Austin Downtown
Arts Magazine

July - August 2002
Volume 8 Number 5

The Creative Prescription by Rebecca Murphy
Art therapy practitioners and advocates hold the belief that creative expression has the power to heal.

An Idea is Worth... by Erin Steele
Artists' Coaalition of Austin teams up with Opening Closed Doors to better educate the community, serve artists and reach those in need.

An Interview with Jean Hospod by Ricardo Acevedo
She leads me to the back, to her studio. The door opens and I feel as though I've stepped through a physical texture as I cross the threshold. Colors explode with salon style work, framed and un-hung like a puzzle being formed on a chessboard. And in the center rests a battered easel and well-worn stool.

Notes from the Woodshed by Paul Klemperer
Jazz is a service industry. If you averaged it out, I'm sure over 90% of jazz musicians make a lifetime income of less than $1 per hour. So we're obviously not in it for the money. We work in service to the music.

Section Eight by Daniel Davis Clayton
The good book spoke of the hell we happened to create. A better look gave us opportunities for redemption for our actions.

SIMScity by Evan Johnson
Taking care of the Live Music Capital of the World

Tired poetry by Will Kier

Up All Night by Harold McMillan
It's about money. And my immediate thoughts center on DiverseArts, but my concern is with larger issues that involve how Austin goes about funding nonprofit arts groups.

Verites by Meredith Wende
Music as Medicine is the autobiography of music therapist Deforia Lane.