Christopher Blay

In 2017, the industry generated $5.59 billion, which resulted in nearly $350 million in tax revenue.

From artists we can all recognize to some favorite Texas artists to artists who labor in obscurity, here are  a few images that offer a glimpse behind the curtain.

This is a a special two-artist exhibition featuring works by Alejandro Macias and Amorette V. Garza.

43 Rockport artists have been selected to receive $150,000 in grants to create new works of art reflecting life in Rockport during COVID-19, the Black Lives Matter protests, and an unprecedented 2020. 

This is Herrera’s first public art exhibition in Houston, and the sculptures' second presentation ever.

New districts in Austin, Fort Worth, Dallas, and Houston have been added.

As with other Texas museums that have reopened, the Menil will require face masks for all visitors, and reservations ahead of your visit.

"He showed us that architecture and design had the power to transform cities."

Venues in the Dallas Arts District will light up in red lights, drawing attention to the effects of COVID-19 on local and national arts communities.

$30,000 and $100,000 have been awarded to "small to mid-sized arts organizations that are led by or supporting communities of color, rural communities, and historically under-resourced populations, in response to the impact of COVID-19."

The two works have been part of the Nasher's "Nasher Windows" series of exhibitions.

Created by artist Jose Villalobos, the residency offers three months of studio space. The first resident is Kwanzaa K. Edwards, a painter and illustrator.

The organizations hope to make this an annual program for the Austin performing arts community.

For this cycle of billboard images, artist Kalee Appleton led a team of students who spent a week interpreting photographic works from the Modern's collection.

The works include five Spanish drawings from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, including one by Alonso Cano, and one terracotta sculpture by the Catalan Modernist Agustín Querol y Subirats.

Individual Houston artists may apply for up to $1,000, while nonprofit organizations will be eligible for up to $15,000 each.

With uncertainty still the rule around Coronavirus testing, cases, and a possible vaccine, a lot of reopening plans are in flux.

The billboards began going up on Monday, and the project hopes to attract the attention of Texans, particularly people of color, as COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the state.

Perez's sister Analiza Perez-Gomez revealed in a phone conversation with Glasstire that the artist died from a diabetic coma on Friday, August 14.

The COME TO YOUR CENSUS open call invites artists "whose work will serve to inspire their communities — particularly the hard-to-count — to participate in the 2020 Census."