Art + Music

Joe Ely Looks Back on His 50-Year Career Ahead of Austin City Limits Hall of Fame Induction

Joe Ely Looks Back on His 50-Year Career Ahead of Austin City Limits Hall of Fame Induction

It has been quite a month for Joe Ely. The Flatlanders, the Lubbock trio he first played and recorded with in 1972, ... Read More »

Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel Puts Texas Music History Up for Auction

Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel Puts Texas Music History Up for Auction

There comes a time in every person’s life when they must look around at their many possessions and declare: This all ... Read More »

The Lone Star Gourd Festival Shows the Versatility of the Fruit

The Lone Star Gourd Festival Shows the Versatility of the Fruit

For thousands of years, civilizations across the globe have used gourds in their daily lives. The plant is not only a ... Read More »

Texas Arts and Crafts Fair Celebrates 50 Years of Lone Star Talent

Texas Arts and Crafts Fair Celebrates 50 Years of Lone Star Talent

Edith Maskey had just begun her art practice 50 years ago when she took a chance and entered her work for ... Read More »

The Gourdgeous Glass Pumpkin Patch Festival Breaks the Mold for the Fall Season

The Gourdgeous Glass Pumpkin Patch Festival Breaks the Mold for the Fall Season

Pumpkin spice cocktails, pumpkin soup, pumpkin bread, pumpkin-scented candles, multi-hued decorative ... Read More »

Texas Producer Lloyd Maines Steps Out on His Own

Texas Producer Lloyd Maines Steps Out on His Own

The call came at the exact minute he said it would. “When you’ve been working in the studio for 50 years, you learn ... Read More »

‘Field of Light’ Shines Bright at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

‘Field of Light’ Shines Bright at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

This September, London-born large-scale light artist Bruce Munro illuminates the Central Texas landscape. Field of ... Read More »

The Trailblazing Story of Legendary Rancher Charles Goodnight Comes to Life at Houston Exhibition

The Trailblazing Story of Legendary Rancher Charles Goodnight Comes to Life at Houston Exhibition

Legendary Texas rancher Charles Goodnight was born in Illinois on March 5, 1836. One day later, in San Antonio de ... Read More »

Organized by El Paso Students, Texas’ First Bordalo II Mural Made of Recycled Trash Pops with Hope

Organized by El Paso Students, Texas’ First Bordalo II Mural Made of Recycled Trash Pops with Hope

Instead of waiting for politicians to take action, members of a high school art club in El Paso decided it was up to ... Read More »

What Is the Greatest Piece of Art in Texas?

What Is the Greatest Piece of Art in Texas?

A quiet path leads from the old mission church toward the river. I’m alone in the thicket, but I can sense the object ... Read More »

Exploring Colorful El Paso Through Its Public Artworks

Exploring Colorful El Paso Through Its Public Artworks

Even a short drive through El Paso reveals a city that’s unmistakably ... Read More »

‘Árbol de la Vida’ Rises with Beauty and Heritage on the San Antonio River Walk

‘Árbol de la Vida’ Rises with Beauty and Heritage on the San Antonio River Walk

Árbol de la Vida: Memorias y Voces de la Tierra (Tree of Life: Memories and Voices of the Land) looms over the San ... Read More »

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