All of the studios — the four currently operating and the four CASP will soon build, are each 800 square feet and cost $400 a month.
August 2018
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The lesson of loss is burned into their practices.
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A few days ago, artnet News published an opinion piece about the detention of photographer and educator Shahidul Alam in Bangladesh. artnet’s Ben Davis wrote, “I’m convinced, however, that if more…
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News
Pablo Cardoza & London Ham to Open a Gallery Space in the Silos on Sawyer
by Brandon Zechby Brandon ZechNamed HAM/CARDOZA Gallery, the space has a year-long lease in the Houston gallery and studio complex during which its programming will trade off between the two gallerists.
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Glasstire's guest editor Neil Fauerso and San Antonio-based Artpace resident Jenelle Esparza on an exhibition of works inspired by the culture of Mexico, the draw of Australian Aboriginal art, and a timely show addressing incarceration in the U.S.
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In early 2018, the Houston Arts Alliance came together with the City of Houston to begin the “Let Creativity Happen!” Express Grants for artists to encourage creative risks and collaborations…
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News
Seventeen Texas Museum Gifted Over 500 Artworks from The Contemporary Austin’s Collection
by Brandon Zechby Brandon ZechEarlier this year, seventeen Texas museums were gifted a total of more than 500 works of art from The Contemporary Austin’s collection. The museums received the pieces as part of…
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There is an urgency for a show in Houston that centers around the bare honesty present in Thibodeaux's artist statement — that delves into women’s reproductive rights in a way that is comprehensive, authentic, multivalent — that reaches beyond the same self-congratulatory liberal clap-trap that shows up over and over and over again in the arts community.
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Houston Photojournalist Janice Rubin Donates 15,000 Works to UH
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonWorld-renowned Houston photojournalist Janice Rubin recently donated 15,000 of her works to the University of Houston (UH) Libraries Special Collections. The black and white prints, color slides and negatives from…
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In honor of the 100th anniversary year of his birth, there is a global tour this year of “Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema: A Centennial,” and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston…
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If we agree that artistic inspiration, in the formal art world context, springs from mysterious sources in the mind, emotions, and senses, then creative impulses that find an outlet outside that context are mystery ad infinitum.
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News
Austin Artists: Learn the Ins and Outs of Sales Tax at this Workshop
by Brandon Zechby Brandon ZechOn Wednesday, August 22nd, from 6:30-8PM, Big Medium will host a workshop geared at educating artists about ins and outs of sales tax in Texas.
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New Mexico is the inscrutable blank expression of a Kachina Doll, a white fade under a big sky. It’s chiller, sparser, more silent than either of its neighbors, and there’s reason why if you’re rich and need to dry out your family will probably send you to a “spa” called Desert Sage in New Mexico.
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Magdaelana is a place where people collect many things — telescopes, printing presses, rocks, scrap metal, sound installation pieces — and all seem to have a deep and proud knowledge of their possessions. The desert is a good place to store objects — it’s dry and the light is keen to lay things out in.
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Starting tomorrow, August 21, the Texas Cultural Trust is kicking off a state-wide Arts Education Task Force in Austin, which will be followed by two consecutive monthly meetings in September…
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News
Cheech Marin Receives $9.7 Million Grant for Chicano Art Museum
by Brandon Zechby Brandon ZechRecently Cheech Marin received a $9.7 million grant from the state of California to go towards completing a museum building to house the actor and comedian’s collection of Chicano art. Named “The Cheech…
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Op Ed
Houston, We Need To Vote On This Flood Bond. Then We Need to Dream About The City We Could Be.
Of course, if you want to really dream, you could imagine downtown Houston looking like Paris with the Seine running through it.
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A comic by Paris, Texas-based artist John Forse.
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News
Galveston Artist Residency Announces 2018-2019 Artists in Residence
by Brandon Zechby Brandon ZechThe Galveston Artist Residency recently announced the three artists chosen for the 2018-2019 edition of its eleven-month residency program: Katrina Moorhead, Phil Peters, and Derick Whitson. Born in Northern Ireland and based in…
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News
UH Public Art Launches Temporary Public Art Program & Names New Director & Chief Curator
by Brandon Zechby Brandon ZechThe University of Houston (UH) has announced that, under its newly developed strategic plan, it has named María C. Gaztambide as director and chief curator of its public art program. This…