Last Tuesday, the Ellen Noel Art Museum in Odessa became one of a small group of Smithsonian Affiliates in Texas, which will allow them access to that embattled institution’s collections…
February 2011
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The board of Regents of the University of Texas at Austin has accepted a 13-foot tall steel construction designed to illustrate steel building construction techniques. The object, which was gifted…
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Elizabeth speaks quietly but carries a large stick. Chris Powell’s sculpture Elizabeth is enough. An extreme minority: just one, she is enough to keep you company in an otherwise unoccupied…
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A chipped depression-era mural titled "Agriculture and Industry," by Bernard Zakheim at the Rusk, TX post office is being restored by Nathan Zakheim, the artist’s son. A similar mural Zakheim…
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In March 2011, following the closing of their current exhibits, d berman gallery will rusticate to The Square in Wimberley. With the migration of Art Palace to Houston, that leaves…
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Elaine Wolff, founder of the long-defunct but wonderful Perla Magazine, has started Plaza de Armas, a San Antonio-centered news/culture/politics website that aims to take on Times-Shamrock’s mostly ink-on-paper SA Current,…
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The City of San Antonio’s Community Arts Access Program (CAAP) funds orgs that collaborate with artists on the city’s official OCA-approved Artist Roster, but they need artists ti fill the…
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The ArtGuys have put out their final words about the recent Morgan Spurlock/SUITS plagiarism brouhaha, pointing out that only Spurlock has a financial interest in keeping the media furor fermenting,…
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Am I intolerant if I don’t like Tolerance? Houston’s new public artwork by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa was unveiled last week in a ceremony that included the artist, Mayor Annise…
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This year Houston’s Art Car parade coincides with the opening of the American Association of Museums big conference, also in Houston. To honor this coincidence, the Orange Show and AAM…
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Stacy Fuller, the Amon Carter’s director of education was named Museum Art Educator of the Year for the Western Region by the National Art Education Association. Among her achievements is…
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The Bayou City Art Festival is looking for artists in high school who want to propose outdoor installations at the March 25-27 festival in Houston’s Memorial Park. The 2011 emerging…
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LA arts administrator Ian Garrett is the new executive director of Houston’s Fresh Arts Foundation. Garrett, who co-founded LA’s Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts started work on Feb…
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Artists Zach Moser and Eric Leshinsky have gone shrimping; their new endeavor, Shrimp Boat Projects has the duo working at shrimping out of Galveston bay under the umbrella of the…
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Corpus Christi City Council at first voted for free utility service to help the Art Museum of South Texas and other institutions weather the economic downturn, but backtracked in the…
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Jeez, I was excited when I heard that the DMA was putting out some of its modern furniture holdings from its collection in a show called Form/Unformed, because I am…
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An influential figure in ceramics for 40 years, Steve Reynolds pioneered the idea that clay is supple and malleable and can be used like any other media to ponder difficult…
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Non-profit developers Artspace Inc., have struck a deal with the City of El Paso and the El Paso Community Foundation to build "affordable" live/work space for artists. The contract is…
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The crop of TX art-related Valentine’s day fluff is thin this year, but Dallas Art News has come through with a list of the best sculptures to propose in, in…
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The Texas Historical Commission honored Howard Taylor, director of the San Angelo Museum of Art with the only John L. Nau award for museum excellence for 2010. “I’m really surprised…