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Contemporary Arts Museum Houston & Houston Freedmen’s Town Conservancy Receive $1.25 Million Grant; Form Multi-Year Partnership
The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston Freedmen’s Town Conservancy, the City of Houston, and social practice artist Theaster Gates announce a multi-year partnership to engage the Freedmen’s Town community.
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Among the visual artists inducted are Mark Bradford, Theaster Gates, Betye Saar, Lorna Simpson, and an artist with deep Houston ties, Mel Chin.
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Tonight the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas announced the winner of the 2018 Nasher Prize: acclaimed American artist Theaster Gates. The Nasher Prize, which is $100,000, is now in its…
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Social Practice Makes Perfect: PRH to Host Symposium on Artists and Community Engagement
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThe term “social practice” has been getting more and more popular among artists in the past few years, although it still seems only slightly more defined (but definitely more user-friendly)…
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Those who happened to catch Theaster Gates’ performance at the Houston Museum of African American Culture, presented in conjunction with his work in the 2010 CAMH show Hand+Made: The Performative…
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The National Endowment for the Arts has announced it’s Art Works Grants, and 31 Texas nonprofits have benefited, to the tune of $788,500, total. Among the many organizations presenting primarily…
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For Part I, click here. For Part II, click here. Why do certain artworks have such a lasting impact? To stay with me, artworks usually have to affect some kind…