The Professional Artist
When I ask Mark Goodman, Graduate Academic Advisor in the Department of Art at the University of Austin, what he wishes he could tell his [...]
Dunbar on Display at Diverseworks’ Houston Reception Wednesday
It was too loud to talk to her at her at last weekend’s Glasstire/Fresh Arts Disaster Ball at the Colombe D’Or, so Diverseworks is inviting [...]
Fairey Murals Spotted in Dallas Observer
The Dallas Observer‘s Anna Merlan visited the site of one of Renowned street artist Shepard Fairey’s murals-in-progress in west Dallas. Fairey is in town at [...]
The Benefits of Eating with Strangers:The CADD Mystery Dinner
My husband and I were invited to CADD’s (Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas) latest event this weekend — The CADD Mystery Dinner: Eat Your Art [...]
The Fish Market: Trail of Stolen French Art Leads through San Antonio
A ceremony was held last Wednesday in Washington to return a Pissarro monotype, Le Marche aux Poissons, to the French ambassador, Francois Delattre. The print [...]
More Ink Spilled: Ink Tank’s Last New Year In Statesman.
The Austin American-Statesman’s Jeanne Clair Van Ryzin saw Ink Tank Lab’s recent house installation Last New Year, in a bungalow at 1319 Rosewood Ave. Sorry, [...]
“The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973-1991” at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
“The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973-1991” on view at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston through April 15 is a rare [...]
You Visit the Creative Arts Center
Welcome to the Creative Arts Center, hidden gem of East Dallas. You are visiting on the first Saturday of classes in the new year, so [...]
Giant Comanche War Arrows Fall Across Panhandle
A trail of 23-foot Comanche Arrows is being installed by retired farmer-turned-metal-sculptor Charles A. Smith in the pannhandle. The arrows, stuck into the ground as [...]
It’s like the Getty Center, but with cats!
Dallas curator/writer/collector Charles Dee Mitchell‘s Lakewood home was critiqued in Friday’s Dallas Morning News. Mitchell’s enviable combination of topflight contemporary art, modernist design and livable [...]
Indy Grits Andy Smith to Jury Aurora Extremely Shorts Festival- 2012 Call For Entries Open Now!
Aurora Picture Show is again looking for adventurous three-minute or shorter films and videos from around the world- it has opened submissions for the 2012 [...]
Cool People Doing Cool Stuff: Houston Counter Crawl 3 at High Noon TODAY
Beginning at El Rincon Social in Houston’s East End, Counter Crawl III, is a sprawling multi-venue art festival which takes place at different underground, off-the-beaten-path [...]
Dallas’ institutional brotherhood weighs in on Dallas’ art scene at DMA State of the Arts
Last night, the DMA hosted its latest State of the Arts panel, on the topic of contemporary art in Dallas. The panel was made up [...]
END OF THE WORLD TONIGHT: Don’t Forget to Empty Your Pockets at the 9th DISASTER BALL, Glasstire/Fresh Arts’ Fundraising Disaster!
This year is officially, really- we’re serious this time- the end of the world! So let’s celebrate disasters of all stripes (Will Lindsay go to [...]
Going Down in H-Town: Kingspoint Graffiti Date TODAY!
KINGSPOINT, billed a “Houston’s largest graffiti mecca” (and recent recipient of a $4000 Idea Fund grant for 2012) is back with a vengeance as graffiti [...]
New Galveston Artist Residency Kickoff Party Saturday
The New Galveston Artist Residency will opens its studio doors on Saturday, January 28 for of tours of the sparkling new seaside (well, bayside, anyway) [...]
Taking it Back: San Anto Plans 43rd Chicano Civil Rights Mural Saturday
San Anto Cultural Arts is inviting the community to two days of dialog, discussion and planning for its upcoming 43rd Mural Project. On Saturday, [...]
2012 Elections: It’s gotten personal…
This year is an election year in Mexico. This election will be a pivotal one for the entire country. I was living in Mexico City [...]
Fotofest Program Announced: Contemporary Russian Photography 1950–2012
Every other March, swarms of photographers and photo-related exhibitions swamp Houston’s art scene, and 2012 is one of those years: Fotofest’s 2012 Biennial focuses on [...]
CAMH’s 2011 “Year of the Guy” ends
Last Friday night, “The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973-1991 opened at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston. In it were [...]
