In the last year, border apprehensions dropped by 40% in the El Paso Sector, which includes West Texas and New Mexico, according to a report from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Read MoreThe 17th Thin Line Festival in Downtown Denton had a theme that declared it was “a different kind of festival,” backed up by a slew of films and musical performances. Artists of all kinds shared their work across more than 10 venues across town last month, continuing the festival’s efforts to broaden beyond the documentary programming it’s long been known for.
Read MoreCurrently on view at Link & Pin in South Austin is Synchronicity, a collection of recent portraits by painter Cheryl Finfrock and photographs by Eva Weiss dating back to 1972. On a crusade for universality, the exhibition ties the artists’ breadths together through their common subjects, which focus on the inelegance of being human. This candid exploration of people before and between performances or seminal moments combines incredibly similar but independently created works — a meaningful coincidence.
Read MoreAfter being sealed for three years, the autopsies for two teen girls who died in a Nov. 20, 2020 apartment fire, have been made public.
Read MoreHilda Gurrola, 34, of Fredericksburg, was fatally stabbed following an argument with her husband, Nov. 21 in Dallas County, according to WFAA News in Dallas.
Read MoreFredericksburg resident Zoe Sophia Williams, an 18-year-old babysitter in Gillespie County, was arrested and charged with possession of child pornography on Friday, Oct. 20.
Read MoreThe San Antonio Crimes Against Children Squad of the FBI (CACS) gave a presentation to a full audience of educators, first responders, parents and residents on a serious topic - threats to children through the Internet.
Read MoreYouth suicide is on the rise, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). Counselors across the county have established initiatives to aid youths’ mental health in schools and DSHS plans to discuss with schools what can be done.
Read MoreThe Colored People’s Section of Der Stadt Friedhof was approved for a Historic Texas Cemetery Marker and an official plaque will arrive in the coming weeks.
Read MoreBat populations are declining rapidly across North America from White Nose Syndrome (WNS). Although the Mexican free-tailed bats are not suffering from the disease, Cave myotis bats have decreased in population by 75% since the fungus was first detected in Texas Panhandle bat habitats in 2017, according to both Bat Conservation International (BCI) and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD).
Read MoreMark di Suvero: Steel Like Paper is an exhibition at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas featuring work from the monumental sculptor’s more than sixty-year career. Remaining tethered to poetic themes of humanity are 30 sculptures and over 40 drawings and paintings. Color erupts in his images, which constantly change with perspective. The largest exhibition of di Suvero’s work since his solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1975, here his abstract futurist gestures continue to lean towards optimism and joy — a contained, frenetic energy.
Read MoreOpening June 24, 2023, is Latent Constructions, a solo exhibition of works by Paho Mann, presented by Galleri Urbane. The show will consist of 8 digitally constructed still-life prints made with 3D scanning software and photographs. Using this state-of-the-art technology, Mann creates abstract images of 19th and 20th-century cameras and flowers as a metaphor for the constant transition of photographic and imaging technology. The exhibition collapses the boundaries between perceptions into a single experience.
Read MoreBeginning this fall, Fredericksburg High School will no longer offer upper-level German courses. The language, once a first language for many Fredericksburg residents, has been declining in use since the first World War. The absence of the course is a part of the question of the preservation of the Texas German dialect.
Read MoreGalleri Urbane welcomes Hungarian painter Aron Barath for his first solo exhibition in the United States. Color is the dope is a chromatic experience featuring canvases of bold, gossamer strokes of paint. Following his inclusion in the gallery's 2021 group summer show, RIPE, and a list of presentations across Europe, Barath introduces a broader array of hues in his ongoing investigation of color for this exhibition.
Read MoreA myth and biblical narrative, The Tower of Babel follows the endeavor of society to build a structure so glorious it could bring them in touch with the heavens. However, when understood as a threat toward God, the single language of humankind was divided, shattering efforts to finish the construction. The myth tells us that unearned glory was the Babylonian’s demise. Artist Gabriel Dawe says their pursuit was an “epic exercise in futility.”
Read MoreGalleri Urbane welcomes back sculptor and ceramicist Sam Mack for their second solo show with the gallery, buff. This follows their inclusion in the gallery’s 2020 summer collective and their 2019 solo exhibition, Pass.
Read MoreLimbo, a group show curated by Simon Okoro and Tobias Jacob, will be held on Nov 12. The exhibition features Dallas-based artists working in photography, painting, and interactive sculpture. Limbo bridges mediums and alters traditional displays, bringing the show into a disorienting realm.
Read MoreGalleri Urbane welcomes back Austin-based artist Tammie Rubin for her debut solo show with the gallery, I Pick up My Life. She presents an exhibition surrounding Black Americans' metaphysical, physical, and spiritual relocation. Following her inclusion in the gallery's 2020 winter group exhibition, Rubin brings together family images, coded symbols, and historical maps to visually contextualize.
Read MoreGalleri Urbane welcomes back Chicago-based artist Michelle Wasson for her debut solo show Proto Grove. Since her inclusion in the gallery’s 2021 summer group exhibition, RIPE, Wasson has migrated into a lighter and breathier environment with this new body of work.
Read MoreFar from her roots nestled in the central California valley, Natalie Wadlington makes her institutional debut at Dallas Contemporary with the solo exhibition Places that Grow. The show displays precise narrative paintings of childhood excursions on enormous, vibrant canvases. Set in highly domesticated spaces, the scenes lean heavily on the atmosphere of youthful wonder and innate care for the Earth, all set upon backdrops of dramatic Texas skies.
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