The Heartbeat of Austin
Photo by Tony Moreno
Designed and led by artist J Muzacz
Co-created with the Austin community and The Mosaic Workshop
The Heartbeat of Austin, 2024
7ft 8in x 81ft, 2024
Glass tile mosaic
McKalla Station at Q2 Stadium, Austin, TX
Made with glass tile (60% recycled material)
200+
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS
100,000+
TILES
600+
SQUARE FEET
This mosaic is a testament to Austin FC fans and supporter groups' incredible passion and collective power, showcasing their unwavering dedication to the music and service to the Austin community. It is also CapMetro’s largest public art in transit installation to date, and the largest pixelated glass mural in Texas.
In just under six weeks, over 200 volunteers from these groups and more helped place the tiles that would create this monumental 80-foot-long mosaic mural. Their electrifying and collaborative spirit is both the inspiration behind this mosaic and what made it possible in record time.
Process
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & INSTALLATION
Lively community workdays brought in hundreds of dedicated community members and Austin FC supporter group participants to our studio to help lay glass tiles in small sections, similar to a color by numbers, referring to our prepared design templates. These sections were later brought to McKalla Station for installation.
