The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) will finally inaugurate its new Glassell School of Art building on Sunday, May 20. Visitors can view the Glassell, The Brown Foundation, Inc.…
Paula Newton
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It has long been rumored that a proper looking middle-aged woman entered the otherwise visitorless Cy Twombly Gallery in Houston’s Menil campus. When she seemed to be in the back…
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Many artists supplement their income with day jobs as art teachers. And most artists have had influential art teachers. Since this is the beginning of “Teacher Appreciation Week,” we would…
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Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has announced the first 26 winners of the newly launched grant program “Support for Artists and Creative Individuals.” Applications were accepted from all artistic disciplines. Each…
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The San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) has been gifted fifty works by the late American photographer Brett Weston, reports Artforum. Son of photographer Edward Weston, Brett Weston’s career spanned…
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Contemporary art enthusiasts Glenn and Amanda Fuhrman of the Manhattan-based FLAG Art Foundation have joined with Contemporary Austin trustee Suzanne Deal Booth to create a new art prize. “It seemed…
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If you were a girl who went to camp in Texas, you probably have a bracelet charm designed by James Avery. After he got popular, he created all sorts of…
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The Secret Group in downtown Houston is hosting a bunch of performance art tomorrow night May 1. The first, the NeoBenshi collective is meant to be “educational” video and…
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The small town of Presidio, Texas is home to Mexico’s smallest consulate. The Mexican government recently commissioned Los Angeles muralist Miles MacGregor, known as “El Mac,” to create a work…
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Bob Dorough was not the animator, but the musical director and a songwriter for many of the Saturday morning Schoolhouse Rock! songs, which taught a generation about grammar, math, science,…
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Tonight, April 25, Lawndale Art Center will open the studio doors of its 2017/18 Artist Studio Program (ASP) participants, Regina Agu, Shannon Crider, and Bria Lauren and Morganne Nikole of…
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The prestigious MacDowell Colony has released its list of 84 artists who will receive summer fellowships at its estate in Peterborough, New Hampshire, reports ARTnews. Its mission is “to nurture…
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Tomorrow, April 24, the National Geographic Channel will debut its second season of “Genius,” focusing on Pablo Picasso and starring Antonio Banderas. The “Genius” series began with portraying the life…
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Eva Tiamat Medusa, born Richard Hernandez, knew he wasn’t really a boy at an early age. After changing from a “he” to a “she,” she now prefers to be called…
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Artists think of the word “art” as their own, but the word is used in many ways (although not as amusingly as the recent and rampant use of “curator” of…
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Houston’s DiverseWorks has announced the appointment of independent curator Ashley DeHoyos as its new assistant curator. She will begin her new position on May 14. She comes to DiverseWorks from Baltimore,…
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Jerry Saltz has won this year’s Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, reports ARTnews, among other publications. The New York magazine senior art critic won for his article “My Life as a…
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Those kids in Florida who survived the recent school shooting have inspired youth (and older folks) throughout the nation. It seems that they have also touched students at Houston’s High…
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Houston’s Sawyer Yards has announced that it is opening another building. The former Halliburton manufacturing plant has been converted to Sabine Street Studios, adding to the complex’s warehouses which include…
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Round Rock, Texas will serve as this year’s annual SculptFest location, put on by the Texas Society of Sculptors (TSOS). The free event will take place Friday, April 27 through…