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The Warhol and Frankenthaler Foundations announce support for visual arts programs whose NEA Challenge America grants were canceled, including six Texas organizations.

Throughline Collective in Houston has announced a statewide open call for a college student juried two-person exhibition.

Arts and culture organizations in Austin, Brownsville, Dallas, Fort Worth, Harlingen, Houston, and Lubbock have received Mid-America Arts Alliance Cultural Sustainability grants.

Erica Felicella, a multidisciplinary artist and arts professional from New England who has lived in Dallas for 20 years, receives $3,000 Moss/Chumley Award.

The Ramona Residency, a Houston-based artist residency dedicated to supporting the creative practices of artist mothers, has announced its 2025-2026 residents.

Humanities Texas has published a letter on its website, noting that its federal funding, totaling $2.6 million, has been terminated.

Texas artists age 18 and over are invited to apply for the 12th annual “Texas Juried Exhibition,” presented by Fort Worth gallery Artspace111.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas has named Houston-based painter Vincent Valdez and Austin-based author KB Brookins as its 2025-2026 artists-in-residence.

On May 7, the Dallas Museum of Art reopens its popular Yayoi Kusama infinity room, “All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins.”

The Rachofsky House, the former main site housing Howard and Cindy Rachofsky’s art collection, is being sold.

At the beginning of April, the City of Brownsville launched a call for proposals imagining “bold new uses” for the former Brownsville Museum of Fine Art.

The 2022 copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Deborah Roberts against artist Lynthia Edwards, Richard Beavers Gallery, and gallerist Richard Beavers, has been “amicably resolved.”

The Fort Worth Police Department has returned photographs by Sally Mann, which were seized from the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in January.

Glasstire's 2025 auction features works by Daniel Rios Rodriguez, Page Kempner, Reynier Leyva Novo, Dan Sutherland, Jules Buck Jones, Dan Rizzie, Preston Gaines, Allison V. Smith, and others.

Artpace, an artist residency and exhibitions program in San Antonio, has named Aiyana Thompson and Ashaanti Hornsby as its 2025 Curators-in-Residence.

An obituary for artist José Roger “Joe” Villarreal, noted for his popular depictions of life on the West Side of San Antonio, who died Saturday, April 12.

The Dallas Asian American Art Collective’s Ginger Roots: Asian American Arts Festival is underway, with two weeks of arts programming across North Texas through May 3.

The City of Houston has paused rehiring the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs Director as it assesses management of the Houston Arts Alliance.

Performing Arts Houston has opened ticket sales for ”Eldorado Ballroom Houston,” a series of programming curated by Solange Knowles for Saint Heron.

Austin Creative Reuse has launched an open call for designers for its fourth reuse fashion show, taking place this September.