Retrospective Photo Exhibit Of East Austin Scheduled

EAST AUSTIN, TX -- A retrospective photo exhibit of East Austin is scheduled this week at the George Washington Carver Museum & Cultural Center.

Titled “From the Grounds Up,” the exhibit timed for Black History Month is scheduled for a Feb. 4 opening, when it will be launched during an opening reception from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The exhibit was originally conceived by Louis Hicks, former director and curator at the museum from 1980-88, and Andrea Kristen Mullen, according to a city notice.

The original aim of the exhibit was to document the history of East Austin structures. Hicks then realized the importance of documenting the lives of the region’s residents, long predominantly black and Latino but increasingly changing in dynamics due to gentrification.

The gallery exhibit at 1165 Angelina Street is free and open to the public, and will run until March 21. For more information, contact Carre Adams at (512) 974-3683.

The exhibit comes in the midst of a historic survey of East Austin being undertaken by the city’s Historic Preservation Office.The project aims to research, photograph and document residential and commercial structures to determine their potential as historic landmarks.