Rainey Knudson, the outgoing publisher of Glasstire, and Brandon Zech, the incoming publisher, run down the top five art events in Texas this week. Also: the first work by a Texas artist that Rainey ever bought.
Rockport Center for the Arts
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Kersey describes the dramatic meaning behind her intricately decorated work: “My art is about the end of the world. It is about more ‘happy’ things too — my love of the clay material and the natural world, the magic of the potter’s wheel, the alchemy of glazes, and the world-wide human culture... .”
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The Arts Go On: Rockport’s Art Center Continues After Harvey’s Devastation
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThe architectural fabric and the economic viability of the downtown area were severely eroded after Hurricane Harvey in the late summer of 2017. The Rockport-Fulton Chamber of Commerce formed several…
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Expanding to four days and in a new location at the Aransas County Airport, the Rockport Film Festival, a continuing symbol of the city's resilience and recovery after suffering during Hurricane Harvey, returns for its 12th year.
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Workshop Teaching Artists How to Use Instagram Comes to Rockport
by Brandon Zechby Brandon ZechThis coming week, from July 11-13, 2018, the Rockport Center for the Arts is hosting a workshop teaching artists how to use Instagram to market themselves and their work. Taught by Humberto…
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Rockport, Texas continues to be post-Harvey resilient. The Rockport Center for the Arts will host its annual Rockport Art Festival this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, July 7 and 8, 10am-6pm…
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Not too long after Luis Purón relocated to Rockport, Texas to accept the position of executive director of the Rockport Center for the Arts (RCA), Hurricane Harvey hit, devastating the…
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“It is my sincere desire that, when looking at my work, the viewer experiences the wonderment of the birds in their natural habitat.”
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This week, the Rockport Center for the Arts’ former home is being razed due to damages resulting from Hurricane Harvey. There are still many places throughout coastal South Texas that…
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Rockport Center for the Arts’s Building to be Demolished Following Hurricane Harvey
by Glasstireby GlasstireThis week, the Rockport Center for the Arts announced that its former building, located at 902 Navigation Circle, on the Aransas Bay, is to be razed. The Victorian building, which has housed…
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Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees on the best fishing in Texas, an artworld version of a Lincoln-Douglas style debate in San Antonio, and the psychology of long-term art collecting.
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The Rockport Center for the Arts (RCA), destroyed by Hurricane Harvey six months ago, has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Rebuild Texas Fund to aid in rebuilding efforts.…
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This weekend, February 10th and 11th, marks the 16th Annual Rockport Clay Expo held in the coastal town of Rockport, Texas. The city is just getting back on track after it…
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The Rockport Center for the Arts recently named Elena Rodriguez the organization’s new Curator of Exhibitions. Born in the Dallas area, Rodriguez spent her undergraduate years studying painting, film, and media at Washington University in St.…
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Following the destruction Hurricane Harvey visited on Rockport and the Rockport Center for the Arts, the Beeville Art Museum, an hour northwest of Rockport, offered exhibition space for the damaged…
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For the holidays! Rainey Knudson and Brandon Zech run down their favorite Texas museum stores by category.
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The hurricane ransacked the Rockport Center for the Arts, just as it was about to open the exhibition 'Birds in Art.' The Art Museum of South Texas snapped into action.
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Rockport Center for the Arts Announces 11th Annual Rockport Film Festival
by Glasstireby GlasstireThis week, the Rockport Center for the Arts announced that the 11th annual Rockport Film Festival will continue as scheduled from November 2nd to November 4th. This past August, Hurricane Harvey…
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on artists tackling death and urban renewal, a show that migrates, and a museum show that really requires your presence.
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The Rockport Center for the Arts (RCA) was scheduled to host the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum’s annual Birds in Art exhibition starting in September 2017. Then came Hurricane Harvey,…