Michael Guidry at the Galveston Art Center
I love Galveston. But, like Houston, it’s an acquired taste. It’s got lovely old buildings in various states of decay interspersed with not-so-lovely and downright crappy structures. It’s gritty, with a deserved air of melancholy and if it were located on a less hurricane prone coast it would have been wholly gentrified and cutesified by [...]
Lawndale Art Center’s “Design Fair 2011″
Lawndale Art Center‘s annual market/design event has evolved into something very, very cool. It started out life 16 years ago (if my math is correct) as the “20th Century Modern Market.” Always a big event, it was packed to the gills with dealers offering vintage objects, furniture and clothes. In true Lawndale spirit, it had [...]
Lawndale Design Fair 2011
Design Fair 2011 at Houston’s Lawndale Art Center has been retooled from their popular mid-century modern market to include “cutting edge contemporary design.” Furniture, glass, ceramics, lighting, books, metalwork and fashion will be on sale. This year, there’s an expanded The Texas Co-Op feature, curated by UH Art Collection Curator and artist, Michael Guidry focuses [...]