Sir David Adjaye and his firm, Adjaye Associates, may best be known in the US as the architects behind the recently opened Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C.
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Join in Rockport’s Recovery: Be a Part of the Art Festival
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentArtist applications for the 2019 Rockport Art Fest are now online! It is open to all types of artists, from painting to sculpture to jewelry. The application deadline is March…
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Fort Worth Modern to Feature Rainey Knudson in 2019 Lecture Series
by Brandon Zechby Brandon Zech 2 commentsRainey Knudson's lecture will cover what it’s like to write about art in the digital age, and how that has changed since she established the publication in 2001.
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As heir to multiple sculptural and cultural histories, Bhabha operates as a great synthesizer, yet her works never feel derivative of her forebears; they seem to glower with their own aesthetic logic and enigmatic meaning.
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech run down the Texas exhibitions Glasstire is most excited about for the coming season.
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The Mydolls are so ingrained in Houston history and the history of the overall national punk-rock scene that they are now part of a major university library collection.
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McNay Art Museum Hires New Theatre Arts Collection Curator
by Brandon Zechby Brandon Zech 0 commentR. Scott Blackshire brings with him a wealth of real life and academic experience: he recently graduated with a PhD in Performance Studies from The University of Texas at Austin, and prior to that, he earned undergraduate and master's degrees in opera performance.
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Austin’s TEMPO: Secondary Artists, TEMPO 2D, and 2nd Year of Visionary Voices
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThrough the TEMPO 2D program, twelve local artists were selected to create works at locations across Austin, including public parks, the Austin Bergstrom International Airport, and other high-profile locales.
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Glasstire 4×4: Adriana Corral – Who has influenced your work?
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 comment"One of the most influential artists for me has been Teresita Fernández."
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Austin Addresses Issues of Placemaking & Displacement Through Public Dialogue
by Brandon Zechby Brandon Zech 0 commentOf course, Austin's boom hasn't just affected artists.
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Protest posters and banners have often been of interest in the contemporary art world.
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There’s something at the core of Blake's creative process that has allowed him to simultaneously construct and live within varied imagined musical worlds: cinema.
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The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft is Looking for Residents
by Brandon Zechby Brandon Zech 0 commentOpen to any and all artists working in media within the HCCC's mission (wood, glass, metal, fiber, clay, and mixed media), the program offers studio space and professional development opportunities in exchange for being present for the community.
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The Visual Arts Alliance, a Houston nonprofit organization dedicated to building a constructive community and resource pool for artists, has announced that it will be presenting a conversation between Houston artist…
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Just what is it that makes today’s ceramics so different, so appealing?
by Christina Rees and Brandon Zech 8 commentsCeramic in particular as art is still on an upswing, as a subcategory of clay as art. But the bottom line is anything can be an art material in the hands of an artist. Mayonnaise. Paper. Chalk. Ceramic is a clay process. It's what you do with it that makes it break toward either "art" or "craft."
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Located on Rauschenberg’s former property on Captiva, an island just off the west coast of Florida, the Rauschenberg Residency takes cues from the artist's formative time at Black Mountain College.
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Austin’s Art in Public Places Now Accepting Applications for Public Art Projects
by Brandon Zechby Brandon Zech 0 commentAustin's Art in Public Places, the city's program responsible for commissioning and managing public art around Austin, currently has myriad open calls for temporary and permanent artworks.
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A single pickup truck periodically drove by the gallery at a crawl, with its windows rolled down, playing music at a volume that was surely deafening for the driver.
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Fort Worth has a new sculpture that is so incredibly positive, we share the opening of the press release to properly express the depth of the feeling: Simon, in partnership…
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Preview the Art Auction for Glasstire’s 2019 Fundraising Party in Houston
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 commentWhile the actual 2019 Glasstire Party is scheduled for January 18 at The Space HTX, a new event space on Commerce Street in Houston's East End, Glasstire is hosting an art auction preview at Sloan/Hall (2620 Westheimer Rd) from 2-8PM on January 9.