Most Austin artists don't have a studio. They make work in bedrooms, at kitchen tables, and on apartment floors, wherever there's space. For one afternoon on the closing day of Austin Studio Tour, 8 of them are building pop-up studios in the backyard of Central Machine Works. Come see how they work, meet the people behind the art, and take some home.

What's happening:

🎨 Pop-up studios: art to see, art to buy, and the sketchbooks, tools, and materials behind it

✂️ Hands-on making: create a mini collage with Carson Whittaker or a cyanotype print with Kitsune Hirano

🖊️ Live demos: watch a pen plotter draw in ink, slip casting and tape-resist ceramics, and oil painting from life

🔨 Live auction: artists make new work during the event, auctioned at the end of the day

🛂 Studio Works Passport: pick one up at The Gallery ATX table and collect a sticker from all 8 artists

Artists: Mixed Marcie, Kitsune Hirano, Carson Whittaker, Pressed Geometry, Alex Bestor, Maddi Hurd, Garrett Skupinski, and CB Clay

Good to know:

• Free and open to all ages. Kids welcome!

• Passports are free; suggested donations support The Gallery ATX's emerging-artist programming

• It's outdoors, so dress for the weather

• Planning to buy art or bid? Bring a card or cash

• Stick around until the end for the auction Hosted by The Gallery ATX, an Austin nonprofit supporting emerging artists.