South Austin Arts Society Salon #1

Join us for a public gathering on July 7, 2025, 6:30PM – and the inaugural event of the South Austin Arts Society! Featuring guest speaker, Laura Esparza, Executive Director of A3: Art Alliance Austin, introducing her published anthology highlighting Austin artists and their contributions to our creative ecosystem. Please RSVP below due to limited capacity.

Where: Grotto 101, 2605 Jones Road, Suite 101, Austin, TX 78745

Laura Esparza is currently the Executive Director of A3: Art Alliance Austin, the City’s first non-profit Local Art Agency where she facilitates a re-granting program for local artists, musicians and performers.

She retired after 17 years as the Division Manager of the City’s 12 Museums and Cultural Centers that she ran for the City of Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department

Ms. Esparza’s training is in theater; she was the recipient of the esteemed San Diego Fellowship at UCSD where she received her Master’s of Fine Arts in Latino Theater and Direction.  In 1994, she received the NEA-TCG Director’s Fellowship, a national honor given to only four theater directors in the nation, every other year. Her undergraduate degree from Fairhaven College, Western Washington University, was entitled “Community Arts Development,” which brought her to her work with the City of Austin’s museums and cultural centers.