UT to Slash Memorial Museum Funding

Supporters search for alternate funding

"...The Texas Memorial Museum, which will celebrate its 75th anniversary in Jan­uary, faces..."

Nov. 15, 2013 News Feature by Mac McCann

Day Trips & Beyond: Amon Carter Art Museum

This Fort Worth museum is one of the coolest in Texas

"...my girlfriend to hang out in the Amon Carter Museum of American Art’s air-conditioned bliss during Fort Worth’s scorching,..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

'Secuestro Express'

Jonathan Jakubowicz and Elizabeth Avellán on 'Secuestro Express'

"...Last week, just before the film Secuestro Express premiered in Austin, News Editor Michael King interviewed writer-director..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by Michael King

Happy Camper

Judith Sims on 23 Years with Austin's Art Museum

"...last 23 years shaping the programs at the Austin Museum of Art (AMOA), formerly known as Laguna Gloria Art..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

More Than Just the Facts, Ma'am

The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum's exhibition on Davy Crockett features a short stage show with the hero of the Alamo appearing live and in person. The two Austin actors who alternate in the show describe how they bring that King of the Wild Frontier to life day in and day out.

"...in Texas at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, the register spits out a little paper receipt. Printed..."

June 14, 2002 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Video: Local Music Ambassadors Project ATX6 Prep for Reeperbahn

Or is Hamburg’s red-light district fest prepping for the ATX6?

"...music incubator and the key program of Austin Festival Express 501(c)(3)...."

Jan. 8, 2020 Music Post by Chris Brecht

Making the Scene

Looking back at the time when Austin was at the center of the Texas art world

"...and you're ready for the exam (or, perhaps, the museum), where images of paintings loom on a screen (or..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Arts Feature by Amanda Douberley

Small Wonders

They just nabbed two festival awards, next up is HBO, and Ed Wood is their greatest influence. Meet Austin's most successful 12-year-old filmmakers.

"...nabbed First Prize, Elementary Category, at the Austin Children's Museum's Youth Film Festival, which culminated in a showing and..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Day Trips

"...free coupons you can print. Also try http://www.ci.sat.tx.us or http://www.express-news.net. Or call the visitors bureau at 800/447-3372...."

July 18, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

That Was Then; This Is Now

The latest version of 'New Art in Austin' shows how much has changed in three years

"...this aesthetic. In the fall of 2005, the Austin Museum of Art opened the second exhibit in its new..."

April 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Salvador Castillo

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

September events around the state are waiting for you to arrive

"...a pumpkin when they ride on the Pumpkin Patch Express on Oct. 16, 23, and 30. The Polar Express..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Santa Claus Is dot.Coming

Some off-kilter suggestions for the online shopper interested in more than Amazon.com.

"...get those products to you somehow, and the Pony Express is long gone. Some use carriers like United Parcel..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Music for the Eyes

Annie Leibovitz's portraits of American musicians reveal her true oeuvre

"...photographs of hers currently on display at the Austin Museum of Art, Annie Leibovitz's love for music is as..."

July 8, 2005 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser

The Changing Face of Downtown

"...off the ground this summer, although some local developers express doubt of a groundbreaking happening any time soon. Regardless,..."

April 20, 2001 News Feature

El Corazón de Santa Barraza

"...poor, we really had nothing, like musical instruments, to express ourselves with," says Barraza. "So I spent a lot..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

What Can a Century Tell Us?

Looking at two art exhibitions that both survey 100 years of imagery, the more things change ...

"...the lens of a nicely focused collection. The Blanton Museum of Art's "A Century of Grace" draws from the..."

July 13, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips

Tyler, Texas' own City of Roses.

"...roses," says Jennifer Bennett, director of the Tyler Rose Museum. Smith County and its county seat, Tyler, now account..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Texas by Georgia

How O'Keeffe Adopted the Lone Star State

"...the current exhibit at the Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, aims to illustrate the critical relationship..."

March 20, 1998 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Confederate Statue Report Released

UT task force recommends taking action

"...to the Briscoe Center for American History, the Blanton Museum, the Texas Memorial Museum, the Harry Ransom Center, the..."

Aug. 10, 2015 News Post by Mac McCann

Let There Be Light

After a $14 million facelift, UT's Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center is letting the light in, literally, through new windows across the front of the structure, and philosophically, through a new mission to give the public more opportunities to see and enjoy its astonishing accumulation of cultural treasures.

"...of the HRC then became galleries for UT's art museum. Exhibitions organized by the Ransom Center might be displayed..."

May 16, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

It’s time for chili cook-offs, festivals, and all sorts of November fun

"...embellishment. That’s why the simple Kit Carson Home and Museum is such a fitting tribute. Encompassing only three rooms..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

L. Shapley Bassen's "Portrait of a Giant Squid"

First Place winner

"...had finally emerged from eclipseby her husband's, and the museum site of their house and shared studios on Long..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Arts Feature by l. Shapley Bassen

Believing in Beauty

Fabric, home altars, and the influence of her mother all figure heavily in the art of Connie Arismendi, and writer Mary Jane Garza opens up the heart from which her remarkable images spring.

"...of it, titled Captive, tells of the pain of unexpressed love. In the gallery statement, Arismendi states how "these..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 7-13

"...it." I suppose it makes sense for her to express such an attitude, given the fact that she never..."

May 7, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Gift Guide 2016: Coffeetable Books

Big books give heft to big success stories about women in business, Flatbed Press, UT’s collections, Pan Am, and the Spurs

"...If you're familiar with the Blanton Museum of Art or the internationally heralded Harry Ransom Center,..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Game-Changers

The 2009 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...innovations and steadfast commitment have altered the ways we express ourselves, regard our heritage, and respond to art. Each..."

May 29, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Long Way Home

Considering the art of the map, as inspired by two local exhibitions and a housewarming party

"...of Texas" at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, and even back to the Faulk Central Library to..."

May 20, 2005 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Short Cuts

Spongebob and the Lips converge on Austin Studios, and the local IMAX pumps up its technology for 'The Polar Express'

"...IMAX theatre at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum is gearing up to screen Robert Zemeckis' animated adaptation..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from around Austin and beyond

"...Bush league no more for the Round Rock Express: Owners Nolan and Reid Ryan announced this week they..."

Oct. 31, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

El Quemado

For more than 40 years, José Francisco Treviño has been exploring the world of art. Now, in the largest retrospective it has ever presented, Mexic-Arte Museum shows us Treviño's discoveries, and Mary Jane Garza explains how they came to be.

"...is enjoying a retrospective of his art at Mexic-Arte Museum. With more than 130 paintings, drawings, and sculptures covering..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

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