Ars Lyrica
When the pandemic forced Ars Lyrica to cancel plans last season for its second opera staging, the group didn’t take it lying down.
Houston
It all Happens in Houston: Houston Cinema Arts Festival Returns
“It’s Houston. Literally every single thing is happening, including filmmaking. Everything is happening in Houston.”
This Time ʼRound: Jennifer Ling Datchuk at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
San Antonio-based artist Jennifer Ling Datchuk reminded me of Brecht’s riddle-like assurance while discussing her current exhibition Later, Longer, Fewer: The Work of Jennifer Ling Datchuk, on view at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft until Jan. 8, 2022.
Make It So: Texas Biennial Centers and Connects Visionary Artists
From slabs on the scene to teeter-totters at the border, and all manner of complexity in between, what happens in Texas does anything but stay put.
Dancing on a Lake and Other Pandemic Miracles
If 2020 into 2021 was the ultimate annus horribilis, the year really became the worst of times for that most ephemeral and impermanent of arts, live performance.
Connecting Across Disciplines: Vicki Meek Texas Artist of the Year
Getting in touch with one’s heritage is something of an American pastime.
Texas Studio: Bennie Flores Ansell
The idea of migration has been with Flores Ansell all her life. “I am evidence of a migration.”
New Season, Then New Director for Houston Symphony
The Houston Symphony had even more on its mind this past season than scrambling to adapt to covid-19.
A Cartography of Broadway Shows Across Texas
We’re still holding our breath, knocking on a forest full of wood and sacrificing chicken-shaped tofu to Dionysius, but it looks like in-person, inside-an-actual-theater, theater will finally take the stage this fall.
Lost Time: Nastassja Swift at Galveston Arts Center
Nastassja Swift’s primary mode of artmaking in recent years has been needle felting—a form of textile production that renders wool into saturated, light-absorbing forms. Her dolls, figures, and tapestries of tiny faces are equal parts comforting and unsettling.
On Utopia, Galvanization, and Interstellar Travel: Cauleen Smith: We Already Have What We Need at CAMH
“My pathology is your profit,” a banner reads. Hanging from the rafters of the Contemporary Art Museum Houston’s main gallery, the silvery background glimmers as the text picks up the purplish hue of the light.
A Passion for Impressionism: Monet to Matisse at the MFAH
Texans love Impressionism in all its nationalities and schools, and Texas museums love bringing us Impressionist exhibitions in a myriad of flavors and themes.