Oct 5-11 Nurturing Children's Creativity 
Austin Children's Museum, 201 Colorado
(512) 472-2494, austinkids.org
5: Creative Dance Adventures - 3:45-4:30 p.m.
This entry-level class provides age-appropriate and thematically based activities that nurture and inspire the young child's love of movement in a non-competitive atmosphere. Youngsters learn coordination, body awareness, improvisation, rhythm and sequencing through creative movement and pre-ballet concepts. Registration required. $50/session for members; $55/session non-members. Call 472-2499 ext. 201 to register today.
8: Science Sundays: How Clean is that Water? - 3:00 -5:00 p.m.
Animals need clean water to live-water for drinking, and sometimes to live in! Learn about some of the things that keep water safe for us and our animal friends. This activity is brought to you by the Center for Materials Chemistry and Texas Materials Institute at the University of Texas at Austin. For more information, contact Pam Cook at (512) 471-3704 or pamcook@mail.utexas.edu.
11: Meet the Blind - 5:00-8:00 p.m.
Come out and play EVERY Wednesday night and enjoy our exhibit galleries, storytime and a variety of hands-on activities. Suggested donation of $1.
Oct 5 Gallery Night 
West End - Sixth Street - West of Lamar
inthegalleries.com
Gather some friends and plan to stay late - it's Gallery Night and West End galleries open until 8:00 p.m. Visit Art on 5th, Artworks, Austin Galleries, f8 Fine Art, Lotus Gallery, Stephen L. Clark Gallery, Russell Collection and Wally Workman Gallery. Celebrate great art in Austin, relax and enjoy a glass of wine at any of Austin's West End galleries.
Oct 5-Nov 10 Joey Fauerso: Wide Open Wide 
Women & Their Work, 1710 Lavaca
(512) 477-1064, womenandtheirwork.org
San Antonio artist, Joey Fauerso, explores the world of animation in this new exhibition titled Wide Open Wide. Her captivating frame-by-frame paintings come alive as they move across the screen and interact with each other. Along side the projected animations will hang the hundreds of paintings from which the projection was made, giving the viewer yet another perspective. Opening Reception: Thursday, October 5, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. The artist will talk about her work at 6:30 p.m.
Oct 5-29 Multiple Original XI - membership exhibition
Julia C. Butridge Gallery, Dougherty Arts Center, 1110 Barton Springs Rd.
(512) 397-1469
The Women Printmakers of Austin will exhibit members' work at their eleventh annual show, which includes the most recent trade portfolio, "Dualities in the Natural World." Printmakers were challenged to interpret the ideas such as opposites, light/dark, heaven/earth, natural/manmade. Printing techniques represented will include intaglio, monotype, relief, lithography and silkscreen. For more information on the Women Printmakers of Austin, call Cathy Savage at (512) 459-9928. Opening Reception: October 5, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Oct 5-11 At the Blanton 
Blanton Museum of Art, Congress & MLK
(512) 232-5171, blantonmuseum.org
So much to be scene this week at the Blanton.
5: Free Admission Thursday
Public Tour: People's Choice - 3:00 p.m.
Choose the works of art you want to explore and discuss in this interactive tour of the Blanton's collection.
Art Fix: Italian 101 - 6:00 p.m.
Enjoy a crash course in Italian 101, then try your hand at basic conversation and hear about the work of Luca Cambiaso. Space is limited, tickets available an hour before program begins.
Public Tour: Art is Devotion - 7:00 p.m.
7: B Scene: Viva Italiano! - 6:00 p.m. 
Join the Blanton Museum for their monthly art party! This month experience the magic of Renaissance Italy and celebrate the opening of the exhibition Luca Cambiaso, 1527-1585. DJ Little Danny kicks off the evening from 6:00 - 9:30 p.m., then spins again from 10:30 - 11:00 p.m. Enjoy light refreshments, a cash bar, art activities and tours that take place every half hour until 9:00 p.m., and a live performance by opera singers from the Sara and Ernest Butler Opera Center (beginning at 8:00). Cost: $5 for members; $10 for non-members. Media sponsor: KGSR. Tickets available at Texas Box Office or at the museum.
