Like many artists, I make the majority of my living teaching art. But not, mind you, in some fancy full time tenured sort of way. That, dear reader, is another…
February 2012
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Disambiguation/Red Space Gallery/Closes February 12th Happened There are a lot of great images in Disambiguation, an exhibition currently on display at Red Space Gallery in Austin (the show closes…
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Interview with New Artpace Executive Director Regine Basha
by Claire Ruudby Claire RuudJulieta Aranda, Hills Snyder and Regine Basha at Sala Diaz Regine Basha was recently appointed Executive Director of Artpace, San Antonio, a position she’ll assume less than a month from…
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Wood-firing ceramics is an ancient technique grounded in traditions of community collaboration, cooperation and camaraderie, in which kilns are fueled by the continuous addition of wood into a fire chamber,…
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Fair organizers Merchandise Mart have cancelled the Next Art Chicago fair for scheduled to run April 27-29, 2012, citing poor sales and an attendant failure to attract top-flight galleries, reports…
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Josh Bernstein‘s exhibition “Man Corn” is the third exhibition in Rice University’s newest art venue– EMERGEncy Room. Located on the second floor of Sewall Hall, where Rice Gallery is also…
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Diem Jones will begin as the HAA’s new Director of Grants on February 13. A poet, musician, producer and spoken word artist (aka Drs. H.M. Joy & Fladimir MS Woo)…
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Jenna Madison has joined the staff of the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth as their new Interpretation Mannager. What’s an interpretation manager? The newly-created position’s duties include designing public…
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One highlight of the Bayou City Art Festival in Houston’s Memorial Park is the exhibition of outdoor installations by area high school students scattered among the trees and lawns near…
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Five big firms from around the country have submitted proposed designs for METRO’s Central Station, to be located downtown between Capitol and Rusk Streets. The proposals have been put on…
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Did you go to this thing? Houston’s Art Ball — aka Disaster Ball, a fundraiser for this here publication, it was. I went all the way from San Antonio. I…
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In a surprise move, Glenn Weiss, the newly-hired director of Art League Hosuton, is resigning the post he has held only since November 2011. Asked if he was leaving to…
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News
D Magazine’s Glenn Hunter Takes a Hack at the Andersons: DMA’s New Director Straight Out of Central Casting
The end-of-January media luncheon with new Dallas Museum of Art Director Maxwell Anderson prompted a double-edged chop from blogger Glenn Hunter in last week’s D magazine. Calling Anderson “a big-time…
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Fab artist and GT contributor Michael Bise continues to recover from recent heart transplant surgery- he’s home from the hospital and is doing well.
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Austin alterna-art space Co-Lab has formed a Board of Directors and begun hiring staff: Chris Whiteburch is their Facilities/Special Projects Director and Austin Nelsen the Digital Communications/Fundraising Director.
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This past Saturday was a good day. A lovely day to be exact… In the spirit of John Cage I took a chance and went to the Blanton to honor…
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“Robert Pruitt: This Rejection of the Conqueror” at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas
by Robert Boydby Robert BoydW.E.B. Du Bois created the term “double consciousness” in 1897 to describe the way African Americans split themselves into two personas, one for each side of the color line. The…
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Four years ago, Sasha Dela and Ariane Roesch opened a studio on an upper floor of an outdated and slightly ominous looking office building across from Montrose Krogers and…
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Over the River, (not “over the hill”) a canyon-spanning fabric awning planned to begin construction over the Arkansas River in southern Colorado has sparked protest and turmoil; project boosters see…
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February 2, 2012. By 6:30 pm, the line waiting for the Shepard Fairey talk was already a block long. Thankfully, my RVSP and press status allowed me instant entry. After…