As Houston’s Hobby Center for the Performing Arts celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2022, its board, staff and its new president and CEO Mark Folkes decided to get contemplative about their identity, especially when it comes to the “Center” in the name.
Dancer, choreographer and artistic director of Pilot Dance Project, Adam Castañeda didn’t begin dance training until his early twenties, yet he believes leaping over those childhood and adolescent studio years might have given him some advantages.
The McNay Art Museum in San Antonio is using the recent acquisition of two important print suites as impetus to explore the diverse visions of three contemporary Black artists: Radcliffe Bailey, Kara Walker and Derrick Adams.
When the public has the chance to view a monumental, but private collection of art, it usually occurs if the collection is loaned to a museum and perhaps organized as a special exhibition.
Houston’s Theatre Under The Stars also understands the allure of some tacky fun and plans to offer the ultimate holiday show alternative this season with the world premiere, The Ugly Xmas Sweater Musical.
Sometimes the drama of an artist’s life can overshadow the art itself. Case in point, Mexican Modernist painter Abraham Ángel, whose paintings are featured in almost every book or exhibition devoted to the period.
The first time I visited strange new art worlds via a space/time refrigerator portal I had to travel to a renovated bowling alley in New Mexico to do so.
The San Antonio Museum of Art recently rolled out the welcome mural for visitors in the form of a monumental painting by Texas artist Carlos Rosales-Silva, on view through Sept. 2025.