Sara Kellner, quickly appointed as interim Director of Civic Art + Design by the Houston Art Alliance on December 10 after the resignation of former Civic Art Director Matthew Lennon,…
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Jonathon Glus, President and CEO of the Houston Arts Alliance (HAA), may not have been getting much love in Glasstire’s comment sections since the late November brouhaha over the artwork…
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Houston artists Troy Stanley and Tracey Conwell stood up before City Council and Houston Mayor Annise Parker on Tuesday to tell them something's wrong with the Houston Arts Alliance.
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HAA Dogpile! Artists of Transported + Renewed Weigh In
by Glasstireby GlasstireAmid the blizzard of anti-HAA ink coming in from all quarters of the Houston art scene, Glasstire today received a collective letter from artists involved in T+R.
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On November 20, tensions between the powerful committee and the staff of HAA's Civic Arts + Design program erupted into an open break.
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Artist Ed Wilson’s Contract Withdrawn as $830,000 GRB Commission Process Collapses in Turmoil
A five-member selection panel chose Wilson for the plum job at the end of October. Last Thursday, HAA took it back.
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Houston Mayor Annise Parker will be at Winston’s on Washington Ave. in Houston to unveil new parking meters designed by local artist Troy Stanley this weekend. On Monday, November 10…
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If you’re not one of those people who stay in, turn off the porch light and pretend you’re not home when the doorbell rings, you might still be looking for…
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NEA Chairman Visits Houston for First Time Tomorrow and Will Answer Your Questions About the Future of the NEA
The Houston Arts Alliance will be hosting a visit and talk by the new National Endowment For the Arts chairperson Jane Chu tomorrow at the Asia Society. This is Chu’s…
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Marshal and Victoria Lightman’s ever-present Houston art appreciation group, Looking at Art, turns 25 this year. Established in the fall of 1989, Looking At Art takes groups of earnest self-educators,…
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Houston isn’t just a big maze of cars and its art scene isn’t restricted to the Museum District, according to the Houston Arts Alliance (HAA). HAA has teamed up with…
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On August 7, high-powered Houston-area cultural administrators gathered over breakfast at the Junior League of Houston to plan our arts future. The get-together, called “Building a Shared Vision,” was presented…
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The Biggest Mural in Houston, a Temporary Ode to Preservation, is Unveiled Today
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonEven Houstonians who have spent the past month watching that giant mural go up in Midtown (off Fannin, behind the five-story building at 2800 San Jacinto) may have skipped the…
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The National Endowment for the Arts isn’t funding art like it used to back before the so-called cultural wars led to the gutting of the budget. But that doesn’t mean…
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Tomorrow evening, Monday, January 27th at 5:30 pm, the Houston Arts Alliance (HAA) will host the “2014 Elected Officials Reception for the Arts” at the Hobby Center for Performing Arts.…
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The University of Houston’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts is organizing a brand new festival of experimental performances called CounterCurrent 14, which will debut on April 9-13. Karen…
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Houston Mayor Gets Married! And We Throw in Some Art News as an Excuse to Post the Wedding Photo
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonHouston Mayor Annise Parker and her long-time partner, First Lady Kathy Hubbard, were joined in marriage today in a sunset ceremony held at a private home in Palm Springs, California. “This…
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In case you missed last year, here's a five-minute summary of some of the more notable Texas art occurrences.
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Since 2009, Houston artist Carrie Schneider has been working as an arts facilitator for refugee youth from Burma and, for the first time, is receiving funding from the City of…
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The National Endowment for the Arts has announced its 2014 grants to arts organizations and some Texas groups received a good share of the $25.8 million given nationally. In addition…