The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art has announced that registration is now open for the 2014 Houston Art Car Parade. The May parade will mark the 27th year of…
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Houston will soon have a new contemporary art gallery on Waugh Drive in Montrose called the Mariago Collective. While the use of the word “collective” does not seem to imply…
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The vaguely acrid smell of burlap lurks in Sicardi Gallery’s sleek rooms. It's a bit of a departure from Sicardi’s usual beautiful-but-cold aesthetic.
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With Amarillo Ramp, Smithson’s final work, we begin to realize the extent of the artist's infatuation with our state. He's begging us to claim him as one of our own.
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After Everything Art Historians Have Done for the President!
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentSpeaking at a General Electric plant in Wisconsin today, President Obama encouraged young people to consider training programs for skilled manufacturing work. “I promise you, folks can make a lot…
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Southwest School of Art on a Scholarship Fundraising Roll
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 2 commentsOnly a few months ago, San Antonio’s Southwest School of Art (SSA) announced that it had received accreditation to begin a bachelor of fine arts program next fall, so it…
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A delicate color palette and the combination of natural with unnatural organize the show: from the glazed earthenware pineapple to the pile of palm-frond slices stacked intermittently with cleaning pads.
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The latest Texas art installation to live on through the magic of television is Thirst, the big tree that hovered above Austin’s Lady Bird Lake for several months, calling attention…
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WARNING: Late Night Infomercial is Actually an Art Project
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 3 commentsInsomniacs in the Dallas/Fort Worth area should be forewarned when watching late night infomercials. Those tuned into KTXA Channel 21 on Friday, February 7 at 3 am (known to many…
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FotoFest has announced that it has named Steven Evans as its new executive director. This is more than the usual arts administrative appointment—the Houston-based organization’s international photography biennial has been…
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These vegetables protest their innocence too strongly: obviously, they're hiding something.
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San Antonio Artist to Curate Projects for HemisFair Redevelopment
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentSan Antonio artist Stuart Allen has been selected to curate the art program of HemisFair Park’s future “PlayEscape” area, reports Benjamin Olivo of the San Antonio Express-News. Allen, who has…
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Scenes From The Stone Age: The Cave Paintings of Lascaux
by Patrik Haggren 2 commentsToday, the famous cave is a traveling exhibition, now at Houston's Museum of Natural Science.
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Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum has named Mary Heathcott as its new executive director. Since 2012, Heathcott has been the Deputy Director at Artpace San Antonio. In 2011, Heathcott was…
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The folks at Houston’s Fresh Arts present all sorts of helpful workshops for artists, but on Wednesday evening, they are just getting down to the basics of the creative life:…
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HAA to Host Get-Together for Politicians and Arts Orgs
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentTomorrow 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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Houston artist Tony Day believes in freedom. Not bald-eagle-laser-etched-on-your-Ford-truck-‘Murica freedom, but freedom of expression. Day is a Yosemite Sam for the creative process.
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El Ultimo Grito's inquiry into the collapsing of time and space in films led them to create new trailers for movies that ignore narrative to focus solely on objects and spaces.
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In addition to the ten public sculptures throughout Dallas, ambitiously commissioned by the Nasher Sculpture Center in celebration of its tenth anniversary, the Nasher has also announced that it received…
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Austin Street Artists Spread Art Love with Weekly Scavenger Hunt
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentAfter recent bummer news posts about Austin street art, it’s nice to hear about SprATX, a positive collective of artists and muralists, as reported by Austin blogger Kit O’Connell. SprATX…