More on why we are making an arts center on our land in Austin Texas:

Austin havened my wife and I, so we are building a haven here for other artists to come! Give back while you can. This is a house of art for art-a living art gallery to haven art and artists.
We met in Austin as two artist—my wife and music journalist at the time, and me doing art therapy, photography and writing.
I still desire to be a part of an art haven in Europe-as half my heart is always there!
But in the meantime, as life is, we are building an arts center here like Derek Zoolander did!
But it will be at least 10 times bigger.
I feel good about giving back to this city, even though many of my art friends can’t afford to live here anymore. But maybe we can help change that.
Yet, this is not a living space primarily, but an arts event driven space. It really is an art gallery house, and I hope it blesses many to come.
I have poets and film makers and textile arts friends who need a place to offer workshops and simply come together with other artist to network and dream.
I think this space will be one of those types of art monasteries.
We were both havened by several creative communities over the years (some in Europe, some in this region), and so now as we get older (or more mature like fine wine in our later years!) it is time for us to haven others who need a safe place to be, create and exchange and collaborate, and have an open loving dialogue with other dreamers and merrymakers.
Nice to see it finally incarnating. Again, we will have space for film openings, poetry reading, book making and all sorts of workshops on design, sculpting, or other mediums.
We hope it will become a creative global hub of exchange and new creative projects.
Build a monastery and hopefully the art monks and nuns will come! Where there is freedom to be and create, the merrymakers usually just show up. Let’s pray so!
I’m already lining up openings and art happenings for when it is done, and in the meantime, hosting small events at our rental space to plant seeds for the future. Got a VJ DJ animation film happening coming up in Spring. My friend will be projecting his short films on the building, and another playing live music improvising with the imagery. Should be fun.
In cities like ours, which became global so fast, we still want to keep it local and authentic, while facilitating a global exchange.
It will have a host space for guest artists and teachers and art retreats, as well as great sound and lighting which is modular and ready to improvise for what comes!
Starting to be excited about what dreams may come! And what amazing people may meet.
My wife will also be offering clothing making, knitting and weaving and design workshops, and I hope to do some art therapy retreats as well as just hosting art openings from my friends locally and globally!
We want to keep Austin real and still in her core identity of being an affordable haven and incubator for artist and entrepreneurs globally. And a space of safe creative exchange and even healing.
As things continue, we will give a schedule of upcoming art happenings at our gallery house!
We hope it becomes a center for creative exchange, which in-spires many, and develops their art and heart!
We are not a brand, but two people trying to extend the canopy of our inner metaphors to cover other’s to develop theirs!
In this Art House we are gathering our metaphors under one roof, so that other’s can find and develop theirs.
We are not cynical about the identities of places and people being inviolable, and able to be resurrected, even when they seem dead. And of being part of helping our city remember itself in a time of amnesia and commodification of names and relationships.
Hopefully this art house is one voice which still is speaking love to the heart of this city and those who gather here.