Tonight, the San Antonio’s Southwest School of Art (SSA) is hosting a panel discussion called “How To Be A Working Artist: Promising Paths.” Stuart Allen, Jennifer Ling Datchuk, Jack McGilvray…
October 2015
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First seen at Laguna Gloria on Austin’s Museum Day, Animal Facts Club is set to return in 2016! Conceptualized by Austin-based artist Jules Buck Jones, the Club consists of a puppet-driven performance to educate…
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The human linguistic system and the sensory-motor systems used to construct art objects have been inseparable in the human being since the Great Leap Forward.
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Boerne Professional Artists will host its 13th Texas Hill Country Invitational Art Show & Sale this weekend. On Wednesday and Thursday, approximately 40 artists will be painting en plein air…
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CONGRATULATIONS to Houston artist (and sometime Glasstire contributor) Prince Thomas, winner of the time-based category at this year’s Grand Rapids ArtPrize! Prince’s video That Was Then pairs footage of fireworks with…
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Are you in the middle of the desert with nothing to do? Did you just spend $500 on a ticket to a benefit dinner that left you with an unfulfilled…
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For nearly four decades, Tom Orr has brought an unending curiosity, commitment, and conviction to making art that speaks to its necessity.
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News
Full Details on the Jesus Moroles Memorial in Houston set for Oct. 12
by Glasstireby GlasstireThe details on the public memorial service and tribute for Jesus Bautista Moroles have been made available to the public. It takes place this coming Monday in Houston. Instructions are…
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It’s the eighth round of the Idea Fund, which gives out grants for “artist-generated or artist-centered projects that exemplify unconventional, interventionist, conceptual, entrepreneurial, participatory, or guerrilla artistic practices.” The re-granting…
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Michael Ray Charles Adds Installation to UT’s Landmark Collection
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonMichael Ray Charles, who received his MFA from the University of Houston (UH) School of Art and then went to teach at the University of Texas (UT) for a couple…
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Christina Rees and Rainey Knudson count down this week's picks. There's a flying weenie in there somewhere.
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If you haven’t already heard, we’re bringing the legendary southern California artist Robert Irwin to Houston on October 17th, for a conversation with Michael Govan, the director of the Los…
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Cusick, like any good collagist, is an obsessive—not just visually and organizationally, but personally—and much of the work in this show is centered on some point of his combined rage, sense of betrayal, and a warning shot.
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This weekend, both San Antonio and El Paso will host their annual chalkfest street fairs. San Antonio’s Artpace Chalk It Up will transform downtown Houston Street into a gallery showcasing…
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Yesterday, Blue Star Contemporary in San Antonio launched its open call for national and international artists, which remains open until November 30. Recently, the majority of shows that end up on…
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JooYoung Choi's "The Cosmic Womb" has been growing in complexity since 2012.
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On Monday, a group of folks held a rally protesting the paintings of the French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir outside Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, reports the Boston Globe. Organized by…
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The first week of October marks the end of many shows that kicked off the fall season. If you’ve been meaning to get out and catch the first round of…
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Irony: A Houston film crew was robbed at gunpoint while shooting a promotional video in front of sculptor David Adickes’ 30-foot-tall “We (heart shape) Houston” sign, reports the Houston Chronicle.…
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Rainey Knudson chats with visitors to the Texas Contemporary Art Fair opening night, October 1, 2015 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. A little Scotch helps everything.