![Arthouse and Austin Museum of Art To Merge. No Shake-Up Announced but New Director and Rebranding are on the Horizon](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/glasstire/20130118152331im_/http://glasstire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/amoa-arthouse-150x150.jpg)
Arthouse and Austin Museum of Art To Merge. No Shake-Up Announced but New Director and Rebranding are on the Horizon
After months of backroom talks and explorations, the boards of the AMOA and Arthouse have declared the orgs united. The merger makes financial sense: the new entity will have an annual operating budget of $3.2 million and zero debt, and will save and estimated $1 million in operating expenses the first year. For the time [...]
![Glass-and-Limestone Sculptor Damian Priour dies at 61; Native Texan Noted for Monuments and Community Involvement](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/glasstire/20130118152331im_/http://glasstire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/priour-hammer-150x150.jpg)
Glass-and-Limestone Sculptor Damian Priour dies at 61; Native Texan Noted for Monuments and Community Involvement
Travis County Sculptor Damian Priour died Wednesday after a years-long struggle with cancer. He was 61. Priour’s symbolically abstract glass and limestone sculptures adorn the Austin Convention Center and the grounds of Laguna Gloria. On the boards of the Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum, the Austin Museum of Art, Hamilton Pool Road Scenic Corridor Coalition, [...]