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Christina Rees and Christopher Blay are joined by Houston artist Patrick Renner to run down the top five art events in Texas this week.

The building is on LHUCA's campus, in the popular arts district of Lubbock.

The Austin residency, now in its second year, is open to local artists and takes place at The LINE Austin hotel overlooking Lady Bird Lake.

This is a collection of painted portraits of military veterans, and some of the veterans will be present to autograph copies of the book at the show's opening reception on February 27.

"I have a real fondness for the brains of artists. People laugh about artists not being good communicators, and I think that’s a load of crap."

Today, let’s celebrate art's penchant for the longing heart.

Brandon Zech and Christina Rees on an unmissable Valentine’s Day party, Charlie Chaplin losing a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest, and full permission to get your hands around the work in a major exhibition.

Ripple's one-week IG takeover was a savvy explosion of video, video-still, and photo collage that had some fun with the way we absorb and process pop culture, and online images in particular.

Christina Rees and William Sarradet on a sculptor’s leap into oil painting, the therapeutic DNA of craft, and a show by Texas’ newest honorary intrepid explorer.

This is the third year of  the prize, which supports writers early in their careers.

As part of a sporadic-yet-ongoing tradition, today Glasstire relaunches its online artist residency with a one-week, complete takeover of our Instagram account by Austin-based artist Sean Ripple. 

The Land Art Generator is an artwork that produces renewable energy consisting of 18 60-cell solar panels coated with image-embedded photovoltaic film.

The Printmaker’s Ball is an opportunity to preview work on show during PrintAustin’s PrintEXPO, which runs through the weekend.

Judges for this round of the Prize include Dr. Rich Aste, Director of the McNay Art Museum; Anjali Gupta, Director of Sala Diaz; Brandon Zech, Publisher of Glasstire; Christina Rees, Editor-in-Chief of Glasstire; and Christopher Blay, News Editor of Glasstire.

Christina Rees and William Sarradet are joined by Houston Center for Contemporary Craft’s Kathryn Hall and María-Elisa Heg to run down the top five art events in Texas this week, including two at HCCC.

Walley Films, an acclaimed independent film studio based out of San Antonio, is the husband and wife duo of Angela and Mark Walley.

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech are joined by artist Emily Link to run down this week’s top art events, and to chat about what it takes to run a successful artist-run space.

There will be a memorial service for Lanfear this Friday, January 24, at 11 am at Christ Episcopal Church, San Antonio.

Alison Hearst is Associate Curator at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, and the curator of the museum’s FOCUS exhibition series.

The public is invited to celebrate the life and art of Michael Galbreth in Houston this Saturday, January 25, from 2-6 pm.