Arts and Culture Texas magazine

Social Issues, Puppets, Yellow Swings and Big Changes: The 2023 Wrap Up

Nancy Wozny·December 11, 2023

We are back for our epic annual public chit chat, a tiny snapshot of the thousand dishy emails that fly across the inter tubes discussing what we just saw, missed, didn’t understand or flat out loved.

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Houston Cinema Arts Festival Focuses on Texas, the Arts and Home

Tarra Gaines·October 30, 2023

There’s no place like Houston for cinephiles when the Houston Cinema Arts Society opens its 15th annual film festival with a "Bring It On Home" theme.

Film Houston

Weaving a Collective Mural: Meow Wolf in Grapevine, Texas

Tarra Gaines·October 3, 2023

The first time I visited strange new art worlds via a space/time refrigerator portal I had to travel to a renovated bowling alley in New Mexico to do so.

Art Dallas/Ft Worth

Global Resilience: Afro-Atlantic Histories concludes its tour at the Dallas Museum of Art

Lindsey Wilson·July 26, 2023

Ade Omotosho couldn’t think of a more perfect topic for his first big exhibition.

Art Dallas/Ft Worth

Celebrating 150 Years with 150 Artists at Texas Christian University

Donna Tennant·April 3, 2023

As Texas Christian University celebrates the sesquicentennial of its founding, the School of Art is mounting a group exhibition of 150 artists celebrating the talent and range of artists whose work has contributed to the creative life of TCU students and faculty, as well as Texas art and beyond.

Art Dallas/Ft Worth

Informed by Labor: Day Jobs at the Blanton Museum of Art

Donna Tennant·February 3, 2023

There is actually no way to know how many artists support themselves solely through their artwork, but most people agree that it’s a fairly low percentage.

Art Austin

Expanding the Classical Ballet Canon Part II: Alexa Capareda’s Maria and the Mouse Deer

Sherry Cheng·February 2, 2023

PART TWO: Think about classical ballet’s signature repertoire—The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Cinderella. Each of these canonic story ballets is drawn from a European folk tale or story, and set to music by a European composer. Is it time to ask, “what other stories can ballets tell?”

Austin Dance

Expanding the Classical Ballet Canon Part I: Nao Kusuzaki’s Genji at Asia Society Texas Center in partnership with Houston Ballet

Sherry Cheng·February 2, 2023

Think about classical ballet’s signature repertoire—The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Cinderella. Each of these canonic story ballets is drawn from a European folk tale or story, and set to music by a European composer. Is it time to ask, “what other stories can ballets tell?”

Dance Houston

A Complete Vision: ISHIDA Dance Looks to the Future

Sherry Cheng·December 19, 2022

In one of the biggest Texas dance stories of the year, ISHIDA Dance Company, a contemporary dance company co-located in Austin and Houston, has just made Dance Magazine’s 2023 “25 to Watch” list, one of the most coveted accolades in the dance industry.

Austin Dance Houston

Pulling it All Together: Cutting Edge Music Programming at Texas Performing Arts

Steven Brown·December 13, 2022

As everybody knows, the University of Texas at Austin has transformed its hometown thanks to its role as a hotbed of research. There’s more to that than churning out innovations in computers and technology.

Austin Music

Go Big, Go Joyful: The Journey Back to the Theater

Tarra Gaines·May 6, 2022

During the height of the streamed performing arts portion of the pandemic, I thought a lot about the difference between being a viewer and an audience member.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Houston Music Theater

Texas on Stage at the McNay

Steven Brown·May 2, 2022

The Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts contains artifacts dating back centuries, and its exhibitions sometimes revel in that broad historical panorama. But The Great Stage of Texas, running through July 24 at San Antonio’s McNay Art Museum—the collection’s home—could hardly be more contemporary.

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Art

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

A Culture Examined: Kimbell Art Museum offers a window into Dutch art in the Global Age

Art on the Horizon: Exploring the Cultural Landscape of Corpus Christi

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

Engaging Audiences: Frame Dance’s 2024 Frame x Frame Festival Focuses on Screendance’s Unique Space in the Dance Ecology

Cheers to 15 Years: Bruce Wood Dance Dallas isn’t afraid to mix things up for 2025

A Charged Atmosphere: Bombshell Dance Project’s ‘Flies’ Packs with a Punch

Music

Kinetic at 10: Virtuosic Ensemble Grows Deep Roots in Houston

A Scandinavian Frozen Highlights the TUTS season

Art Thrives on the South Plains: A Survey of Lubbock’s Cultural Scene

Theater

A Scandinavian Frozen Highlights the TUTS season

Through An Inclusive Lens: Diversity and divas populate Uptown Players’ 2024-25 season

Classical Theatre Company’s 24/25 Season Digs into Their Niche

contemporary austin

Social Issues, Puppets, Yellow Swings and Big Changes: The 2023 Wrap Up

Houston Cinema Arts Festival Focuses on Texas, the Arts and Home

Weaving a Collective Mural: Meow Wolf in Grapevine, Texas

Global Resilience: Afro-Atlantic Histories concludes its tour at the Dallas Museum of Art

Celebrating 150 Years with 150 Artists at Texas Christian University

Informed by Labor: Day Jobs at the Blanton Museum of Art

Expanding the Classical Ballet Canon Part II: Alexa Capareda’s Maria and the Mouse Deer

Expanding the Classical Ballet Canon Part I: Nao Kusuzaki’s Genji at Asia Society Texas Center in partnership with Houston Ballet

A Complete Vision: ISHIDA Dance Looks to the Future

Pulling it All Together: Cutting Edge Music Programming at Texas Performing Arts

Go Big, Go Joyful: The Journey Back to the Theater

Texas on Stage at the McNay