Little Big Show: Piana Chart Reveals How Antonini Downsized Outsize Exhibition
Juror Marco Antonini has waded through the 381 entries for this year’s edition of The Big Show at Lawndale Art Center, choosing the smallest number of artists and pieces in the last half-decade, according to statistically-minded artist (and former Glasstire virtual artist in residence) Brian Piana, whose handy historical chart of Big Show Participation has [...]
Sustainable Practice: Sasha Dela
Sasha Dela moved to Houston about seven years ago as a fellow in the MFAH Core Program and quickly became an important part of the Houston art scene as a founder of SKYDIVE Art Space and regional editor of Temporary Art Review, where she recently wrote an insightful take on our city that recognized the [...]
Skydive Celebrates Its 4th Year
Four years ago, Sasha Dela and Ariane Roesch opened a studio on an upper floor of an outdated and slightly ominous looking office building across from Montrose Krogers and the Chinese Consulate after the artists were both in the 2008 Houston Area Exhibition at Blaffer Art Museum. They decided to curate small exhibitions in [...]
$2000 Glasstire Virtual Residency goes begging: editors in panic announce media blitz
Despite a $2000 award, despite resume-building new-media cachet, despite the popularity of past residents‘ online projects, the storied connectedness of the social media continuum has failed so far to draw ambitious artists to apply for Glasstire’s 2011 Virtual Residency. “Okay folks, so far we have ONE, count ‘em, ONE virtual residency application!” squawked Glasstire Editor [...]
Piana pits Houston art fairs in apocalyptic battle
The first art I’ve seen about the upcoming Houston art fair mayhem hit the web last week: Brian Piana’s battle-droid interactive graphic casts the fairs as opposing techno-organisms in an apocalyptic duel to overpopulate the Houston skyline. Click away until the city is completely obliterated!
2011 Glasstire Virtual Residency: Call for Application
What is it? The 2011 Glasstire Virtual Residency is a $2000 award toward the production of a web-based art project. The artist will retain all rights but gives Glasstire the right to link to and promote the project. The project may be hosted on Glasstire’s server or on the artist’s. The project must be completed [...]