The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)—like the NEA, IMLS, and other agencies—is waiting for Congress to pass a federal budget for fiscal year 2018 to know the fate of…
December 2017
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Brandon Zech and Rainey Knusdon on two old-timey artists, the reinterpretation of history, and the convergence of art and political activism.
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Fuentes’s sweeping calligraphic strokes snake along the paper, ambling along until their next clash.
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The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation has completed the digital catalogue raisonné of Surrealist Salvador Dalí, reports The Art Newspaper. The 17-year project makes more than 1,000 works between 1910 and 1983—excluding…
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Houston Artist Jamal Cyrus Shortlisted for BMW Art Journey Prize in Miami
by Glasstireby GlasstireArt Basel and BMW have announced that Houston artist Jamal Cyrus is on the shortlist for the upcoming BMW Art Journey prize. Cyrus, along with the two other shortlisted artists (A.K. Burns and Mariela…
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A $1 million gift from the Moody Foundation will support renovation of facilities at Dallas’ Southern Methodist University (SMU) Meadows School of the Arts, along with key education projects, reports…
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The class warfare rhetoric among activist art types is hard to take seriously because it’s so often hypocritical.
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For the first time in a bit, Charles Adams Studio Project (or CASP) in Lubbock has opened up applications for its one- and two-year artist residencies, for both recent grads…
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Folks who have spent months handcrafting holiday gifts need to take an evening off and head out to West Texas for a talk by Eric Gorges at the San Angelo…
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The Contemporary Austin has announced that Judith Sims, the longtime director of education at the organization’s Laguna Gloria art school, will retire at the end of December. A graduate of UT, Sims…
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Hidden in Bradford's cavalier brushwork are wise and focused decisions.
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For the holidays! Rainey Knudson and Brandon Zech run down their favorite Texas museum stores by category.
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The Texas Commission on the Arts has announced that 52 arts organizations and 17 artists affected by Hurricane Harvey will receive relief grants. Totaling $446,500, the grants will go towards supplementing…
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"The relentless stress of working unstable and underpaid jobs is not ennobling or creatively inspiring. I don’t think it builds character. I think it kills your soul."
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Round ten of The Idea Fund, a re-granting program administered by a partnership of DiverseWorks, Aurora Picture Show, and Project Row Houses and funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation (at…
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At a meeting this week with the Houston arts community, the Houston Arts Alliance (HAA) introduced its freshly-minted CEO John Abodeely, and unveiled a host of new grants aimed at improving arts…
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on cross-pollinating art collectives, the Lizard Cult, and art you can buy for Christmas.
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The color experts at Pantone have chosen the winner for the color of year 2018: Ultra Violet (#18-3838 for Pantone fans), a “dramatically provocative and thoughtful purple shade.” Color of the…
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Artspace111 in Fort Worth has announced it’s now accepting submissions for its fifth annual open-call Regional Juried Exhibition. The space is accepting submissions for new two- and three-dimensional works and the…
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Some people thought that the newly revived Splendora Gardens went dormant with the abrupt departure in June of Jeff Wheeler, the Lubbock artist who was brought in to run programming…