In late 2012, the City of El Paso hired artist Margarita Cabrera to create a metal sculpture for a roundabout in the City and, after extensive delays (due to the…
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The Dallas Morning News has posted surveillance video showing the upending of a crane outside the museum on April 3, 2015 as it raised a section of a tent structure…
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Provost Nowell Donovan announced friday that Dr. Anne Helmreich will be the new Dean of Fine Arts at TCU in Fort Worth. Helmreich taught art and art history at TCU…
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The art apocalypse continues apace. The Contemporary Austin has commissioned six well-known artists to create bespoke…ahem… paddleboards to be auctioned off at the non-profit’s fundraising art dinner on May 9.…
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The Houston Chronicle reports on four new sculptures being installed at Hughes Landing, a new development in The Woodlands, developer George Mitchell’s suburban enclave north of Houston. The pieces are…
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The Museum of Fine Arts Houston is approaching the end of its tenth annual series “Movies Houstonians Love.” Prominent Houstonians introduce each screening and expand on their affection for the movie,…
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Just as one executive directorship gets filled, another opens up. Yesterday, the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (HCCC) announced the resignation of Executive Director Julie Farr, effective May 1, “to…
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Glasstire is looking for arts writers in Texas! Any level of experience or geographic location is welcome. To apply, please submit one UNEDITED piece of your writing from the…
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The Executive Director of the Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (the MATCH) has announced that Kirk Markley will join the MATCH as its first Managing Director in late May.…
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… here’s one: Steve Earle is slated to play at the Crowley Theater on June 14. The great singer-songwriter (and soundtrack composer/actor/Renaissance man) Earle recently released his newest album Terraplane, and like his…
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It’s springtime and that means a ton of new exhibitions, including high school student shows. Although these student exhibitions are popping up throughout the state, two shows are bound to…
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Another town hall meeting will be held to discuss the state of the arts on Saturday, May 2, at 11:30am at Houston’s El Dorado Ballroom. The City of Houston has…
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Bob Wade, 72-year-old icon of roadside kitsch was in Waco earlier this month, and stopped to refurbish Funny Farm Family, his first large scale piece of public art, reports the…
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The Dallas Park Board approved a new statue honoring Dallas natives and blues brothers, Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughan for Kiest Park in Oak Cliff, near the brothers’ childhood home.…
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Today Bill Davenport announced that he will be stepping down as Editor-in-Chief of Glasstire at the end of April to focus on his work as an artist. A longtime…
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There’s a lot of good geek buzz around this: Artist and new-media pioneer Evan Meaney is scheduled to make appearances in Dallas and Denton the week after next, with a screening of…
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The Guggenheim Fellowships were announced this week and the list includes Houston’s Mel Chin (in the Fine Arts category) and Austin’s PJ Raval (in Film-Video). In its 91st competition for…
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Pedestrians are becoming more common along Studewood Street in the highly gentrified Houston Heights, especially around the intersection of 6th St. New bars, restaurants and a bike trail have upped…
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Linda Shearer officially retired on Friday as Executive Director of Houston’s Project Row Houses (PRH) and, on Tuesday, PRH announced a shift in organizational leadership. Rick Lowe, who started PRH…
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Think of it like tax day; as long as your intention is postmarked by April 15th, you’re doing all right. Blue Star Contemporary in San Antonio is continuing its partnership…