When
September 03, 2025 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
What
The UMLAUF Sculpture Garden + Museum will host an opening night reception on Wednesday, Sept. 3, for two solo exhibitions: Black Bird Redemption Song by nationally acclaimed Fort Worth artist Sedrick Huckaby and Suspended at the UMLAUF: Totems by Austin-based artist Terra Goolsby. The free, public event runs from 6 to 8 p.m., with walk-ups welcome.
Huckaby’s exhibition features a series of sculptural black birds crafted from papier-mâché and housed in antique cages, alongside Portrait of Craig Watkins, a life-sized sculpture of Texas’s first elected African American District Attorney. The works explore themes of confinement, freedom, and the impact of mass incarceration on Black communities. Huckaby’s art is included in major institutions such as the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Goolsby’s Totems transforms the UMLAUF’s Roberta Crenshaw Building with five suspended sculptures that combine ceramic, fabric, and ancestral imagery. Drawing from Mesoamerican and Mexican American iconography, her work reflects on legacy, lineage, and healing. The Suspended at the UMLAUF series invites artists to activate the museum’s vertical space with large-scale hanging works.
Both exhibitions will be on view through Jan. 4, 2026, with additional events including guided tours every Friday at 11 a.m. and an artist talk with Goolsby on Oct. 29 at 6:30 p.m.
Learn MoreWhere
UMLAUF Sculpture Garden + Museum
605 Azie Morton Rd, Austin, TX 78704, USA