The concept of "America" is hard to pin down. Artists have ways of showing us what we look like, what is lost, and where we're headed.
"vincent valdez"
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on a new artist-run space in Austin, giant pink bunnies in Odessa, and a droll rethink of Wile E. Coyote’s desert landscape.
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The inaugural exhibition of the Austin artist-run space DORF. The show, Landscapes, Portraits and Still Lifes, features works by Elizabeth Chapin, Jeffrey Dell, Joey Fauerso, Ana Fernandez, Raul Gonzalez, Jules Buck Jones, Drew…
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Married Austin artists, Eric Manche and Sara Vanderbeek, have announced the imminent opening of DORF, a new experimental pop-up endeavor and art space in south Austin that commences with its…
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San Antonio’s Blue Star Contemporary has announced which four Bexar County-based artists will be traveling to Berlin for the sixth year of its residency program in partnership with Künstlerhaus Bethanien. This year’s jury…
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An exhibition featuring Chicano art from the collection of writer and entertainer Cheech Marin. The show combines works from Marin’s collection with pieces from the museum’s collection and will include artists Connie…
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News
Texas Commission on the Arts Taking Applications for its Touring Artists Roster
by Glasstireby GlasstireThe Texas Commission on the Arts has opened up the application process for its roster of touring companies and artists, and that includes visual artists. It does this every two…
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A show and sale of works from MBS Fitness’ collection. Featured artists include: Vincent Valdez, Chuck Ramirez, Katie Pell, Franco Mondini-Ruiz, Jake Zollie Harper, Dennis Olson, Cruz Ortiz, Justin Parr, Nicholas Hay,…
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If you are an artist who lives and works in Bexar County and has ever had a desire to escape to Berlin, Blue Star Contemporary has the program for you. Now…
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Glasstire staff and contributors share which Texas-based art made their personal best lists for 2016.
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What is a committed, black activist artist to do about sharing a name with the Pollyanna blonde girl who was in the movie Singin’ In The Rain?
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The embattled institution's current exhibition features works by 21 San Antonio-based Mexican and Mexican-American artists who examine what it is to be in the grey area between two cultures.
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Guests are invited to view miniature artworks in three exhibitions: Deep In The Heart: A Texas Trilogy, Do I Remember the Alamo? and Slanguage presents Chicos Pero Locos. Deep In The…
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"Visitors are becoming art as they eat the pasta. At least until the next morning, after two cups of coffee."
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It’s that time again: nominations are now being accepted for the 2017-2018 Texas State Artist! Each year the Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) chooses two artists (one 2-D and one 3-D)…
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An exhibition featuring works by the recently appointed “Texas State Artists for 2015 & 2016″—Dornith Doherty (Southlake), Dario Robleto (Houston), Margo Sawyer (Austin), and Vincent Valdez (San Antonio).
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Artists would do well to tap their inner revolutionary. The darker chapters of history have a nasty habit of repeating, and disgust is forever.
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I included eight Texas-based artists in the first part of this two-parter, but knew then I'd probably follow up with a more Texas-centric version of the same.
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San Antonio’s Blue Star Contemporary is kicking off 2016 with a plethora of programs centered around their current exhibition, Gift: An Exquisite Exhibition. Via Blue Star: The Gift: An Exquisite Exhibition…
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Big news. The Joan Mitchell Foundation has just named its 2015 Painter and Sculptor grant recipients. Each of the 25 U.S.-based winners receive $25,000, and there are three Texans in the…