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Austin Mosaic Fest 2026
Thursday, October 29, 2026 at The Mosaic Workshop, Austin
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About this event
Join The Mosaic Workshop for the third annual Austin Mosaic Fest, October 24–31! Mosaic Fest is a weeklong celebration featuring renowned artists from around the world like Koko Mosaico (Italy), Jeff Barros (Brazil), CELSO (Puerto Rico), and more! Drop in during daily open studio hours to get creative and make a mosaic. All ages and experience levels welcome! FREE grout kits with every mosaic, all week long! What we have planned: ⬩Drop in and mosaic 11am–6pm daily ⬩Hands-on collaborative art ⬩Art talks and exclusive workshops from world-renowned mosaic artists ⬩Murals by Jeff Barros, CELSO, J Muzacz, and The Mosaic Workshop team ⬩FREE grout kits all week Celebrate with us and mosaic Austin one tile at a time! This project is supported in part by an Elevate Grant of Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment. Keep Austin Glassy!
Who's playing
The lineup includes Koko Mosaico, a studio from Ravenna, Italy, with Arianna Gallo and Anita Pilotti teaching. Brazil's Jeff Barros and Puerto Rico's CELSO are also on the bill. Austin artists are part of it too, among them James Talbot of Casa Neverlandia and the Workshop's own team. Several of the visiting artists are also painting murals during the week.
What to expect
Daily open studio hours let you walk in, pick out tile and make a mosaic, with every piece going home with a free grout kit. Around that, the week fills up with demos, artist presentations, specialty workshops and hands-on collaborative art. Some events take place at other spots around East Austin. The studio is a working, welcoming space, and all ages and experience levels are invited.
Why go
You can watch mosaic artists from several countries work, then try the craft yourself in the same room. The Mosaic Workshop also builds community murals around town, so the fest shows how that public art gets made. It is a good fit for families and curious beginners. Supported in part by an Elevate Grant from Austin's Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment program, it is a local project with an international guest list.
Where
The Mosaic Workshop · 729 Airport Blvd · East, Austin TXDirections
