In 2010, nonprofit grant making org United States Artists launched its own online fundraising platform, USA Projects. Kira Shewfelt, Artist Relations Specialist and Education Coordinator for USA will be giving…
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Art Car Prizes Awarded: Everyone’a a Winner, But Scrapdaddy is Still King
by Bill Davenport 0 commentA quarter century of Art Car parades is over, and Mark “Scrapdaddy” Bradford is still holding the lead, earning this year’s Mayor’s Choice Trophy (and $2000 in prize money) for…
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So I’m bringing back my series Mirror Mirror to Glasstire which was named in honor of its first posting and dedicated to all the multitasking, multi-talented, and multimedia artists who…
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Meat Map, Amazon Expedition, and Art Supplies: DMA Grants to Artists Announced
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThis year’s recipients of Dallas Museum of Arts grants have been announced: ten artists received awards in one of three categories: the Clare Hart DeGolyer Memorial Fund (for regional artists…
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Local El Paso Newspaper Hires Arts Journalist and Pajama Entrepreneur to Write About Dressage!
by Bill Davenport 2 commentsCindy Graff Cohen is the new arts and culture columnist for El Paso Inc., writes Wendy White Polk, editor of the local news and lifestyle paper. Cohen, who began writing…
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Dallas Yes Men Infiltrate Trans Pacific Partnership Gala, Hand Out Fake Corporate Power Tool Award to Former Mayor
by Bill Davenport 0 commentAnti-corporate pranksters affiliated with The Yes Men briefly interrupted a gala at the 12th round of talks hammering out the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement in Dallas on Friday. U.S.Trade…
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The image above and those below were pasted in a document that opened with the following (loosely translated) text: “To all unmarried ones who would like to spend their life…
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Portrait of Waltercio Caldas, image from http://blogs.elpais.com/el_rincon_del_distraido/2011/02/levedad-y-exactitud.html Waltercio Caldas is one of Brazil’s leading contemporary artists. His work is often linked to Neo-Concretism, a movement in Rio de Janerio in…
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HAA Individual Artist Grants Spread $185,000 Among 22 Houston Artists
by Bill Davenport 2 commentsTwenty-two Houston artists recently received individual artist grants from the Houston Arts Alliance: Regina Agu; Kristine Mills Borisewitz; Teresa Chapman; Jade Cooper; Rebecca French; Ashley Horn; Charlotte Kennedy; Alex Luster;…
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Austin Creative Classroom Fund: Mystery Donor Hands Schools $1 Millon for Arts Programs
by Bill Davenport 0 commentAn anonymous donation of $1 million to fund arts projects in Austin public schools has been announced by MindPOP, an arts-ed nonprofit. The new Austin Creative Classroom Fund is aimed…
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If their definitively cool booth at the Dallas Art Fair was too popular and crowded for the kind of chatty low-fi art experience they’re best at, a little drive out…
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Stuff by DFW artists I want to buy NOW: Sub-Recession Artbuyer Blues
by Christina Rees 6 commentsYou must have noticed, if you live in DFW, that there’s some pretty exciting artwork bobbing all over its various surfaces. Local artists are getting busy, many on their own…
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You’ll have to visit Culturemap to get a report on Friday’s dedication of the new James Turrell skyspace at Rice University. I got Glasstire’s invitation, via email, yesterday (May 9)…
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Everybody’s watching Piper, the painting Bulldog. The Austin-based canine artist had had sudden runaway success, and now has an Etsy shop, coffee mugs, and a facebook page. Jessica Stone, Piper’s…
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The Abilene Reporter-News reports on news that Throckmorton sculptor Joe Barrington is hard at work on a giant steel buffalo skull for for Frontier Texas! in Abilene. The 15-foot skull,…
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Colette Copeland and her video camera visit Dallas artist Ryder Richards in his studio.
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NEA Funds Doris Miller Statue in Waco by Lubbock Sculptor Eddie Dixon
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the Waco Cultural Arts Fest (aka Cultural Arts of Waco) $15,000 for a statue honoring Waco resident and World War II serviceman…
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Newish Artpace Director Regine Basha Resigns for Back Treatment, Heathcott to Fill In.
by Bill Davenport 0 commentArtpace’s Board of Directors announced today that Regine Basha has resigned as Executive Director to address a medical issue, effective immediately. Basha said, “A few months into the new position,…
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The Big Impact of a Small Film Fest: HCFF in Fredericksburg
by John Aaspby John Aasp 0 commentAttending the third annual Hill Country Film Festival in the enchanting town of Fredericksburg April 26-29 was a treat. I arrived opening night for the free screening of short films…
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Austin living-room gallery Tiny Park is moving up to a dedicated gallery space in May, after the close of its current show, the Tiny Park Drawing Annual (on view through…