Blogs | Arts and Culture Texas magazine

Texas Lens: Lily Cabatu Weiss Looks Ahead for the Dallas Arts District

Lindsey Wilson·March 29, 2021

Nearly one year to the day that the Dallas Arts District—and most of the world—shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ACTX’s Lindsey Wilson interviewed its executive director, Lily Cabatu Weiss.

Dallas/Ft Worth Theater

Humor, Hope and Revelation—Dallas Theater Center Plans an Artful Return to the Theater

Tarra Gaines·March 29, 2021

Now as spring and vaccines bring optimism, the Dallas Theater Center will attempt to forge a new trail to bring artists and audiences back into the theater.

Dallas/Ft Worth Theater

Brave and Brilliant: B. Moore Dance Moves Forward

Lindsay Alissa King·March 25, 2021

Last month, B. Moore Dance released BOLD—BRILLIANT—BEAUTIFUL—YOU!, an hour-long dance experience that featured B. Moore company members performing a series of pieces alternately in different Dallas locations and against striking solid and patterned backgrounds added during post-production.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance

Blanton New Grounds Initiative Promises New Visitor Experience

Lauren Moya Ford·March 25, 2021

Construction will begin this spring and continue through late 2022 on the Blanton Museum’s New Grounds Initiative.

Austin Visual Art

Houston Ballet Takes a Trip to Hell to Deliver a ‘COVID Blessing’

Nichelle Suzanne·March 10, 2021

On March 10, Houston Ballet will launch the first in a series of short dance films by Artistic Director Stanton Welch.

Dance Houston

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.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Responding to the Natural World: Hockney and Van Gogh at the MFAH

Tarra Gaines·March 5, 2021

Perspective: In art, the term usually means the technique of depicting our three dimensional world on a two dimensional surface.

Houston Visual Art

Forms of Inheritance: Anna Mayer Goes Meta at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Sherry Cheng·February 12, 2021

Thick black smoke clouds engulf the large canvas mural that dominates the entrance of artist Anna Mayer’s solo exhibition, Forms of Inheritance, on view through May 8 at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (HCCC).

Features Houston Visual Art

No Muting Allowed: Innovation & Resilience at Fort Worth Opera

Amy Bishop·February 12, 2021

Ask any leader of an arts organization what life has been like during the past year, and most will probably swear it has been one of the most demanding times of their lives.

Dallas/Ft Worth Music

Bold Choices: Dallas Black Dance Makes Arts Available to New Audiences

Lindsay Alissa King·February 9, 2021

Together Young and Drew laid out three-month, six-month, and one-year plans, even before they knew how long the pandemic might keep the curtains down.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Features

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.

Dallas/Ft Worth Features Visual Art

Embracing Possibilities: Houston’s Stages Conquers Digital Realms at the Gordy

Tarra Gaines·February 8, 2021

Of all the best-laid plans of mice and women that went awry in 2020, one I regret missing was a conversation with Stages artistic director Kenn McLaughlin.

Houston Theater

Visual Art

A Line, Learning: Cy Twombly at Menil Drawing Institute

A Call to the Curious: Liliana Bloch Gallery and the Art We Need to See

Pop up Power: Showing Adventurous Art in North Texas Is Strictly DIY

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

The Art of Movement: TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND’s new season journeys through time and across continents

Your Move, Partner: Bombshell Dance Project whisks audiences to the Wild West and Flower Mound Arts Festival

A New Flock: Jennifer Mabus Launches Grackle Dance Collective in Dallas

Music

Dallas Opera’s New Season Aims to Enchant and Entertain

THE HUNT, THE HAUNTED, THE GODDESS, AND THE MAGNIFICAT: THE SPLENDID VISIONS OF ARS LYRICA HOUSTON

Living in the Sacred Moment: Austin Opera’s 2026-27 season honors heritage, innovation, and empathy

Theater

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

A Last Entrance: ‘Leopoldstadt’ at Main Street Theater

Diaspora Stories: Spring offers a bounty of Latinx Theater Festivals

Texas Lens: Lily Cabatu Weiss Looks Ahead for the Dallas Arts District

Humor, Hope and Revelation—Dallas Theater Center Plans an Artful Return to the Theater

Brave and Brilliant: B. Moore Dance Moves Forward

Blanton New Grounds Initiative Promises New Visitor Experience

Houston Ballet Takes a Trip to Hell to Deliver a ‘COVID Blessing’

Flickering Visions: Chris Schanck at the DMA

Responding to the Natural World: Hockney and Van Gogh at the MFAH

Forms of Inheritance: Anna Mayer Goes Meta at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

No Muting Allowed: Innovation & Resilience at Fort Worth Opera

Bold Choices: Dallas Black Dance Makes Arts Available to New Audiences

The Language of Allegory: Shirin Neshat at The Modern

Embracing Possibilities: Houston’s Stages Conquers Digital Realms at the Gordy