Neil Fauerso, Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees on a museum that fits in your wallet, a long-awaited retrospective, and a drawing show in San Antonio featuring two artists who play along gender lines.
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Changes were made by the board with the goal of reducing the GAC's operating cost and freeing up funds for other uses.
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The Galveston Arts Center (GAC) has announced that it has appointed Lisa Shaw to take over as executive director. She succeeds the tenure of Interim Executive Director Joanna Bremer, who…
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Since 2014, San Antonio-based artist Christie Blizard has been interrupting the over-the-top normalcy we expect in the crowds of the "Today" show and "Good Morning America."
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Rainey Knudson and guest host Eric Jarvis on the Do-Not-Miss show of the winter, Matt Lauer-based art, and Mac versus Windows.
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech are in Houston, counting down the top five art events opening this weekend in what we call “The Harvey Zone.”
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Some Good News: Smithsonian Magazine Gives Props to GAC for Dealing with Harvey
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonAcross South and Southeast Texas, some museums put out the sandbags and moved art to higher ground, but the extremely unpredictable Hurricane Harvey caught others totally off guard. The Galveston…
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(Ed. note: we will continue to update this post as we receive more information.) (If any readers have additional information on the status of these art spaces or others, please…
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Image: Richard Carson | Reuters Since Hurricane Harvey hit Texas this weekend, people across the southeastern coast of the state have been dealing with unprecedented flooding situations. In Rockport, where the…
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The seeds of the duo’s collaboration were planted four years ago when Hodge listened to Malone’s 90.1 KPFT radio show and heard the Juneteenth history in a segment about slavery in Texas that Malone created and narrated.
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"Tierney Malone is a busy man. They call me the James Brown of the art world but I think he might be. If I can nail him down, we work it."
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Yesterday, April 21, marked the premiere of the inaugural EARTHxFilm festival at Dallas’ Fair Park. Founded by Trammell S. Crow and Michael Cain (as opposed to Michael Caine) and presented by Earth…
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Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees on the return of a beloved art space, artists facing the environmental crisis head-on, and a show of sculptures that charmed the pants off of us both.
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The Galveston Arts Center has been on a multi-month search for a new curator to replace Clint Willour, who is retiring after 25 years with the organization. Earlier today, the GAC announced…
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Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees on toxic-meets-charming paintings, finally answering the question: “What would you do for love?,” and a new approach to medical body-scanning imagery.
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Recently I was complaining to a curator about a museum in Texas that rarely shows Texas artists. The curator replied, “Why do they have to show Texas artists?”
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Galveston Arts Center receives $1M to finish restoration of historic Strand building
by Glasstireby GlasstireNearly seven years after being devastated by Hurricane Ike, the Galveston Arts Center has received a grant for $1 million from the Moody Foundation to complete the restoration of their…
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After the beach, old times are Galveston's main attraction. Tintypes and a new Wild West Village pull visitors back into the 19th century, sort of.
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GAC Directorless Again! Palace Revolution Doesn’t Go Over So Well
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThe Galveston Arts Center (GAC) seems to be having a rough time. After a period with no director and no curator (long-time supercurator Clint Willour is still on medical leave),…