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The Parts that Make Us Whole: Benny Andrews and Deborah Roberts at the McNay Art Museum

Nancy Zastudil·August 15, 2022

“Creative people need time to sit around and do nothing.” This perceptive quote from author Austin Kleon, a self-described “writer who draws,” is front and center on Deborah Robert’s Instagram account as I’m writing.

San Antonio Visual Art

The difficult past and hopeful future of Latinx theater in Dallas

Lindsey Wilson·August 10, 2022

In 1980, two years after Teatro Dallas was founded by Cora Cardona and Jeff Hurst, only 9.9% of Dallas’s 904,078 residents ticked the newly added box for “Hispanic.”

Dallas/Ft Worth Theater

Still Rising: Deborah D.E.E.P Mouton brings Lauren Anderson’s story to the Stage

Tarra Gaines·August 10, 2022

When one of Houston’s most acclaimed poets, Deborah D.E.E.P Mouton, set out to interview the city’s most legendary dancer, Lauren Anderson, she didn’t have a fully-formed creative objective.

Dance Houston Music Theater

A Good Laugh: The Fun Factor on Texas Stages

Tarra Gaines·August 10, 2022

After a performance season filled with joyful starts, heart-breaking cancellations and casting understudies for the understudies when positive COVID tests rolled in, Texas theater companies have endured much real life drama to make the leap back to live performances.

Austin Dallas/Ft Worth Houston Lone Star Stories Music Theater

New and rediscovered voices: Dallas Symphony Orchestra Celebrates Women in Fall Concerts

Steven Brown·August 3, 2022

Almost overnight, orchestral concerts went through a revolution.

Dallas/Ft Worth Music

The Power of an Image: FotoFest Biennial 2022 confronts the issues of our time

Sherry Cheng·August 3, 2022

Just as the song was a response to the concerns of its time, the works that constitute the central exhibition of FotoFest Biennial 2022: If I Had a Hammer (Sept. 24-Nov. 6 at Silver Street and Winter Street Studios) confront the issues of our time.

Houston Visual Art

All in for Beauty: Charlotte Smith at Camiba Gallery

Sherry Cheng·August 3, 2022

For more than 20 years Dallas-based artist Charlotte Smith has reveled in experimenting with paint, and occasionally other materials, creating a signature style grounded in process-driven abstraction.

Austin Dallas/Ft Worth Show Up Visual Art

Next Chapter: Artist, Curator, and Educator Benito Huerta Retires

casey gregory·July 26, 2022

The artist has held roles as Professor and Curator at the University of Texas at Arlington for twenty-five years, and the occasion of our conversation is his retirement.

Dallas/Ft Worth Visual Art

Avant Chamber Ballet’s 10th season celebrates women and whimsy

Lindsey Wilson·July 26, 2022

Ten years is a huge milestone for an arts organization, and Avant Chamber Ballet is celebrating accordingly.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Theater

Afsaneh Aayani Manifests ‘Theater For All’

Emily Hynds·July 26, 2022

If you saw Innominate by Afsaneh Aayani at Catastrophic Theatre, you might think you know who Aayani is. You would be right and wrong at the same time.

Houston Texas Studio Theater Visual Art

Purcell, Vivaldi, Monteverdi, Handel and more: Ars Lyrica’s Bright New Season

Steven Brown·July 23, 2022

Ars Lyrica is picking up right where it left off. After closing last season with the poignant finish of Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Houston’s baroque ensemble will launch its 2022-23 season with another helping of the melancholy, gently dissonant harmony that bears Purcell’s trademark.

Houston Music

Identities, Narratives, and Histories: CraftTexas 2022 at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Sherry Cheng·July 23, 2022

How does craft tell stories differently than other visual arts media? I posed this question to Texas-raised, Los Angeles-based artist and curator Andres Payan Estrada, juror for CraftTexas 2022, the biennial juried exhibition presented by Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (HCCC), now in its 11th edition.

Houston Visual Art

Visual Art

The Stories We Carry: Angelica Raquel: Mystic Threads at the McNay Art Museum

Head West: Contemporary artists reimagine the American West at the Amon Carter

Stitched Across Time: Marilyn Henrion brings a lifetime of textile works to the Irving Arts Center

Gallery Row

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Dance

Dancing in Between the Spaces of Life: Karen Stokes Premieres ‘4 Corners’ at the Match

Big and Bold: Waco’s {254}DANCEFEST Expands its Reach

Texas Studio: Alexa Capareda Keeps Moving

Music

Dreaming Frida: Brooklyn Rider premieres a new work by Gabriela Lena Frank at DACAMERA

Fresh Notes: Grassroots Opera Companies Take Off in Houston

Music in Every Neighborhood: Monarch Chamber Players expands its Mission

Theater

All The World’s Their Stage: Teatro Dallas celebrates 40 years

Texas Studio: Alexa Capareda Keeps Moving

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

The Parts that Make Us Whole: Benny Andrews and Deborah Roberts at the McNay Art Museum

The difficult past and hopeful future of Latinx theater in Dallas

Still Rising: Deborah D.E.E.P Mouton brings Lauren Anderson’s story to the Stage

A Good Laugh: The Fun Factor on Texas Stages

New and rediscovered voices: Dallas Symphony Orchestra Celebrates Women in Fall Concerts

The Power of an Image: FotoFest Biennial 2022 confronts the issues of our time

All in for Beauty: Charlotte Smith at Camiba Gallery

Next Chapter: Artist, Curator, and Educator Benito Huerta Retires

Avant Chamber Ballet’s 10th season celebrates women and whimsy

Afsaneh Aayani Manifests ‘Theater For All’

Purcell, Vivaldi, Monteverdi, Handel and more: Ars Lyrica’s Bright New Season

Identities, Narratives, and Histories: CraftTexas 2022 at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft