ATX Voices

A Public Art Collaboration with Texas School for the Deaf (TSD)

ATX Voices is a series of large-scale sculptures on the TSD campus designed by TSD students and Design Austin over the 2024–25 school year and installed on South Congress Avenue in October 2025.

Design Austin’s Exhibitions and Experiences Committee recruited architects and designers, working closely with TSD’s arts faculty, to develop a student-led design process for a 3D installation that introduces the students to the public on their terms. The work consists of four seven-foot-tall hands that spell out “ATX” in American Sign Language, followed by the TSD Ranger mascot sign. Each sculpture is engraved with the student’s wishes for and pride in themselves and the Deaf community.

The project was unveiled at TSD’s annual public Homecoming event in October 2025 to some 10,000 attendees and permanently installed later that month. Prominently displayed along a major pedestrian corridor, ATX Voices will inspire thousands of viewers for years to come.

ATX Voices is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department.
Images: Essentials Creative

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