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42 AUSTINWAY.COM Progress)" will extend across the roofline. Seven-foot-high letters coated in iridescent dichroic film will be lit at night from within, spelling out the powerful message "With Liberty and Justice For All." The letters, installed 51 feet above ground over Congress and Seventh Street, will appear to shift colors when the light changes or depending on where a viewer is standing, creating an interactive experience for those down below. Says senior curator Heather Pesanti: "The space will be conducive to more complex and expansive ideas within the entirety of the Jones Center." Sosnowska's work, for example, is large and structural, inspired by Soviet-era architecture of 1960s and 1970s Warsaw. It plays with the viewer's perception of structure and material, twisting and distorting impressions of simple elements such as rails and beams. The two-floor exhibit would have been nearly impossible to pull off at the Jones Center pre-renovation. As for the powerful Hodges piece, the Jones Center plans to engage Austin on all levels with this exhibit, including through community discussions with adults and school-age children. Says Grachos: "[Hodges] has always told me [that] execution of work itself is half the job. The other half is really providing the platform and the arena for the conversation to happen afterwards. Part of that deal is that we engage our commu- nity." 700 Congress Ave., 512-453-5312; thecontempo raryaustin.org . Jim Hodges' "With Liberty and Justice for All (A Work in Progress)," shown wrapped around the bottom of the Aspen Art Museum in 2014, will soon be installed at Austin's Jones Center, only this time it will hang more than 50 feet above ground. This year's renovations at the Jones Center include installing a canopy over the roof's popular event space, as shown in this rendering. PHOTOGRAPHY BY DEMIURGE (HODGES); CHRIS GARZA (RENOVATIONS) SCENE MUSEUM MAKEOVER!