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There’s more creativity to be found on a hike in Big Bend than at my Mac. ©2012 JannAlexander.com Mixing multitasking with creativity ...

(And Your Brand Is Your Image.) If you’re a visual artist or photographer, your image is your brand. Literally. You’re known for what you...

We are continually amazed (yet entertained) by Dumb Things Artists Do To Try to Get Into Galleries . Dumb, because they’ve given no...

Big City, Little Coffee by Jann Alexander © 2013 It takes a certain knack to make the Vanishing Austin list and actually do the...

Vanishing Austin: Since 1931 by Jann Alexander ©2010 At a 2010 open house reception for my downtown Austin gallery, Austin Details Art...

Frisco Gold by Jann Alexander © 2013 KOOP Radio Host David Kobierowski has generously scheduled an hour this Wednesday, February 10...

We’re still reeling from the news that the Cactus Cafe is closing , and now this: Preservation Texas announces that Austin’s entire...

On avclub.com , Scott Von Doviak writes about 12 beloved Austin haunts that didn’t survive the decade . Some of them appear in my...

Endangered Species of Austin poster, $25 KXAN’s Josh Hinkle focused on Capitol Saddlery’s oversize boot to showcase my new poster...

Overtaken by Jann Alexander ©2006 More than a year before a corporate giant’s expansion plans doomed Las Manitas , I enjoyed my first...

Movin’ On—Carefully by Jann Alexander ©2008 How do you move a neon sign? Especially one that’s achieved icon status in Austin? As it...

Mean Cat Meets Condo by Jann Alexander © 2010 That’s one Mean-Eyed Cat . The signs of progress are overtaking the humble little bar on...

Stylin’ High by Jann Alexander © 2013 At a much-loved Austin coffee shop on West 6th Street in Clarksville, a young man behind the...