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From growing up in a doomsday cult in Montana to almost accidentally (and deservingly) finding his way into a BFA and MFA from SMU by 2004, the acclaimed Brooklyn-based artist Lionel Maunz will…

The Moody Center for the Arts, described by Houston’s Rice University as an “interdisciplinary center [that] will provide space for arts education, performances and gallery exhibitions on campus and promote…

  Word has it that the White House budget office has included the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities on a list…

On Saturday March 4, the Department of Art and the Student Art Association of Sam Houston State University will host its sixth annual interactive Art Walk along University Avenue in Huntsville, featuring…

The American Craft Council announced its 2017 Emerging Voices Awards and San Antonio’s Jennifer Ling Datchuk was honored as the emerging artist of the year. The Council awards one artist…

Glasstire is pleased to announce the appointment of Christina Rees as Editor-in-Chief. A longtime freelance writer for Glasstire, Rees joined the staff as Senior Texas Editor in 2014. Her new…

The newly opened White Oak Music Hall has announced the establishment of White Oak COLLAB, a program allowing community-minded creatives to host an event at the venue for free. Here’s how it works: Interested…

After the presidential election, performance artist Holly Hughes, who resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan, decided to hold a local cabaret-style event in which artists would showcase their response to the…

Josue Romero, a 19-year-old Southwest School of Art student and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient was detained this past week, The Guardian reports. Romero was initially stopped by officials…

If you need something to do in Houston today, look no further—there are four artist talks happening across the city: 2PM: A talk with some of the photographers included in FotoFest’s INTERNATIONAL DISCOVERIES…

  Michael Peranteau, director of Art League Houston since 2012, has announced that he is stepping down in May 2017. Glasstire spoke with Peranteau on his five eventful years at the…

For ten years now, Southeast Texas has been hosting the annual Boomtown Film & Music Festival in venues throughout Beaumont, including the Art Museum of Southeast Texas and the Dishman…

We’ve been hearing about the Museum of Street Culture in Dallas for a few years now, and it’s meant to open in 2018. Robert Wilonsky of the Dallas Morning News…

Applications for the next round of Houston’s Lawndale Art Center’s Artist Studio Program (ASP) are due April 1, but this evening, February 16 at 6pm, Lawndale will host an Info…

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has announced the dates and schedule for the 13th annual Houston Jewish Film Festival, in which it participates. The primary venue for the festival…

Art historian Victoria Coates has been selected by President Trump to be the National Security Council’s Senior Director for Strategic Assessments, reports Hyperallergic. Coates received her master’s degree from Williams…

The Dallas Museum of Art is now accepting applications for three different awards that will dole out more than $10,000 to artists living in working in Texas and the southwestern…

This week, Austin will host both the OUTsider Fest (February 15-19) and the No Idea Festival (February 16-19). OUTsider celebrates the “bold originality and creative nonconformity of the LGBTQ+ communities”…

The arts organization Big Medium in Austin has announced some details for the 2017 Texas Biennial, including dates for its open call. This will be the sixth edition of the Biennial,…

Okay, maybe it’s not the new big thing for anyone who remembers Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.), founded by Robert Rauschenberg, Billy Klüver, and others in the sixties. But…