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Jessica Fuentes writes about the need for multilingual text and programs in museums, highlighting the work of the El Paso Museum of Art and the International Museum of Art and Science in McAllen, Texas.

Leslie Thompson writes about murals commissioned for Central Texas' post offices during the Works Progress Administration.

Leslie Thompson writes about the history of the Tougaloo College Art Collections, a selection of which is on view at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.

En este ensayo, ganador del North Texas Glasstire Art Writing Prize del 2023, Blake Bathman escribe sobre una escultura del artista Jes Fan.

Megan McKenzie writes about "The Tap," a site-specific artwork by the M12 Collective in Shallowater, Texas, which addresses questions around water and sustainability.

Kayla Padilla writes about Contemporary Art Month's 2023 student film festival.

Ruben Cordoba writes about the prolific career and artistic practice of artist José Esquivel.

Writer and artist Hills Snyder documents his road trip from New Mexico, through West Texas, and on to the Panhandle.

Macaella Gray y Zoe Roden cuentan cómo, a través de su experiencia con el programa de campo Land Arts of the American West de la Texas Tech University, encontraron una manera consciente de relacionarse con el impacto humano sobre la tierra.

Leslie Thompson writes about murals commissioned in North Texas' post offices during the Works Progress Administration.

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

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

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

Leslie Thompson writes about Works Progress Administration murals commissioned for post offices west of the DFW metroplex.

Ruben Cordova writes about the prolific Chicano artist José Esquivel, who live and worked in San Antonio and was involved in the Con Safo Group.

Leslie Thompson writes about the history of Texas' post office murals, which were commissioned in the 1900s by the Works Progress Administration.

Texas artist Renee Lai reflects on her experience at an artist residency in Maine, recounting what she learned from her time there.

Bucky Miller writes about Homer, his neighborhood cat companion that he met during the pandemic lockdown in Houston.

Macaella Gray and Zoe Roden recount how, through their experience with the Land Arts of the American West field program at Texas Tech University, they found a mindful way to engage with humans' impact on the land.

This year, we covered art and other happenings across our great state of Texas and beyond.