It's a 1600-mile weekend, too many things to see them all unless you're 2.5 people. I'm spending my weekend in Houston, tending the Glasstire booth at the best ever TX Contemporary Art Fair.
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Houston Artists Inspire Activism at DiverseWorks Tonight
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentHouston’s DiverseWorks states that its current exhibition The Eleventh Hour “traces a lineage of urgency and activism in DiverseWorks’ programming over the past 30 years.” For those feel a sense…
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Tim DeVoe and Miriam Ellen Ewers inaugurate a new West Dallas space with a large green sculpture like a skateboard ramp. Hurry, it's closing Saturday!
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There are a lot of institutions, programs, and people seriously affected in all sorts of ways by the government shutdown, which started today. Affecting the art world is the closing…
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Calling All Art Chic@s: La Reunion TX Seeks Artists and Students
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentLa Reunion TX (LRTX) is looking for students and mentors to participate in its 7th annual Art Chic@s program. LRTX, a non-profit organization in west Oak Cliff that “connects art…
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Houston Art Supporter Indicted By Feds for Hiding Art
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentA federal grand jury returned a 24-count indictment today against Jeffrey Shankman with bankruptcy fraud and concealment of assets. Shankman filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2008 and the indictment…
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This Wednesday, the five-day 2013 Houston Fringe Festival will open up its experimental mixed bag of theater, dance, music, film, and visual arts. The 6th annual festival will take place…
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Struck by the cinematic qualities of these drawings, and by elements in them that reference specific movies, Peter Lucas glimpses beneath the stitches of Bise's drawings, with a DVD extra!
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Simultaneously chaotic and comforting, Anne and Steven's home is like hanging out on the Pee Wee Herman set in the middle of a good rain storm.
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Artists to TXDot: Prada Marfa is Art and This is Why
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentElmgreen and Dragset, the artist duo behind Prada Marfa, have released a statement with their thoughts on the Texas Department of Transportation’s decision to declare the installation illegal. There are…
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Kelley says she is “inspired by the malleable nature of young minds and the twisted intricacies of immature adults.”
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A international survey, four hardworking artists' solo shows, and the irreplaceable Kermit Oliver. Wait — that's six!
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Mazurek chose the name for its scientific ring: a simple, categorical name to stand for a thick and diverse file, on view at Richland College.
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The Leigh Bess Boone Foundation wants to know about your amazing interns. The Foundation, which awards stipends to outstanding interns and volunteers in the visual and performing arts, has extended…
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Kiki Smith to Join UNT as this Year’s Artist-in-Residence
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentInternationally renowned sculptor/printmaker Kiki Smith will come to Denton this fall as the artist-in-residence for the University of North Texas Institute for the Advancement of the Arts in the 2013-14…
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First Annual SlabFest! Houston to Celebrate a Different Kind of Art Car
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentCar culture is so big in Houston that the annual Art Car Parade is no longer quite enough to contain all the car enthusiasm in the city. Now, the Houston…
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Video works, installations and filmed performances from artists that both spaces have exhibited over the past few years are much more than a greatest hits montage.
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Art Comes to Arlington with First Annual Street Festival
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThis weekend, Arlington will host its first annual South Street Art Festival, showcasing tons of artists. There will be the requisite array of food trucks, beer, and live music, but…
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Big Tex to Debut His Big Hands at the State Fair Tomorrow
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe State Fair of Texas begins tomorrow and, at 2 pm, the brand new Big Tex will be unveiled. The 52-foot tall sculpture that had been greeting fairgoers for 60…
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Bill T. Jones speaks about collaboration. One young man, who only stuck around for the free wine, decided it was open mic psych night.