Sonic Vision: How Music is the Soundtrack to Our Lives
How is music the soundtrack of your life? In the City Arts Center’s “Sonic Vision” exhibit, we are presenting area and visual artists’ responses to this question. This exhibit is on view from May 8-July 2, 2025, with a sneak preview on Wednesday, May 7th from 6pm-8pm.
Look for concert photography; art that combines the influences of music and dance; imagined album covers; cassettes and vinyl records; art that speaks to global history and personal history; art about mental health and music (May is Mental Health Awareness Month); concert photography; and more.
Also look for screen prints; paintings; linocut print; a mosaic guitar; ceramics; digital art; digital, Polaroid, and infrared photography; and even art made from Rubik’s cubes!
Next to each artwork, you’ll see a tag that not only has information about the art/artist, but it also bears the name of the song, or the type of music the artist is recommending to you.
“Sonic Vision” Artist Listing
Ruby Annette, Maria Appelzoller, R.B. Arthur, Lovleen Aulakh, Judy Baumann, Herb Belofsky, Vernon Berger, Micah Boyd, Jerry Caperton, Leslie Chatham, Linda Chido, Kyle Cubes, Theresa Deike, Zari Etemadi, Diane Fraser, Andy Fuertsch, Bijal Ghelani, Leeahd Goldberg, Helen Faythe Green, Rick Heno, Moony Hinojosa, Ngan Hoang, Mixed Hues, Henry Huey, Christopher Hynes, Amy Jasek, Patrick Joven, Doug LaRue, John Lathrop, Mary Day Long, Mehul Marolia, Zita Masley, Kevin Middleton, Oddmean, Ramiro Ordonez, Nicolas Poynter, Kelly Schafer.
The playlist, or mixed tape, that results from this exhibit includes influences from around the world, including the likes of Khruangbin, Howlin’ Wolf, Tchaikovsky, Willie Nelson, Maximum the Hormone, the Misfits, Nina Simone, Public Enemy, the Texas Tornados, Queen Latifah, and countless others. Classical, mariachi, punk, Tejano, country, blues, soul, jazz and other genres are shuffled into this exhibition of over 50 pieces of art.
Come meet the artists in the City Arts Center on June 18th, from 6pm-8pm, during which live music will be taking place in the plaza outside of the gallery at our Music on Main series! Refreshments and appetizers will be served, and the event is free and open to all.
Also on display during this exhibit is a feature on art guitars from local mental health awareness nonprofit organization Pick With Austin. Plus, a display case celebrating the analogue invention of portable music recorded music…cassettes!
Blossoms & Beyond: A Virtual Flower & Garden Show
From our City Arts Center digital display, check out gardens, nature walks, bluebonnet photos, paintings, illustrations, and other nature across Round Rock and beyond. This community wide virtual display of 143 images includes works that were rendered through photography, paintings, fantasy art, fused glass art and other visual art forms. 53 different artists contributed to this show. This virtual exhibit is on display from May 17th-July 8th, viewable from our Main Street front windows any time of day, or by scrolling down on this page.
2025 Exhibit Calendar
January 9-March 8
- Shutterbuggin’: Celebrating Local Lenses
- Black History Month Spotlight: Illustrations by Modesto Rosario
- Digital display 1: Pixel Panorama: Virtual exhibit of photography
- Digital display 2: Animation by CJ Crowder
- Cyanotypes and analog cameras by Amy Jasek
March 13-March 21
- Better and Better: Celebrating the life and art of Nelda Sheets
- Digital display: 75 works by Nelda Sheets
March 27-May 2, 2025
- Cuteness Overload!: An adorable and weird-cute art exhibit
May 8-July 3, 2025
- Sonic Vision: How music is the soundtrack of our lives
- Plus: Pick With Austin art guitars and a spotlight on cassettes
May 17-July 8, 2025
- Blossoms & Beyond: A virtual flower and garden show, presented from our digital display
- The Art of Maria Bozina: A exhibit presented on our digital display
July 10-September 6, 2025
- Artists at Work: Spotlight on creative City of Round Rock employees
And other surprises to be announced!
