"To do something that you enjoy doing creates risk."
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"It's those little happenings that knit together things in a way where one change will affect all of history in an unfathomable way."
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As of yesterday, the University of Houston (UH) has a College of the Arts. Rather than falling under the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, the new College now…
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Rainey Knudson sat down with the Blaffer's director before she left for San Francisco, to ask about Urs Fischer, renovating on a shoestring, and what she'll miss about Houston.
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Founded in 1966, the University of Houston’s public art program is comprised of about 520 works of art by many national and internationally known artists, including Frank Stella, Carlos Cruz-Diez, and Luis Jiménez,…
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Last week, the University of Houston’s Art Department opened their annual show of works by first and second-year graduate students as well as UH undergrads. Prior to the exhibition’s opening, MFA student Alton DuLaney met…
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Ever since its designation as a Tier One University in 2011, the University of Houston (UH) has been growing and revamping all of its locations throughout the city. In conjunction with its expansion,…
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Universities, along with airports, have become some of the most proficient art collectors around. Back in 1966, the University of Houston decided that with each new building built on its campus, one…
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Blaffer Art Museum has announced a collaboration with the University of Houston’s Industrial Design Department to create Blaffer Art + Design. This partnership has been through a few iterations before, but…
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"Just keep pushing the boundaries of the discipline of art."
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While the artwork certainly benefited from its handsome setting and thoughtful installation, many pieces also stood easily on their own.
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Lacoste, LeTigre and Louis Vuitton are his imaginary friends in the Hundred Acre Wood.
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After the wildly successful two-day pop-up exhibition at Houston’s Inman Gallery last August, the University of Houston’s art students are hitting the big time. This time, they’re taking it to…
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The University of Houston’s new Center for Arts Leadership is up and running. Fleurette Fernando, Director of the Center’s Master of Arts in Arts Leadership Program, has been on place…
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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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US News and World Report‘s new rankings for Graduate School of art and Design are out. Selected by polling deans and other academics in 2012, there were no Texas schools…
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We arrived at Blue Star Thursday night to a performance of Justin Randolph Thompson’s Tossin’ the Rag as part of his exhibition Meet Me in the Bottoms. A rag doll was…
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Houston’s universities are important incubators of artistic talent, with many artists in the city having taught at and/or graduated from either the University of Houston or Rice University. But the…
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Rigoberto Gonzalez Alonso in Harlingen and Houston: Corridos Baroccos, Part II
by Sarah Fischby Sarah FischContinued from Part I… V. Reynosa, Narcolandia and sad, sad data It’s important to point out that Rigoberto Gonzalez is not a Chicano artist, though he shares a lot of…
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Rigoberto Gonzalez Alonso in Harlingen and Houston: Corridos Baroccos, Part I
by Sarah Fischby Sarah FischRigoberto Gonzalez applies Baroque technique to scenes of narcoviolence. The result isn't journalism, but epic poetry.