Bold Choices: Dallas Black Dance Makes Arts Available to New Audiences
Together Young and Drew laid out three-month, six-month, and one-year plans, even before they knew how long the pandemic might keep the curtains down.
The Language of Allegory: Shirin Neshat at The Modern
Nearly a year into the global pandemic, it’s likely we can all relate to the idea of the imagination as a passport.
Embracing Possibilities: Houston’s Stages Conquers Digital Realms at the Gordy
Of all the best-laid plans of mice and women that went awry in 2020, one I regret missing was a conversation with Stages artistic director Kenn McLaughlin.
Bridging the Museum: The Carter Community Artists initiative at Amon Carter
The Carter Community Artists initiative was established in 2018 by the Amon Carter Museum of American Art.
No Ocean Between Us at the San Antonio Museum of Art
“Migration is beautiful.” These are the words the viewer reads upon entering the San Antonio Museum of Art’s newest exhibition, No Ocean Between Us, on view at the San Antonio Museum of Art Feb. 12-May 9, 2021.
One STEP at a Time: Second Thought Theatre lifts the curtain
The new artistic director of Dallas’s Second Thought Theatre is addressing the virtual audience of STEP: Second Thought Emerging Playwrights.
The Music Plays On: Texas Orchestras Pivot in 2021
The Fort Worth Symphony will spotlight Antonín Dvořák’s melodious but unfamiliar Serenade in E major on Jan. 8-10. The same weekend, Dallas Symphony performances of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony in A-flat--a supersized version of the composer’s Quartet No. 10--will show how intense a string ensemble can be. The Houston Symphony will partner with onetime prodigy, now mature artist Midori in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto on Jan. 15-17.
2020 YEAR IN REVIEW
Arts and Culture Texas magazine's 2020 year in review.
Nefertari’s Egypt on View at Kimbell Art Museum
For those Texans seeking art refuge this weary winter, the Kimbell Art Museum has a queen’s knees of an exhibition to transport us back 3000 years into the world of Queen Nefertari’s Egypt (now through March 14).
MFAH Expands with New Building
recently-unveiled Nancy and Rich Kinder Building at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and a way of contemplating the Kinder’s impact on the landscape of the museum campus, the city of Houston and even the international art world.
A Season for Singing Together: Houston Chamber Choir Launches New Season on the Digital Stage
For the Houston Chamber Choir (HCC), and the choral community at large, it has been an exceptionally challenging year.
We Are Breath: The Black Man Project
Breathing consists of two phases: Inspiration and exhalation. Our body automatically moves air into and out of the lungs.