Christopher Blay

Whataburger Museum of Art

Y’all, There is a Whataburger Museum of Art

Sometime in June of this year, a new Instagram account popped up with distinctive orange stripes, a quintessential Texas flair, and a collection of paintings. Our familiarity with this palette

Mule Ears Heat, by artist Dennis Blagg

This and That: Dennis Blagg and a Big Bend Snapshot

“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. See past “This and That” posts here. – Ed. Today: Peaks   **** No matter how original, innovative or crazy your

(Final) Letter From the News Editor

I was at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth studying photography with a minor in Art History in 2001 when Glasstire came on the scene. At the time, the prevailing, if

Welcome to Marfa

Quick Note: A Week in Marfa

Glasstire spent a week in Marfa between July 19 and 24, including a stop on the way back to Houston at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts for The

Juanita Craft Residents 2021

Meet the 2021 Juanita J. Craft Resident Artists

The Juanita J. Craft Artist Residency from the South Dallas Cultural Center (SDCC) has announced its 2021 cohort. They are Inyang Essien, Glyneisha Johnson, Adriane McCray and Laura Neal. The

Artist on Artist with Kingsley Onyeiwu

Artist On Artist: Kingsley Onyeiwu

“Artist On Artist” is Glasstire’s video and audio podcast series in which Glasstire’s News Editor, Christopher Blay, also an artist, hosts Texas-based artists and art professionals in one-on-one conversations. This week:

Vincent Valdez from "Drawing Journal" series. ink:paper, 8.5”x11”each, 2015.

For Independence Day: Six American Flags by Texas Artists

We commemorate the 4th of July holiday by sharing works by Adrian Aguilera and Betelhem Makonnen, Jenn Hassin, Xxavier Edward Carter, Jennifer Ling Datchuk, Jenelle Esparza, and Vincent Valdez, as they reflect on

Trending Texas Art Jobs This Week

We’ve combed through our classifieds section for the art Jobs that are trending right now. Houston art jobs top the list with opportunities from Asia Society Texas Center, the Houston

JAY-Z NFT

Sotheby’s Auctions Derrick Adams’ JAY-Z NFT

New York-based auction house Sotheby’s newest bid item is a single-lot animated digital artwork, a Non-Fungible Token (NFT), by artist Derrick Adams. It celebrates the 25th anniversary of Shawn Carter’s

Roxy Paine,Conjoined, 2007, Stainless steel and concrete, 42 x 46 x 28 feet

Artist Roxy Paine Needs a Studio Assistant

Attention artists! NYC-based Roxy Paine, whose crowd-pleasing sculpture Conjoined (2007) is permanently installed on the lawn of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, is seeking an artist assistant “…to assist in

Houston Juneteenth Celebrations in Pictures

Juneteenth, commemorating the 1865 proclamation made on Galveston Island by Union Army General Gordon Granger ordering the freedom of more than 250,000 enslaved Black people in Texas, was special this

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