![THE MENIL CONNECTION](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/glasstire/20130119050544im_/http://glasstire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/img001e-150x150.jpg)
THE MENIL CONNECTION
Celebrating the legendary de Menil years of the Rice Museum and Rice Media Center. The Menil Collection’s 25th anniversary this year has had me thinking a lot about its importance in my life and in the cultural landscape of this city. It has also made me think about the much-longer-than-25-years history of John and Dominique [...]
![Still from the film Frank Film, Frank and Caroline Mouris, 16mm, 1973](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/glasstire/20130119050544im_/http://glasstire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/frankfilm-150x150.jpg)
’bout sound and vision
Experimental Eye and The Sounds of Silence. The next 6 weeks bring Houstonians rare opportunities to see some of the most dynamic experimental films in history- many shown on delicious 16mm film! Four upcoming film screenings–one presented by the Aurora Picture Show, and three co-presented by the Menil Collection and Rice Media Center–showcase a diversity [...]
Turrell’s Rice Skyspace Dedicated Friday; Glasstire Not Invited
You’ll have to visit Culturemap to get a report on Friday’s dedication of the new James Turrell skyspace at Rice University. I got Glasstire’s invitation, via email, yesterday (May 9) to the media preview held last Sunday, May 6. Apparently there was also a gala weekend of festivities studded with VIP out of town guests [...]
![Maltzan's Inner City Arts Center in LA](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/glasstire/20130119050544im_/http://glasstire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/maltzan-150x150.png)
New Rice U Art Building in the Works; Maltzan Working on Pre-Design
Rice University has taken concrete steps towards building a new, $30 million art building on its Houston campus. Architect Michael Maltzan of Los Angeles is under contract for a pre-design of the new facility, which, according to Visual and Dramatic Arts Department Chair John Sparagana will likely bring the Rice University Art Gallery, the department’s [...]