Women’s History Month x SXSW: A Week of Global Collaboration

Every year during SXSW, Future Front hosts artists, creatives, cultural workers and activists across the U.S. for International Women's Day and Women's History Month.

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When A City Changes, What Does Investing In Artists, Creatives And Homegrown Culture Look Like?

In 2024, our leadership team worked with the Downtown Austin Alliance Foundation to publish its first Artists and Creatives Thrive report, exploring cultural relationships to downtown Austin.

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Introducing Our 2025 Calendar And Open Calls

It’s time for a close read. Bookmark Future Front’s big event and open calls dates for 2025.

Future Front TexasJanuary 31, 2025Comment

Meet The Artist Behind Future Front's "Mom" Merch

Last season, we collaborated with artist Lola Budimir (a featured creative within The Front Market) to design a fresh take on the Future Front logo, inspired by vintage I <3 Mom tats—and the goods are finally here.

Future Front TexasJanuary 31, 2025Comment

The Collective-Care Guide: Building Self-Care and Sustainability into Creative Community Work

Written by Texas-based licensed therapists, this step-by-step guide explores realigning values, boundaries and frameworks toward both self-care and collective-care within your community work.

Future Front TexasJanuary 30, 2025guideComment

A Letter From The Director: On Federal Programs & Funding Freezes

In response to recent rollbacks and bans on federal diversity and grants programs, Future Front (and many arts organizations like ours) will continue to be discriminately affected without cause. As familiar as the challenges are, nothing has changed at Future Front—and we will let you know if anything does.

Future Front TexasJanuary 26, 2025Comment

The 2024 Impact Report: A Year of Ritual

From welcoming 18,000 visitors to hosting more than 200 community events, we reached every milestone on our list. Continue reading for some of 2024’s highlights and takeaways.

Future Front TexasDecember 18, 2024impactComment

On Creativity As Ritual: Five Artists from The Front Festival 2024

Keep reading for an introduction to five Austin-based artists and their thoughts on independent creative work, nurturing community and returning to oneself.

Future Front TexasDecember 12, 2024Comment

Celebrating Seven Years of Swim With The LINE Hotel Austin

Through annual art shows and pop-ups to our award-winning parties at the hotel’s pool (also known as Swim Sessions), these strategic collaborations have generated $75,000+ in support for local arts and culture over the last seven years.

Future Front TexasDecember 10, 2024Comment

On Mental Health, Burnout and Liberating Third Spaces

This Fall, we welcomed back Highlander Center for the second iteration of Future Lands, an all-day teach-in exploring the artistic, cultural and creative impact of southern people’s struggles for justice and democracy.

Future Front TexasDecember 10, 2024Comment