Bill Davenport

Know of a Master? Houston Center for Contemporary Craft is currently seeking nominations for its next honoree. Begun in 2005, HCCC’s Texas Masters Series honors career artists in Texas who…

Peter Simek gets to the bottom of the Dallas Contemporary’s scandalously cheap eBay art sales in D Magazine. Calling the fiasco, in which the Contempoary sold off a few dozen…

The the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, NCECA for short, is having it’s 47th annual conference in  Houston on March 20-23. In addition to talking, hobnobbing, and…

Diverseworks has extended the deadline for Houston-area artists who are Diverseworks members ($35, if you’re just joining now) to apply for studio visits with Naomi Beckwith, visiting curator from the…

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is one of four institutions participating in Art Across America, an exhibition  billed as “the first major survey of historical art of the United…

You’ve got to stay alert to catch the best bargains on eBay- since last March, the Dallas Contemporary has been using the auction site to sell off limited edition prints…

The Art Center of Corpus Christi has received a challenge grant from local philanthropist and entrepreneur Gene Bouligny. Mr. Bouligny is prepared to present the Art Center with a $100,000…

Jeanne Clair Van Ryzin of the Austin American Statesman reports that “The once subversive, renegade artist-turned-architect Vito Acconci” will create a public sculpture at the Consolidated Rental Car Facility at…

The Texas Cultural Trust has announced its annual awards, honoring high-profile artists in several genres as well as important patrons of the arts. The 2013 Texas Medal of Arts Awards…

Uriel Landeros, the artist accused of defacing Picasso’s Woman in a Red Armchair at the Menil Collection, appeared in court today in Houston. Landeros was transferred from Hidalgo County Sunday,…

In case you missed it, (as I did!) a piece titled “Homophobia and the Arts” co-written by blogger James Payne and artist Michael Petry appeared in the Huffington Post, UK…

Staff at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas arrived this morning to find outdoor pieces in the center’s sculpture garden dusted with a fine, powdery white substance they termed “snow.”…

Nina Seely has been named to the newly-created director spot at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum in Austin. Nelie Plourde, who held the Executive Director/Curator position for the museum’s…

Mimi Swartz of Texas Monthly has been busy since Friday, when Glasstire published the Art Guys’ announcement that their controversial piece, The Art Guys Marry a Plant, was to be…

Construction of Patrick Renner’s 185-foot Funnel Tunnel begins on February 1. The public art sculpture/installation will be made of reclaimed wood and will snake through the trees on the Montrose…

In his latest link-filled newsletter, Bart Weiss of the Dallas Video Festival takes note of Texans participating in this years Sundance Film Festival  happening January 17-27 in Park City Utah…

San Antonio artists Meg Langhorne and Donna Pardue have announced a new endeavor, The Epitome Institute: “Esteemed Artists, Art Patrons and Dissertators: “We wish to introduce you to our new…

Book your reservations now to attend the third biennial Texans for the Arts Arts Advocacy Day in Austin. The day’s events include a breakfast rally, advocacy training, and Capitol visits…

Dallas mother-and-son gallerists Susan Roth Romans and Jordan Roth of RO2 Art are taking over the curation of the Magnolia Theater Gallery upstairs, inside the Magnolia theater at 3699 McKinney…

The city of El Paso is looking to build a public collection of artwork by local artists to be displayed in City buildings, and they’re in a hurry. Approximately $200,000…