The Sound of Things: Alyce Santoro and Bohyun Yoon at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
The world around us produces sound endlessly, incessantly.
Kimbell Hopes Casanova Arouses Art Lovers’ Ardor
Audiences rarely flock to exhibitions about 18th century European art with the enthusiasm shown for Impressionism and ancient Egypt, but the Kimbell Art Museum is hoping Casanova: The Seduction of Europe, on view Aug. 27 through Dec. 31, will change that.
The Magnificent Faith Ringgold: A Legendary Artist’s Survey Exhibition at Houston Museum of African American Culture
On October 8, Faith Ringgold will be 87. Alive, well, and still making art in her Englewood, New Jersey, studio, she has earned the moniker “living legend.”
Invoke String Quartet Brings “Folky Classical” to Austin
Take one look at Invoke’s website and it’s clear they’re not your typical classical string quartet.
Muscle Memory: CAMH Surveys Annabeth Rosen’s Process-Pushing Ceramics
Even as an undergrad, ceramic sculptor Annabeth Rosen was known as a “rabble rouser” for constantly testing the limits of clay.
Show Up: Trenton Doyle Hancock
I have a theory that artists have the most interesting art collections.
What about Gender?: Creative Casting on Texas Stages
The hot-button issue of casting has recently received a lot of ink as directors, actors, and audiences try to grapple with how to even out a traditionally imbalanced art form.
Celestial Music: Houston Symphony’s Composer in Residence Jimmy López Premieres New Work
Jimmy López got hooked on classical music when he was 12, thanks to J.S. Bach’s counterpoint.
Make Austin Weirder: John Bock’s “Uncanny Musical” Does Its Part
“Keep Austin weird,” the bumper-sticker admonition goes, but German filmmaker John Bock—the latest of many European artists to take a cinematic crack at Texas, has envisioned a weirder Austin in Dead + Juicy, an exhibition combining an “uncanny musical” with an installation of transformed versions of the film’s props and sets.
Creating Literary Sparks: Inprint’s Authors Reflect Houston’s Diversity
Inprint, Houston’s literary arts organization, flies like a rare book bird among other Texas arts institutions.
Acting in Texas: Luis Galindo
Since I moved to Texas, Luis Galindo has been one the local actors that I most look forward to seeing on stage.
Texas Studio: jhon r. stronks
Growing up, jhon r. stronks was never in one place for long. Born in Fresno, his childhood was spent globetrotting to accommodate his stepfather’s occupation as an airline pilot.