December 11 - January 14, 2022
From the Austin Public Library:
“The Austin Public Library will present reading room installation by artist Sarah Welch. The over a month-long exhibition – “Outpost” —presents multi-media objects and imagery lifted from artist’s self-published comic, Holdout. The exhibit opens December 11 and will remain on display through January 14 in the Austin Central Library Gallery on the second floor.
The Holdout story peers into an imagined future where there has been relatively no progress on curbing climate change, exploring emotional processing with loss of place and home through the protagonist’s perspective. Welch’s exhibit Outpost showcases a reading room installation to envelop readers into the narrative, experiencing the emotion of loss and the world outside the boundaries of the book. Opening Reception 2 – 4 PM, Saturday, December 11, Central Library Gallery About Artists:
SARAH WELCH Sarah Welch is an artist, illustrator, and comics-maker in Houston, Texas. She is a collaborator with letterpress & risograph imprint, Mystic Multiples and past organizer with literary & visual arts organization, Zine Fest Houston. Welch has participated in artist residency and study programs at Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, MacDowell, Wesleyan University, Lawndale Art Center, and Centraltrak (University of Texas Dallas). Welch has exhibited throughout the US Gulf Coast, including exhibitions at Lawndale Art Center in Houston, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Antenna in New Orleans, and Museum of Fine Arts at Florida State University in Tallahassee. Welch’s work is included in the City of Houston art collection and on display at
Houston’s IAH Airport. She is a recipient of grants and support from The Pollock- Krasner Foundation,The Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund Award (Dallas
Museum of Art), The Houston Arts Alliance, The Idea Fund (The Andy Warhol Foundation), and the Fred A. Hillbruner Artists’ Book Fellowship. About the Austin Public Library The Austin Public Library provides knowledge, technology, and inspiration to the Austin community. The library is a hub of books and education, a meeting place of minds and an incubator of ideas.”
Reception: December 11, 2021 | 2–4 pm
710 West Cesar Chavez Street
Austin, 78701 Texas
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