This coming weekend, from November 2-5, the 2017 International Quilt Festival Houston is overtaking the George R. Brown Convention Center (GRB). Founded in 1974, the annual festival features hundreds of exhibitors, talks, special…
George R. Brown Convention Center
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The Community Artists’ Collective installed the “Quilt Peace” sculpture on September 20 in front of the building at 4101 San Jacinto, meant to stand throughout the Quilt Festival Houston at…
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Houston paints the town red in preparation for hosting the 2017 Super Bowl. Houston First just unveiled Wings over Water, a kinetic sculpture by Joe O’Connell and Creative Machines, which will welcome visitors on…
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On Wednesday, the new Houston city council met and complained about having to pay to the artist Ed Wilson for his public artwork* in the George R. Brown Convention Center, voting…
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News
HAA Announces Phase 2 GRB Commission (Let’s see if this one sticks.)
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonYesterday, the Houston Arts Alliance (HAA) announced that Joe O’Connell + Creative Machines was recently awarded the $1.34 million commission to create a major exterior artwork as part of the…
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Houston Artist Ed Wilson has, finally, been re-awarded the artwork commission for the George R. Brown Convention Center. After Wilson’s original award was strangely withdrawn in late November, it drew…
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The panel for the $830,000 commission at the George R. Brown Convention Center (GRB) met Monday night and the Civic Art Committee (CAC) of the Houston Arts Alliance (HAA) met…
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BlogGlasstireOp Ed
Houston First Corporation: George R. Brown Convention Center Request for Qualifications for Exterior Commission (Phase 2)
Houston area artists, artist-led teams and team members are strongly encouraged to apply.
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BlogEssayGlasstireOp Ed
Artist Ed Wilson’s Contract Withdrawn as $830,000 GRB Commission Process Collapses in Turmoil
A five-member selection panel chose Wilson for the plum job at the end of October. Last Thursday, HAA took it back.
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It’s art fair time (again)! This weekend, the Texas Contemporary Art Fair will take over the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, and it all kicks off with a…
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The third annual Houston Fine Art Fair will move back to the George R. Brown Convention Center this fall, after being bumped to the Reliant Center in 2012. In HFAF’s…
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The second whoppin’ big art fair has come to a close, and oh! I have so much to say that I doubt, what with today’s average attention span, any one…
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Big cities with vibrant art scenes have big art fairs, right? Sure. So it stands to reason that Houston, home of lots of great art, should have one as well.…
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Here they are, sorted by city, our picks for the best shows in Texas this fall! ALBANY Eric Zimmerman: Sixteen Tons The Old Jail Art Center September 24, 2011 –…