Glasstire

This marks the Houston installment of the New American Festival, which began nationally in mid-September with similar festivals  in Boston, Oakland, Kansas City, Nashville, and Detroit. 

This weekend The University of North Texas will celebrate its new $70 million College of Visual Arts and Design building with a ribbon cutting, exhibition and open house.

Tonight, October 10 from 7-8pm, Bill and Linda Reaves will discuss the work on view at the Grace Museum in Abilene.

Brandon Zech and Christina Rees on the return of Sculpture Month Houston, Brandon’s return to Chinati Weekend, and, at last, the grand opening of Ruby City.

There will be affordable prints available, along with this year's commemorative poster of an alien Buddy Holly.

Brandon Zech and artist and Glasstire programmer Seth Mittag run down a host of shows in San Antonio, the meaning of a “good crisis,” and how to win a wad of cash by hacking into Glasstire’s database.

San Antonio's Contemporary Art Month (CAM) has announced that Lee Hallman will be the curator for the 2020 edition of the CAM Perennial.

On October 22 and 24, Topchy will present "Eternal Now” at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel in Manhattan.

“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: Fecal Felicity This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of the Slant Step Book, which celebrated…

In this Art Dirt podcast, Brandon Zech and Christina Rees talk about why Texas' art scenes are underestimated outside of Texas, and how we might fix that. 

Here, Thornton answers ten questions (inspired by the Proust Questionnaire and slightly tweaked by Glasstire).

Anne Buckwalter, Elizabeth Cooper, and Elizabeth Glaessner will be giving short artists talks, beginning at 7:30, with refreshments to follow.

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on a piece of virtual reality art that really works, intentionally stupid art, and art that presents “alternative histories.”  

The sculpture was engineered and assembled in Houston, and its official unveiling is on the University of Houston campus on Friday, Oct. 11.

Each artist will receive $3,000 to develop a full body of work in preparation for an exhibition that will take place next year in one of Houston Center for Photography's two galleries.

Chuck Still, the founding Executive Director of Midtown Arts & Theater Houston (MATCH), resigned on September 15.

On September 22, Art Spark will present its annual Artist of the Year Awards to five artists with disabilities who live and work in Texas.

RCA's award of $9,000 per year for the biennium will support marketing and advertising to promote the still-new Rockport Art Loop initiative.

Christina Rees and Christopher Blay on a comprehensive video series in Houston, two UNT artist-professors making things happen, and what really counts after the apocalypse.

The award also includes a solo exhibition at Big Medium, Austin in the spring of 2020.