After seven years with Houston’s Rothko Chapel, Executive Director Emilee Dawn Whitehurst will be leaving to accept a position as Senior Vice President at Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast. Whitehurst, who…
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The race is officially on! Yesterday, the oil services company Hunting PLC announced the call for entries for the 35th annual Hunting Art Prize in which Texas artists vie for…
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Red Bull has added Houston as one of its stops on the tour of “Red Bull Curates: The Canvas Cooler Project,” in which they invite 20 local artists to make…
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The First and/or Second Most Important Photograph to be Displayed in Dallas
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonDallas’ Photographs: Do Not Bend Gallery (PDNB) will exhibit what it believes to be the most important photograph made since the famous View from the Window at Le Gras (c.1826),…
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They Could’ve Just Asked Some Artists: Researchers and Businesses Discover That Doodling Makes Us Smarter
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonA recent Wall Street Journal article reports that neuroscientists and other researchers have now discovered that doodling can “help people focus, ease impatience, vent emotions and even generate bursts of…
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In May, Houston’s folk art Smither Park celebrated phase two of its construction with a big artist party and, since June, Nashville-based metalsmith and woodworking artist Matt Gifford has been…
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GAC Directorless Again! Palace Revolution Doesn’t Go Over So Well
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThe Galveston Arts Center (GAC) seems to be having a rough time. After a period with no director and no curator (long-time supercurator Clint Willour is still on medical leave),…
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On September 13, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art will open an exhibition entitled State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now, dubbed by the New York Times as…
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If you haven’t yet seen The Big Show—Lawndale Art Center’s annual open-call, juried exhibition, you have until August 9th to spend some time with the whopping 115 works by 106…
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Artist James Turrell received the 2013 National Medal of Arts from President Obama during a White House ceremony on Monday. The Houston Chronicle referred to the light artist as a…
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Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts (TALA) will offer a one-on-one legal clinic for artists and arts-related organizations tomorrow evening at Houston’s Fresh Arts. Legal advice is absolutely free…
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Now that Glasstire editor Bill Davenport and publisher Rainey Knudson released this week’s Top 5 countdown on video, it seems everyone wants to jump on the YouTube bandwagon to chat…
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San Antonio’s Blue Star Contemporary has announced its selection of four local artists to take part in three-month residencies in Berlin, Germany: Justin Boyd, Adriana Corral, Jessica Halonen, and Chris…
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The folks who put the Q in QFest are gearing up again for the five-day annual film festival dedicated to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer cinema. It begins Thursday…
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Of course it’s hot and muggy in Texas this time of year, but it suddenly seems like it’s literally the dog days of summer around here. If you missed…
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There are some smart Houstonians over at Project Row Houses (PRH). They hold a monthly outdoor “Third Ward Community Market and Talent Showcase” but, in the summer months, they don’t…
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Houston Center for Photography (HCP) announces that it is launching a search for a new executive director to lead the organization, effective immediately. Bevin Bering Dubrowski is stepping down…
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This isn’t about a Texas art show and, in fact, this isn’t meant to be art at all. But every once in a while, a science museum or children’s museum…
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Happy Bastille Day! There are still plenty of people who assume that serious artists study in Paris, wear berets, and walk around with their thumbs stuck through those bean-shaped palettes.…
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After picking up student artwork from a Glassell School of Art exhibition, long-time Aldine ISD art educator Joseph Doyle was leaving the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) yesterday morning…