Leslie Moody Castro is an independent curator and writer who splits her time between Mexico and the United States. Leslie relies on itinerancy to keep her on her toes and is a firm believer that mariachis make everything better.

Leslie Moody Castro

REVIEW: ‘Reclaimed’ at Ruby City

Leslie Moody Castro·October 2, 2018

In Reclaimed, the current exhibition through Jan. 26, 2019 at Ruby City in San Antonio, the collection attempts to host a myriad of themes, visual relationships, and connections through a small sampling of works by nine prominent female artists.

Art San Antonio

Border Crossings and the Transborder Biennial at the El Paso Museum of Art and Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juárez

Leslie Moody Castro·June 27, 2018

Extending nearly 2,000 miles from the state of Texas, though Southwestern New Mexico, along the southern edge of Arizona to California, and all the way to the Pacific Ocean, the border of the United States and Mexico is a massive, expansive region.

Art West Texas

TX Studio: Margo Sawyer

Leslie Moody Castro·June 14, 2018

It was a typical hot and muggy Texas day when I made the 45-minute drive from Austin to Elgin. I was on my way to visit artist Margo Sawyer for the second time,

Art Austin Texas Studio

San Antonio Tree of Life: Margarita Cabrera and Mission Espada

Leslie Moody Castro·May 2, 2018

For the better part of a year, Phoenix-based artist Margarita Cabrera has been working on Árbol de Vida: Voces de Tierra, a community-based sculpture for San Antonio’s Misión Espada and Rancho de las Cabras.

Art San Antonio

The Chapel and Accompanying Works: Francisco Moreno at Erin Cluley Gallery

Leslie Moody Castro·April 25, 2018

Francisco Moreno’s The Chapel and Accompanying Works at Erin Cluley Gallery, on view through May 19, is a classical barrel-vaulted building constructed inside the gallery.

Art Dallas/Ft Worth

The mystery of Texas State’s Pledges of Allegiance Flag

Leslie Moody Castro·April 20, 2018

Imagine a project so powerful that it can quietly subvert hegemonic control with a single image.

Art Culture Texas Lens

Art

Matt Manalo asks ‘Is Liberation Attainable?’

Loud and Clear: Vignette Art Fair amplifies women’s voices

The Parts that Make Us Whole: Benny Andrews and Deborah Roberts at the McNay Art Museum

Music

Kinetic Season 8: Distinct Voices, New Works, and Wild Soundscapes

Houston Chamber Choir Expands its Reach

Houston Symphony Expands its Range with a New Director and Season

Dance

Still Rising: Deborah D.E.E.P Mouton brings Lauren Anderson’s story to the Stage

Avant Chamber Ballet’s 10th season celebrates women and whimsy

Beauty Transcends Death: Dido and Aeneas at Ars Lyrica Houston

Theater

The difficult past and hopeful future of Latinx theater in Dallas

Still Rising: Deborah D.E.E.P Mouton brings Lauren Anderson’s story to the Stage

A Good Laugh: The Fun Factor on Texas Stages

Film

Texas Studio: Sarah Fox’s Bad Bunny Gets Real

It all Happens in Houston: Houston Cinema Arts Festival Returns

TikTok Famous: Dallas’ Leos Ensemble Theatre is giving a 105-year-old Gertrude Stein play social-media relevance

Books

Society for the Performing Arts Goes Digital

Novels, Poems, Memoirs!: Inprint’s Margarett Root Brown Reading Series Addresses Our Complicated World

Sonia Sanchez Documentary Headlines REELpoetry