News

$30,000 and $100,000 have been awarded to "small to mid-sized arts organizations that are led by or supporting communities of color, rural communities, and historically under-resourced populations, in response to the impact of COVID-19."

The two works have been part of the Nasher's "Nasher Windows" series of exhibitions.

Created by artist Jose Villalobos, the residency offers three months of studio space. The first resident is Kwanzaa K. Edwards, a painter and illustrator.

Marfa's Chinati Foundation recently announced its 2021 resident artists, as well as residency extensions and delays for 2020 due to Covid-19.

Nam joins Ballroom from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University, where she served as the Assistant Director since 2015.

The exhibition focuses "works that illuminate cultural differences through the experiences of various identities in the world."

In response to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and to reach as many Texas artists as possible, the acclaimed residency is offering a one-month extension. Applications are now due on September 18. 

The McNay Art Museum opens two new exhibitions focusing on drawings and watercolors, including a show of works by San Antonio-based artist Victoria Suescum.

And while arts funding is often the first to get cut, all numbers point to the arts as a driving force in the economy (especially in Texas).

'Withstand: Latinx Art During Times of Conflict' will be on view at the Museum in 2021.

At launch, more than 750 pieces were listed with the site, and at the time of this writing, the organization states that number is approaching 1,000.

The current installment, Ender Martos’ "Reflection Time," contemplates the American Dream and the necessity of community in realizing it.

The organizations hope to make this an annual program for the Austin performing arts community.

For this cycle of billboard images, artist Kalee Appleton led a team of students who spent a week interpreting photographic works from the Modern's collection.

The works include five Spanish drawings from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, including one by Alonso Cano, and one terracotta sculpture by the Catalan Modernist Agustín Querol y Subirats.

Individual Houston artists may apply for up to $1,000, while nonprofit organizations will be eligible for up to $15,000 each.

With uncertainty still the rule around Coronavirus testing, cases, and a possible vaccine, a lot of reopening plans are in flux.

The billboards began going up on Monday, and the project hopes to attract the attention of Texans, particularly people of color, as COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the state.

Perez's sister Analiza Perez-Gomez revealed in a phone conversation with Glasstire that the artist died from a diabetic coma on Friday, August 14.

The COME TO YOUR CENSUS open call invites artists "whose work will serve to inspire their communities — particularly the hard-to-count — to participate in the 2020 Census."