Aug 4 West End Gallery Night 
inthegalleries.com/westend
It's First Thursday and you know what that means. The galleries in the West End are open late until 8:00 p.m. for your artistic viewing. Make it an art night out! Galleries include: Stephen L. Clark Gallery, Wally Workman Gallery (wallyworkmangallery.com), F8 Fine Art Gallery (f8fineart.com), Lotus Gallery (lotusasianart.com), Artworks (artworksaustin.com), and Art on 5th (arton5th.com). Shown is Autumn Leaves, photograph by Cecilia Ling, on display at Lotus Gallery.
Aug 4-Sep 10 Tina Medina 
Women & Their Work, 1710 Lavaca
(512) 477-1064, womenandtheirwork.org
Using imagery and materials usually associated with tattoo and graffiti artists. Tina Medina creates a new cultural mythology. She combines cultures and their symbols to create symbology for a hybrid world. Pochismas is one fascinating display!
Aug 4-Sep 10 Lens 
d berman gallery, 1701 Guadalupe
(512) 477-8877, dbermangallery.com
George Krause and Sean Perry's serene black and white photographs are featured in this new exhibit. Krause's larger-than-life nudes are juxtaposed with Perry's objective work, infusing the show with a sense of contemplative silence. The opening reception for Lens is August 4 - 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Shown is Sean Perry's Transitory series Revelation.
Aug 4-6 "Leibovitz: Late 'til 8" 
Austin Museum of Art, 823 Congress Avenue
512.963.9224, amoa.org
The Austin Museum of Art (AMOA) will keep its doors open until 8:00 p.m. for the final four nights of the very popular current exhibitions, Annie Leibovitz: American Music and Charles Mary Kubricht: Scanning the Grand Canyon. The extended hours, Leibovitz: Late 'til 8, are in response to the public's eagerness to see these record-breaking exhibitions. Don't miss the First Saturday Tour on Saturday, August 6th. This will be one of your last opportunities to view the works of Annie Leibovitz and Charles Mary Kubricht. Bring the whole family - they'll love it.
Aug 5-31 Two Opening Nights 
La Pena Gallery, 227 Congress
Las Manitas Avenue Cafe, 211 Congress
(512) 477-6007, lapena-austin.org
La Peña is hosting an opening night celebration for its August art exhibits from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. this Friday. At La Peña Gallery, you'll experience Essence, an exhibit of paintings by Monterrey, Mexico artist Barbara Fernandez. This show runs through September 2. At Las Manitas Avenue Café, Ruben Medellin's Mujeres Cortadas en Vidrio (Women Cut into Glass) features paintings that appear to be images of women in stained glass that runs through August 31. The evening will feature the Latin and world music of Estrellas Brillantes.
Aug 6 Sculptor to Be!
Umlauf Sculpture Garden, 605 Robert E. Lee Road
(512) 445-5582, umlaufsculpture.org
Let your kids learn about sculpture and cover their hands in clay while creating their own piece of art! This 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. event is for children 7 - 11. and reservations are required.
Aug 6 Yoga For Kids 
Austin Children's Museum, 201 Colorado
(512) 472-2494, austinkids.org
Enjoy a fun and nurturing yoga experience with Joy from Star Kids Yoga. Parents and children can discover the fun of yoga together! Classes are held the first Saturdays of the month at 3:00 p.m. during the summer and are included with Museum admission. Museum members are Free.
Aug 6, 10 Ready, Set, Roll! Kids in Motion 
Austin Children's Museum, 201 Colorado
(512) 472-2494, austinkids.org
Try out the Austin Children's Museum's obstacle course and see if you can challenge yourself to keep moving through the ups and downs! Learn to play lacrosse! Play a variety of group games, including dodge ball, crab walk soccer, wiggle wiggle, twister relay and ha ha! Get moving to Austin Children's Museum 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. this Saturday.
Aug 8 Baby Bloomers
Austin Children's Museum, 201 Colorado
(512) 472-2494, austinkids.org
Enjoy informal play and explore with your children under the age of three. You and your infant will play in the Museum's Rising Star Ranch area and experience other exhibits in a relaxed atmosphere with other families with small children. Be sure to show up for one of the two Toddler Storytimes at 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. and the Sing-a-long at 10:30 a.m.
Aug 9-Dec 31 Ansel Adams: A Legacy
Harry Ransom Center, 21st & Guadalupe
(512) 471-8944, hrc.utexas.edu
The American photographer Ansel Adams (1902-1984) was a master of creating visually unforgettable images of unspoiled nature in spectacluar places. He was also lauded for his mastery of the technical challenges of black-and-white printing. Adams, who in his youth studied to be a concert pianist, believed that printing a negative was like the dynamic of an orchestra playing a symphony--the score remains the same but the interpretation of it changes with each performance.
Aug 10 Austin Children's Museum Community Nights
Austin Children's Museum, 201 Colorado
(512) 472-2494, austinkids.org
Come out and play EVERY Wednesday night and enjoy exhibit galleries, story time and a variety of hands-on activities. Suggested donation $1.
Still On Display Downtown...
To 8/7: Annie Leibovitz: American Music, Austin Museum of Art, amoa.org
To 8/7: Charles Mary Kubricht: Scanning the Grand Canyon, Austin Museum of Art, amoa.org
To 8/27: Signs of the Times, LBJ Library & Museum, lbjlib.utexas.edu
To 8/4: Young Latino Art Exhibition, Mexic-Arte Museum, mexic-artemuseum.org
To 10/15: Ready, Set, Roll, Austin Children's Museum, austinkids.org
To 10/23 Texas Trailblazer, Capitol Visitors Center, texascapitolvisitorscenter.com
Ongoing: Texas Movies, Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, thestoryoftexas.com
