Bill Davenport

Artadia‘s executive director Lila Kanner and  program manager Ute Zimmermann will be on hand Thursday, January 28, for an information session about their upcoming Artadia Awards 2010 for Houston artists.…

French Literature and Philosophy professor Sylvère Lotringer will present a lecture on Blaffer’s Josephine Meckseper exhibition on Wednesday, January 27, at 6:30 pm. The lecture, entitled "Total Mobilization," will focus…

UT, Austin has commissioned NY multi-media artist David Ellis to create an original video for the university’s new Visual Arts Center, which is scheduled to open in September 2010. The…

Tools and equipment used by the "metal arts meet-up group" were stolen around new year’s from studios at 2511-C E. Sixth in Austin, reports Robert Faires in the Austin Chronicle.…

ARTSNET, the official arts council for North Tarrant county, is fixing to hand out grants to artsts in the  mid-cities region to help them create projects in their own communities.…

Houston artist Jonathan Leach has just finished a temporary mural on the walls of 13 Celsius, a Houston bar. Titled “Unwrapped,” the pattern of bright colors and zig-zag lines was…

The Art League Houston has chosen Joe Havel as their 2010 Texas Artist of the Year and Leslie and Brad Bucher as Texas Patrons of the Year. Havel joins twenty-seven…

The City of Austin is working on Imagine Austin, a comprehensive plan for the future development of the City. To make everyone feel included,  they’re inviting "Austin creatives and their…

On 11 Tochtli, 1 Ozomahtli, 5 Cuauhtli in the Aztec ritual calendar, the wonderfully wacky International Museum of Art and Science in McAllen (who brought you "Night in the Brew-seum"…

This year’s annual holiday bash supporting Glasstire and Fresh Arts Coalition is a celebration of the finer things in life: madras, tennis dresses, the old Billy Baroo and not stepping…

This month’s Spacetaker Artist SPEAKeasy features artists Robert Hodge, Lovie Olivia and Michael Kahlil Taylor of the UUPA Crust Collective, whose DARe to go FURther opens Friday at Lawndale, as…

The Foundation for Modern Music presents Musique Artistique at Blaffer Gallery on Thursday, January 21, at 7:30pm. The concert will feature the White Oak Trio premiering composer David Bernstein’s 2009…

The Texas Cultural Trust is looking for nominations for its 2011 Medal of Arts, Texans who have made their mark globally, are rooted locally, (raised in Texas, or worked there)…

Three iconic Genie Car Wash signs in Austin, slated to be removed by the business’ new owners have been granted a reprieve;  H2O Hand Car Wash and Detail’s founder bowed…

Hecho en Dallas, a free showcase of recent work by Dallas Area artists opened last Thurdsday at the Latino Cultural Center. But it’s not too late for next year: jurors…

Thriving Minds (once upon a time called the Dallas Arts Learning Initiative), Dallas’ city-wide "creative learning" partnership got a boost with another $4.3 million from The Wallace Foundation and $350,000…

Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts has been awarded a $47,820 grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to plan an electronic record archive that will hold of more…

This Saturday afternoon from 1-6pm, UT Dallas’ Centraltrak will be hosting a symposium on The Kinetics of Urban Sprawl: Cybernetics and the City in the 21st Century. Architectural historians Robert…

Tropical Depression is a four-channel audio installation accompanied by mixed-media collages inspired by storm-track diagrams by Houston architect and noise artist Carlos Pozo. The opening is tonight from 6-8pm at Labotanica,…

On Saturday, January 16 & Sunday, January 17 from 12-5pm unframed drawings and paintings on paper by Texas art legend Bob Camblin will be sold off by the Camblin family…