Some of the "world’s most inspired and provocative thinkers, writers, artists, business people, teachers, and leaders" gathered last July at this year’s Aspen Ideas Festival. Mari Carmen Ramirez, curator of…
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The Houston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs is looking for non-profit art organizations, including elementary schools, high schools and universities to participate in its temporary art exhibits in the Council…
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The Texas Commission on the Arts is looking for nominations for State Poet Laureate, State Musician, State Two-dimensional Artist and State Three-dimensional Artist. Any Texas citizen can nominate (self-nominations are…
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An Austin 360 blog bit bit about the New Visual Arts Center at UT quotes Douglas Dempster, the dean of the UT College of Fine Arts saying "It’s an experimental…
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According to the NY Post, Fariah Friedrich, neé Phillipa de Menil, youngest daughter of John and Dominique de Menil was instrumental in creating the the Masjid Al-Farah, the mosque which…
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Starting on October 14-16, 14 Pews, a new film, art and music project begins in the original Aurora Picture Show theater in Sunset Heights. Cressandra Thibodeaux, the curator and live-in…
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It’s free day in the Houston Museum District TODAY, Saturday, September 25, from 10am-5pm. Free shuttle bus between 17 participating museums offering free general admission. Play Pirate Memory Game at…
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Each year, the International Festival and Events Association hands out IFEA/Haas & Wilkerson Pinnacle Awards in 69 different categories honoring the quality and creativity of the promotional programs and materials…
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Sacramento, CA is getting serious about attracting arts production, and has hired away UT Austin prof Deborah Edward as project manager for its ambitious "For Arts Sake Initiative," aimed at…
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Edward Laird, 45, was arrested in Montpelier Vermont because he dumped a stolen Van Gogh drawing at a local thrift store. Laird allegedly stole the drawing from a Scottsdale, AZ…
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UTD prof and former DMA director Rick Brettell has received a "Commandeur" certificate from the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his work on FRAME, the French Regional…
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In 1982 a ice-age skeleton, nicknamed the ‘Leanderthal Lady,’ was found along the newly constructed RM 1431 near Leander; scientists called it one of the oldest intact burial sites in…
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The Harris County Commissioners Court approved on Tuesday the transfer of $2 million in county hotel room tax revenue to the Harris County Sports & Convention Corporation, the county-created entity…
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Saturday, September 25, at 2pm Labotanica, Houston presents a Bone Making Event in support of the One Million Bones project on the national mall in 2013. Participants will showcase their…
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Houston Chronicle arts writer Douglas Britt has hit the big time, not for his arts coverage, but for an instructional email he broadcast to the Houston art community, telling us…
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Public presentations from labotanica’s [sic, capitalization] first six week residency program, School of Lattitutdes #1 happen Saturday, September 25, from 11am-5pm, with a closing reception from6-8pm. Organized around the theme…
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A couple hundred free E-tickets to watch artist Cai Guo-Qiang create his big gunpowder drawing on Tuesday, October 5 and Wednesday, October 6 in Houston are available to the public…
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The (new!) Visual Arts Center (VAC) at UT, Austin will host a staccato celebratory weekend of events to mark its grand opening from September 24-26. The expensive part of the…
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A recent amendment to a 1990 federal law prohibiting the fakery of Native American arts and crafts now allows all federal law enforcement officers, not just the FBI, to investigate…
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The Menil collection has announced plans to publish a catalog raisonné of the drawings of Jasper Johns, a companion volume to the catalogue raisonné of Johns’s paintings and sculptures to…