2017 Texas Biennial: Putting It Together

Leslie Moody Castro on reviving the show after four years

"...Moody Castro accepted the job of curating the 2017 Texas Biennial, she wasn't simply agreeing to select the art..."

Sept. 27, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Biennial 2017: The When, the Who

Big Medium announces dates and artists for statewide show

"...The absence of the Texas Biennial in 2015 left a huge gaping hole in..."

Aug. 24, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

"2017 Texas Biennial"

The breadth of Texas viewpoints and artistic variety is evident in this year’s statewide survey of contemporary art

"...Texas has no shortage of variety in viewpoints. Looking out..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Arts Review by Melany Jean

Road-Tripping for the 2017 Texas Biennial

To curate this edition of the contemporary art survey, Leslie Moody Castro took an epic road trip across the Lone Star State

"...Leslie Moody Castro's mission was to put the "Texas" back in the Texas Biennial...."

Sept. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Biennial 2013

"...Artist lists, curator bios, and more information are at www.texasbiennial.org. Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Do It Yourself Biennial

How to showcase all the great art in Texas on a shoestring budget

"...The jurors for the Texas Biennial didn't take much time looking at the image...."

March 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Destruction of Texas Health Care

The GOP crusade against Planned Parenthood is devastating basic care for Texas women

"...Belver, executive director of Community Action Inc. of Central Texas, spent Tues­day, Jan. 24, closing up the CAI women's..."

Feb. 3, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Sen. Kirk Watson on the 86th Texas Legislature

“In Texas, we don’t focus on what our needs are; we focus on what we want to pay”

"...fifth term representing most of the city in the Texas Senate. His committee posts have included Finance, Health &..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Movies or Medicaid: A False Choice at the Texas Legislature

Another tug o’ war over funding for Texas’ film, TV, and gaming industry rebate program

"...from Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Dallas, as funding for the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program took its traditional biennial..."

April 12, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Future Is in Flux for the Texas Film Incentive Program

Texas loses productions to states with bigger and better incentive programs

"...decade, the creative industries have been explaining that the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program isn't just for cinema,..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Republicans, Defiant as Always

Why the GOP isn't listening to you: They don't have to

"...or on the Supreme Court of the United States, Texas Republican leaders are defiantly deaf to you...."

July 5, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Behold the Texas Miracle!

The Texas Miracle has a very mixed record on state prosperity

"...– are familiar with the political rhetoric of the "Texas Miracle." Coined by state business boosters to describe the..."

March 20, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Will a Tax Credit Make Life Better or Harder for Texas Filmmakers?

Advocates worry plan would increase production but hurt local talent

"...It's rare that the sleepy Texas House Culture, Recreation, & Tourism committee votes on a..."

April 18, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Six-Week Abortion Ban Leads List of Bad New Texas Laws

Parade of horribles comes courtesy of the 87th Texas Legislature

"...In odd-numbered years in Texas, Sep­tem­ber 1 – Wednesday, as the Chronicle went to..."

Sept. 3, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Texas Dems Storm the Capitol (Peacefully!) To Demand Voting Rights

O'Rourke, House quorum-breakers rally thousands

"...O’Rourke led crowds from across the state to the Texas Capitol on Sunday evening, June 20, where a close-packed..."

June 21, 2021 News Post by Clara Ence Morse

Budget Cuts and a Ban on Planned Parenthood Leads to Decline in Services for Texas Women

Numbers show decline in clients served

"...drop does not bode well for the health of Texas women...."

Oct. 17, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Texas <3 Teachers (Allegedly)

File under "chutzpah"

"...This just in, and we quote: "The Texas House of Representatives takes pride in its public educators,..."

March 23, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

50 Years Black & Queer at UT's Black Studies Biennial Conference

Historical analysis of the Caribbean’s queer, black activism

"...The University of Texas at Austin’s second Black Studies Biennial Conference returns March..."

March 13, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Alex Puente

Texas Dems Go to Court to Block Abbott's Funding Veto

Filing says governor's defunding of Lege is invalid

"...18 issued his stunt veto of funding for the Texas Legis­lature in the upcoming biennial budget, to "punish" the..."

July 2, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Amid Chaos and Crisis, the 87th Texas Legislature Gets to Work

Can we rebuild a democracy?

"...in the face. In between these Wednesdays, the 87th Texas Legislature came into being, as happens every two years..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Texas Comptroller Gives Legislature More Money to Spend

But don’t go crazy y’all

"...Texas State Comptroller Glenn Hegar, the most normal dude in..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Overdose Reversal Training Brings Supplies, Education to Texas State University

To serve and inject

"...exposures in the United States?" Callie Crow asked the Texas State University Police Department last Thursday at TXST's Round..."

Nov. 11, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Texas Climate Plan Hopes to Reduce Texas’ Carbon Emissions

Plan would also regulate the state's fossil fuel industry

"...Gina Hinojosa, D-Austin, and 16 Democratic colleagues unveiled their Texas Climate Plan, a package of 41 bills filed this..."

April 16, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program Could Be a Lifeline for the State Economy

From script to screen to jobs

"...expenses in the heat of the COVID-19 pandemic, every Texas lawmaker is looking for ways to save money as..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

ATX Film News: Good News for Texas’ Film and Game Incentives

"...jinx it, but things are looking up in the Texas Legislature for the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program,..."

March 8, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Will Texas Do Better?

Federal funding to the WHP is set to stop Dec. 31

"...2011 family planning budget slash-and-burn, the roughly $100 million biennial budget traditionally allocated for women's health services had been..."

Dec. 7, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Drop in the Bucket: Disputed Fed Ed Funding Comes to Texas

Disputed fed ed funding comes to Texas

"...After a long fight, Texas looks likely to receive a delayed $830 million in..."

April 22, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Texas Prize, Big Time!

Arthouse launches a major new award for the state's artists

"...all other aspects of life, everything is bigger in Texas. As announced this week, the statewide visual arts organization..."

July 30, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Anti-Queer Laws Just Keep Coming at the Texas Legislature

Out of the closet, into the woods

"...to banning health care for trans youth, the 88th Texas Legislature will go down as one of the most..."

May 26, 2023 News Feature by Dex Wesley Parra

COVID-19 Turns the Texas Lege's Routines Upside Down

The challenge ahead – how to get back to the business of legislating without staging a superspreader event

"...COVID-19 is endangering record numbers throughout Texas, but state leaders are determined that the show must..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

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