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The complementary worlds of visual art and craft beer don’t collide often enough. Fortunately, the stars are currently aligned. Art and draft will meet tonight at Champion for the exhibition opening of Daniel Heidkamp’s Glow Drops At The Chill Spot and Jacques Louis Vidal’s Free Range Sculpture. In addition, Circle Brewing Company will be releasing their latest seasonal beer, a winter amber called Nameless, at the opening reception.

Brooklyn artist Daniel Heidkamp’s new paintings draw inspiration from one's personal, private places, such as backyards and cabins. His mediums of choice include oil paint, color pencils, ballpoint pens, and even wax crayons. Heidkamp’s attention to detail occasionally leans towards sort of an Inception concept when he paints paintings within paintings in a painting of his own Bushwick studio.

Jacques Louis Vidal, a Brooklyn artist originally from Houston, focuses on surrealism. His carved wooden sculptures include two heads connected by a nose and a hand emerging from a top hat. Throughout the duration of the show, his sculptures will make their way around a game board of sorts.

Austin’s own Circle Brewing Company follows the German Purity Law by brewing beer using only water, malt, hops, and yeast. The spiciness in the 4.9% ABV winter amber, Nameless, draws from six different types of hops. While Circle Brewing Company has been making rounds in recent weeks at Arthouse's and Gallery Black Lagoon's events, their brews are also available at locales such as the Alamo Drafthouse, The Ginger Man, and Flying Saucer.

Daniel Heidkamp's Glow Drops At The Chill Spot
Project Room: Jacques Louis Vidal's Free Range Sculpture
Exhibition dates: January 26 - February 25
Opening Reception: January 26, 7-9pm
Free

Champion
800 Brazos Street
Austin, TX 78701

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