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Deep Time: A Family Legacy and Millions of Ancient Bones
Photograph by Sarah Wilson Photographer Sarah Wilson stands in a specimen-cluttered room of UT’s Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory, carefully cradling a pint-sized skull in her palms while considering...
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PINTO BEANS: Andy Coolquitt Recreates the Artist’s Studio For the Public Eye
Austin-based multimedia artist Andy Coolquitt’s exhibition PINTO BEANS is on view at Bale Creek Allen Gallery in Austin until October 14. The show packs a punch, displaying three mock studio walls,...
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The Math of The Painting: Getting to Know Julie Speed
Julie Speed outside her studio in Marfa. (Photo: Cody Bjornson) My introduction to Texas artist Julie Speed’s work was a pencil sketch of a female skeleton being held down, legs open, by figures...
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Checking In With Texas Makerspaces
Image from Oil and Cotton, Dallas Among the myriad of arts communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic are makerspaces, arguably some of the least socially-distant friendly arts spaces, built for...
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Collecting the Border
Gubidxa Guerrero Luis, Portrait of Juan Sandoval, Photograph on Paper, 29¾” x 19¾”. Mexic-Arte Museum Permanent Collection 2020.2.201.1. Gift of Juan Antonio Sandoval Jr. Courtesy the Mexic-Arte Museum...
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Calhan Hale’s Texas Pop Sensibility
Calhan Hale in her studio. Photo by Cody Bjornson. To be dropped down into one of Calhan Hale’s paintings would be like waking up as Dorothy in the Land of Oz for the first time, except you’d be in...
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Collecting the Border, Part 2: A Librarian’s Library
Jud Burgess in his bookstore, Brave Books, in front of a hand-painted sign by his daughter, Annabeth. Photo by Cody Bjornson. This story is the second in a two-part series. To learn more about Juan...
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Coleccionar la frontera
Gubidxa Guerrero Luis, Portrait of Juan Sandoval, Photograph on Paper, 29¾” x 19¾”. Mexic-Arte Museum Permanent Collection 2020.2.201.1. Gift of Juan Antonio Sandoval Jr. Courtesy the Mexic-Arte Museum...
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Coleccionar la frontera, segunda parte: La biblioteca de un bibliotecario
Jud Burgess en su librería, Brave Books, frente a un letrero pintado a mano por su hija Annabeth. Fotografía de Cody Bjornson. Este artículo es la segunda de dos partes. Para conocer más sobre Juan...
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Art for Art’s Sake: El Paso Sculptor, Satirist and Political Advocate Ho Baron
Ho Baron. Photo: Cody Bjornson “I’m not a Buddhist. I’m not anything. I’m an artist. I’m a fool,” Ho Baron muses on his identity early one morning while wandering the brick paths of his self-made...
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