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Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment (AACME) Artist In Residence (AIR) Program Update September 22, 2025 Agenda 1.Program Overview 2.Timeline 3.Selected Artists Program Overview Our Future 35 Artist Residence Our Future 35 Artist in Residence, a program developed and launched in Partnership with Austin Transportation and Public Works Residency Goals: To use art as a method to foster connection among • community • • To integrate the rich cultural history of neighborhoods su rrounding IH-35 into the OF35 planning process To benefit Austin's local art community Ideal Applicants: • From or with experience of East Austin • Has worked with and among community • Is aware of IH-35's history and cultural context • Can demonstrate social practice in their art • Can produce art that shares stories, preferable in multiple mediums Artist in Residence Timeline Opened call July 2024 Top Artist Interviews September 2024 Contract process paused for Council Action on Our Future 35 Caps November 2025- May 2025 New funds allocated, Artists under contract August 2025 August 2024 October 2024 May 2025 August 2026 Application Deadline Artist Selected NEA Rescinded Award Final Reports Due Selected Artists Cat Carter Cat Carter is a multidisciplinary creative director, artist, and founder of SuperWoman Records, a nonprofit record label empowering women through music, storytelling, and community-driven initiatives. Her work bridges art, culture, and equity—using music, events, and publishing to create platforms that amplify marginalized voices and inspire new possibilities. • Founder & CEO of SuperWoman Records, the first Black woman–led nonprofit record label and festival in Austin. • Recipient of the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity’s ERA program, attending the world’s leading creative festival to represent women-led innovation in music and culture. • Creative producer and visionary behind SheXSW and the SuperWoman Records Festival, merging music, fashion, and community to create groundbreaking cultural experiences. Launched SuperWoman Records Publishing and published its first book, The House the 90s Built, expanding into literature and cultural storytelling. • Proposed Event: Candy Coated 35 The 35 Project is a cultural storytelling campaign rooted in rhythm, memory and reclaiming space. It will include music, oral histories, live performance and visual art TENTATIVE Activation Timeline (Nov 2025 – Mar 2026) November Slowed, Throwed & Candy Coated — Live KAZI DJ Set December The Chrome Mirror — Kya Monee at Riches Art Gallery January The Divide Cypher — Rooftop or Lot Overlooking I-35 February Black Girl Future — Film Night at AFS Cinema March 7 (Tentative) Candy Coated 35 Showcase — Rooftop, slab cars, vendors, recording booth, projections, cypher DRAFT Claudia Zapata, Ph.D. Claudia Zapata, Ph.D. is an art historian, curator, and artist. They are one of the leading specialists in Latino and Chicano art history. Their artistic practice encompasses illustrations, zines, sculpture, and multimedia, all grounded in Latino and Chicano history and activism. Ph.D. is an art history at Southern Methodist University's RASC/a: Rhetorics of Art, Space and Culture Program. BA and MA in art history from the University of Texas at Austin, specializing in Maya art from the Classic period (250-900 CE). Current Associate Curator of Latino Art at the Blanton Museum of Art (Austin, TX) Former Post-doctoral fellow at UCLA, curatorial assistant at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Curator at the Mexic-Arte Museum Proposed Event Zapata will create an immersive archival recital and installation. In addition, there will be an interactive, audience- participation concert viewing. DRAFT Tentative AIR Activity Timeline Slow, Throwed, and Candy Coated DJ Set on KAZI November 2025 The Divide Cypher — Rooftop or Lot Overlooking I-35 January 2026 Candy Coated 35 Showcase March 2026 Subject to Change December 2025 February 2026 The Chrome Mirror — Kya Monee at Riches Art Gallery Black Girl Future — Film Night at AFS Cinema June 2026 Immersive archival recital and installation Questions? Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment (AACME) Thank You For Your Partnership