Awesome Austinites

Austin is full of people quietly making the thing you love about it. The people behind the rescues, the restaurants, the galleries, and the projects that make this city feel like itself. This is the series where I ask them about it.

Every feature runs on the site as a permanent page, and the person featured gets the link the morning it goes up. Some also run in the Thursday newsletter, when the edition has room for them. There is no fee, and a person reads every submission.

Seth PrestwoodA multidisciplinary artist who painted his first Austin mural along the trail he has walked and biked for years.
QuentinThey came to Austin in 2017 on a whim and stayed for the family they built here. TOMGIRL is the record they are proudest of.
Yuliya LaninaAn artist whose steel flowers watch over West Slaughter Lane and whose show Dress Rehearsal is at grayDUCK Gallery through September 26.
TJ LemanskiA sculptor in North Loop since the summer of 2011. His Cenotaphs, fallen tree limbs cast in concrete and burned out, stand on the trail at Holly Fishing Pier.
The AnimerosA psychedelic cumbia trio Dan Auerbach heard from a rooftop at their second show. Their debut, ¡Qué Bárbaro!, is out now on his label, Easy Eye Sound.
Josue RivasHe came to Austin for a Dell job and stayed to build Savir Foods, the Peruvian hot sauce brand that has been on Hot Ones three times.