Surrealistic Americana: Devon Nowlin Colorfully Riffs on Nostalgia at Artspace 111
For her new solo exhibition, Familiar Strangers, Devon Nowlin returns to the vintage photographs she has been using as source material since 2008.
Houston’s ROCO focuses on Works by Women
Alecia Lawyer, the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra’s artistic director, introduced the idea discreetly last fall: She and two other musicians devoted a program on the group’s Unchambered series entirely to works by female composers.
Houston’s Period-instrument Group puts Music in its Original Context
In your typical music-school teaching studio, a Steinway grand piano would easily dominate the room.
Full Circle: A New Vision for Iconic Austin Mural
In 1992, two young local artists, Robert Herrera and Oscar Cortez, began transforming a 700-square foot wall section around the Holly Street Power Plant in East Austin into a spray-painted story of identity, pride, and community.
You Didn’t Have to Be There, But It Helps: Stage Environment at CAMH
“It is not an acropolis we want there. It is not Culture on a corner. I think of the new museum building as a stage environment to house the multimedia in which artists of today are working.”
Second Chapters: Texas Artists Navigate Change
A death in the family, the loss of a home, a call to leave a familiar position or job and head out alone are the kinds of dramatic life changes all of us, including artists and companies, are likely face sooner or later.
Show Up: Francesca Fuchs
Francesca Fuchs’s subtle alchemy takes place under the bright light of her studio, where shadows aren’t quite banished but rather lifted.
Texas Lens: Reflecting on 36 Years at Booker T.
I am proud to say that I am a former member of the dance faculty at Booker T. (an affectionate name given to the school by recent alums).
Houston Celebrates Bergman at the MFAH
Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman is nobody’s idea of a summer watching.
Latinx Roots in the Lone Star State: Cara Mía Theatre Co.’s 2018-19 Season
Immigration, belonging, and identity are three of today’s most pressing issues; Dallas’s Cara Mia Theatre Co. is tackling them head-on.
Texas Lens: Audience as Player/Experiments in Interactive Performance
You arrive at Texas State University’s Performing Arts Center in San Marcos and find the front doors to the lobby locked.
It Happened in Houston: Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party at UH Clear Lake
Judy Chicago’s monumental installation, The Dinner Party, debuted March 14, 1979, at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the first stop on a planned nine-year tour of the U.S. and abroad.