Weather and vandalism have dimmed Paintbrush Alley‘s funky glory. The San Angelo landmark needs a face lift and The Downtown San Angelo group is asking artists to help on September…
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Bill Davenport
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Dallas Artist Doug MacWithey passed away unexpectedly last Thursday at age 58 of a blood clot. A memorial service has been scheduled for 2pm Saturday, September 4 at Grace United…
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Hanger Orthopedic Group, a maker of prosthetic devices, is holding a contest to find art for it’s new headquarters in Austin. Texas artists will vie for a $10,000 prize plus…
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Cris Worley, former Director of PanAmerican ArtProjects will open her own gallery in Dallas in September, co-habiting with Marfa’s Gallery Urbane under one roof at 2277 Monitor Street, Dallas. The…
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Austin’s OK Mountain Collective is on a roll. Thay have created a new video installation, Water, Water Everywhere So Let’s All Have a Drink, a satirical send-up of mass media…
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Arthouse in Austin has lined up a scintillating series of visiting curators to lecture and give studio critiques over the next few months, including Nicolaus Schafhausen, Artistic and Financial Director…
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San Antonio muralist Claudio Aguillon has just finished a prominent piece on the side of La Gloria Ice House at PearlBrewery. The 38-year old painter’s work adorns many SA walls,…
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A judge in Brownsville on Thursday set a January trial date for 20-year-old Ernesto Ivan Martinez, accused of the grisly murder of Barry Horn, director of the Brownsville Art Museum…
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The Old Jail Art Center in Albany, TX has announced the appointment of Thomas W. Jones as its new Executive Director. Jones, was formely director of the Museum of the…
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Textbook conceptual artist Dennis Oppenheim is interviewed in today’s Houston Chronicle by Douglas Britt. Oppenheim’s Radiant Fountains, a series of LED-lit giant splash sculptures at Bush Intercontnental Airport are nearing…
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The Menil bookstore will re-open on September first under the management of veteran art bookseller Paul Forsythe following a two-month renovation. The new store will include a children’s section, an…
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LA Times art critic Christopher Knight looks to Houston’s Menil Collection as a model for what the new Broad Museum of art can do for Los Angeles. Calling the Menil…
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Joseph Bravo will be the new executive director of the International Museum of Art and Science in McAllen. The 50 year former motorcycle racer and all around rock ‘n’ roll…
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On September 27, The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether or not to hear Kleinman v. City of San Marcos, in which the city is trying to remove a junked-car…
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The Houston Press’ Troy Schulze gripes about a stump in this weeks’ paper. The stump, or lump, planted in downtown Houston’s Market Square park, is actually a dog carved by…
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The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth has proudly, though not unexpectedly, announced that it has gained accreditation from the American Association of Museums, yet again. It’s a smallish club:…
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Houston artist Trenton Doyle Hancock is putting the finishing touches on A Better Promise at the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park. The site specific piece includes a 25-foot aluminum…
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The city of San Marcos has been saving up its hotel tax dollars, and is in the process of approving a new permanent sculpture dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr.,…
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A San Antonio program enrolling graffiti taggers in a summer art class (sometimes by court order) was dissected in an article in the San Antonio Express-News yesterday. 20 artistically inclined…
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The Idea Fund is fixin’ to hand out another round of grants to non-traditional art and art-like projects in Houston. Confused? They’re also planning a set of information sessions that…