Rainey Knudson

Go have your Sabbath tipple Sunday, Jan. 7 at Houston’s Poison Girl, and support DiverseWorks at the same time!!

Mark Mothersbaugh, former member of DEVO and composer for the Wes Anderson films, is coming to Flight Gallery in San Antonio in May!! Stay tuned.

Benny Matthews, a Houston film and music video director, is speaking Thursday, Jan. 4, at 6:30 pm the CAM on the Pipilotti Rist show. (Caveat emptor: Matthews’ most recent direct-to-video…

San Antonio has a host of fresh new faces in town: in addition to Matthew Drutt, who came on from the Menil Collection to run Artpace, there’s Rene Barilleaux, chief…

In the spirit of Nick Collins, David Van Tieghem and Kit Fitzgerald, here’s a fun little video (courtesy San Antonio artist Hills Snyder).

A couple of blogs suggested by Paul Slocum (whose blog we flogged below): Tom Moody‘s and VVork’s (I also have to plug, once again, the digestible and beautifully edited Your…

We check these sites (almost) every day: Tyler Green’s Modern Art Notes (the guy is a machine), Rhizome, Jerry Saltz in the Village Voice, Culturegrrl and Newsgrist.

Here’s a great video from our friend, New York artist David Greg Harth.

A good commercial gallery website must have: up-do-date show info with images, an archive and info on future shows;artists’ bio/CV with lots of images and links to their personal websites…

Best TX graffiti site: Aerosol Warfare; best national site: Wooster Collective; the godfather of graf sites (according to Houston artist Gonzo247): Art Crimes.

Today, a hodgepodge of TX art sites we love: – Paul Slocum’s blog is chock full o’ great links. – Austin Museum of Digital Art:You have to sift to see…

Have a great holiday, everyone!! Next week I’ll be using this space to feature ourfavorite art websites, so check back if you get too waterlogged on wassail!

…that there’s a National Ornamental Metal Museum in Memphis? But apparently there is, because Galveston jewelry designer Diane Falkenhagen has a show there!

Christine Jelson West, director of the Galveston Arts Center (and longtime "Our Girl Friday" at Glasstire) is the new Director of Lawndale!!

Janakie Lennie’s show at Holly Johnson got a lil’ review in this month’s ArtForum!

The Holocaust Museum Houston has been given a small hand-carved box, a rare piece of prisoner art from the Terezin concentration camp near Prague. The museum has also just received…

Check out Rick Lowe of Project Row Houses, featured on the front of the Arts and Leisure section of today’s NYT!!!

This looks like something your three-year-old could do.

Houston sculptor Sharon Engelstein has been accepted by the Artist Pension Trust,a group helping artists make long-term investments.

Congrats to the Galveston Arts Center, winner of a $250,000 "Save America’s Treasures" grant to begin restoration and repair of their 1878 building on the Strand!