Arts and Culture Texas magazine

An Archive of Black Joy: Tito’s Prize winners Michael J. Love and Ariel René Jackson at Big Medium

casey gregory·October 13, 2021

This is Descendance, a work by artists and sometimes-collaborators Michael Love and Ariel René Jackson, who in April were named winners of the 2021 Tito’s Prize.

Art Austin

Connecting Across Disciplines: Vicki Meek Texas Artist of the Year

casey gregory·September 10, 2021

Getting in touch with one’s heritage is something of an American pastime.

Art Dallas/Ft Worth Houston

Lost Time: Nastassja Swift at Galveston Arts Center

casey gregory·July 30, 2021

Nastassja Swift’s primary mode of artmaking in recent years has been needle felting—a form of textile production that renders wool into saturated, light-absorbing forms. Her dolls, figures, and tapestries of tiny faces are equal parts comforting and unsettling.

Art Houston

Recording the Landscape: Anna Elise Johnson at Cris Worley

casey gregory·July 6, 2021

Anna Elise Johnson’s Earthworks: West Texas, now on view at Cris Worley Fine Arts in Dallas through August 14, draws heavily from the mythology of the west, especially its deserts.

Art Dallas/Ft Worth

Art and Alchemy: Sedrick Huckaby at the Blanton

casey gregory·May 28, 2021

“Every person is like a novel. We all have a story.” Sedrick Huckaby says. “I’ve never met a boring person.”

Art Austin

Flickering Visions: Chris Schanck at the DMA

casey gregory·March 5, 2021

“I think I have a relationship with a vanity that’s similar to what everyone has,” Chris Schanck admits, referring to his project Curbed Vanity: A Contemporary Foil, which is currently being exhibited at the Dallas Museum of Art.

Art Dallas/Ft Worth

The Language of Allegory: Shirin Neshat at The Modern

casey gregory·February 8, 2021

Nearly a year into the global pandemic, it’s likely we can all relate to the idea of the imagination as a passport.

Art Dallas/Ft Worth Features

Bridging Science and Art: Jennifer Steinkamp’s Eon

casey gregory·September 15, 2020

Jennifer Steinkamp’s new digital work Eon, recently unveiled as part of the University of Texas Landmarks Collection and commissioned for Welch Hall, the university’s recently renovated science building, invokes these complex ideas not in the form of ephemeral petals, but in massive LED screens.

Art Austin

Texas Studio: Matt Clark

casey gregory·March 10, 2020

Artist Matt Clark, painter, professor, collaborator, and entrepreneur thinks art makers “sharpen that trait over time…

Art Dallas/Ft Worth Texas Studio

Texas Studio: Ana Fernandez

casey gregory·January 27, 2020

San Antonio artist Ana Fernandez, a regionalist for the 21st century, finds that it’s really the people that make a place.

Art Features San Antonio Texas Studio

Show Up: Jo Ann Fleischhauer at the Old Jail Art Center

casey gregory·January 17, 2020

But now she is the recipient of a grant through the Houston Arts Alliance, and her impending exhibition will debut at the Old Jail Art Center on Feb. 22, before making its way to the Institute for Art and Olfaction in Los Angeles in May, finally landing at Rudolph Blume Fine Art/ Artscan Gallery in Houston in October.

Albany Art Houston Show Up

Texas Studio: Alicia Eggert

casey gregory·December 30, 2019

The Dallas-based artist Alicia Eggert, along with collaborator James Akers, recently opened a captivating new work at Houston’s Color Factory, a pop-up space that focuses on “instagrammable,” site-specific installations.

Art Dallas/Ft Worth Features Texas Studio

Art

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

A Culture Examined: Kimbell Art Museum offers a window into Dutch art in the Global Age

Art on the Horizon: Exploring the Cultural Landscape of Corpus Christi

Gallery Row

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Dance

Engaging Audiences: Frame Dance’s 2024 Frame x Frame Festival Focuses on Screendance’s Unique Space in the Dance Ecology

Cheers to 15 Years: Bruce Wood Dance Dallas isn’t afraid to mix things up for 2025

A Charged Atmosphere: Bombshell Dance Project’s ‘Flies’ Packs with a Punch

Music

Kinetic at 10: Virtuosic Ensemble Grows Deep Roots in Houston

A Scandinavian Frozen Highlights the TUTS season

Art Thrives on the South Plains: A Survey of Lubbock’s Cultural Scene

Theater

A Scandinavian Frozen Highlights the TUTS season

Through An Inclusive Lens: Diversity and divas populate Uptown Players’ 2024-25 season

Classical Theatre Company’s 24/25 Season Digs into Their Niche

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An Archive of Black Joy: Tito’s Prize winners Michael J. Love and Ariel René Jackson at Big Medium

Connecting Across Disciplines: Vicki Meek Texas Artist of the Year

Lost Time: Nastassja Swift at Galveston Arts Center

Recording the Landscape: Anna Elise Johnson at Cris Worley

Art and Alchemy: Sedrick Huckaby at the Blanton

Flickering Visions: Chris Schanck at the DMA

The Language of Allegory: Shirin Neshat at The Modern

Bridging Science and Art: Jennifer Steinkamp’s Eon

Texas Studio: Matt Clark

Texas Studio: Ana Fernandez

Show Up: Jo Ann Fleischhauer at the Old Jail Art Center

Texas Studio: Alicia Eggert