Beyond the gallery section of the NCECA conference at the George R. Brown (see part 1 of this post for details) are pieces by the six featured artists of 2013.…
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In the next question in our ongoing series, videographer John Carrithers asks Houston artist David McGee to pass on the best advice he ever got. Like all true life lessons,…
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The Orange Show and IKEA Houston have collaborated on the Orange Show Art Bus, a mobile art classroom to be dispatched to Houston-area schools with limited or no arts funding.…
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Houston’s Bayou City Art Festival spreads out through Memorial Park this weekend with hundreds of exhibitors, food, music, performers, and hopefully, good weather. Among the 300 professional artist booths, there…
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NCECA: Beautiful Affordable Art to Make Your Pottery-Filled Life Easier, Part 1: Galleries
by Allison Currie 2 commentsThe National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts has landed in Houston, and it’s worth the trip downtown. Ceramic artists from around the country are showing off their best…
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HCCC’s Sara Morgan and A&M’s Barbara Frey to be Honored at NCECA Awards Cermony at Houston Conference Friday
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) will bestow is annual awards at a ceremony at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on Friday, March…
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In June, Gwendolyn H. Goffe, Associate Director for Investment and Finance a the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will retire after 25 years of behind-the-scenes leadership. Recruited by late MFAH…
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Clay Ain’t Dirt! NCECA Conference Hits Houston with Whirlwind of Earth Energy
by GT contributors 0 commentFor a short time, Houston will have the opportunity to view dozens of exhibits by national and international artists in venues from major museums to vacant lots. Surprisingly, these works…
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World’s Only Samurai Armor Museum Opens Over Restaurant in Dallas Harwood District
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum has opened in the Harwood District in Dallas, displaying 60 of the hundreds of pieces of Japanese armor and weaponry collected by Dallas real…
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Los Angeles’ tabloid-celebrity Museum of Contemporary Art has had another breakup- Jori Finkel of the LA Times Culture Monster column reports that the MOCA board has rejected offers from LACMA…
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Ricardo Paniagua is accustomed to stares. The 31-year-old’s presence alone intimidates many, and at the bagel shop near Highland Park where I interviewed him, the other patrons were flat-out bewildered…
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5th Dallas Art Fair Returns April 11-14, Spins Off Own Satellite at Dallas Contemporary
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe fifth annual Dallas Art Fair will return to the Fashion Industry Gallery on April 11-14, 2013 This year’s fair will showcase over 80 galleries, and kicks off on Thursday,…
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Ball-Nogues, Gaspar Enriquez and Mysterious Davidoff Chosen for El Paso Stadium Commissions
by Bill Davenport 0 commentAfter a nationwide search, The City of El Paso has selected Ball-Nogues Studio of Los Angeles, Gaspar Enriquez of San Elizario, TX and Robert Davidoff of El Paso to design,…
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Sherman Wows Dallas in Prada’s Pink Platform Geisha Shoes as Retrospective Opens at DMA
by Bill Davenport 0 commentLeave it to the NY Post to cover the glam reception of Cindy Sherman in celebrity-conscious Dallas. Oddly, the Post piece features a straightforward photo of Sherman from Getty Images:…
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The 47th annual conference of the NCECA, the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, convenes in Houston next weekend, March 20-23, with a full-to-bursting program of exhibitions, demos,…
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Houston Artist Beth Secor talks about her mania for Virgin Mary figurines and old group photos, then impersonates a dog yanked back by a short leash.
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Engines of War: Mitchell and Mulcahy’s Second War Photography Project to Open in New York
by Bill Davenport 0 commentDallas curators Charles Dee Mitchell and Cynthia Mulcahy’s latest project, Engines of War opens on March 28 at Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert in New York. Intended as a photographic…
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David Johndrow, Bill Hicks and Jim Beam (An Interview)
by John Aaspby John Aasp 0 commentAs Instagram portfolios overflow with images taken with ever-improving iPhone cameras, Austin-based artist David Johndrow continues to make platinum-palladium, cyanotype and gum bichromate prints, observing minute details that most of…
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Kitties in Space: Art Pod Spotlights Under-Funded Texas School Art Programs
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe Woodlands High School Art Club, under the direction of TWHS art teacher Jim Kitchen, will transform a PODS storage container into a temporary art studio at the Woodlands Waterway…
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This afternoon, Houston’s boldly colored, but usually vacant, Central Library Plaza is the site for the kick-off festivities for the Texan French Alliance for the Arts’ Open the Door project,…