In Living Memory

In Living Memory opens at the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center on Friday, November 13, with a reception from 6 PM to 9 PM. It's the first exhibition from ECHOES ATX, a project by Alejandro Hendricks, and it stays on view through January 27, 2027, so you've got plenty of time to catch it if you can't make the opening night.

The show brings together ten artists whose work honors the people, places, and traditions that have shaped Black and Hispanic Austin. It's a wide-ranging collection: neighborhood portraits, documentary photography, Super 8 film, oral histories, family archives, a Tejana family ofrenda, and multimedia installations. Together they ask what we make, what we carry, and what we leave for those who come after us. The exhibition also takes in historical protest imagery and themes of displacement and reproductive justice, and it's open to all ages.

It's presented with the George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural & Genealogy Center, a site dedicated to the collection, preservation, and exhibition of African American history and family research, and it's supported in part by an Elevate Grant from Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment. If you're interested in the artists' work beyond the museum walls, the Austin Studio Tour runs November 14-15 and November 21-22, from 11 AM to 5 PM each day.

Admission is free, though a suggested $5-$10 donation to ECHOES ATX is entirely optional. The museum is at 1165 Angelina Street, Austin, TX 78702.