Jon just sent us a few new paintings. Check them out on his page.

Dakota Pratt
Trunk Show
Friday, March 30
6 - 9 PM
Saturday, March 31
11 AM - 6 PM

Dakota has come & gone but we have some photos of the show over on Flickr. If you see something you like let us know and we'll see if it's still available. Otherwise we'll have his pieces back in the gallery and online sometime in May.

Dakota Pratt is a Southern California artist who builds over-sized pop art objects out of wood and covers them with bottle caps. He collects his bottle caps from all kinds of places, flattens them and nails them in place.  In the show will be such things as a 6 foot hotdog, a bacon and egg table set, benches, chairs, a peppermint ottoman, hearts, stars and more.

Dakota will be in the gallery Friday evening and all day Saturday. Come by & say hey!

We only have 2 days of parties this year (compared to 4 in previous years) but hey, what a lineup!

The World Famous Yard Dog Party

Saturday March 17
noon - 6:30 pm

Free, open to the public.

12:00 - 12:30 Diego’s Umbrella
12:45 - 1:15 The Silos
1:30 - 2:00 Ken Stringfellow
2:15 - 2:55 Garland Jeffreys
3:10 - 3:50 Chuck Prophet
4:05 - 4:45 Tender Mercies
5:00 - 5:40 Jon Langford
5:55 - 6:35 Ian McLagan & The Bump Band

JEB LOY NICHOLS Prints

with special guests
JON LANGFORD Paintings
TONY FITZPATRICK Prints
MAKE SKATEBOARDS Limited Edition Skateboards
March 15 - April 29

Got Spotify? Here is a Jeb Loy Nichols playlist.

Opening Reception
Thursday, March 15
6 - 8 PM

Walter Salas-Humara plays at 6:30 PM

Jeb Loy Nichols plays at 7:00 PM

Jon Langford plays at 7:30 PM

Jeb Loy Nichols is an American living in Wales, Jon Langford is a Welshman living in Chicago, and they're both artists and musicians - a match made in heaven! Yard Dog will be showing new woodblock and lino cut prints by Nichols and new paintings by Langford. Both Nichols and Langford will perform at the opening.
Tony Fitzpatrick is a renowned Chicago artist. Yard Dog is showing selected pieces from his "American Etchings" and "Nickel History" series.
Make Skateboards is a Brooklyn-based skate company that has released limited edition skateboards by: Kenny Scharf, Prophet Royal Robertson, Peter Saul, Scott Ogden, Marina Kappos, Slater Bradley, Chris Dorland, Cameron Martin, Eduardo Sarabia, Jacob Kassay, Erik Parker, Tom Sanford, and Debra Hampton. Along with producing these editions, they also work with artists to create unique, one-of-a-kind boards.

Bloodshot Records SXSW annual Yard Dog party (1510 S. Congress)

Friday March 16th, 2012 -- starts crack-o-NOON

Sponsored by: Lagunitas, Blurt/Second Motion

12:15-12:40  Southeast Engine (Misra artist, Bloodshot distributed)
12:55-1:20    Valerie June  (Bloodshot friendly artist)
1:35-2:00      Deadstring Brother
2:15-2:40      Cory Branan
2:55-3:20      Wayne Hancock
3:35-4:00      Lydia Loveless
4:15-4:40      Rosie Flores
4:55-5:20      JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound
5:35-6:15      Waco Brothers & Paul Burch

Our buddy Jon Langford is hosting the Industry of Music party, sponsored by our friends at Dogfish Head, at the Gingerman on Thursday March 15, and we'll be there with some of Jon's artwork.  It's a great lineup, and there'll be great beer, of course.  You can get more info here, here and here.

Saturday, February 25

7 - 9 PM

We will be showing off the work of local painter & musician, Brian Salvi. Brian does large-scale portrait paintings on plywood of American Indians, presidents and other historical figures. He's also a musician, a current or former member of Austin bands The Weary Boys and Eaglize It. He and some friends will be making music at the opening party.

Our favorite El Paso painter & cantante Tom Russell has just completed 9 new paintings for us. You can see them and all of his available work here. They will be in the gallery by Monday, February 20, if you want to see them in person.

Here's our tentative 2012 schedule.

Noon 'til 6:45pm daily. Free and open to the public.

Sorry, no Wednesday or Thursday parties this year!

Friday March 16
Bloodshot Records Party
Waco Brothers & Paul Burch
JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound
Lydia Loveless
Maggie Bjorklund
Cory Branan
Deadstring Brother
Rosie Flores
Southeast Engine
Valerie June

Saturday March 17
Yard Dog Party
Chuck Prophet
Jon Langford
Ian McLagan & The Bump Band
Garland Jeffreys
Tender Mercies
The Silos
Diego’s Umbrella

PHOTO BY FRANK SWIDER