UT's senior art exhibition showcased the works of 55 young artists.

The street art shines as a testament to the community's resilience.

The Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center was decorated with brilliant colors imitating streets of Latin America to celebrate the “Festival de las Artes Latinoamericanas."

Walking up to the white brick house nestled in an East Austin neighborhood, fellow art admirers flow in and out of the home-turned-art-studio. A banner draped across the front door sports black letters on an orange background, welcoming guests to “Studio Yo.” Inside, photographer Cecily Johnson and artist Rebecca Klier display their works of art.

Sean Morgan’s mind wanders while he drives a flashy Lamborghini around the block of the tallest residential building in Texas. The 23-year-old University of Texas at Austin art student works as a valet for the sky-blue glass “behemoth” of a building, which looks out across Austin’s hills from the heart of downtown. Morgan is imagining a vivid party scene awaiting his return to the tower’s base, where “a fire hydrant is wrenched open and people are running through the torrent of water, hugging, slipping and swapping swigs of aged scotch and malt liquor.”

Junk. At least, that’s what we call it. George Herms, however, marvels at trash heaps and paper scraps, blank canvases awaiting his transformative touch. For nearly 60 years, the Beat-generation artist has drawn from a hodgepodge of discarded, seemingly mundane objects to craft a myriad of collages and sculptures.

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