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Artist Michael Tracy Is the Latest Pioneer Fighting to Preserve San Ygnacio

The small Mexican American town has weathered tumultuous events throughout its history

By Michael Hardy
April 29, 2021
An illustration of a man smiling and playing an accordion

Music

San Antonio Accordion Master Flaco Jiménez Lets His Accordion Do the Talking

By Joe Nick Patoski
April 29, 2021

A New Book Shines a Light on the Many Faces of Dallas-Fort Worth Musical History

By Joe Nick Patoski
April 27, 2021
Julian Onderdonk's painting called "Bluebonnet Field"

Art

‘The Father of Texas Painting’ Lives on Via Twitter

By Austin Kleon
February 25, 2021

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An illustration showing the set of Lonesome Dove

A Piece of Lonesome Dove Lore is on Display at the Wittliff Collections

By Clayton Maxwell
November 26, 2020

Music

60 Years Ago San Antonio Teenagers Invented the Westside Sound

By Joe Nick Patoski
November 20, 2020
A family looks through the window in a dark red door next to a red fence

Photography

The Houston Center for Photography Captures Pandemic Times with a New Exhibit

By Jason Stanford
October 29, 2020
A group of songwriters attend the songwriters school at the Kerrville Folk Festival in 2017. Photo by Will van Overbeek.

Festivals

Through Donations and Technology, Kerrville Folk Festival Adjusts to Survive the Pandemic

By Joe Gross
October 10, 2020

Houston’s Rothko Chapel, Freshly Restored, Offers a Welcome Sanctuary of Contemplation

By Heather Brand
September 23, 2020
Alonso Berruguete (Spanish, c. 1488–1561), The Sacrifice of Isaac (detail), 1526–1533. Polychromed wood with gilding. Museo Nacional de Escultura, Valladolid, CE0271/013.Image © Museo Nacional de Escultura, Valladolid (Spain); photo by Javier Muñoz and Paz Pastor.

In Dallas, Curators Use WhatsApp to Stage an Exhibition of Renaissance Artwork

By Erin Quinn-Kong
September 19, 2020
Artwork by Alejandro Macias titled "We Arrived Here Long Ago," acrylic and graphite on wood panel, 20 x 32 inches.

Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month With Events Across Texas

By Sarah Thurmond
September 16, 2020
A group of people standing at a rodeo in unique cowboy boots

‘Daddy-O’s Book of Big-Ass Art’ Explores the Artist’s Larger Than Life Artworks

By Joe Nick Patoski
August 27, 2020

Singer-Songwriter Walker Lukens Turns Your Confessions into Original Songs

By Jason Stanford
August 27, 2020
An illustration of Adán Medrano holding a taco

Houstonian Adán Medrano Doesn’t Want Your Greasy Tex-Mex

By John Nova Lomax
August 27, 2020
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