Although attendance is steady, charitable donations have taken a drastic hit and The Austin Museum of Art has again trimmed its staff and salaries to accomodate tight economic times. Unlike…
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Bill Davenport
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Artists Nancy Douthey and Jacinda Russel are taking a summer road trip to visit all those distant, remote and isolated earthworks you’ve always wanted to see, but never got around…
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The NALAC Fund for the Arts is fixing to help Latino artists and arts organizations develop their creative talents, make lasting contributions to our communities, foster artistic innovation, self determination…
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This Saturday, June 13 at 11am is the Art Guys tree wedding at the MFAH’s sculpture garden. In case you haven’t heard (unlikely), The Art Guys will marry a live…
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The first in a new series of outdoor screenings on the Menil lawn happens this Saturday, June 13 at 8:30pm. This time around, it’s rarely seen films and video from…
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Tonite at 7:30! A reception with artists Brooke Barclay and Brent Bruni Comiskey of the self-described post-futurist duo Pulse:Repulse Art Collective at what (I’ve heard) is THE hair salon for…
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Sep-timber. Galveston’s majestic oaks, damaged by Ike’s salty surge last fall, need replanting and Galveston’s Tree Commmittee is looking for a better name than "Galveston Tree Committee" for the effort…
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Houston house art space and garage annex The Joanna‘s first live performance event happens this Saturday night, June 13. From 7-10 pm, shittalkingmonster will perform at 4014 Graustark, with Jeremy…
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A recent press release from the University of Houston sets the record straight: UH installed Double Physichromie, a large piece by Carlos Cruz-Diez outside the Welcome Center on the main…
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Houston’s oldest public artwork, the Monument to Confederate hero, saloonkeeper, and Irish-American Richard W. "Dick" Dowling in Houston’s Hermann Park is getting a scrub. The marble statue, dedicated on St.…
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Artist Homestead Galveston Island is a new group of "concerned citizens" who have decided to market Galveston as an artist’s paradise: beaches, oodles of cheap historic real estate, an only…
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Despite its regional focus, Glasstire is holding its own among national art blogs in overall rankings, readership and connectedness, according to Invesp blog-ranking sevice. GT rated somewhat above a surprising…
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It’s time again for my favorite once-free-for-all, now $30, juried art show, The Annual Big Show at Lawndale Art Center. If you live within 100 miles of Houston, you can…
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El Paso’s Public Art Program invites Artists to free workshop by Chicago artist Lynn Basa, author of The Artist’s Guide to Public Art: How to Find and Win Commissions. Two…
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San Antonio’s REM Gallery is moving to a new location in the Tobin Hills Historic District. The gallery will close for the month of June and will reopen in July…
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Op-art crosswalks by Venezuelan artist Carlos Cruz-Diez will adorn the museum district campus of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, beginning this Saturday. The new feature opens to coincide with…
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The world’s largest amoeba, which oozed near Houston, may be dead, but what may be the world’s largest horse still lives in Texas. Remington, a Clydesdale, measures 6 feet, 8…
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The Museum Reach extension of San Antonio’s Riverwalk opens Saturday. Along with the river and the shops, eight artists were commissioned by the San Antonio River Foundation to create site-specific…
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The Dallas Museum of Art has appointed Jeffrey Grove as its new senior curator of contemporary art. Grove is currently the curator of modern and contemporary art at the High…
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The 14th annual Austin Critics Table Awards for 2008-2009 are out. In the visual arts categories, ‘Reimagining Space: The Park Place Gallery Group in 1960s New York’ at the Blanton…