Well, this is cool. In an ongoing effort by the city to boost its green image, Houston’s recycling trucks are being makeover into mobile (and functional) works of art through…
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Tomorrow evening, Monday, January 27th at 5:30 pm, the Houston Arts Alliance (HAA) will host the “2014 Elected Officials Reception for the Arts” at the Hobby Center for Performing Arts.…
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Houston Mayor Gets Married! And We Throw in Some Art News as an Excuse to Post the Wedding Photo
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonHouston Mayor Annise Parker and her long-time partner, First Lady Kathy Hubbard, were joined in marriage today in a sunset ceremony held at a private home in Palm Springs, California. “This…
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Airport art has been getting much attention lately, according to the surge of reviews and “best of” lists, such as those put out recently by The Huffington Post, The Wall…
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Thanksgiving Saved by Houston Artists, the Mayor’s Office, and Skateboarding Vegetables!
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonJust this past August, it looked like Houston would have no Thanksgiving Day Parade for the first time in over six decades. But the city, some new corporate sponsorship, a…
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Lee Littlefield Sculptures to Pop Up in Central Houston Library
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThe Houston Art Alliance (HAA) will present an installation of suspended, sculptural works by the late Lee Littlefield at the Central Houston Public Library’s first floor gallery. Is that near…
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The Houston Arts Alliance (HAA) has announced a new project in Houston’s East End in the fall of 2014 called “Transported + Renewed.” It is three-month creative “placemaking” project that…
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First Annual SlabFest! Houston to Celebrate a Different Kind of Art Car
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonCar culture is so big in Houston that the annual Art Car Parade is no longer quite enough to contain all the car enthusiasm in the city. Now, the Houston…
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HAA Gives Nonprofit Staff Members Excuse for Extra-Long Lunch Breaks: Just Bring a Camera
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThe Houston Arts Alliance (HAA) is sponsoring a photography contest that should serve to get all local nonprofit arts organizations to support its latest temporary art installation The Blue Trees.…
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The National Endowment for the Arts has announced it’s Art Works Grants, and 31 Texas nonprofits have benefited, to the tune of $788,500, total. Among the many organizations presenting primarily…
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This is officially the season of painters’ painters. Three major exhibitions curated by Houston-based painters have opened in the last five months– “In Plain Sight” curated by Aaron Parazette at…
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Houston Arts Alliance is fixing to hire globe-trotting Australian public artist Konstantin Dimopoulos to install a version of his popular “Blue Trees” in Houston. The current proposal is to plant…
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“By this time, you should have received a letter from the Houston Arts Alliance regarding your Individual Artist Grant Application, and the process for following up regarding reconsideration and/or review…
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Diem Jones will begin as the HAA’s new Director of Grants on February 13. A poet, musician, producer and spoken word artist (aka Drs. H.M. Joy & Fladimir MS Woo)…
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The Houston Convention and Visitors bureau is trying a bit of marketing jujitsu: instead of bemoaning the Hotel Occupancy Tax that slaps an added 7% onto your bill, they have…
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Houston Arts Alliance is busy down on the Bayou these days; two projects focus on Houston’s waterway as economic engine and natural system: a new project, Working the Port, a…
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The Houston Fine Art Fair and The Texas Contemporary Fair: Twice the fairs equals twice the drama
So you may have heard, Houston is getting an art fair. Um, actually two art fairs. There has been a ridiculous amount of controversy surrounding these fairs, a classic tempest…