Houston’s Project Row Houses and Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago have announced the launch of The 2:2:2 Exchange, a new artist residency exchange program, in 2015. It’s a first-time…
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In a carefully worded press release Thursday, the Houston Arts Alliance announced the beginning of a new attempt at selecting an artist for a large commission at the George R.…
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Live from the arundo hut! Bill and Rainey discuss a selection of Texas' best events for the first week of the new art season.
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In response to cries of "foul!" from artists, the public, and their own Civic Art Committee, Houston Art Alliance has has posted an outline of its public art selection procedures on its website. It's as clear as mud.
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Houston Independent School Distirct has finally hired a teacher just to build an art car with students. Longtime art car specialist Rebecca Bass is in residence at Reagan high school…
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Along with more grants, more galleries, and more artists, Peter Simek’s wish list for the Dallas art scene‘s new year in D Magazine included a couple surprises: he mentioned the…
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This guy is red and yellow stripes. That one is gray brickwork. Little realist one-act plays set in the familiar world of our safe, middle-class society.
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When Henri Matisse began his famous cut-paper works in the 1930s, he noted that “It is no longer the brush that slips and slides over the canvas, it is the…
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Edgar Peters Bowron, Curator of European Art at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston will retire at the end of the year. During 18 years at the Museum, Dr. Bowron…
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Cris Worley Fine Arts in Dallas is relocating in 2015, leaving its space on Slocum St.for a new, bigger 3800 s.f.!) place at 1845 Levee Street @ Turtle Creek Blvd.…
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California artist Robert Irwin’s permanent piece for the old hospital building at Fort D.A. Russell in Marfa has been in the works for years, but as it nears actual construction,…
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The Idea Fund has announced 12 grantees for its seventh round of funding the unfundable in Houston. Jurors for this round of grants were Ben Davis, writer, critic, and Executive…
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Houston artists Troy Stanley and Tracey Conwell stood up before City Council and Houston Mayor Annise Parker on Tuesday to tell them something's wrong with the Houston Arts Alliance.
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Last Thursday, three hundred people, Santa, and I gathered in the shadow of the Sabine St. Lofts in Houston, absorbing free beer, many smores, and a little hot chocolate as we waited to begin the Unsilent Night. Tonight, it's Austin's turn.
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The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the Menil Collection $65,000 to support Barnett Newman: The Late Work, scheduled for March 27 – August 2, 2015.The exhibition, curated jointly…
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The Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth has announced a four-month renovation project, designed to improve the museum’s climate control. New windows and air conditioning will make the art last…
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On November 20, tensions between the powerful committee and the staff of HAA's Civic Arts + Design program erupted into an open break.
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Houston artist Ed Wilson has released pictures of his proposal for the George R. Brown convention Center in Houston. The 90 x 90 x 40 foot atrium will be filled…
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Kids at Wilson Montessori Elementary in Houston celebrated Thanksgiving (and a short school week!) with a parade of home-made turkeys.
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The Houston Arts Alliance has released an official statement on their sudden change of heart about awarding high-profile commission to Houston Artist Ed Wilson: Houston Arts Alliance Statement The review…