In the days of various light: Closing Reception

“In the days of various light” by Xochi Solis

On Saturday, September 12, join us for the closing of In the days of various light, the latest solo show from generational Austin-based artist Xochi Solis.

Together, we’ll collage alongside the artist to archive the installation as a new artwork. Inspired by Xochi Solis’ creative practice as a vinyl DJ, you can also expect sonic performances and special sets by Vanessa Burden and DJ Veneer.

The closing will be held from 6 to 9 PM with light refreshments from Tito’s Handmade Vodka.

All are welcome. Scroll for more details.

WHAT’S ON VIEW

Presented by Preservation Austin and Future Front, In the days of various light is the latest solo exhibition from Austin-based artist Xochi Solis.

“‘In the days of various light’ is a site-specific, community-centered installation by Austin-based artist Xochi Solis, reflecting on the cyclical relationships between memory, transformation, and collective renewal within the city’s cultural landscape. Across its duration, the installation acts as a counter-archive, continually reshaped as collaged layers and community offerings build upon one another, tracing how Austin’s stories are held, altered, and carried forward. Just as plants thrive within interconnected systems, Solis explores how art-making, storytelling, and collaboration sustain cultural ecosystems.

Building upon Solis’s ongoing collage practice rooted in ancestral memory, Tejana identity, and the materiality of place, this installation expands from the intimate terrain of her family’s history in East Austin toward a collective ecology of stories. Viewers are invited to contribute photographs, printed materials, and ephemera that represent their own sense of Austin, transforming the work into an ever-changing, multilayered visual dialogue between past and present.

Installed at Future Front’s location on Austin’s historic East 12th Street, ’In the days of various light’ grounds itself in the textures of diverse lived experiences and in the acts of care and remembrance that sustain cultural connection. As the evolving collage accumulates over time, participants’ contributions will layer atop the artist’s own materials, slowly obscuring them, just as new growth covers old soil. Solis frames the process of covering, erasing, and rebuilding as both metaphor and method, echoing ecological cycles in which what comes before continually nourishes what follows.

This shifting surface reflects Austin’s ongoing remaking of itself, in which development and renewal frequently overwrite past lives and landscapes without fully tending to the histories they displace. Rather than claiming the authority of an archive, the work embraces its abstract ephemerality, suggesting that what endures most is not the object but the relational act of remembering.”

As part of Future Front’s ongoing Community Studio exhibitions, In the days of various light reflects the journey of Austin-based multidisciplinary artists like Xochi Solis—weaving collaborative and iterative relationships through our city’s local culture.

HOW TO ATTEND

The closing reception for “In the days of various light” is free and open to the public. If you’re a Future Front member, this event is free for you and your guests.

MEET THE SPECIAL GUESTS

Learn more at futurefronttexas.org/comethrough.

PREPARE YOUR VISIT TO 1900 E 12TH

The Future Front House is located at 1900 E. 12th Street.

WHERE TO PARK: The Future Front House has a large paid parking lot across the street and is directly accessible by bus line. There’s also free parking up and down the street and in surrounding neighborhoods. Carpool, if you can!

WHAT TO DO: The Future Front House is located within the historic East 12th Street District, which is home to many other creative spaces and businesses, as well as organizations like Six Square. Explore the District while you’re around.

AVAILABLE LANGUAGES — ASL interpreters can be provided upon request. Si necesita traducción al español para participar en este evento, envíenos un correo electrónico a hello@futurefronttexas.org.

OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY GUIDELINES —

• All Future Front staff, volunteers and guests will be required to practice mutual respect, as well as demonstrate an alignment with Future Front’s code of conduct and values.
• Capacity is limited to reduce crowding of any kind and all events will be held in primarily outdoor and open-air spaces or have access to proper ventilations and well-maintained A/C systems.
• At Future Front events, all guests are expected to follow Austin-local health and safety guidelines for gatherings, as well as practice consideration with the consumption of tobacco, alcohol and any other legal, mind-altering or dangerous substances and objects. This includes:
• As Future Front strives to be a good neighbor, we also discourage the use of tobacco products on the property of nearby businesses and residences, to improve air quality, throughout our events.
• Tobacco use and electronic smoking device use are not permitted at any time within Future Front properties and event spaces at least 15 ft from entrances, exits, operational windows, or ventilation system intake vents.
• Littering of tobacco-related products on the grounds or parking lots is also prohibited.
• Concealed or open weapons and firearms (including handguns) are not allowed at any Future Front venues.

GOT QUESTIONS? Shoot us a note at hello@futurefronttexas.org. We're happy to help and will get back to you!

BEHIND FUTURE FRONT

HOMEGROWN IN AUSTIN, FUTURE FRONT IS AN AWARD-WINNING CULTURE SPACE AND EXHIBITION SERIES—WITH WOMEN AND LGBTQ+ CREATIVES AT THE FRONT.

As an arts and culture nonprofit, we produce two community-led exhibitions, The Front Market and The Front Festival. Beyond our flagship showcases, we host year-round shows and workshops at our creative space in historic East Austin, welcoming 20,000+ visitors per year.

Through these programs and a diverse network of partnerships, we invite the public to dream of a future where local art and creativity thrive in Texas—where we see ourselves and our cultures reflected in our communities. Learn more at futurefronttexas.org.

FUTURE FRONT IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY The City of Austin Economic Development Department, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Texas Commission on the Arts, The LINE Hotel Austin, Pease Park Conservancy, Preservation Austin, Movability, ART FOR ALL, Partiful, Moontower Rentals, Distribution Hall, Miscellaneous Rentals, the Red River Cultural District, Topo Chico, as well as Future Front’s donors and members.