The Contemporary Austin announces the launch of a major renovation and expansion of its downtown museum location, The Contemporary Austin – Jones Center. Made possible by a transformative $1.3 million grant from The Moody Foundation of Galveston, Texas, along with pledges from several members of the museum’s Board of Trustees, the project will increase gallery space to more than 7,000 square feet through a reconfiguration of the interior areas and greatly expand the potential of the museum’s rooftop deck-which will be renamed the Moody Rooftop in recognition of the grant-through the addition of a permanent, open-air canopy. ‘I am deeply grateful to The Moody Foundation,’ said Louis Grachos, Ernest and Sarah Butler Executive Director of The Contemporary Austin. ‘The Foundation has a deep history of

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