The Art Institute of Austin will move to Bastrop in 2020. The institute, which offers degrees in design, media arts, culinary arts and fashion, will be a sprawling campus in Bastrop County with two facilities with classrooms in downtown Bastrop and one near Elgin at New Republic Studios, a creative campus where film, TV, commercials, new media, AR/VR and immersive media is shot and produced.

Watch out, Hollywood! Bastrop County is now officially the “Film Hospitality Capital of Texas.”

In a headline, Austin Chronicle asks “Can New Republic Studios be a Game Changer for Austin?” The answer, “of course!” Learn more about New Republic Studios, located in Bastrop County, in this video.