Bill Davenport

The Heard-Craig Center for the Arts in McKinney will host the Texas Regional Art Symposium on October 9, focusing on the lives of women artists working in Texas during the…

The IRS’s 700+ page list of Texas nonprofits that are seriously behind on their paperwork and are in danger of losing their tax-exempt status includes a number of arts orgs,…

Archeology fairs, demonstrations of native crafts and mock digs, Texas Archeology Month promises "something to inspire and amaze every would-be archeologist". First, there’s Caddo Culture Day on Oct. 2 at…

A bus tour of Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Billboards, the first survey of the artist’s billboard works in the US, rides on Sunday, October 3, from 2-4pm in Houston. The directors of…

On October 2, Villa Finale, the Italiante mansion and decorative arts collection of pioneering Texas preservationist Walter Nold Mathis will open to the public in San Antonio’s King William neighborhood.…

The Houston Center for Photography is looking for two fellowship recipients who want $2000 apiece and a solo show at HCP. Jen Bekman and Jeffrey Teuton of Jen Bekman Projects…

An international crowd of art historians, curators and conservationists will gaggle together in Houston on Saturday, October 2 to discuss new research into the work of Henri Rousseau, the first…

Some of the "world’s most inspired and provocative thinkers, writers, artists, business people, teachers, and leaders" gathered last July at this year’s Aspen Ideas Festival. Mari Carmen Ramirez, curator of…

The Houston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs is looking for non-profit art organizations, including elementary schools, high schools and universities to participate in its temporary art exhibits in the Council…

The Texas Commission on the Arts is looking for nominations for State Poet Laureate, State Musician, State Two-dimensional Artist and State Three-dimensional Artist. Any Texas citizen can nominate (self-nominations are…

An Austin 360 blog bit bit about the New Visual Arts Center at UT quotes Douglas Dempster, the dean of the UT College of Fine Arts saying "It’s an experimental…

According to the NY Post, Fariah Friedrich, neé Phillipa de Menil, youngest daughter of John and Dominique de Menil was instrumental in creating the the Masjid Al-Farah, the mosque which…

Starting on October 14-16, 14 Pews, a new film, art and music project begins in the original Aurora Picture Show theater in Sunset Heights. Cressandra Thibodeaux, the curator and live-in…

It’s free day in the Houston Museum District TODAY, Saturday, September 25, from 10am-5pm. Free shuttle bus between 17 participating museums offering free general admission. Play Pirate Memory Game at…

Each year, the International Festival and Events Association hands out IFEA/Haas & Wilkerson Pinnacle Awards in 69 different categories honoring the quality and creativity of the promotional programs and materials…

Sacramento, CA is getting serious about attracting arts production, and has hired away UT Austin prof Deborah Edward as project manager for its ambitious "For Arts Sake Initiative," aimed at…

Edward Laird, 45, was arrested in Montpelier Vermont because he dumped a stolen Van Gogh drawing at a local thrift store. Laird allegedly stole the drawing from a Scottsdale, AZ…

UTD prof and former DMA director Rick Brettell has received a "Commandeur" certificate from the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his work on FRAME, the French Regional…

In 1982 a ice-age skeleton, nicknamed the ‘Leanderthal Lady,’ was found along the newly constructed RM 1431 near Leander; scientists called it one of the oldest intact burial sites in…

The Harris County Commissioners Court approved on Tuesday the transfer of $2 million in county hotel room tax revenue to the Harris County Sports & Convention Corporation, the county-created entity…