Four $5000 scholarships for young artists and musicians went to Megan Wainwright and James “Austin” Allen of Dallas Booker T. Washington High School, Isaac Williams from Lancaster High School, and…
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In a sad and troubled world, Port Aransas' imperfections in landscape and art make it of great comfort.
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$3000 Houston Community College artist residency right in your own backyard needs applicants
by Bill Davenport 1 commentWho knew? Houston Community College Southeast, is looking for proposals for their Artist-in-Residence Program for Fall 2011. Including a performance or installation at the HCC SE campus, the artist chosen…
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First all-GLBT Fire Island Artist Residency co-founded by ex-Houstonian Evan J. Garza welcomes first residents in August
by Bill Davenport 0 commentSometime Glasstire blogger and ex-Texan Evan J. Garza has co-founded the Fire Island Artist Residency, the first artist-in-residence program exclusively for gay, lesbian bisexual and trans-gender artists (and non GLBT…
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Art-sports: Tom Russotti brings levity to Big D
by Lucia Simekby Lucia Simek 0 commentI wrote awhile back about the need for more unsanctioned, free-thinking, button-pushing art to take place in Dallas — things out in the public that recall, maybe, Dallas’ renegade spirit, or at…
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In my younger days, between my divorce in 1985 and my return from Baltimore in 2004, I moved many, many a time. Each time I moved, I would cull through…
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SketchCrawl: network of plein-air artists take over Houston, Dallas, and everywhere else Saturday.
by Bill Davenport 0 commentSketchCrawl, the latest of a new breed of trademarked “let’s all be individuals together” events spawned by the instant international communications network, is coming to Houston (and everywhere else) on…
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Lucian Freud, the man who has done more to renew the reputation of figure painting than any other, is dead at 88. Known for his fleshy figures and subtle surrealism, …
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An orchid is dying. Its brown bloom stalk leans over a stacked set of studio monitors resting on the gallery floor. Lionel Richie’s crooning ballad overtakes the quiet buzz of…
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If great cities are measured by their cultural institutions, Fort Worth is extraordinary. Its Cultural District is compact, pedestrian-friendly and internationally famous for the five renowned museums lined up right…
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Covert Ops: blogger’s conspiracy theory has NEA funding individuals through artistic excellence awards
by Bill Davenport 0 commentReal Clear Arts applauds what it sees as the NEA’s back-door efforts to get public money into the hands of individual artists through residency programs, after their direct grants fell…
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Cariou vs arch-appropriator Richard Prince: Canal Zone works on the chopping block pending appeals.
by Bill Davenport 0 commentAppeals appear to be going nowhere in the copyright infringement lawsuit between photographer Patrick Cariou and wealthy appropriation artist Richard Prince and his even wealthier mega-dealer, Larry Gagosian. After Cariou…
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Cat Wrangler, curator and educator: Houston Craft Center adds three new staffers
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe Houston Center for Contemporary Craft has signed on three new crew members: artist Miriam Mendoza is the new Education Coordinator, and will manage the center’s artist residency program. New…
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Fort Worth’s Amon Carter Museum, always free to the public, just got freer. A $50,000 grant from the NEA in 2009 is bearing fruit in a new online database of…
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A one-night event merging sweaty bodies, neo-ancestral ritual, and performance art is coming to Houston’s warehouse district Saturday. Called Soulstice, the event is organized by theater theorist Kevin Holden, artistic…
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Blanton gets Texas Women for the Arts grant through Texas Cultural Trust
by Bill Davenport 0 commentAustin’s lone standing arts journalist, Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, reports that Austin’s Blanton Museum of Art is one of seven recipients of grants awarded by the Texas Women for the…
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The Art Newspaper reports an intriguing recurrence in California of the ancient practice of making knock-offs of carved stone sculptures. California sculptor Don Wakefield was surprised to discover a copy…
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Mirror Mirror #7 features artists Salvador Castillo, Michael Anthony García, and Hector Hernandez also known as the collective Los Outsiders. They met in 2006 and since meeting have come together…
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Adam Silverman’s “Reverse Archaeology” for the Kimbell Art Museum
by Lucia Simekby Lucia Simek 3 commentsAfter studying and practicing architecture in the 80s and 90s, working in the clothing industry and studying business management, Adam Silverman couldn’t ignore his deep leanings toward ceramics anymore, a…
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Last week the National Endowment for the Arts Our Town program announced $6.575 million in grants to 51 communities. Among them are four projects in Texas: the city of El…