas for one weekend only—exhibiting 160+ creatives and welcoming 3,500+ visitors.
How To Host A Community Club with Future Front
From drawing sessions to unconventional book clubs to summer period series, learn from our 2022 Club Hosts on how to bring a Community Club to life.
On The Mycelium Of Cultural Movements: Highlander Center x Future Front
While Austin celebrated SXSW during Spring 2024, Highlander Center popped up at The Future Front House for all-day sessions, exploring the intersections of storytelling, movement-building and the artistic, cultural and creative mycelium of southern people’s struggles for justice and democracy.