Bill Davenport

The first annual Booker Lowe lecture at Houston’s Glassell School of Art brings Andrew Wagner, editor-in-chief of American Craft Magazine to tell us that we’re in an "era of convergence"…

San Antonio artist Bill Fitzgibbons and the city of McAllen are in a heated legal wrangle over McAllen’s installation of colored lights in an underpass that closely resemble "Light Channels,"…

Ex-Texan sculptor James Surls has installed a string of his signature twirly trees along New York’s Park Avenue between 50th and 57th streets. The pieces are part of the city’s…

The Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce can’t afford the $50,000 it takes to keep El Paso’s giant star alight, and hopes to push the job into the public sector…

Marion True, the archeologist and former curator of antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles took the stand in Italy to refute charges that she particiapted in…

This weekend, S.O.S. or "Systems of Sustainability," explores art as a tool for social activism at the University of Houston with three days of site-specific projects, field trips, lectures, scholarly…

At Co-Lab, Austin, *Tonite*, March 21, Saturday, it’s Too Much Cake: performance artists from across Texas are going to be "linking postmodern strategies to street performance and appropriation." Artists in…

Maria Cortes is the winner of this year’s Edith Baker Art Scholarship, sponsored by the Dallas Art Dealers Association. The young Dallas artist will scoop up $3500 at an awards…

The Shepard Fairey mural installation scheduled for 2 p.m. yesterday in Austin was hastily cancelled yesterday morning. Apparently, the artist, who was going to be in town for SXSW had…

Whole Foods is presenting the 5th annual "Empty Bowls Houston" this Saturday, March 21. Donating  $25 to the Houston Food Bank gets you a lunch of soup, bread and water…

The Texas Association of Museums is hosting its annual meeting in El Paso this week. Times are tight for museums and the conference theme, “Breaking Down Barriers – Building Bridges,”…

As a part of our plan for world domination…er, statewide video coverage of the Texas art scene, Glasstire wants more video! We received an incredible response to our open call…

The wit and wisdom of Clint Willour, art guru extraordinaire, is included in a just-released guide for artists. ART/WORK: Everything You Need to Know (and Do) As You Pursue Your…

On March 19-21 the most underground art show with the most aboveground press machinery is coming to Austin: New Brow: The Rise of Underground Art opens at the art space…

Shepard Fairey is hitting Austin. UT’s Landmarks public art program has commissioned a mural from Fairey for the Art Building. The mural will be installed on the building’s exterior this…

The Galveston Arts Center has received $188,500 to help repair hurricane damage to its 1878 First National Bank Building. The Harris and Eliza Kempner Fund, The Brown Foundation, Inc., and…

In the spirit of the rent party, the benefit concert,  a new social event, "Sunday Soup" is a community meal that functions as a grant funding process. On April 5 at…

Fahamu Pecou is an Atlanta-based artist who has been working since 2002 to re-brand himself as "the shit", with his "Fahamu Pecou is the shit" campaign, modeled after the aggressive…

The Texas Senate finance committee has recommended that the Texas Commission on the Arts receive $3 million extra dollars over the next two years to support TCA’s Arts Create grant…

Stucco relief sculptures recently discovered at the El Mirador site in Guatemala are the earliest known representations of the Maya creation story, and have archeologists excited. The two 26-foot panels…