Rainey Knudson

We reported earlier this year on the newish San Antonio-based collaboration Potter-Belmar Labs, and they continue to be very active, locally and elsewhere: Jason Jay Stevens (1/2 of Potter-Belmar) has…

Hey, the Dallas Video Festival is 20 years old! Check out their listings, screening July 31 – August 5. They've got a ton of stuff to choose from — too…

Houston artist Dan Fabian has had some misses (we didn't love his Manga-y architectural blah-blah drawings, c. 2005, when he was an Artadia finalist, but his weird performance pieces and…

Nikki S. Lee, the Korean photographer who changes her identity, infiltrates communities and documents the experience, is speaking Thursday, July 26, 7pm at the MFAH in conjunction with a screening…

Think of it as the TX art scene's own little Woodstock, or Burning Man: Nohegan, the annual camping / grilling / art making weekend in central Texas is back, August…

Fun this Thursday in Houston: Art Star is having a one nite only boutique of artist-made funness at Rudolph Projects/Artscan, 5:30 – 7:30 pm on July 26th!!

We commented earlier this spring on the achievements of Ball-Nogues architects, who were introduced to Texas audiences last year at the Rice Art Gallery. Two more of Rice's alums (as…

Check out San Antonio sculptor Richie Budd, featured in this weekend's Wall Street Journal in an article on finding art bargains! (Budd's piece Throw Your Hood Up, which was shown…

The city of Houston has put out a call to artists for seven new public art projects, deadline August 6. The big news is, Houston Arts Alliance (a.k.a. HAA, formerly…

We're badly late on this gem: The Dallas Morning News reported last month that Austin gets far more state funding for the arts than larger cities in Texas. Specifically, the…

Gosh — Modern Art Notes reports that Jeremy Blake is missing off New York's Rockaway Beach following the suicide of his girlfriend a week ago. Blake was first introduced to…

For whatever it's worth, lots of Texans made the list of ARTnews' top collectors: Fort Worth's Alice Walton got a nod for her American art collection; Austin's Jeanne and Michael…

We've been griping about the lack of artist-run spaces in Houston for some time, and now one has (sort of) opened: Joanna Gallery is the brainchild of some young Houston…

The artists to be included in this fall's Nexus Texas show at the CAM have been announced, and it's an eclectic bunch that reflects the trio of curators behind it.…

We lost another one: Texas artist Roy Fridge died of coronary disease this past weekend at his home in Port Aransas. His obit in the Houston Chronicle is here.

Congrats to the winners of the Galveston Art Center's annual juried show of Texas glass! David Graeve won the first prize of $1,500; and second and third went to Jennifer…

Well, Austin's Gallery Lombardi is still after it after 11 years — their latest show, Radical Nautical, deomonstrates the two Lombardi trademarks of weird theme and catholic taste. We're sure…

Resourceful San Antonio artist Cruz Ortiz is bringing back Dignowity, his downhill pushcart derby! This self-described "public art intervention" is designed to get local art people to San Antonio's East…

We meant to send a shout-out a few weeks ago to Paddy Johnson over at the blog Art Fag City, which is sporting a fancy new (non-generic) redesign. If you…

Glasstire contributing editor Charissa Terranova is leaving SMU to take over the UTD residency program and gallery! This is the residency that was created in the wake of the Southside…