Michelle Kraft

Michelle Kraft reviews a show of sgraffito drawings that address life and death on the border on view at Evoke Contemporary in Santa Fe.

Michelle Kraft writes about the complex systems of the natural world at play in "Elements on Earth and Beyond," on view at LHUCA in Lubbock.

Following the fire that devastated a historic building in its downtown tourism district, Alpine’s Gallery Night, Inc., and other local agencies have organized fundraisers to benefit the artists of Gallery on the Square.

Michelle Kraft profiles the artist and gallerist Janelle Barrington Spivey, who won Lubbock's 2024 YWCA Woman of Excellence award for her work in the city.

Michelle Kraft reviews a show of ceramic works by seven Indigenous artists, on view at the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts in Lubbock.

Michelle Kraft reviews a solo exhibition of works depicting the West Texas landscape by Abed Monawar, on view at the South Plains College in Levelland.

Michelle Kraft reviews an exhibition featuring landscape paintings of the West by artists Christopher W. Benson and Russell Horton.

Michelle Kraft writes about an art making workshop she led in Lubbock for members of the city's Survivor Housing community.

Michelle Kraft reviews a solo exhibition of clay sculptures by artist Misty Gamble, on view at the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts in Lubbock.

Michelle Kraft writes about Alice Leese, who over the past few years has participated in artist residency programs with the National Parks Arts Foundation.

Michelle Kraft reviews a solo show by Houston artist Nela Garzón and a group exhibition featuring works by PrintHouston member artists, both on view at LHUCA in Lubbock.

Michelle Kraft writes about an exhibition by Clarendon, Texas-based artist Jack Craft, on view at Kouri + Corrao Gallery in Santa Fe.

Michelle Kraft reviews an exhibition featuring artwork made by various members of Lubbock's McDonald family.

While visiting the work of Guido Caprotti in Spain, I was struck by how the Italian painter’s professional trajectory mirrored that of the Taos Society of Artists in New Mexico.

Like Marfa, Cuenca’s status as an international art mecca was seeded by a singular artistic personality and vision — in fact, Cuenca predates Marfa in this regard.

Michelle Kraft reflects upon her time leading a study abroad program in Avila, Spain with students from the Texas Panhandle.

By addressing issues of shame associated with not meeting perceived standards, it is Drescher’s hope that, one day, such questions will become irrelevant.

The exhibition is a love letter to Wilke's hometown, defined by its distinctive haunts and habitués. 

It was the aloneness of travel — the solitary spaces of the West — that catalyzed O’Keeffe’s most intensive periods of artistic and personal growth.

That our built environments should be ephemeral only serves to remind us of our own transience.