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Artist Endigo Weirdie unveils his works for the first time since losing everything two years ago in Hurricane Harvey. Weirdie went from having a home and workspace to carrying everything…

You can see John Forse’s other comics by visiting his Glasstire author page.

Flow by Allison Hunter with music by Jake Sandridge and vocal performance by Katie Loff Two 20 Min. performances at 7 and 9 pm. “Flow is an outdoor public multi-video…

Emerging Texas filmmakers and projects showcase AFS’ commitment to diversity, gender equity, and artistic achievement.

For both Reuter and Rockport, the show is a kind of homecoming —  a way to honor and engage with an already tight-knit community that endured a painful and life-altering event.

Registration for the 2019 Texas Contemporary Art Fair, to be held in Houston this fall, is now open to exhibitors.

“The installation RESURFACE.LETTERS consists of Houston-based Iranian-American artist Avisheh Mohsenin’s family letters, which were completely damaged by Hurricane Harvey together with her art studio, reprinted in large scale, hung in…

Houston has the highest percentage in Texas of HOT funding dedicated to the arts.

Due to structural problems with the internal armature, the 21-foot monument in Rockport was dismantled.

A Community Brickmaking Workshop in Houston’s historic Freedmen’s Town in the Fourth Ward. “Together we will build bricks by hand using Texas clay and Buffalo Bayou sand left over from…

Rockport Center for the Arts has announced Karol Stewart as its new Director of Development and Membership Relations.

The Dallas-based Meadows Foundation recently awarded Rockport Center for the Arts a grant that will go towards the Art Center’s capital campaign to create a new building and campus.

“Leading up to the second anniversary of Hurricane Harvey (2017), Spellerberg Projects presents a new installation of Austin, TX-based artist Elijah Barrett’s work of photography, Rockport.”

In this post-Harvey period, the art center has been focusing on its longevity in the city: namely, it has been engaged in a capital campaign to fund the construction of a new building and campus for its programming and sculpture collection.

Though the website was made with Houston in mind, its advice and guidance can be universally applied to artists and other organizations who are in harm's way.

From the artist: “An exhibition of interdisciplinary works revolving around conceptual themes of family, loss, time, recursion, and cognitive development. The venue is very unique in that it is a…

The piece, which is located on a wall inside the Blue Triangle Multi-Cultural Association's building, was damaged when water from Hurricane Harvey came in through the building's leaky roof. 

Artist applications for the 2019 Rockport Art Fest are now online! It is open to all types of artists, from painting to sculpture to jewelry. The application deadline is March…

A Christmas comic by Texas artist John Forse.

Projects awarded in 2019 include a podcast focusing on the voices of queer and transgender people of color, a new art space in Galveston, a video by JooYoung Choi, and more.