San Antonio artists Ricky Armendariz, Cathy Cunningham-Little, Karen Mahaffy and Vincent Valdez will be the first set of participants for the new Blue Star Art Museum/Künstlerhaus Bethanien partnership. Thomas Cummins…
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Sometimes I get comments here that remind me of a friend who recently threw a big party. The morning after, reaching for the Lysol kept on the bathroom shelf with…
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Kelly Klaasmeyer, editor of Glasstire for the past five years, has announced that she will be stepping down to pursue her own writing projects in early February. Klaasmeyer has overseen…
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As of February 8th, I am stepping down as editor of Glasstire to pursue other projects. Some are creative and include more writing, some are (hopefully) lucrative. I love Glasstire…
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Trenton Doyle Hancock Wins $30,000 Greenfield Prize, Performing in Houston Thursday
by Bill Davenport 0 commentHouston artist Trenton Doyle Hancock has been named winner of the Greenfield Prize, awarded to a natinally recognized artist whose work is undergoing significant changes. Along with the money, the…
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Why It Will Be Difficult for Peter Doroshenko to Make Up for His “Stupid Mistake”
by Casey Stranahan 12 commentsThe website of Austin’s Flatbed Press is offering a limited edition aquatint by noted Texas artist Melissa Miller for $1,500. If, however, you were surfing eBay on January 3 of…
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New prints of classic films at the MFAH
by Peter Lucasby Peter Lucas 0 commentMovie-lovers and image-makers should be extremely excited about the upcoming opportunity to see some of the best movies ever in the best way possible. In recent conversations, I’ve realized that…
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This week’s theme was: overwhelming. Many of the artworks and exhibitions I saw were so ambitious and large-scale that I felt consumed by the artist’s vision. In others, it was…
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The Southwest School of Art in San Antonio has been forced to delay the start of its much-anticipated BFA program due to a procedural goof in their application to the…
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The Third Ward Bike Shop, the original program of Workshop Houston, begun ten years ago by social entrepreneurs Seth Capron, Katy Goodman, Benjamin Mason, and Zach Moser, has been spun…
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Everything AND the Kitchen Sink: Historic Houston Opens Its Warehouse for a One-Day Sell-A-Thon Sunday
by Bill Davenport 0 commentHistoric Houston, a nonprofit dedicated to the salvage and re-use of historic buildings and materials, will open it’s temporary storage warehouse at 4300 Harrisburg Road, this Sunday, January 27th from…
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Last Saturday night I went to a private residence in Travis Heights to see the New Music Co-op‘s performance of Brent Fariss‘ Unitard, a piece that according to Fariss, “explores…
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Sigrid Sandström’s abstract paintings on view at Inman Gallery are a dynamic mix of formal play and precision. Meticulously done in smooth layers of acrylic paint on board or panel,…
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Scott Carter, who received his MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2011, has been getting some attention for his gallery-deconstructing drywall sculptures. Problem is, San…
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Robert Hodge at the South Dallas Cultural Center
by Garry Reeceby Garry Reece 0 commentThese days, signs are not to be trusted. Their meaning, as Derrida argued, is not immediately clear to us. What they refer to is absent, so the meaning they…
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ARZU: Iconic Modern Architects and Rural Afghan Weavers Making Rugs Together
by Bill Davenport 2 commentsFrom January 10- February 15, the Bank of America Center at 700 Louisiana St. in Houston is hosting an exhibition of nine architect-designed rugs created by Afghan women as part…
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Dear San Antonio: Thank you for giving us Linda Pace. Recently I had the pleasure of visiting the Linda Pace Foundation for the second time. It’s a gem that…
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I have always had a difficult relationship with the Chicano movement. Because of my background and South Texas birthplace, I am expected to identify with the movement, but for reasons…
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Know of a Master? Houston Center for Contemporary Craft is currently seeking nominations for its next honoree. Begun in 2005, HCCC’s Texas Masters Series honors career artists in Texas who…
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Peter Simek gets to the bottom of the Dallas Contemporary’s scandalously cheap eBay art sales in D Magazine. Calling the fiasco, in which the Contempoary sold off a few dozen…