Arts and Culture Texas magazine

Through the Looking Glass: Kelly O’Connor’s Invitation to Look

MICHAEL MCFADDEN — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:45:14 +0000

A pool opens in the earth, its blue depths broken into small, fitted pieces. Along the rim, pinks and yellows catch the eye, bright as candy against the pale ground. Beyond it, a geyser rises before a line of trees. The landscape has the faded familiarity of a postcard, a place someone visited and wanted to remember. But the water has become something else: a surface that promises depth while holding us at its edge. In Kelly O’Connor’s Castle Geyser, Yellowstone (2026), […]

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Building a Crossborder Identity: Seme Jatib Breaks Boundaries in Dance

ADAM CASTAÑEDA — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 03:27:31 +0000

Laredo-born dancer and choreographer Seme Jatib explores crossborder identity through ambitious multidisciplinary performances in San Antonio, including November events honoring Martha Graham and the Luminaria Contemporary Arts Festival.

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Millennial Moms are the Newest Movers and Shakers in Dallas Art

Kendall Morgan — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:25:01 +0000

If you want something done right, ask a mom. Masters of multitasking, millennial moms aren’t just raising the next generation of art lovers—they’re reshaping the Dallas art scene into a healthy, vibrant, supportive environment.

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Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Nancy Zastudil — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:44:38 +0000

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries for November - December 2026

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Vessels of Heritage: Centro De Artes explores the transformation of everyday objects, places and ideas in a new exhibition in San Antonio’s Historic Market Square

Nichole Pruitt — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:48:01 +0000

The therapeutic process of making a piñata from papier-mâché over a balloon and then decorating it with colorful fringed tissue paper and the tension releasing experience of hitting the piñata with a stick at a birthday party as well as the feeling of sheer joy when the piñata bursts open and rains candy all come to mind when looking at Chuck Ramirez’s Piñata: Gregory. Ramirez (1962-2010) was a San Antonio-based artist with a reverence for material culture.

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Form on the Verge of Life: Terry Winters at the Menil

MICHAEL MCFADDEN — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 03:15:08 +0000

A cluster of rounded forms gathers on a sheet of paper.

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The Archive at Low Tide: Beverly Buchanan, Dionne Lee, and the Visual Telemetry of Displacement at the CAMH

Jonathan Hopson — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 02:37:29 +0000

The gallery operates as a field site before it functions as an exhibition.

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A tribute to the legacy: KDH Dance Company performs honestly original new work

Tara Munjee — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:03:49 +0000

This upcoming season KDH Dance Company honors its legacy through presenting original abstract modern dances. At the same time, the company is exploring new territory—literally—by dancing outdoors on a basketball court in East Austin. Performances of Magic Hour will run from Nov. 5 - 7 at Alamo Pocket Park. (Rain dates are Nov. 12-14.)

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Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Nancy Wozny — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:51:52 +0000

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

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Always Artist-Centered: Jamal Cyrus and César A. Martínez Honored by Art League Houston’s Annual Awards Program

Nancy Zastudil — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:37:21 +0000

Seventy-eight years ago, 16 women artists wanted to create a place where they could make, exhibit, and talk about artwork; together they founded Art League Houston. The artist-centered organization in Houston has since established itself as a leader in celebrating contemporary art in Texas, in part because of their Contemporary Texas Art Archive program, which includes four prestigious annual awards. This year Art League Houston honors Jamal Cyrus (Texas Artist of the Year Award, est. 1983), César A. Martínez (Lifetime […]

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The Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas highlight fresh talent in their new MFA Showcase

Kendall Morgan — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 15:31:27 +0000

The Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas highlight fresh talent in their new MFA Showcase.

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Building a Theatrical Village: Austin’s Rude Mechs at 30

Tarra Gaines — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 14:46:02 +0000

Reminiscing with Austin’s theater collective, The Rude Mechs, as they celebrate their 30th anniversary of making theater together feels a bit like talking to a 90s alternative rock band that’s somehow still together. When I caught up with Thomas Graves, Lana Lesley, Kirk Lynn, Alexandra Bassiakou Shaw, and Shawn Sides, five of the six active co-producing artistic directors—with only Madge Darlington missing—there was a lot of good natured interrupting and correcting of memories, especially when recalling which of their conceived shows they performed over the years in which off Broadway theater or international festival.

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Room to Dream Big: Melissa M. Young Leads Bruce Wood Dance Dallas into the Future

Lindsey Wilson — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 14:39:27 +0000

Change is afoot for Bruce Wood Dance Dallas in its 17th season, as Melissa M. Young steps into the role of artistic director and Joy Bollinger transitions to resident choreographer and répétiteur.

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Fearless & Fabulous at 25: Uptown Players Celebrates Community While Honoring Its Legacy

Lindsey Wilson — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 14:15:18 +0000

Since 2001, Uptown Players has been unafraid to take chances.

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Before the Partition: Yoshitaka Amano’s Unbroken Line at Asia Society Texas Center

Jonathan Hopson — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:50:28 +0000

I am not swiping through digital images or peering into a paperback book; I am standing—as the first viewer to see Yoshitaka Amano: Big Bang at Asia Society Texas Center fully installed, where it runs through Feb. 7, 2027—in the quiet, pristine light of Yoshio Taniguchi’s architecture, confronted by raw scale, chemical reaction, and the unyielding physical friction of human labor on a gallery wall.

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A FRESH TAKE: DACAMERA’S SEASON EXPLORES NEW WAYS OF LOOKING AT OLD THINGS

Sherry Cheng — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:11:36 +0000

As Artistic Director Sarah Rothenberg pulled together the repertoire and artists for DACAMERA of Houston’s 2026-27 season, she came across composer Gabriella Smith’s notes on her work for string quartet Carrot Revolution, in which she envisioned the piece as a celebration of the spirit of fresh observation and of “new ways of looking at old things.”

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Time for Tranquility: Apollo Chambers Players Offer a Contemplative New Season

Steven Brown — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 22:35:57 +0000

The Apollo Chamber Players were taking part in a festival in Seattle when violinist Matthew Detrick, the group’s founder and artistic director, slipped away for a hike in nearby mountains.

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Three Inches from the Past: The tactical, tactile birth of photography at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth

Jonathan Hopson — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 21:43:11 +0000

We were both dealing with the heat when we started talking about it—I managing an overheated kid and a sudden ice-cream run in Texas, George Shackelford locked in a Massachusetts office while a carpenter yelled about framing in the background.

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The Grand Calculus of Darkness: Winslow Homer’s Spatial and Conservation Mechanics at the MFAH

Jonathan Hopson — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 22:08:40 +0000

Watercolor is an unforgiving, fragile medium.

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Bats, Swans & Bon Bons: Avant Chamber Ballet’s 15th season positions classical dance for modern audiences

Lindsey Wilson — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 21:43:23 +0000

Since its founding in 2012, Dallas’s Avant Chamber Ballet has commissioned more than 50 world-premiere ballets, including four full-length works, all from female or minority choreographers. Its 2026-27 season continues that tradition with world premieres from founding artistic director Katie Puder and former New York City ballet principal Jock Soto, but audiences can also expect plenty of classical ballet’s greatest hits, including The Nutcracker and the second act of Swan Lake. The season also features the most performance dates in the company’s 15-year history, all occurring at Moody Performance Hall.

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