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HALLES WHAT'S ON TAP Let's Talk Art The art energy is humming, beginning with a mammoth bunny in sparkly glass mosaic installed near the Round Top Coffee Shop, where he makes a bold statement along Texas Highway 237. The artist is Hunt Slonem, who's also revered for his collection of dramatically restored Gilded Age mansions. Slonem is showcased at Laura Rathe Fine Art in Halle 4 in an impressive exhibition, "Hunt Slonem: Larger Than Life," and will be guest of honor at the Designer Dinner by A Fare Extraordinaire on Monday, October 14. Then voyage to an epic installation adjoining the Country Sunshine Patio: Burning Man veteran artist/ builder John Walker's 10-by-40-foot boat, Journey, channels a traditional Egyptian felucca then adds light projections and music. It's all in the family with Round Top-area photographer Jordan Geibel presenting her latest series, featuring sourced vintage photos that are hand-embellished with thread, beads, and other collage elements. Geibel's mom, Holland Geibel, and partner Gary Griffin debut their Vesper Art Collective. Also check out Bug In The Box taxidermy art, an ode to the natural world via sustainably sourced specimens — perfect to start your cabinet of curiosities; and Sevy Marie Art's joyful abstraction. Haley Bowen's lyrical female- empowered nude paintings return. Do more art gazing at photographer Fatima Donaldson's gallery, a space she shares with Gio Art Studio's Denise Giordano (of the intuitive fumage/smoke work). Don't leave without a cheeky canvas or commission from Bachman + Petrie's pop art emporium. Modern Muse's collage queen Lizzie Darwin and Nicholas Greenbury's talismanic objects from ethically sourced crystals and bones round out the art action. Happening at The Halles Calendar these dates: Monday, October 14, 4:30 – 6 pm, book signing of The Spirited Homes of Hunt Slonem, and Butterflies; 6 – 9 pm, PaperCity Designer Dinner by A Fare Extraordinaire, "Fall Feast," honoring artist and preservationist Hunt Slonem (tickets $225) | Friday, October 18, 4 pm, preview films that will be presented at Round Top Film Festival come November | Saturday, October 19, 5 – 9 pm, Late-Night Luxury elevated pop-up bazaar with jewelry, custom-made fashion, accessories, and fashion show emceed by Courtney Zavala, sponsored by Linda Plant, Martha Turner Sotheby's International Realty. See you there! Fall 2024 Round Top Antiques & Design Show at The Halles, October 12 – 26. For more info, dates, details, visit thehalles.com. Hollis Smith Grace Mitchell Brian Patrick Flynn Brooke & Steve Giannetti Anadol Rug Co. Gary Griffin's Lee's Trucks 2, 2024 Tim Grimes Linda Plant JORDAN GEIBEL Double D Ranch 120