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Rockport Center for the Arts Announces 11th Annual Rockport Film Festival

This week, the Rockport Center for the Arts announced that the 11th annual Rockport Film Festival will continue as scheduled from November 2nd to November 4th. This past August, Hurricane Harvey...

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Post-Harvey Update: Rockport’s Birds and Rockport’s Art

Chris Maynard, Dunlin Cloud I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes. Charles Lindbergh It was strangely quiet. Houston’s Tropical Storm Allison in June 2001 was the...

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Top Five: October 26, 2017

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on two artists who go into outer space to find perspective on Earth, an artist who whose decadence is emotional, and paintings that render the flesh abstract.   1....

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Día de los Muertos Takes Over Texas

Starting this weekend, multiple art spaces across Texas are hosting exhibitions and special events celebrating the Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). While this year’s holiday...

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Harvey-Affected Artists & Organizations: Get Money from the Texas Commission...

Sarah Welch and James Beard’s studio during Hurricane Harvey (Image courtesy of Sarah Welch) The Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) has announced that they are beginning to accept applications from...

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Top Five: November 2, 2017

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on an artist’s troubled childhood, what makes a real painter, and opera’s art invasion.   1. For Hire: Contemporary Sign Painting in America Houston Center for...

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Glasstire’s Data Mining Project, Part IV: The Artists

In 2016, for our 15th anniversary, Glasstire delved into our archives with a data mining project. We asked professional data miner Diego Garcia-Olano to comb through our vast archive of 21,000 events...

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Top Five: November 9, 2017

Rainey Knudson and Brandon Zech on an unapologetic art critic, some disgusting and edgy drawings, and a new museum opening in the Panhandle.   1. Big Art in Small Town Contemporary Art Museum...

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Top Five: November 16, 2017 with Eric Jarvis

Rainey Knudson and guest host Eric Jarvis on the Do-Not-Miss show of the winter, Matt Lauer-based art, and Mac versus Windows.   1. HOME—So Different, So Appealing Museum of Fine Arts, Houston...

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Top Five: November 23, 2017

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on art that hides outdoors, a group show in Brownsville, and a new art lending library.   1. Seeing the Unseen Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts November 11 – January 28,...

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Top Five: November 30, 2017

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on the cross-pollination of art collectives, an eccentric collector’s decadence, and a major museum show that borrows from Houston locals.   1. Matt Messinger: Argus...

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Top Five: December 7, 2017

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on cross-pollinating art collectives, the Lizard Cult, and art you can buy for Christmas.   1. Jeremy DePrez: Mindfold Texas Gallery (Houston) December 7 – January 13,...

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A Brief Argument for Uncool Places

Christina Rees and Neil Fauerso chat about the creative potential and appeal of living and making work in unlikely towns and places. Christina Rees: Let me make sure we’re on the same page about this....

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Glasstire’s Favorite Museum Gift Stores, 2017

Shops included in the video: The Houston Museum Of Natural Science Museum Store The Menil Collection’s bookstore, Houston The Asher Gallery at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft The...

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Top Five: December 14, 2017

Brandon Zech and Rainey Knusdon on two old-timey artists, the reinterpretation of history, and the convergence of art and political activism.   1. Ellen Tanner: Fables, Families and Myths Art Museum...

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F.C.C. Votes to Repeal Net Neutrality

(Image: Tom Brenner / The New York Times) Earlier this week, the US government’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to repeal net neutrality. Passed in 2015 under the Obama administration,...

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Top Five: Holiday Edition 2017

In this holiday edition of Glasstire’s Top Five, Christina Rees and Rainey Knudson share tips on the best shows to take your various friends and family members to over the Christmas break.   For...

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Beeville Art Museum Hosts Rockport Center for the Arts

Beeville Art Museum Following the destruction Hurricane Harvey visited on Rockport and the Rockport Center for the Arts, the Beeville Art Museum, an hour northwest of Rockport, offered exhibition space...

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Glasstire’s Best of 2017

Glasstire staff and contributors share which Texas-based shows, events, and works made their personal “best lists” for 2017. **** Rainey Knudson: The Arts’ Response to Hurricane Harvey One of the most...

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O Christmas Tree

Christmastime is here again! We have another holiday-themed post for you, dear readers. In the past, we’ve touched on holiday decorations (and their inherent kitschiness), and on the various types of...

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