Bill Davenport

The National Museum of Funeral History in Houston has proposed forming an association for Funeral Memorabilia Collectors. Their plans include providing a forum for guest speakers, shows, and gatherings. They’re…

Sean ??, aka NEKST has died. A noted graffiti writer since 1996, he began writing as Next in Houston, and was voted “best graffiti writer” in 2003, by the Houston…

Michael Granberry reports in the Dallas Morning News that the DMA isn’t going to get the expensive Leonardo after all; (insert sigh, with relief, or disappointment, depending.) WHAT NOW?- it’s…

The proposed big wheel/Aztec calendar design for a new Mexic-Arte Museum building on congress Ave. in Austin by Fernando Romero was part of the architect’s “You are the Context” exhibition…

In other Mexi-Arte news, the museum has received the 300 piece Patricia and Carmine De Vivi Mexican Mask Collection. Mr. De Vivi began his visits to indigenous villages in the…

Just after its 50th anniversary in 2008, the Longview Museum of Fine Arts began  renovating its facade on Main St. in Longview. In 2011 it raised over$250,000 to begin work…

Excavations for a new subway station in Rome had unsurprisingly, run afoul of “the most important Roman discovery in 80 years”, according to the Guardian (UK). While tunneling under the…

Jewelz Cody, self described “Waterfowl Alignment Coordinator*” aka Artist Liaison/Coordinator & Producer for Art Car Weekend, who has been instrumental in coordinating the Houston Art Car Parade since it first…

After seven years as epicenter of alterna-zine culture in Austin, Domy books is closing.  Houston businessman Dan Fergus, who owns Domy’s two locations has “withdrawn financial support” for the much-loved…

Kerry Inman, owner of Houston’s Inman Gallery, has closed a deal on the historic Bermac building building at 4101 San Jacinto and Cleburne St. in Midtown. Her company, Bermac Arts,…

El Paso street artists Silver IsReal and Carlo Mendo have formed a new nonprofit, the “Urban Art Fitters League of El Paso” to paint downtown alleys with uplifting murals. Begun…

On Wednesday, January 9, The City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department’s Public Art Program is inviting local artists to an informational session on their upcoming Central Business…

D Magazine’s Peter Simek sums up the dramatic occurrences in the Dallas Art scene for 2013 without resorting to tiresome to write , but love-able to read  end-of year lists,…

Ken and Barbara O’Toole, of Irish Lion Media and Marketing in Ft. Worth have e-published five monographs/artist books by North Texas artists via Amazon’s Kindle platform, and are offering them…

Houston’s BOX 13 ArtSpace is currently accepting proposals for exhibitions to fill its many gallery spaces for  2013-2014. Artists and curators are invited to submit recent or proposed works, ideas…

Attention High School Teachers! AMOA-Arthouse is now accepting applications for our annual, juried teen exhibition, Ahead of Their Time. Contact Kate Wurtzel 512.453.5312 x104.

  The Dallas Museum of Art has announced the inaugural DMA Art Ball Graduate Student Prize, sponsored by the Dallas Art Fair. Maxwell L. Anderson (Director, DMA), Frances Colpitt (Chair…

Houston Center for Photography has announced its 2013 fellowship winners: Los Angeles-based Lauren Marsolier won the HCP Fellowship and Houston’s Anne Marie D’Arcy won the Carol Crow Memorial Fellowship. Each…

In Houston, recycled art-parts warehouse Texas Art Asylum is consolidating its locations: closing their retail store at 1320 Houston Avenue and moving everything (and that’s a lot!) to 1719 Live…

Art on Fifth, “Austin’s First Contemporary Art Gallery” won’t be on Fifth much longer- a new parking garage is forcing the gallery to relocate after 15 years to 3005 South…