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

Moon Over Kathmandu: Lain Singh Bangdel at Asia Society Texas Center

Texas Studio: Jose Villalobos

Serious Screentime: ‘I’ll be Your Mirror’ at The Modern

Music

Come to the Cabaret: How an underdog musical triumphantly returned to Dallas

Pulling it All Together: Cutting Edge Music Programming at Texas Performing Arts

An alternative reality of fantasy and myth: Dallas Opera Presents a timeless ‘Das Rheingold’

Dance

A Complete Vision: ISHIDA Dance Looks to the Future

Roaring Back: The 2022 Wrap up

Taking Shape: B. MOORE DANCE Lets Imagination Reign in Season Four

Theater

Come to the Cabaret: How an underdog musical triumphantly returned to Dallas

An alternative reality of fantasy and myth: Dallas Opera Presents a timeless ‘Das Rheingold’

Roaring Back: The 2022 Wrap up

Film

Radical Visions Play Out at Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2022

Moving Bodies, Moving Cameras: Frame x Frame Expands to Three Locations

Texas Studio: Sarah Fox’s Bad Bunny Gets Real

Books

A Meeting to Remember: Aaron Landsman and Mallory Catlett’s new book on ‘City Council Meeting’

Society for the Performing Arts Goes Digital

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