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Kayla Padilla, Contemporary Art Month San Antonio's Critical Writing Fellow, talks with artist and curator Gil Rocha about his own artistic practice, and about the process of curating the 2023 CAM Perennial exhibition.

Nico Silva talks with El Paso-based artist and professor Jess Tolbert about her recent residency in Mexico City, and about her practice of creating wearable art.

Donna Tennant reviews a posthumous retrospective of work by longtime Houston artist Alice Lok Cahana.

Brandon Zech talks with Houston artist Janavi Mahimtura Folmsbee, who recently completed a large-scale installation in Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport, about the possibilities and pitfalls of making a public art project.

Leslie Thompson interviews artist Sarita Westrup about her first residency, a year-long program that has culminated in a solo exhibition at Arts Fort Worth.

In this essay, which won the 2023 North Texas Glasstire Art Writing Prize, Blake Bathman writes about a sculpture by artist Jes Fan.

This week: a group show featuring contemporary Black artists exploring freedom and the legacy of the Civil War in Fort Worth, a solo show of vibrant, geometric paintings in Houston, a group exhibition of artists investigating land and landscape in Marfa, and more.

Natalie Hegert reviews three exhibitions in Lubbock that highlight and exalt the invisible labor done by woman artists.

William Sarradet hace perfiles de los artistas, curadores, voluntarios y otras personas que dan vida a la comunidad del arte del Sur de Texas.

Jessica Fuentes writes about contemporary female artists whose works explore traditional female roles, important historical women, performance art, and the female body.

Michael Flanagan writes about Mark Flood's exhibition at Reeves Art + Design in Houston.

Liz Kim writes about the work of Texas-based, Ghanaian-American artist Japheth Asiedu-Kwarteng.

Christine Gwillim on the work and philosophy of postmodern choreographer and dancer Deborah Hay.

In the second part of his portrait series, William Sarradet profiles the artists, curators, volunteers, and other people who enliven South Texas' art community.

This week: a world-class collection show in Dallas, Contemporary Art Month takes over San Antonio, an artist highlights his "sputtering attempts" to create digital prints in Houston, and more.

Caleb Bell recalls his recent visit to Lumiere, a mobile tintype portrait studio in Austin.

Hannah Dean on an exhibition that uses family history and archives to address issues of othering, belonging, narrative, and place.

Doug Welsh reviews an exhibition of hypnotizing ceramic sculptures and paintings in Houston.

Jessica Fuentes and William Sarradet discuss the art they saw and the art spaces they visited in Laredo, McAllen, Corpus Christi, Rockport, Harlingen, and beyond.