Books
Tracing the Rise of Houston’s Art Community
Pete Gershon's book about the Houston art community offers some simple advice: live around artists you respect and in a place you can afford to make work, even if no one buys it.
Houston
Art
Belated Acclaim for Dorothy Hood's Surreal Abstractions
The exhibition Illuminated Earth asks audiences to consider not only Hood’s dynamic and commanding murals as the thought-provoking pieces they are, but also how artistic legacies are made and remade over time.
Announcement
University of Houston School of Art Invites Applications for Studio MFAs and MAs in Art History
State-of-the-art graduate studios and sculpture facilities open in Fall 2020.
Announcement
Mobius Houston to Transform University of Houston Arts District
This large-scale, bi-color acrylic installation, by New York-based Uruguayan artist Marta Chilindrón, debuts at the University of Houston System temporary public art program.
Announcement
Apply Now for the 2020 Fellowship With Project Row Houses and University of Houston
Two fellows will receive a $15,000 stipend each, a research grant, access to a community brain trust and mentorship. Applications are due by October 25, 2019.
Announcement
University of Houston School of Art Announces Fall Visiting Speaker Series
Guests will include Charlene Villaseñor-Black, Richard The, and Beverly Fishman.
News
Bean There, Done That: Houston Gets a Precursor of Chicago's Shiny Anish Kapoor
"I think much more than 'Cloud Gate,' 'Cloud Column' is meant specifically to capture the heavens and bring them down to earth," MFAH's director, Gary Tinterow, told Hyperallergic.
News
As Hurricane Harvey's Waters Recede, Houston Artists Pick Up the Pieces
Artists in Houston are taking stock of the storm's devastating impact and the long process of rebuilding that lies ahead.
In Brief
National Endowment for the Humanities Pledges $1M for Cultural Institutions Hit by Hurricane Harvey [UPDATED]
Organizations in FEMA-designated disaster zones will have until December 31 to apply for emergency grants of up to $30,000.
In Brief
Texas Arts Groups Gather Resources for Artists Impacted by Hurricane Harvey
Though most of Houston's art museums seem to have sustained little damage, many of the city's artists are facing much more difficult roads to recovery.
Art
An Artistic Storm Fills a Formerly Abandoned Water Reservoir
Magdalena Fernández's art installation is the first to fill the Buffalo Bayou Cistern, a formerly abandoned 1920s water reservoir in Houston, Texas.
Art
An Artist Embraces the Magic Symbols that Helped Send Him to Death Row
At Day for Night festival, Damien Echols invited visitors to engage with the occult symbols that helped lead to his wrongful murder conviction.