Where the Artists Cluster on This Weekend's Travis Heights Art Trail

The 2026 map promises 20 houses and 85 artists. That works out to about four artists per porch. The real spread looks nothing like that. One house on East Annie Street has 15 names on the roster. Five other stops have one each.

The 24th Annual Travis Heights Art Trail runs this Saturday and Sunday, November 7 and 8, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. It's free. You might live two blocks from one of the stops and only have an afternoon. Either way, the most useful thing to know before you head out is how unevenly the artists are spread. Seven of the 20 houses hold about two-thirds of the names on the official roster. If you plan around those seven, you'll see most of the work without walking all 20 numbers in order.

The 2026 route by artist count

The official Travis Heights Art Trail site describes the event as a show run by the participating artists. The trail operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Visit Austin's event listing calls it "The Longest Running Artist/Studio Tour in Austin."

The table below pairs each stop number from the 2026 map with the number of names listed on the Walk the Trail roster. Couples and studios listed together count as one name.

The seven big houses are 206 E. Annie, 506 Leland, 1403 Kenwood, 1511 Alta Vista, 1810 Alta Vista, 509 Lockhart and 503 Leland. Together they list 58 names. Three of the seven sit in the southern stretch of the route, and two of those are on the same block of Leland.

Stops 1 through 12: the northern loop around the Stacy parks

The first 12 stops fill the streets around Kenwood, Bonham Terrace, Avondale, Alta Vista, East Monroe and East Annie. The map marks Little Stacy Park in this area, along with public restrooms. That's useful to know on a five-hour art walk.

Stop 8, 206 E. Annie, is the busiest house on the trail. Its roster lists Clara Fonte Boa, Anne Bingham, Eve Chenu, Stephen Murchison, HR Wright, Jared F. Rosenacker, Dorothy Bassett, Harshita Shastri, Kyle Gross, Candy Chick-Nichols, Laura Lynn Johnson, Alli Waddell, Maridad Studio, Terri St Arnauld and Dale Truitt. One stop there gets you more artists than stops 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11 and 12 put together, which list 12 names between them.

Stop 1, 1403 Kenwood, works well as a first stop because it shows such a wide range of craft. The trail's artist pages list Charlotte Bell for photography and wearable art. Wolf Sittler shows fine woodworking and Ethan Ham shows woodcrafting. Las Rancheritas brings hooked rugs, Fred Tate works in metals, Chris Celusniak shows prints, and Debbie Celusniak shows paintings.

Stop 2, 1404 Kenwood, is right across the street. It has Chetonia Saldana working in alcohol ink, Maxwell Nagy in mixed media, and Bonnie Hall Gerson in painting.

Stops 5 and 9, 1511 and 1810 Alta Vista, hold seven names each. At 1511 you'll find Kendra Germenis, Leila Levinson, Mark Gale, Jon Nelson, Priscilla Ramirez, Jean Marie Bertrand and Kim Schaefer. At 1810 the roster lists Michele Lee White, Sharamy Sandidge, Hector Kriete, Tracy White, Tina Williams, Autumn Scott and Michelle Keahey.

The smaller northern stops are where you meet one artist or a pair at their own place:

• Stop 3, 1331 1/2 Bonham Terrace: Teri and Mike Hubbling
• Stop 4, 905 Avondale: Nina Jolly
• Stop 6, 707 E. Monroe: Pake Stephen and Cheryl Rae. This is also the address on the Visit Austin listing.
• Stop 7, 300 E. Monroe: Adventurers Academy of Lifelong Learning
• Stop 10, 2001 Kenwood: Lisa Cushing, Casey Hoskinson, Dana Shultz and Jes Dickson
• Stop 11, 1910 Travis Heights: Paola Isola, Vicky Tai Wu and July Sosebee
• Stop 12, 2008 Kenwood: Sara Jane Parsons

Stops 13 through 20: the southern loop on Lockhart and Leland

The southern half of the trail has fewer houses: eight, against twelve up north. It still carries about 36 names. Because six of those eight stops sit on just two streets, the southern loop packs the most art into the least walking.

Lockhart Drive has three stops. At stop 13, 522 Lockhart, you'll find March Mattingly and Joyce Stephen. Stop 14, 507 Lockhart, has Sally Fraser, Cynthia Bloom, Nancee Moster and Sharon Kelly. Next door at stop 15, 509 Lockhart, the roster lists Kana Allcock, Madison Popkess, Siddhika Nevrekar, Lara Popkess, Sonia Dahdah Ksiazek, Art and Sandy DePesa, and Robin Gary.

Leland Street is the densest single block on the route. Stops 17, 18 and 19 together hold 16 names:

1. 503 Leland: Lauren Hua, Zelda Speight-John, Anna Kamburis, Markus Sebastiano, Ziesook, Ashley Marie Richiez and Sophia Gonzalez
2. 506 Leland: Monica Ceniceros, Eliana Bernard, Laura Clay Robson, Maggie Lyon, Kandice Pierce, Eryn Brooke, Sandra Boskamp and Autumn Mae
3. 505 Leland: Miss Anne Thropically

Two stops finish the loop. At stop 16, 2105 Brooklyn, you'll find Alex Harrison and Jeremy Harrison. Stop 20, 2009 Alameda, has Sam Anderson, Lyndsee Loves, Johanna Spencer, Megan Mowry and Katharina Michalak.

Splitting the weekend between the two loops

The trail runs the same hours both days, so each loop can get its own afternoon.

• Saturday, northern loop: Start at 1403 and 1404 Kenwood. Then work toward the Alta Vista pair and 206 E. Annie, and leave yourself the most time at Annie. Fit in the one- and two-artist stops on Bonham Terrace, Avondale and East Monroe as the route passes them.
• Sunday, southern loop: Walk the three Lockhart houses and the three Leland houses back to back. Then finish at 2105 Brooklyn and 2009 Alameda.
• Only a couple of hours? Prioritize 206 E. Annie and the Leland block. Those four houses alone list 31 names.

A few practical notes from the official materials:

• Buying art: The 2026 map carries a code for buying art online through the Travis Heights Art Gallery. That's handy if you'd rather not carry a large piece home on foot.
• The map: Download the 2026 map PDF before you leave. Its stop numbers match the Walk the Trail roster.
• Getting around: The Austin Chronicle's calendar listing describes the event as a stroll through the neighborhood.

Big Stacy is open for the season

If the walk takes you down East Live Oak, Big Stacy Pool at 700 E. Live Oak St. is running on its fall-through-spring 2027 schedule. The City of Austin's Big Stacy Pool page lists the remaining holiday closures for this year as November 26 and 27 for Thanksgiving and December 24 and 25 for Christmas. Little Stacy Wading Pool finished its summer season on August 16, so the wading pool is closed during Art Trail weekend.

If you meet an artist on Leland or Annie this weekend and start wondering what owning a home on one of these streets would mean for your own plans, the Best Of Austin Living Team is happy to talk it through over coffee, at your pace. Contact Us when you're ready.