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Friday, March 21, 2025
Whataburger to debut in-person art museum in Austin, Texas
attractionsmagazine.com: In celebration of its 75th anniversary, the Texas-based food chain Whataburger is turning its digital “Museum of Art” into an in-person exhibit in downtown Austin at SXSW on March 8-9, 2025.
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Ana Schroeder
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As a tried and true Texan I am more than familiar with the Whataburger enterprise. From children calling it “Water-Burger” to schools using it as a classic pit-stop on field trips Whataburger is a classic integral part of Texas life. Don’t tell my fellow Texans but I personally think there are much better burger places around, however this article does make me like the corporation a bit better. I am very surprised and happy that a large fast-food corporation is investing in art. Whataburger has its classic colors and stripes and fans use this part of texas culture in their art. It is spectacular that Whataburger is showcasing local artists and providing a space for artists. I think this is also such a brilliant way to pay homage to their customers. It is rare that I see unique ways to give back to customers besides giving discounts of the actual product.
As a Texan, how could I not read an article about Whataburger? It's like I had the voice of a southern grandmother in my ear telling me that I needed to read this article. I haven’t been able to make the trek from Houston to Austin just yet, but I think this museum is going to be a good motivation for me to go up sometime this summer. Whataburger has graced the world with a Dr. Pepper milkshake in the past and I can only hope they bring it back again at some point. I think its a very interesting idea to frame an art museum around a business but the whole design of Whataburger gives way to a very bright pop art style of work revolving around the business. Unfortunately, the fact that this isn’t a long term exhibit disappoints me greatly. I wish I could’ve seen the exhibit while it was up a couple weeks ago.
While I have never been to Whataburger before, this museum seems so cool. I really like that Whataburger opened an instagram page to post their follower’s and fan’s art pieces during covid times instead of just shutting everything to do with the museum down. Art is a fantastic release for a lot of emotions, and the opportunity to create is wonderful. I drew a lot during covid, mainly pencil on printer sheet paper. Having a place to showcase everyone’s talents like that is so cool to have a group of artists all around one thing, and in this case it’s fast food. Now that they are finalizing the physical museum, it would be nice to see some of the covid art pieces there as well to commemorate all they did even when not together. The interactive elements and food trucks seem like a great addition to the museum to make it a space of social gathering around art, which seem poetic for art about social gathering and food.
This is kind of fun! I am not going to lie, I am a fan of Whataburger, or as I always thought it was called as a kid “Water Burger” which does not sound appetizing at all but for whatever reason that is what I thought it was called and still loved it. Whataburger was a staple at my high school. There was one right down the street next to us so sometimes people would go there for lunch. But most often after dances or things because it was one of the only places open late enough. Their strawberry milkshakes are excellent. I love that there museum is full of funky and fun pop culture art! That feels so very true to the majority of their demographic. I feel like everyone has a Whataburger story and they have captured that in the art. I probably will not ever make it to Austin to see it, but I can only imagine how fun it will be.
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As a tried and true Texan I am more than familiar with the Whataburger enterprise. From children calling it “Water-Burger” to schools using it as a classic pit-stop on field trips Whataburger is a classic integral part of Texas life. Don’t tell my fellow Texans but I personally think there are much better burger places around, however this article does make me like the corporation a bit better. I am very surprised and happy that a large fast-food corporation is investing in art. Whataburger has its classic colors and stripes and fans use this part of texas culture in their art. It is spectacular that Whataburger is showcasing local artists and providing a space for artists. I think this is also such a brilliant way to pay homage to their customers. It is rare that I see unique ways to give back to customers besides giving discounts of the actual product.
As a Texan, how could I not read an article about Whataburger? It's like I had the voice of a southern grandmother in my ear telling me that I needed to read this article. I haven’t been able to make the trek from Houston to Austin just yet, but I think this museum is going to be a good motivation for me to go up sometime this summer. Whataburger has graced the world with a Dr. Pepper milkshake in the past and I can only hope they bring it back again at some point. I think its a very interesting idea to frame an art museum around a business but the whole design of Whataburger gives way to a very bright pop art style of work revolving around the business. Unfortunately, the fact that this isn’t a long term exhibit disappoints me greatly. I wish I could’ve seen the exhibit while it was up a couple weeks ago.
While I have never been to Whataburger before, this museum seems so cool. I really like that Whataburger opened an instagram page to post their follower’s and fan’s art pieces during covid times instead of just shutting everything to do with the museum down. Art is a fantastic release for a lot of emotions, and the opportunity to create is wonderful. I drew a lot during covid, mainly pencil on printer sheet paper. Having a place to showcase everyone’s talents like that is so cool to have a group of artists all around one thing, and in this case it’s fast food. Now that they are finalizing the physical museum, it would be nice to see some of the covid art pieces there as well to commemorate all they did even when not together. The interactive elements and food trucks seem like a great addition to the museum to make it a space of social gathering around art, which seem poetic for art about social gathering and food.
This is kind of fun! I am not going to lie, I am a fan of Whataburger, or as I always thought it was called as a kid “Water Burger” which does not sound appetizing at all but for whatever reason that is what I thought it was called and still loved it. Whataburger was a staple at my high school. There was one right down the street next to us so sometimes people would go there for lunch. But most often after dances or things because it was one of the only places open late enough. Their strawberry milkshakes are excellent. I love that there museum is full of funky and fun pop culture art! That feels so very true to the majority of their demographic. I feel like everyone has a Whataburger story and they have captured that in the art. I probably will not ever make it to Austin to see it, but I can only imagine how fun it will be.
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