Paula Newton

Renaissance artiste/actor James Franco never ended up in Texas to explore his poetic self after he was accepted at the University of Houston’s doctoral program in creative writing, but he’s…

Not only are Texas galleries and museums in the midst of a plethora of post-holiday exhibition openings, there are also some fantastic upcoming art talks. Here are a few that…

The Artist Foundation of San Antonio, now in its 10th year, has announced the ten 2015 grant recipients awarded to artists across a broad range of disciplines living in Bexar…

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born 87 years ago on January 15. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968. The civil rights leader accomplished a lot and changed the…

If you have seen Island Time: Galveston Artist Residency – The First Four Years at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (on view through Valentine’s Day) and thought that you, too,…

The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (HCCC) has announced Perry Price will be the art center’s new executive director. Price will leave his position as director of education at the…

Houston’s 14 Pews will host a screening of the award-winning documentary The New Black (2012) tomorrow evening, January 14. The film explores differing ideas of gay marriage within the African…

Vanity Fair has a long, fascinating piece on long-time Houston socialite Lynn Wyatt, filled with so many intriguing stories and so many glamorous names that it seems almost impossible to…

Anyone who has been on the Internet in the past few hours has read the sad news that David Bowie died yesterday after an 18-month battle with cancer. He had…

Linda Shearer, who came to Texas (from the Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, where she was director from 1989 to 2004) to serve as interim director for the…

The Hunting Art Prize is a big deal in Texas. Only one winner is chosen for the cash prize of $50,000. But the rules are a bit stiff. Entrants must…

It sounds like a collective hangover at an artists’ commune (and maybe it is), but the “Community Breakfast Studio Crawl” is back for a second round this Saturday. Austin’s Pump…

“We’re only a few days into 2016 and I’m already making a trend forecast: exhibition trailers,” wrote Artnews’ Hannah Ghorashi. “This prediction is based solely on the trailer Mark Flood…

With each New Year, we bring hopes and resolutions of positive transformation. For those who missed the opening of Sites of Transformation at Houston’s She Works Flexible, featuring the work…

Yesterday, tons of news sites and newspapers reported on the social media backlash against Old Navy’s toddler t-shirts which read “Young Aspiring Artist” with a line through the word “Artist”…

The City of Austin will present its annual Austin’s New Year (ANY): an alcohol-free celebration that showcases a variety of art, food trucks, and live music. It will take place…

Houston’s Orange Show Center for Visionary Art is commissioning site-specific works of 2D & 3D mosaic art at Smither Park, its newest outdoor art project. The call is open to…

An organization called “California is Not for Sale” will launch an active signature-gathering campaign on January 1 to put a new initiative on the 2016 state ballot. San Diego entrepreneur…

Maybe this has been happening at Christmas for years, but this image of a Galilean man created by a forensic anthropologist has been popping up recently on the Internet and…

After viewing Brandon Zech’s charming photo essay about nativity scenes as sculpture entitled “This Isn’t the Baby You’re Looking For,” it’s helpful to remember that some people regard nativity scenes…