The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art has announced that registration is now open for the 2014 Houston Art Car Parade. The May parade will mark the 27th year of…
January 2014
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Houston will soon have a new contemporary art gallery on Waugh Drive in Montrose called the Mariago Collective. While the use of the word “collective” does not seem to imply…
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The vaguely acrid smell of burlap lurks in Sicardi Gallery’s sleek rooms. It's a bit of a departure from Sicardi’s usual beautiful-but-cold aesthetic.
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With Amarillo Ramp, Smithson’s final work, we begin to realize the extent of the artist's infatuation with our state. He's begging us to claim him as one of our own.
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After Everything Art Historians Have Done for the President!
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonSpeaking at a General Electric plant in Wisconsin today, President Obama encouraged young people to consider training programs for skilled manufacturing work. “I promise you, folks can make a lot…
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Only a few months ago, San Antonio’s Southwest School of Art (SSA) announced that it had received accreditation to begin a bachelor of fine arts program next fall, so it…
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A delicate color palette and the combination of natural with unnatural organize the show: from the glazed earthenware pineapple to the pile of palm-frond slices stacked intermittently with cleaning pads.
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The latest Texas art installation to live on through the magic of television is Thirst, the big tree that hovered above Austin’s Lady Bird Lake for several months, calling attention…
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Insomniacs in the Dallas/Fort Worth area should be forewarned when watching late night infomercials. Those tuned into KTXA Channel 21 on Friday, February 7 at 3 am (known to many…
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FotoFest has announced that it has named Steven Evans as its new executive director. This is more than the usual arts administrative appointment—the Houston-based organization’s international photography biennial has been…
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These vegetables protest their innocence too strongly: obviously, they're hiding something.
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San Antonio Artist to Curate Projects for HemisFair Redevelopment
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonSan Antonio artist Stuart Allen has been selected to curate the art program of HemisFair Park’s future “PlayEscape” area, reports Benjamin Olivo of the San Antonio Express-News. Allen, who has…
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Today, the famous cave is a traveling exhibition, now at Houston's Museum of Natural Science.
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Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum has named Mary Heathcott as its new executive director. Since 2012, Heathcott has been the Deputy Director at Artpace San Antonio. In 2011, Heathcott was…
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The folks at Houston’s Fresh Arts present all sorts of helpful workshops for artists, but on Wednesday evening, they are just getting down to the basics of the creative life:…
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Tomorrow evening, Monday, January 27th at 5:30 pm, the Houston Arts Alliance (HAA) will host the “2014 Elected Officials Reception for the Arts” at the Hobby Center for Performing Arts.…
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Houston artist Tony Day believes in freedom. Not bald-eagle-laser-etched-on-your-Ford-truck-‘Murica freedom, but freedom of expression. Day is a Yosemite Sam for the creative process.
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El Ultimo Grito's inquiry into the collapsing of time and space in films led them to create new trailers for movies that ignore narrative to focus solely on objects and spaces.
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In addition to the ten public sculptures throughout Dallas, ambitiously commissioned by the Nasher Sculpture Center in celebration of its tenth anniversary, the Nasher has also announced that it received…
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Austin Street Artists Spread Art Love with Weekly Scavenger Hunt
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonAfter recent bummer news posts about Austin street art, it’s nice to hear about SprATX, a positive collective of artists and muralists, as reported by Austin blogger Kit O’Connell. SprATX…