The artists and poet involved in the show — all hailing from throughout the Rio Grande Valley — promote sustainable practices, either conceptually or in their materials and processes.
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Dispatches from Spain, Part Three: Accidental Residencies: What Ávila, Spain and Taos, New Mexico Have in Common
While visiting the work of Guido Caprotti in Spain, I was struck by how the Italian painter’s professional trajectory mirrored that of the Taos Society of Artists in New Mexico.
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The decision to comment or not comment on what is happening is now a constant, because the 24 hour news cycle has become global.
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Like Marfa, Cuenca’s status as an international art mecca was seeded by a singular artistic personality and vision — in fact, Cuenca predates Marfa in this regard.
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Hills Snyder on time spent during the pandemic, loss, and the cycles of life.
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Michelle Kraft reflects upon her time leading a study abroad program in Avila, Spain with students from the Texas Panhandle.
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Luis Jiménez’s Man on Fire: From the Olmec Were-Jaguar and the Vietnam War to Spiritual Self-Portrait
Ruben Cordova on artist Luis Jiménez's iconic sculpture, "Man on Fire."
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Whereas other markets make a distinction between a studio practice (fine art) and craft (skill-based technique), in El Salvador the distinction seemed to instead be closer to fine art production versus fabrication.
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Over the years my definition of the word “border” has become fuzzier. I have learned about divisions that come from walls, language, geography, man-made structures, and unnecessary differences that cause conflict — something we are all witnessing currently.
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In El Salvador, national pride comes with criticism. It is another one of the nation's binaries: the invitation to discuss such personal qualms, coupled with an assumed intimacy for the guest.
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Leslie Moody Castro on her seamless (and accidental) boarder crossing between Estonia and Latvia.
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Leslie Moody Castro writes about arriving in Warsaw, Poland, and being surprised by the nation's culture of capitalism.
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Ruben Cordova revisits the myth of Cupid's Revenge through the story of Apollo and Daphne for Valentine's Day.
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Leslie Moody Castro writes about her time in Ukraine while visiting Kiev and Lviv, and her troubles trying to cross the border with Poland.
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Leslie Moody Castro writes about her time in Narva, how her family history converges with borders, and her connection to Ukraine
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A ‘Story’ and a ‘Song’: Two Melvin Van Peebles Films at the MFAH
by Peter Lucasby Peter LucasPeter Lucas on the films of Melvin van Peebles, a pioneer in African American cinema.
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Leslie Moody Castro tells the story of her detainment by Estonian border patrol during her time in residence at the Narva Art Residency in Narva, Estonia.
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I found myself in a surprisingly pleasurable moment a few years ago, which bound me to an artist and an art genre to which I had never given a single thought.
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Part 3 of Leslie Moody Castro's reflections on her recent visit to the NART Artist Residency, which is located in the Estonian border town of Narva.
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Rediscovering pictures of Houston's Galleria sent me spiraling back over the madness of the past two years. This, in turn, made me wonder what other lost photographs I could unearth from the depths of our first quarantine.