Upcoming Events in the City Arts Center
Come meet the artists who contributed works to this exhibit about art inspired by music. Our event is free and open to the public on Wednesday, June 18th, from 6pm-8pm. For added fun, our exhibit reception will be concurrent to our Music on Main event — featuring Bob Schneider — taking place in the plaza adjacent to our gallery! Parking is free throughout downtown, including at City Hall Parking Garage, Round Rock Public Library Parking Garage, and more. Click here for a map of parking.
Meet the faces behind so many different City of Round Rock departments and who are creative in their jobs and off duty too! Our event is free and open to the public.
Call for Art - Opportunities for Artists
We love to show off talented local and area artists. If you wish to be considered for an exhibit, we invite you to fill out an online application for an upcoming Call for Art. All out-of-the-box creativity is encouraged. Please note: There is no fee to apply.
Interested artists: Please click below for online applications to each exhibit.
Click below to view the open opportunities:
If you are a City of Round Rock employee, we are looking for you and your art!
Click here for guidelines and online application.
The City Arts Center is part of the City of Round Rock Arts and Culture. Throughout other City departments, artists abound! Our creative workplace includes photographers, painters, poets, milliners, graphic designers, digital artists, mixed media artists, sculptors, ceramicists, and all sorts of creatives working in myriad visual art forms and styles. We’re proudly want to show off all of the creative people that work for our City of Round Rock departments! All out of the box thinking is welcome!
ALL MEDIA 2D AND 3D: We are looking for artwork in two-dimensional and three-dimensional forms for our upcoming exhibit. There is no fee to apply, and you do not need to have previous art exhibit experience to apply. If you have questions about how to apply, or how to prepare your art for exhibition, we are here to help you.
ALL CITY OF ROUND ROCK EMPLOYEES ARE WELCOME: We welcome artists at all levels, all mediums, all styles! If you want to work as a team on an artwork, collaboration is welcome too! This Call for Art is limited to City of Round Rock employees.
Click here for guidelines and online application. No fee to apply.
Pick With Austin Partnership
The City Arts Center serves as a welcoming pickup/drop off point for the local mental health awareness nonprofit Pick With Austin (http://pickwithaustin.com).
Connect directly with Pick With Austin to inquire about its no-fee instrument program, or stop by the gallery to see if we have an instrument on display that might be of use to you. A goal of this nonprofit is to help youth through the gift of music, by way of no-fee instruments and musical equipment. Have an instrument to donate? Bring it to the gallery, and we’ll pass it along to the nonprofit organization for you.
We Welcome You!
The City Arts Center is a public space where you can savor art in welcoming environment. In other words, we are an unpretentious and inviting space for you to recharge yourself by checking out local creativity! For local and area artists, we invite you to scroll above to see what Call for Art exhibit opportunities that might be of interest to you and your creativity! We welcome artists at all stages of their careers, from the very first time one has exhibited, along with new, emerging, and professional artists alike.
Who are we? The City Arts Center is staffed and managed by the City of Round Rock Arts and Culture.
Contact
The City Arts Center
Main number: 512-341-3113
Fred Cooley
Arts and Culture Receptionist
fcooley@roundrocktexas.gov
737-775-4870 (Cell)
5512-671-2884 (Office)
Christina Rudofsky
Arts and Culture Associate
crudofsky@roundrocktexas.gov
512-801-0698 (Cell)
512-218-3298 (Office)
Location
The City Arts Center
231 East Main Street, Suite 160
Round Rock, TX 78664
Hours
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.
- Wednesdays: 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
- Saturday: 10 a.m.- 3 p.m.
- Please note: We will be closed briefly on May 7-8 to install new exhibit. We’ll resume regular hours with our new exhibit on Thursday, May 9th.
