After 14 years at Houston’s Diverseworks Art Space, Diane Barber will be stepping down from her post as co-artistic director to pursue other projects after September 14, although she will…
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San Antonio Express-News reporter Abe Levy chronicles the works of modern day sacred artist Agustin Parra, whose works are a focus of devotion in San Fernando Cathedral and Mission San…
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Land as Lab: LHI’s 2011 Sci-Art Symposium Collects Concerned Artists Outside San Antonio
by Bill Davenport 0 commentOn the 1200-acre Watson ranch on the Medina River outside San Antonio, the Land Heritage Institute’s longhorns graze near a retrofitted dairy barn and a newly-donated portable classroom that will…
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Houston art collective Sketchy Neighbors wants your ideas! They’re inviting online suggestions for unorthodox materials and creative concepts between now and September 25, when they will choose random projects from…
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Austin City Building Officials Ease Artist Studio Code Crackdown with- A Seminar!
by Bill Davenport 0 commentHundreds of Austin artists who rely on occasional public events like the East Austin Studio Tour (E.A.S.T.) are facing a dire challenge: due to new zeal in enforcing city regulations,…
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The Ten List: How to piss off an arts writer
by Sarah Fischby Sarah Fisch 21 commentsSeptember 10 will mark the one year anniversary of Douglas Britt’s notorious and fantastic e-mail (which made Gawker!) “Houston Chronicle art coverage in the post-Preview era – Part 2”. (If…
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On Saturday, August 27th, Austin Art in Public Places celebrates the dedication of the way-finding “Obeliscos” at intersections along 7th St. commissioned as part of Jennifer Chenoweth’s East 7th St.…
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Dear Friends and Colleagues, It’s my pleasure to give you a brief update regarding the Texas Contemporary Art Fair in Houston, Texas this coming October. . .
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe show has taken shape with a wonderful group of dealers and excellent contemporary programs; Coming from NYC will be Lennon Weinberg, P.P.O.W., DCKT, Susan Inglett Gallery, Fredericks & Freiser,…
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Houston architecture is going to the dogs: third Barkitecture event coming in October
by Bill Davenport 0 commentBarkitecture Houston 2011 will be held on Friday, October 14 and Saturday, October 15 at Houston Pavilions. You got it: designers, architects, artists who feel that sandcastle building has gotten…
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Canterbury New American Art Curator at DMA, GT Promises Heat will Abate After Halloween
by Bill Davenport 1 commentPatricia Sue Canterbury has been hired as associate curator of American art at the DMA, effective September 19. Since 1998, Canterbury has been associate curator of paintings at the Minneapolis…
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No need to panic when you turn the corner of the second floor gallery at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, and discover Melissa Miller‘s epic painting The Ark…
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Mexic-Arte miracle-gro remix: New Manging Director post filled by Rodriguez
by Bill Davenport 1 commentFrank M. Rodriguez, Director of Finance for the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, has been named as the org’s first Managing Director, in charge of operations, budget, planning and “administrative development,”…
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Fotofest creates virtual BRIDGE MOSCOW>HOUSTON with Teleconference Today
by Bill Davenport 0 commentHouston’s FotoFest joins the Iris Foundation, RIA Novosti and the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in Moscow to organize a bi-continental media event connecting Moscow and Houston. On August 24,…
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Yes it’s still 105 degrees in Austin and while it may be hard to believe, the students and traffic are back signaling that Fall Semester 2011 has begun. To help…
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A fire gutted Simpson Galleries, a fine art and antiques dealer on Main and Isabella in Midtown just after midnight last Friday. The building, which was extensively damaged, is right…
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Big Steel Scorpions Stake out Turf in El Paso’s Northeast Regional Park
by Bill Davenport 0 commentActually, it’s a scorpion and a vinegaroon, a scorpion-like arachnid of the order Thelyphonida. The pair, titled Rivals and designed by El Paso architect Lars Stanley, will be unveiled at…
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Like a rich uncle with bad teeth, the Hunting art prize is back to spread dreams of avarice, politely understated criticism, and dump a truckload of money on some lucky…
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I know you are, but what am I? Spongebob artist Todd White, sued by gallery owner Howell alleges massive forgery scheme
by Bill Davenport 0 commentMargaret Howell of HB Gallery in Huntington Beach, CA has sued Todd White, former SpongeBob character artist, and his “henchmen”, for $7.5 million in damage to her business and emotional…
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Free museum days just around the corner; some orgs are naturally free, others become free, and some have free-ness thrust upon them!
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe various Smithsonian museums in Washington D.C. are always free (and federally funded!); once a year, Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day twists the arms of other orgs to open their doors…
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During a nonprofit board meeting on SA's West Side, Hills Snyder takes a stand.