Bill Davenport

You’ve got until Friday, May 28 at 4pm to apply for a residency at Houston’s Lawndale Art Center. The one-year hitch includes studio space, a stipend, a materials budget, and…

Saurday, May 22, at high noon Houston’s Menil Collection is selling off a boatload of old catalogs at $10/bag, and you can bring your own bags! The sale will take…

The Chinati Foundation is inviting all Big Bend area residents and visitors to a community celebration on Sunday, May 23 from 10am-2pm, with free brunch, a giant art-making project, and…

On Saturday, May 22, Springboard, an open studio event in East Austin, reveals 80 artist’s studios at Pump Project, Big Medium, and Art Post. At 5pm sculptor Hank Waddell will…

Pakistan temporarily blocked access of its citizens to Facebook in honor of "Everybody Draw Mohammad Day" scheduled for today, Thursday, May 20. The controversial event was created last month in…

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth’s Teen-Artist Project, which pairs area high school students with artists, will have two sessions this year, from August-December and January-May 2011; classes meet…

Douglas Britt of the Houston Chronicle noted that last Friday’s gala fundraiser for the MFAH’s burgeoning Arts of the Islamic World collection netted the MFAH a 15th-century inlaid scribe’s box,…

The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft is sponsoring this year’s Empty Bowls Houston on May 22. you know the routine: for a $25+ donation, you get a bowl of handcrafted…

Funky techno-artist and Lawndale studio program resident Nick Meriwether will be holding an electronic workshop on Thursday, May 20 from 6-8pm. People, armed not with knowledge or experience, but interest…

Collector and Dallas Museum of Art trustee Marguerite Hoffman is suing Mexican financier David Martinez, Sotheby’s and NY gallery L & M Arts over the public resale of a 1961…

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will offer free admission on Tuesday, May 18, as part of the Association of Art Museum Directors’ celebration of International Museum Day, which has…

Young Artists @ Arthouse is a FREE Saturday afternoon art program focused on helping students develop their art portfolios and learn more about opportunities in the arts. Priority is given…

The fourth independent survey of contemporary Texas art, the 2011 Texas Biennial, has just opened its call for submissions. This time around, New York based art historian and attorney Virginia…

Supers: Short Films Inspired by Heroes, a montage of short films and excerpts from vintage superhero shows, curated by Aurora Picture bursts on the scene tonight at Houston’s Discovery Green…

The Montrose Art Society‘s grand opening is this Saturday, May 15 from 6:30-10pm. The new gallery, at 3201 Montose (at Westheimer) in Houston will show new work by gallery artists.…

Ballroom Marfa will participate in this weekend’s No Soul For Sale Festival, showcasing 70 independent spaces from across the globe in the turbine hall of the Tate Modern, London. BM…

On Saturday, May 15, from 2-8 pm, seven galleries in Houston’s Montrose neighborhood are holding a scavenger hunt: at each stop on the inter-gallery trolley (the trolley ride is $5,…

Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks was roughed up, but unharmed yesterday as a mob attacked him at a speech on artistic freedom at Uppsala University in Stockholm. According to the Associated…

The Republic Square Fellowship, an arts micro-funding project by Milwaukee social sculptor Paul Druecke raised some money via it’s April 23rd bake sale in Austin’s Republic Park, and is looking…

Sculptor Lily Cox-Richard is the winner of this year’s Meredith long Core Program Award. The $10,000 award, given in honor of Houston Gallerist Meredith Long, was announced at the Glasseel…