Texas Studio: Preetika Rajgariah
Preetika Rajgariah will spend much of the remainder of 2018 travelling so I was lucky to catch her at her home studio in Houston that she shares with her partner, Lovie Olivia.
REVIEW: New Cartographies at Asia Society Texas Center
Cartography is a fascinating practice.
REVIEW: Margaret Meehan, Hope is the Thing with Feathers and Eric Zimmerman, A Few Things for the World’s End at Conduit Gallery
As you come around the entrance to Margaret Meehan's Conduit Gallery exhibition, Hope is the Thing with Feathers (through Nov. 24), a concrete cast of a tree stump sits facing the pink parachute installation in the center of the room.
Death and Redemptive Love: ‘The Flying Dutchman’ at Dallas Opera
The Dallas Opera's production of The Flying Dutchman, beautifully conducted by Emmanuel Villaume and under the direction of chorus master Alexander Rom and stage director Christopher Alden, takes 1930s-era Germany as its visual and conceptual stage.
EAST Shifts
The East Austin Studio Tour is arguably the city’s largest art event when you add up the number of participating artists, the audience and the footprint of the two-weekend self-guided free tour.
Zine Fest Houston Returns to Lawndale
Zines aren’t new, and neither are zinefests, but many people haven’t heard of either. Zines are self published “magazines” and can be about literally any subject and in any medium.
Houston Cinema Arts Festival at Ten
Consider the Houston Cinema Arts Festival (HCAF), this year celebrating its tenth anniversary, and Richard Herskowitz, its artistic director.
Sculpture Month Houston Spreads Out Beyond the Silos
In 46 venues, sculpture at its most expansive will be on view through Dec. 1.
Steve Parker’s Surround Sounds
For his Tito’s Prize-winning exhibition, the Austin artist creates cacophonous new sculpture
Join The Chanclas Squad: Dallas Artist Giovanni Valderas Runs For City Council
How much can art do? In a way, this question animates the work of many artists whose work is socially and politically engaged.
REVIEW: ‘Swimming While Drowning’ at Stages
Ah, young love, that time in life when two star-crossed lovers might feel they exist in a world to themselves or the whole world is out to pull them asunder.
Art for the Crowd: Luminaria Layers History in San Antonio
“My biggest take away from last year was that I didn’t get to experience everything,” says Kathy Armstrong, executive director of Luminaria.