ECLECTIC ARTS & CULTURE IN AUSTIN MORE THAN 150 PERFORMING ARTS VENUES AND EXHIBITION SPACES 99 venues (includes schools and churches) + 56 exhibition spaces LOCALLY OWNED CREATIVE BUSINESSES 81 private art and craft galleries 50 book stores 26 privately-owned dance studios FINANCIAL IMPACT Total Creative Sector Economic Impact = $2,689,530 *The Economic Impact of the Creative Sector in Austin - 2012 Update by TXP, Inc. THE CREATIVE SECTOR SUPPORTS NEARLY 49,000 JOBS IN AUSTIN Employment in the creative sector has risen by about 25% over the past five years, which is more rapid than the 10% growth of the local economy as a whole. *The Economic Impact of the Creative Sector in Austin - 2012 Update by TXP, Inc. NOTABLE AREA ARTISTS Michael Ray Charles (visual artist) Kendra Scott (jeweler) Natalia Ancisco (contemporary) Melissa Miller (visual artist) Frederico Archuletta (public art) Shawn Smith (visual artist) Sarah Bird (novelist) Roi James (visual artist) Deborah Hay (dancer/choreographer) NOTABLE ARTS & CULTURE VENUES Art on 5th Gallery Black Lagoon South Austin Popular Culture Center Ballet Austin grayDUCK Gallery The Long Center Bass Concert Hall Harry Ransom Center The Paramount and State Theaters Big Ass Canvas Lora Reynolds Gallery The Thinkery Big Medium Mexic-Arte Museum Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum Blanton Museum Okay Mountain Wally Workman Gallery Bullock Texas State History Museum One World Theatre Women and Their Work The Contemporary Austin Pump Project Yard Dog Art Gallery Davis Gallery Salvage Vanguard Theatre ZACH Theatre Dougherty Arts Center Murals & Street Art AUSTIN CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU | PAGE 1 of 2 ANNUAL ARTS & CULTURE EVENTS JANUARY - MARCH JULY - SEPTEMBER Frontera Fest (new works theatre) Zilker Summer Musical No Idea Festival (improvised music) Out of Bounds Comedy Festival Austin Museum Day APRIL - JUNE Texas Biennial (every other year) Austin International Poetry Festival Art City Austin OCTOBER - DECEMBER Fusebox Festival Texas Book Festival Moontower Comedy and Oddity Fest Dia de Los Muertos Celebration Dragon Boat Festival East Austin Studio Tour West Austin Studio Tour Ballet Austin’s The Nutcracker Armadillo Christmas Bazaar AUSTIN CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU | PAGE 2 of 2 .