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West Texas Charm
Small Texas towns are easy to stereotype, and often, those generalizations prove themselves to be true. Conservative politics, high school football, and abundant red meat are just a few that come to mind. Last weekend I was fortunate to be able and spend a number of days in just this kind of town installing an [...]
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Autumn Knight’s “Performance Prescriptions” at DiverseWorks’ “State Fair”
DiverseWorks‘ State Fair feels like a version of “Now THAT’S What I Call Social Practice!” As you walk through, you are beckoned to participate in an idea barter booth, to ask an artist about his role as a shrimp salesman, to chat with a gossip swapper, to play a carnival game with candlemakers, to [...]
![Blanton Director Simone Wicha and El Anatsui](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/glasstire/20130118082124im_/http://glasstire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/anatsui-blanton-150x150.jpg)
Blanton El anatsui Exhibition Opens to Record Crowds: Numbers Up Overall
The opening weekend for El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You About Africa at the Blanton Museum in Austin logged over 4,275 visitors between September 22-25. A talk by the artist was SRO during Austin’s Museum Day festivities on Saturday, and in honor of the event, the artist unexpectedly titled a previously untitled work, [...]
![The State Fair of Texas: A Feeling, in Pictures](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/glasstire/20130118082124im_/http://glasstire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/climo-150x150.jpg)
The State Fair of Texas: A Feeling, in Pictures
It’s State Fair time again. I haven’t been in nearly a decade, but I’ve promised my small people I’ll go this year. I look forward to it with a kind of glee mixed with fear – a potent cocktail born of memories of sickness and stickiness and the smell of livestock. In honor of those [...]