The Art Museum of South Texas in Corpus Christi will receive $850,000 worth of needed renovations.
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The Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth has been under renovation since February; it overhauled its facade for the sake of art conservation and accessibility (don’t worry; it didn’t compromise its…
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Historic Modernist Home Demolished in Ft. Worth, Fingers Start Pointing
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonLast Friday, demolition began on the Ruth Carter Stevenson home, an award-winning house of mid-century design at 1200 Broad Avenue in Fort Worth. The demolition began just as preservationists started…
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Remembering Ruth: Ruth Carter Stevenson, President of the Amon Carter Museum, is Dead at 89
by Janet Tysonby Janet TysonAmon G. Carter was a man of iron will, blunt charm and big ideas. Her father’s daughter, Ruth Carter Stevenson, inherited his intractibility and vision but thinly cloaked it with…
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Ruth Carter Stevenson, Philanthropist and President of the Board of Trustees of the Amon Carter Museum in Ft. Worth, daughter of oilman, newpaper publisher and fierce Ft. Worth booster Amon…
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Philip Johnson’s Thanksgiving Square Chapel
by Betsy Lewisby Betsy LewisWith each bright new building added to the Dallas skyline, the city grows more and more impressive, but we Dallasites also risk overlooking those architectural treasures that have grown familiar…
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If great cities are measured by their cultural institutions, Fort Worth is extraordinary. Its Cultural District is compact, pedestrian-friendly and internationally famous for the five renowned museums lined up right…