Fade to Black: Creating a Space for African-American Theater in Houston
While Houston is routinely lauded as the most diverse city in the United States, this isn’t always apparent at the local level.
San Antonio Tree of Life: Margarita Cabrera and Mission Espada
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.
Texas Studio: Jasminne Mendez
For Houston-based writer Jasminne Mendez, writing allows her to fight against the erasure of Afro-Latina/o identities and experiences.
The ACTX Top Ten: May 2018
The top ten arts + culture events happening across Texas in May 2018.
The Chapel and Accompanying Works: Francisco Moreno at Erin Cluley Gallery
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.
Texas Lens: Arts Pedestrians
“Where are you going?” asked Dallas’s favorite classical DJ Amy Bishop, as I was heading straight into Meyerson Symphony Center, which would have been great had I been planning to go see Jaap van Zweden in one of his final concerts.
From Ballet to Broadway: McGee Maddox takes the lead in ‘An American In Paris’
A + C editor Nancy Wozny caught up with Maddox about his transition from ballet to Broadway.
What’s happening?: Right Here, Right Now: San Antonio at the Contemporary Art Museum Houston
Thank goodness, because one thing our arts communities do not need is another wannabe dictator (ditto the world for that matter). Give us a little room for curiosity, however, and we’ll happily run with it.
The mystery of Texas State’s Pledges of Allegiance Flag
Imagine a project so powerful that it can quietly subvert hegemonic control with a single image.
East Meets West: Kamrooz Aram Confronts Modern Art’s Hierarchies, at The Modern
Past exhibitions by Kamrooz Aram have carried such provocative titles as Unstable Paintings for Anxious Interiors and Ornament for Indifferent Architecture.
A brief survey of experimental music in Houston
This article is a patch, some spackling, experimental music duct tape on the rickety machinery of music web content.
SPA Welcomes Ballet Hispanico With Open Arms
“You are going to love this program,” Eduardo Vilaro told me as we shared a glass of wine last summer while his troupe, Ballet Hispanico was gracing the Jacob's Pillow Stage.