Glasstire counts down the top five art events in Texas.
For last week’s 2025 Spring Preview picks, please go here.
1. Seen and Unseen
Jung Center (Houston)
January 6 – February 14, 2025
From the Jung Center:
“In Seen and Unseen, Liz Gates reimagines traditional symbols of home as she collaborates with her children to discuss the particular flavor of American nomadism that has been handed down from their foremothers. The resulting work is a love letter to the unseen parts of a family and the unspoken ways folklore influences a unique and isolated heritage.”
2. Without Margins
Martin Museum of Art at Baylor University (Waco)
January 14 – March 9, 2025
From the Martin Museum of Art:
“Our studio practices are the manifestations of interrogating past and contemporary issues and their intersection with identity, power, and politics. Printmaking is the vehicle for inquiry, analysis, and a catalyst for action. We examine current issues that affect culture and investigate political and societal concerns, both of which can be viewed as being at physical and metaphorical crossroads.
The work portrays personal and/or universal perspectives on urgent concerns which include corruption, immigration, economic disparities, and inequality which have percolated to the forefront. As artists we engage in this dialogue by creating art which challenges and invites discourse within the current political climate.”
3. Bart Weiss: Video Y’all
The Gallery at UTA (Arlington)
January 13 – 25, 2025
Closing Reception: January 24, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
From the Gallery at UTA:
“The Gallery at UTA is pleased to present a retrospective exhibition honoring the creativity of longtime cinematic arts faculty member, Bart Weiss, who retired in 2024 after a long tenure with the Art & Art History Department. In addition to teaching, his illustrious artistic career includes many roles: festival programmer, TV producer, filmmaker, podcaster, critic, writer, cinematographer, producer, and editor since 1972.
Organized to highlight Bart’s involvement in the evolution of his field, the exhibition displays groupings of his projects ranging from 1976 to 2024. Works shown were produced using a history of technologies that defined these decades, from 16 mm film to Hi8, Betacam, and, recently, 6K cameras and mobile media. Diverse genres, including documentaries, narratives, music videos, experimental projections, films about music, and comedies are included. His range as producer, director, actor, and editor of projects is also highlighted including selections from his over 25 years as producer of KERA’ Frame of Mind television show, and as co-founder and producer of the annual Dallas VideoFest. His most recent project, a book titled Smartphone Cinema – Making Great Films with Your Mobile Phone published by Focal Press in late 2024, will also be on display alongside close to 50 samples of his independent films, podcasts, and still images.”
4. Dan Schmahl: Let’s Pretend
The Car Wash (Houston)
January 18 – February 2, 2025
From Car Wash:
“Dan Schmahl is an artist based in Galveston, TX. His work for the exhibition, Let’s Pretend, is a decade-long survey of his relationship to photography, the ocean and the will and creativity of the human imagination. The exhibition centers around a new sculpture Schmahl created based on a 1926 National Geographic article titled, ‘The First Autochromes from the Ocean Bottom: Marine life in its natural habitat along the Florida Keys is successfully photographed in colors.’”
5. Lisa Horlander: Prearranged Notions
Plaza Art Gallery (Paris)
January 13 – February 7, 2025
From the artist:
“Lisa Horlander presents her newest body of artwork. Join us at the Plaza Art Gallery for an amazing evening of art! January’s Third Friday Art Show, Prearranged Notions, features Lisa Horlander’s sculptures and paintings. Refreshments and wine will be served.”