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The Contemporary Austin - Laguna Gloria, formerly known as the AMOA-Arthouse at Laguna Gloria, is the former home of Clara Driscoll and site of a 1916 Italianate-style villa on the shores of Lake Austin in Austin, Texas. It was the original home of the Austin Museum of Art and still houses some of its collections.
The museum still maintains its original home on the Clara Driscoll estate, where it was known for 34 years as Laguna Gloria Art Museum. Once owned by Stephen F. Austin, [3] the Laguna Gloria site has been declared a national treasure and is on city, state, and national registers of historic places. [4] Visitors can view the restored 1916 ...
In 1943, Clara Driscoll deeded her Austin estate, Laguna Gloria, to the TFAA, [4] which operated the facility as an art museum until 1961, when the Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Inc. assumed that responsibility. [5]
Making downtown cooler by the minute (The Contemporary Austin) While the city's primary museum devoted to recent art is rooted in its historic Laguna Gloria home with its growing Betty and Edward ...
Michael Frary (May 28, 1918 – August 30, 2005) was an American Modernist artist from Santa Monica, California, who was known for his interest in structural forms and architectural compositions, as well as for his Surrealist impulses.
That was explained in a Jan. 21, 1966 column: "Laguna Gardens, on Town Lake at Chicon, changes it name to Fiesta Gardens to escape confusion with Laguna Gloria." Apparently, this town was only big ...
Laguna Gloria is one of several historic houses in Tarrytown. Tarrytown is a neighborhood located west of Downtown Austin, Texas. The neighborhood is bordered by Lake Austin Boulevard on the south, Lake Austin on the west, West 35th Street on the north and Mopac Expressway on the east. Major roads in the area include Exposition Boulevard ...
They don’t look like John Wayne. But the heritage of these cowboys is preserved here.