The Contemporary Austin has announced that Judith Sims, the longtime director of education at the organization’s Laguna Gloria art school, will retire at the end of December. A graduate of UT, Sims…
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As a conceptual artist and practicing DJ, Boyd approaches each project much like a recording artist developing a concept album.
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Sue Graze, former executive director of Austin’s Arthouse at the Jones Center, has been named the interim director of San Antonio’s artist residency Artpace. This is following the departure of…
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I’m glad to see Laguna Gloria being used as an art spot within the AMOA-Arthouse dialog, but there still seem to be some issues to flesh out and aspects…
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Glasstire contributors offer up their picks for Fall 2012! AUSTIN Emily Roysdon: Pause Pose Discompose Visual Arts Center September 21 – December 8, 2012 Super smart curator and art historian…
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South by Southwest is coming to Austin, and visual and dramatic arts groups are hunkering down to weather the tsunami of visitors almost exclusively focused on music, film and technology.…
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With the New Year comes a time for reflection. This year my annual reflection comes straight off the heels of a two-week trip to Austin. It’s always exciting to…
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Ousted Arthouse Curator Elizabeth Dunbar Finds an Edgy Niche in Houston as Diverseworks’ New Director
Elizabeth Dunbar, the former curator and associate director at Austin’s Arthouse before its conflation with the Austin Museum of Art, has been named Executive Director of Houston’s Diverseworks Artspace. During…
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Glasstire’s contributors suss out the season’s most promising shows. AUSTIN Evidence of Houdini’s Return Arthouse/AMOA January 4 – March 4, 2012 Arthouse and AMOA are officially conjoined twins and, as…
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The Austin-American Statesman’s Jeanne Claire van Ryzin reports that longtime Arthouse Director Sue Graze will be teaching a graduate seminar at UT called “Staying in the Game”, focusing on career…
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Visual AIDS began Day With(out) Art on December 1st, 1989 as a national day of action and mourning in response to the AIDS crisis. It was meant to inspire positive…
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Think of a newlywed couple moving in together for the first time. Writing the prenup was hard and planning the wedding was an emotional rollercoaster, but the work of synchronizing…
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Arthouse and Austin Museum of Art To Merge. No Shake-Up Announced but New Director and Rebranding are on the Horizon
After months of backroom talks and explorations, the boards of the AMOA and Arthouse have declared the orgs united. The merger makes financial sense: the new entity will have an…
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When the AMoA and Arthouse announced that they were beginning discussions about some sort of merger, it kicked up a dust storm in Austin worthy of West Texas. And friends…
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EXTRA FALL RECOMMENDATIONS! If I had my druthers, the climate of Central-South Texas would chill the fuck out starting September 1st. We’d all wear long sleeves and closed-toe shoes, and…
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Austin Art Implosion Continues: Arthouse Director Sue Graze Resigns as Executive Director to Assume Advisory Role
Sue Graze, director of Arthouse since 1999 has resigned as Executive Director to become Director Emeritus. Graze has has shepherded the org through a name change, an ostentatious makeover, a…
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Outstanding teen education programs at Austin’s Arthouse have earned that org an invitation to the National Convening for Teens in the Arts organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA)…
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The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston: Crunching the Numbers, Part III
by Claire Ruudby Claire Ruud(For Part I and Part II, click here and here.) This series has considered the finances of a number of mid-sized, contemporary U.S. arts institutions outside of the major contemporary…
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(To read Arthouse and the Dallas Contemporary: Crunching the Numbers, Part I, click here.) In 2009, the Austin Museum of Art (AMOA) cancelled its plans for a new building downtown…
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Arthouse and the Dallas Contemporary: Crunching the Numbers, Part I
by Claire Ruudby Claire RuudIn an attempt to figure out what the hell has been going on at Texas institutions lately, I’ve been playing around with some numbers. Since the contemporary arts organizations I…