I cried all the way home from Care House, Carrie Schneider’s installation and memorial in her childhood home. The house was where Schneider’s mother lived until she died from pancreatic…

During the 90s, I worked at Hastings. Similar to other major retail entertainment chains (Borders, Blockbuster, Tower, etc.), Hastings sells just about every form of consumable media, and can be…

It’s a Phase, curated by Divya Murthy, features work by Lina Dib, Ned Dodington, Tobias Fike, Allison Hunter, Barna Kantor, Gabriel Martinez, Abinadi Meza, Emily Sloan, Annie Strader, Raishad JarBar…

There’s nothing like dirty laundry to attract publicity, or as Dallas Observer columnist Jim Schutze put it, “nothing takes our minds off this misery we call middle-class survival in America…

John Hogg and the Mexic-Arte museum board are hoping to build an “iconic” new building for the museum at Congress and Fifth St. in downtown Austin, and want the city…

Every so often we experience an artwork that reminds us of what art can be. A total artwork—- one which transforms or activates the space it is in, and therefore…

Houston artist, Glasstire contributor and heart transplant patient Michael Bise has been awarded the Hunting Art Prize for 2012. The $50,000 unrestricted prize is the largest in North Amerca, and…

Houston creative music org Nameless Sound was named as one of 788 not-for-profits to receive an NEA Art Works grant. Nameless Sound will get $12,500 grant to support its ongoing…

The Amon Carter Museum in Fort worth has hired Jenna Madison as their new Interpretation Manager. She will be in charge of developing programs and materials that will help the…

Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts (TALA) has opened a new central Texas office in Austin, embedded in the Austin Creative Alliance (ACA) headquarters. Alissa McCain, ACA’s program director…

Let’s talk about Art Fairs for a second. When I say Art Fair, most Glasstire readers probably think of big-convention center events with gallery-booths representing contemporary artists. Usually the work…

UH Grad Student Show at Diverseworks Tonight may be a Big Deal, says Culturemap.

The Dallas Morning News home decor feature about gallerist Cris Worley and Artist Erick Swenson’s Slo-Mo Renovation.

Art Made From Bastrop Wildfire Debris Sold Off in Benefit for Restoration Charity, in the Austin American Statesman.

FotoFest 2012 wraps up this weekend and it’s the last chance to see its offerings as well as those at participating spaces. Definitely make time to see Jawshing Arthur Liou’s…

LA Weekly ran an interview with West Texas artist Ben Campbell yesterday, talking about Campbell’s rapidly-spreading meme: his mummy made from ground Mcdonald’s food and plastic resin. Grisly, gristly, shriveled…

Always on the lookout for all things Texas Art, I came across recent Yale MFA grad Jacques Louis Vidal, who is opening a new temporary gallery named Texan Equities, featuring…

Art-minded voters can get a look at candidates for Austin Mayor and City Council on Sunday, April 30 at the Mayoral and Council Candidate Forum for the Creative Sector to…