Glasstire has long been a fan of The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth’s programming (in 2011, we celebrated our 10th anniversary with a panel discussion at the museum). Their…
August 2018
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News
Lawndale Art Center & Nick Barbee Announce New Art Lending Library
by Brandon Zechby Brandon ZechThe Lawndale Art Center in Houston has announced that it is partnering with Galveston-based artist Nick Barbee to create the Lawndale Lending Library, an art library that will be comprised of artworks included…
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The plot twist is that the critique is less about humans exercising control of their environment, and more about the repercussions of chemical resistance that follows monoculture.
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Update September 12, 2019: For the 2019 Writing Prize open call, please go here. Ed. note: Glasstire recently announced its new art writing prize, a competitive award designed to highlight emerging…
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The show: Summer Studios 2018 The venue: Project Row Houses The city: Houston The date: August 11, 2018 Photographs by Maya Joubert …
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on the last summer shows you can catch in Texas, which means group shows galore, and a few unexpected solo shows that feel more like fall.
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News
Zine Fest Houston Opens 2018 Registration; Announces New Grant in Memory of Shane Patrick Boyle
by Brandon Zechby Brandon ZechToday, Zine Fest Houston (ZFH) opened registration for its 2018 event, set to take place on Saturday, November 17th from 12-6PM at Lawndale Art Center in Houston. This is the…
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Essay
The Rambling Boy: On the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of HemisFair
by Lonn Taylorby Lonn TaylorIt was 1966. "My friend called me one day from San Antonio and said, 'Lonn, they are organizing a world’s fair in San Antonio and they are paying writers $10,000 a year. Get down here!'"
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It’s that Idea Fund time of year again. Houston area (Harris, Galveston, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Waller, Chambers, Liberty, or Montgomery County) artists are eligible. The Idea Fund is a re-granting…
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This week, beginning on Thursday, August 16th, Tibetan Buddhist monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery, a center in Atlanta, Georgia dedicated to preserving Tibetan culture, will be creating a sand mandala…
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Here in Texas there are more art venues, art-school programs, and artists than ever before. And a dire lack of honest, engaging, readable critical writing about any of it.
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News
Day for Night Founder Omar Afra Accused of Sexual Misconduct; Steps Down from Festival & Free Press Houston
by Brandon Zechby Brandon ZechThis weekend, several women released statements on social media accusing Day for Night’s founder Omar Afra of sexual misconduct and assault. Two of the individuals who first made the claims, Veronica Ramos…
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Review
From the Page to the Street: Latin American Conceptual Art at the Blanton
by Gene Fowlerby Gene FowlerArtists throughout Latin America engaged in revolutionary DIY art as their own particular expressions of the conceptual art-think that zoomed around the continents in the 1960s.
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Essay
At the Mouth of the West: A Recent Trip Through Midland-Odessa
by Neil Fauersoby Neil FauersoI had never visited the Midland-Odessa part of Texas until a week ago, but that region looms large in the iconography of Texas.
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On Thursday, August 16, a new mural in Houston will be unveiled in the Westchase District: It’s titled Harvey Heroes, and it’s by Houston-based artist Larry Crawford. Harvey Heroes is a 100-foot…
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Rhizome, the international non-profit “that supports and provides a platform for new media art,” has opened its annual call for its microgrants, a program it kicked off in 2014. Grants…
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"I don't even really think that mainstream advertising is trying to sell anything to a person like me."
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The Art Center of Waco (ACW) has announced that former Program Director Claire Sexton is the new director of the museum. Outgoing Director Meg Gilbert will continue to have a…
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The Satellite Art Show, an art fair aimed at fostering the careers of young dealers, artists, non-profits and artist-run spaces, has told Glasstire that it will make its Texas debut in Austin…
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Early this year, the Metropolitan Museum of Art changed its admission fees to a complicated mess, but mainly it started a mandatory fee for non-New Yorkers, instead of its longtime…