PUBLIC SCHOOL is a group of creative folk working on the east side of Austin together, yet not together. The same studio, different professions. Similar tastes, varying favorite Bob Dylan song. Consistently unified love for the Mexican food on the east side of town.
The blog on the left is all of the news that's fit to print about us. On the right resides the random stuff that draws us around one another's computers throughout the day after someone says "hey ya'll, check this out".
Jonathan takes photos. Along with looking strongly similar to Anthony Kiedis, he is known as the tallest member of PUBLIC SCHOOL. Besides that notoriety, he is also known for his photog skills and life-long love with his Wacom tablet.
When we first met him, he brought us buttons, posters, and a few stories. Now he is our classmate and brings laughs to the studio every day. Hailing from Texarkana, Mr. Bryant loves hand lettering, lunch dates, and riding his bike with his beautiful wife.
Casey is an architectural photographer. He is pretty good at that. What he is best at though is proving people wrong who think that a white guy with a mustache and headband is terrible at basketball. Call him to shoot some hoops, or photograph your freshly constructed development. You'll be glad you did.
Cody came from Oklahoma and brought with him his design skills and a little bit of friendly rivalry for us UT guys in the office. He also brought Dexter. He is a freelancer who likes strong coffee, clean desks, and trying to find the biggest dynamic range around.
Shaun designs for Hole in the Roof. He is originally from New Mexico, but now resides in Austin. He brings with him his sister, who is his twin, his hair which is strawberry blonde, and an evergrowing love for eating green chilis with the seeds sometimes still in them.
Jay B takes pictures for a living, which some people refer to as being a photographer. In the past though, he was also the communications director on a political campaign, web developer, graphic designer and radio producer. He likes to keep busy.
The lack of fingers, as well as a complete absense of coding skills has left Dexter without a website. He also doesn't talk on the phone much. If you'd like to talk to him you'll need to come by PUBLIC SCHOOL and say hello in person. He'll be deathly terrified of you at first. Unless of course you bring breakfast tacos and share some with him.
If you’re in the dark about Pecha Kucha, its a cool place to discover some of your local talent, and is generally a who’s who hangout of the creative world. The nominated talent who present at each event get 20 slides and 20 seconds to speak about said slides. Our buddy Matt Rainwaters will be speaking at tonight’s Pecha Kucha in east Austin along with Armin Vit and Bryony Gomez-Palacio of UnderConsideration LLC. Us PUBLIC SCHOOLers will be there supporting Matty Rainwaters and you should too.
Will recently designed the logo for Super Yoga Palace which is an amazing yoga studio located in Deep Ellum (Dallas, TX). It is run by the lovely Jessica Jordan (The Polyphonic Spree) and receives tremendous support from her husband Josh.
Will has been wanting to paint a mural for awhile so he offered and Jessica was thrilled (tricked). So with the help of Public School homie, Rand Renfrow, Mr. Fancy Pants painted his first mural on Saturday! It turned out awesome and he was mostly blown away by the gracious hospitality of the Jordan family. (He even snuck in some Wii with their two awesome sons)
Jay B just shot a feature for Tribeza Magazine on creative collective workspaces around Austin. We were asked to be one of the featured spaces along with OK Mountain and the folks sharing offices with designer Marc English. You can check it out by either picking up a copy or seeing the digital version on Tribeza’s site.
Also look for some great shots by our buddy Matt Rainwaters.
Jonathan donated a portrait session to the Ghoulwill Ball 2009 which takes place this Friday at Austin’s historic Driskill Hotel.
It’s gruesome fun for a good cause. Proceeds benefit Goodwill’s job-related programs and services with a simple mission of changing lives through the power of work.
Purchase a ticket here and enjoy free cocktails all night! Jonathan’s photo session will be up for grabs in the silent auction, so bid high!
Special thanks to A.J. Bingham for setting this up and being involved with such a great organization!
Its Pimp Our Friends day here at PUBLIC SCHOOL. This post being about our amigo Adam Voorhes, a purveyor of fine spiced rums and exploder of objects in front of cameras. He’s a great still life and product photographer here in Austin and he did a study on exploded objects that has turned out really nicely. My favorite is the frog…
One of our fellow Austin photog friends, Randal Ford just updated his website with some new imagery and a really cool On Set video where you can see the making of some of his great work.
Hi Pubic School! I’ve been a little absent lately from posting, I hope I don’t get detention. Today for show ‘n tell, I’ve got my buddy David Robert Elliot’s newly updated site. I think he’s got a particular knack for portraiture; at being able to casually catch people in a specific moment that seems to really fit to them.
Jason DeMarte is an artist and photography teacher at my alma mater, Mississippi State. We really dig this piece since we all ride horse and carry six shooters in Austin.
