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.
Culture
A community rallies to save a Japanese garden
Most major American cities have Japanese gardens. In Texas, you can find them in Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, San Antonio, and Fredericksburg. Dallas forgot about the one it had, but thanks to local artist Cynthia Mulcahy and a concerted community effort, there is a long-term plan to restore it.
Ancient Roads: Shank’s Mare at Asia Society Texas Center
The metaphor that life is a journey, a road we trek, and the decisions we make, the diverging paths we must choose, is probably almost as old as roads themselves, and an analogy not confined to any one culture or era.
The Arts Matter: The 2017 Texas Medal of Arts Awards
Very few artists create in a cultural or political vacuum, and some of the greatest artists in history have produced work that reflects and confronts the societal issues and struggles of their era.
Called to Archive: Studio One in Houston
Share an article, pin an image, save a post, link a story. The immediacy of social media and digital visual culture is astonishing. And yet, with all of its accessibility, its staying power is questionable. With so many artists relying on social media to maintain a significant, up-to-date digital presence, is it possible to preserve the knowledge and contributions of living artists?
Honoring Texas Artists: The Texas Medal of Arts Awards come to Austin
You may be hard-pressed to explain what ZZ Top, Eva Longoria, Willie Nelson and Walter Cronkite have in common, but for the Texas Cultural Trust, the answer is simple: Texas.
HATCHing social change through art
Ann Beeson is an accomplished social justice lawyer who could never shake her belief in the power of the arts to effect social change.
Open Season
Some people say ideas are a dime a dozen.
The Idea Fund says they are $3,500 each and, with help from a special initiative of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, it is putting that money directly into the hands of Texas artists. As a result, some of the state's most provocative or otherwise unexpected imaginings are being made real.
Astrodome Rising? (UPDATED)
Proposal for Moldering Stadium Shows Promise Amid Logistical, Access Issues Update to story posted April 27, 2013. Earlier...
Mid-Century Melancholia
Abby & Nancy Dish on Mid-Season Mad Men The Abby and Nancy Show (the one in my head)...
Stern Stuff
Architect Bill Stern Asked ‘What Kind of City This Was to Be’ – And Built Accordingly When I...
Cathedral Arts
Western civilization owes much of its cultural growth to the cathedrals that nurtured and supported the artists who...