Texas Studio: Maja Ruznic
Rooted in trauma, identity and the refugee experience, the artistic practice of Bosnia-born painter Maja Ruznic draws on collective memory. The post Texas Studio: Maja Ruznic first appeared on Arts...
View ArticleA Lonely Beauty: ‘The Children’ at the Rec Room
Two women, old friends but decades absent from each other, have tea in an isolated British seaside cottage. The post A Lonely Beauty: ‘The Children’ at the Rec Room first appeared on Arts & Culture...
View ArticleTexas Studio: Brendan Bourque-Sheil
Houston playwright Brendan Bourque-Sheil describes his journey to his current situation as a rollercoaster with many trips to “the deep end.” The post Texas Studio: Brendan Bourque-Sheil first appeared...
View ArticleTexas Studio: Alicia Eggert
The Dallas-based artist Alicia Eggert, along with collaborator James Akers, recently opened a captivating new work at Houston’s Color Factory, a pop-up space that focuses on “instagrammable,”...
View ArticleNancy and Tarra Dish on the Decade, 2019 and Chekhov’s Gun
Nancy Wozny: Pack a lunch, Lady T, we have a year and a decade to discuss. Let’s not be so top ten-ish, but think categorically. I always find what we are still talking about is the most revealing. The...
View ArticleTexas Studio: Catherine Turocy
Search for information on baroque dance and it won’t be long before you come across the name Catherine Turocy. The post Texas Studio: Catherine Turocy first appeared on Arts & Culture Texas.
View ArticleTexas Studio: Delita Martin
When I visited artist Delita Martin at her Black Box Press Studio this past December, it became clear over the course of our conversation that her bold, multi-layered prints of “everyday” working-class...
View ArticleNeighborly Life and Death: ‘The Realistic Jones’ at 4th Wall
As that infamous theatrical adage goes: dying is easy; comedy is hard. The post Neighborly Life and Death: ‘The Realistic Jones’ at 4th Wall first appeared on Arts & Culture Texas.
View ArticleTexas Studio: Ana Fernandez
San Antonio artist Ana Fernandez, a regionalist for the 21st century, finds that it’s really the people that make a place. The post Texas Studio: Ana Fernandez first appeared on Arts & Culture Texas.
View ArticleStaring into the Theater Infinity: ‘The Fantasticks’ at Stages
Somewhere near the end of the first act of Stages’ sweet and nostalgic production of the classic musical The Fantasticks when a happy ending tableau had arrived but an entire second act still remained...
View ArticleTexas Studio: Matt Messinger
Houston artist Matt Messinger is a collector—of art yes, but also of ephemera, which leaks and injects itself into his work. The post Texas Studio: Matt Messinger first appeared on Arts & Culture...
View ArticleTexas Studio: Katy Heinlein
Sculptor Katy Heinlein’s studio is quiet, cozy, exploding with texture and color, and perhaps most important of all, stable. The post Texas Studio: Katy Heinlein first appeared on Arts & Culture...
View ArticleDallas Opera Goes Digital with the TDO Network
The Dallas Opera had just begun rehearsals for a landmark event: the company’s first production in more than 30 years of Giuseppe Verdi’s Don Carlo, a drama whose challenges tower nearly as high as its...
View ArticleA Love Letter to the Audience: Tarra Gaines on her Digital Diet and Missing...
Tarra Gaines on her Digital Diet and Missing Live Performance The post A Love Letter to the Audience: Tarra Gaines on her Digital Diet and Missing Live Performance first appeared on Arts & Culture...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleOne 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 post One STEP at a Time: Second Thought Theatre lifts...
View ArticleBridging 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. The post Bridging the Museum: The Carter Community Artists initiative at Amon Carter first...
View ArticleThe 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. The post The Language of Allegory: Shirin Neshat at The Modern first appeared on Arts...
View ArticleBold 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 post Bold Choices: Dallas Black Dance Makes...
View ArticleForms of Inheritance: Anna Mayer Goes Meta at the Houston Center for...
Thick black smoke clouds engulf the large canvas mural that dominates the entrance of artist Anna Mayer’s solo exhibition, Forms of Inheritance, on view through May 8 at the Houston Center for...
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