Statesman Cuts Arts Staff

Arts critic Jeanne Claire van Ryzin terminated after 17 years

"...The voice of informed and experienced arts criticism in this city is about to get a..."

Nov. 30, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Arts Stalwarts

Twelve of Austin's cultural heroes will be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame at the 2003 Austin Critics Table Awards ceremony, and here is an introduction to them and some of their significant contributions to the local arts scene.

"...cultural heroes. They are individuals who have founded local arts institutions and nurtured their development, pioneered forms of creative..."

May 30, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Michael Kaiser Has Ideas About What's Next for the Arts

The arts management expert spoke to Austin arts groups about the future, and the key word is “community”

"...60 minutes, more than 40 Austinites representing 20 area arts organizations gave their full attention to one man as..."

June 5, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Institute of Letters Honors Chronicle Arts Editor Robert Faires

Longtime writer and critic one of 17 inducted in TIL

"...and elegance is a most apt description for Chronicle Arts & Culture Editor Robert Faires. How fitting, then, that..."

Jan. 30, 2019 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Testsite 08.1 Ether

A heady, intelligent exchange between artist and critic about art's invisibility and criticism's illegibility

"...by creating work around the potential illegibility of art criticism, a traditionally read and written medium. In carefully planned..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Arts Review by Nikki Moore

Introducing the 2019 Class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

The stories behind the art transformers of this year's Hall of Fame inductees

"...static. The work created in the performing and visual arts is always changing, ever evolving. That's because so many..."

May 24, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fine Arts Frenzy

House Public Ed chair Eissler allays fears over cuts to high school enrichment courses

"...R-The Woodlands, got dragged over the coals about fine arts provision (Eissler told the Chronicle in advance he expected..."

April 29, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Arts Afire

On the Small Screen: American Visions

"...as an artist if he did not receive needed criticism, he sent a painting of his stepbrother, Boy With..."

June 20, 1997 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

Erotica 2005

If some of the works included in Gallery Lombardi's 'Erotica 2005' dip into the realm of juvenile bad taste, they also reveal that sex is of compelling interest to humans

"...multicultural perspectives are reflected through our literature, performances, visual arts, and films. For the artists participating in "Erotica 2005"..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Arts Review

The Yeomen of the Guard

This more serious work from Gilbert & Sullivan still offers lots of escapist fun

"...Travis High School Performing Arts Center 1211 E. Oltorf, 494-8497..."

June 18, 2010 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

One Flea Spare

Gobotrick Theatre Company's One Flea Spare is a worthwhile production of a play that's smart and crafted with a rare dexterity and elegance

"...Dougherty Arts Center, through Aug. 25..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Arts Review by Iris Brooks

The Boulez Project

In concept, the Boulez Project was somewhat provocative, but in performance, it was carelessly assembled

"...Boulez Project was carelessly assembled. The concert, which benefited DiverseArts, was scheduled to start at 7pm, but at that..."

March 4, 2005 Arts Review by Jerry Young

Lessons in Culinary Arts

July 27, 2013 Postmarks

Fiction

Steven Dietz's thoughtful, language-loving play may leave you not liking writers much

"...to be read instead of heard. Typically, that's a criticism of a script; it's a live event, so it..."

March 18, 2011 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Baal

Assessing Paper Chairs' excavation of young Brecht is, put simply, difficult

"...One of the problems with writing criticism is that many times, people want a critic to..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Vigil

This play about death is so funny you feel healthier after than you did before

"...an unpleasant nephew keeping watch. If there is a criticism to be made, it's that the play could have..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

A Thumping Raging Explosion of Light and Marvelous Texture

Yellow Tape's latest doesn't thump or rage but whispers something wonderful to you

"...If there's any less-than-positive criticism to be found, it's that the title doesn't quite..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Index to Idioms

Deb Margolin's Index to Idioms played with our assumptions about familiar expressions and used episodes from her life to give them new meanings

"...field. Face the music, from an expression about accepting criticism for guilty actions, expanded outward into the arena of..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

City of Gold

Eat out with Jonathan Gold, the Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic

"...argue those pieces could just as reasonably be called arts criticism, or cultural reportage. What is inarguable: He makes..."

April 15, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Not Very Statesman-like

The daily of record's release of Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, its only full-time arts critic, isn't getting good reviews

"...continual conversation about the lack of support for the arts in Austin that is so pervasive at openings and..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Page Two: The Never-Ending Story

Checking out of politics, checking in with the press

"...showing over the years. Staff writer Jordan Smith and Arts Editor Robert Faires, standing defiant on the bridge together,..."

July 23, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Ten Years After

Curator Annette Carlozzi Returns to Austin's Arts Scene

"...Center in New Orleans and then was appointed Visual Arts Producer for the 1996 Olympics Arts Festival. Now Carlozzi..."

Sept. 27, 1996 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Compose Yourself

SXSW Film announces first wave of conference sessions

"...a Post-Ownership World, WTFair Use?! An Interactive Fair-Use Workshop, Arts Criticism 140 Characters at a Time)...."

Oct. 26, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Kung Fu Panda

Jack Black's animated Po may be an animated panda bear, but deep down, he’s really just a nerd with a pop-culture obsession.

"...Indonesian shadow-puppet theatre), Po imagines himself as a great martial-arts master teaming up with local heroes the Furious Five..."

June 6, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Change in the Weather

A different kind of summer for the city arts funding process

"...In years past, the panels evaluating applicants for city arts funding and the moneys allocated to those applicants by..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Connectors

The 2013 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...earlier times whose initiative and commitment ensured that the arts had a place in the life of Austin. The..."

May 31, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

A Hollywood star falls to earth with mad, exhilarating results.

"...backstage drama; smirking send-up of celebrity journalism and serious arts criticism both; the enduring coastal war between theatre and..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Contributors

Descriptions of the contributors to The Austin Chronicle 20th anniversary issue

"...made sure the Chronicle kept a focus on the Arts community, contributing his own superb criticism and writing. As..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...inter-Planetary travelers is Rob Nash, who has premiered two parts of his "Holy Cross Quadrilogy" here and is bringing..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

Rancho Alegre Fundraises to Save Their Conjunto Festival During AmplifyATX

Cut from city arts funding, Alegre aims to raise 35k this week

"...of a change in how the city distributes Cultural Arts funding paid for by local hotel taxes...."

Feb. 28, 2023 Music Post by Chad Swiatecki

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