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  Today Artpace, the venerable artist residency program in San Antonio established by Linda Pace in 1995, announced the appointment of Riley Robinson to the position of Interim Executive Director,…

This weekend, April 21st and 22nd, printmakers will take over Houston for the annual It Came from the Bayou gathering, show, and sale. Kicking off the festivities today, the 21st,…

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…

The Dallas Arboretum hosts its yearly Artscape, a fine art and craft fair held at the Arboretum featuring professional and student artists showing and selling their work, art demonstrations by…

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…

Victoria, Texas’ Art Car Parade (and surrounding events) takes place this Saturday, April 21, and this year there’s a free shuttle bus available to take people from Houston to Victoria…

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,…

Back in the early aughts, Dave Bryant and Peat Duggins co-founded one of Austin’s more memorable and active art collectives, called the Fresh Up Club. (The other active collective at…

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…

Creative Capital and The Andy Warhol Foundation announced today that applications for their annual Arts Writers Grant are now active. Open to both emerging and established writers, the grant features awards ranging…

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…

Kristen Visbal, the artist who a year ago created and installed her Fearless Girl statue squaring off with the iconic Wall Street bull, has announced that she will be making and…

Every other year the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts hosts The San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, and this year’s event opens with a reception on Friday, April 20, 2018 from…

Three years ago the Dallas Museum of Art launched its Dallas Art Fair Foundation Acquisition Program. Each year the museum’s curators/directors walk patrons around the Dallas Art Fair to pick…

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…

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…

The Vignette Art Fair, a still-quite-new addition to Dallas Arts Month and something of a satellite fair to the Dallas Art Fair, is hosting a couple of panel discussions this…

The Fine Arts Library (FAL) at the University of Texas at Austin (UT) will put a stop to transferring its collection off site, reports Hyperallergic. Glasstire has followed the dismantling…

The St. Elmo Arts Residency, a new program offered by the University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Art and Art History in conjunction with the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower…

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced today that it will award $18.6 million in grants to 199 humanities projects across the country, reports Artforum. One of the major…