Great Places to check out

Tear It Up is a proud sponsor of the Austin Visual Arts Association.  Austin Visual Arts Association is a non-profit arts organization composed of working artists and supporters of the arts. Established in 1977 at the suggestion of the Arts Commission, AVAA (formerly Austin Contemporary Visual Arts Association, ACVAA) is one of the oldest visual arts organizations in Austin. Founded by a group of interested artists, museum professionals and gallery owners, our stated purpose is to "encourage the knowledge, appreciation and practice of contemporary visual art."  www.txarts.net/avaa

Priscilla Robinson is a wonderful handmade paper artist with studios in Austin, TX and Taos NM.  Visit www.priscillarobinson.com

I think that the best on line newsgroup about papermaking is on Onelist.  http://www.onelist.com/messages/PaperMaking  there is also a Texas Fiber Artists newsgroup that has a lot of information about local Texas Fiber things.
Papermaking web page http://lightning.prohosting.com/~hmpaper