Hot Art, Hip Kids - 1:00-4:30 p.m.
The Blanton's new program for children (ages 6-12) is the perfect way for you and your kids to experience and learn about works of art together through playing games.
8: Public Tour: America/Americas - 2:00 p.m.
The museum offers themed tours on the collection and special exhibitions. Free with museum admission.
Oct 6-11 Ransom Center Events
Harry Ransom Center for the Humanitites, 21st & Guadalupe
(512) 471-8944, hrc.utexas.edu
Three great events this week at the Harry Ransom Center.
6: Tour: Norman Mailer Takes on America - 7:00 p.m. 
Take a guided tour of Norman Mailer Takes On America with curators Molly Schwartzburg and Rich Oram. The exhibition showcases Mailer's career examined in the context of the cultural and historical events that sparked his imagination. Admission is free.
Lecture: Lee Miller's War - 7:00 p.m. 
Author Anthony Penrose, son of the American photographer Lee Miller, discusses her war photojournalism, from shortly after D-Day to the post war traumas of Austria and Hungary, in "Lee Miller's War." This dramatic story will be told through extensive use of Lee Miller's own words set to her photographs.
11: Poetry on the Plaza - Actors from the London Stage - 12:00 p.m.
Actors from the London Stage present Glyn Morrow's Ithaka on the plaza directly east of the Ransom Center's main entrance. In inclement weather, readings will be held in the Ransom Center's Lobby.
Oct 7 Art 101
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Arthouse at the Jones Center, 700 Congress
(512) 453-5312, arthousetexas.org
Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know about Going to Art School - Art 101 is a 1-day workshop for high school students interested in pursuing higher education in the arts. For more information or to RSVP, please email catherine@arthousetexas.org.
Oct 10- 27 Los 4 Amigos 
La Pena Gallery, 227 Congress
(512) 477-6007, lapena-austin.org
La Peña presents "Los 4 Amigos," a group exhibition featuring artwork from Ed Acuña, Sam Coronado, Oscar Galvan, and Andrew J. Saldaña. These four artists are not only friends but also colleagues at Austin Community College, where they are Professors of Art. The desires to teach, guide, and inspire art students is one aspect that brings these four together. Opening Reception: October 15, 6:00 -8:00 p.m.
Still On Display Downtown...
To 10/7: Honora Jacob and Eliza K. Thomas, Wally Workman Gallery, wallyworkmangallery.com
To 10/13: Rays of Light, Las Manitas Avenue Cafe, lapena-austin.org
To 10/21: The World of Lacquer, Fielding Lecht Gallery, fieldinglecht.com
To 10/21: Daniel Bozhkov: Recent Works, Arthouse at the Jones Center, arthousetexas.org
To 11/5: Lu Ann Barrow "Soul Journer's," Austin Museum of Art, amoa.org
To 11/5: Mary Lee Bendelph, Gee's Bend Quilts and Beyond, Austin Museum of Art, amoa.org
To 11/5: William Kentridge, Weighing...and Wanting, Austin Museum of Art, amoa.org
To 11/25: Saved by the Fire, Umlauf Sculture Gardens, umlaufsculpture.org
To 12/9: Rembrandt's Etchings, Blanton Museum of Art, blantonmuseum.org
To 12/29: Feliks Topolski: Portraits of Britain's 20th c. Literary Greats, Ransom Center, hrc.utexas.edu
To 12/30: Norman Mailer Takes on American, Ransom Center, hrc.utexas.edu
To 1/5/07: Animal Secrets, Austin Children's Museum, austinkids.org
To 1/14/07: Luca Cambiaso: 1527-1585, Blanton Museum of Art, blantonmuseum.org
To 5/28/07: Power to the People, LBJ Library & Museum, lbjlib.utexas.edu
Ongoing: European Paintings from the Permanent Collection and America/Americas, Blanton Museum of Art, blantonmuseum.org
Gems and Minerals, Texas Memorial Museum, texasmemorialmuseum.org
