During a staff meeting, someone suggested that all six of us share a photo of something we've made for our moms for Mother's Day, whether it was years ago or... yesterday.

"That is how I am an artist: it is teamwork and surrounding myself with artists and friends who support me." -Karla Garcia

"These pieces have choices to them. Once they’re out of my control, they fall into the control of the viewer. They have a life beyond me."

“At a certain point you can get caught up in your own work and not take the time to invest in your local community... . But it's really important to me that I do both, and to remain active locally.”

Art League Houston and Blue Star Contemporary in San Antonio are two other Texas arts organizations who have become W.A.G.E. certified since the organization began its program in 2008.

"When friends Shirl Riccetti & donna e perkins decided to have a show together, they could never have anticipated such a tumultuous year as 2020."

Christopher Blay and Christina Rees on a remarkable collection on view in Austin, solo shows by two veteran Texans, and a solo outing by a new Texan who’s developed some interesting recurring themes.

Jurors Rabéa Ballin, Lauren Kelley Oliver, and Vicki Meek have selected Swift and Rucker as the inaugural winners of the 2021 Art As Activism Grant.

Highlights from the two artists' gallery talks.

Today: Animals and sprinkles

The documentary is unapologetic about its mission of decolonization, and presents one of the most clear-eyed articulations of the concept I've encountered.

I recently visited an antique shop in Houston and discovered several bronze statues from Benin.

"I wouldn't be making this work without the funding. It's just not possible for me. Grants are very important to me, especially coming out of the pandemic.”

I took my first art class, and now it’s almost as if long-dead artists were making their works before my eyes.

"Horlander challenges the viewer’s relationship with time, nature, and the space we live within to open up dialogue about what it is to be."

"It is always good with the bad. We all struggle, our failures test us, it’s what action we take to correct them that matters most." 

"Two exhibitions featuring new work by Fort Worth-based artist Rachel Livedalen and Austin-based artist Katy McCarthy."

"The work can be understood as pop art through a particular south Texas, Mexican American lens that takes us on a ride that might not be posh, but it will get us there with its own unique style."

The desert art-post invites visitors back for outdoor, self-guided tours beginning this Thursday, May 6.

"'Insta11ations' is made up of artists who are experimenting with the ways people interact with public art, who reimagine public spaces, and who express stories of social justice and equity in their work."