Pine Street Station
"Reji Thomas established Graphic Glass Studios at 1101 E. Fifth in 1979. Friends were dubious about the dilapidated warehouse, but the space was perfect for Thomas: unconventional, rough around the edges, but bursting with potential. She has worked in photography, painting, drawing, metal, and stonework, but is best known for her glasswork. In the mid-Nineties, she won the bid to replace all of the intricate, etched glass in the Capitol, creating more than 500 panes; her art has been collected by Ann Richards, Barbara Jordan, B.B. King, and Steven Spielberg...In 2009, Thomas re-established the space as Pine Street Station. Subsequent events have included AIDS Services of Austin's ArtErotica, the annual QueerBomb celebration, HOPE Farmers Market (the Eastside's first), the Fader Fort during SXSW, and the annual East Austin Studio Tour.
---Kate X Messner, The Austin Chronicle
---Kate X Messner, The Austin Chronicle