Master of the Speedy Stroke
Gordon Fowler wastes no time when it comes to making his mark in watercolor.
"...In addition to "wearing out the museums in Paris," he and gallery owner Wally Workman stayed..."
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Oct. 17, 2003 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper
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"...been recognized as one of the premier such living museums in the country. Its resources, location, artifacts, museum, and..."
Sept. 5, 2003 Column
City Should Treasure Pioneer Farm
"...been recognized as one of the premier such living museums in the country. Its resources, location, artifacts, museum, and..."
Sept. 2, 2003 Postmarks
A Mutual Respect
Russell Lee's documentary photographs of the Great Depression helped fashion our collective visual memory of that era, but his greatest achievement may have been the trust he engendered in his subjects.
"...-- many of them eventually made their way into museums and galleries, where people classified them as "art." But..."
Aug. 29, 2003 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen
Austin @ Large: New (and Improved)
The new Liveable City survey confirms a community consensus on development and governing issues.
"...and the like, "cultural amenities such as performance centers, museums, the symphony, and the music scene" left the public..."
Aug. 8, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
Day Trips
"...Street (TX 22) at 912 W. Park St. The museums are open Monday-Saturday 9am-5pm, and Sunday 1-5pm. For information,..."
June 27, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Rethinking the Three R's
Reagan High's digital-media lab opens doors for young students into filmmaking.
"...Web sites for clients, or develop virtual tours for museums, all while earning their diplomas...."
May 2, 2003 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May
Renaissance (and Baroque) Man
As a curator for UT's Blanton Museum of Art, Jonathan Bober played a pivotal role in securing the Suida-Manning and Steinberg art collections, thereby giving some of the world's great art a home in Austin.
"...insisted that his sons "not be dragged to art museums; his attitude was that if my brother and I..."
April 4, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Prince of Prints
"...thought we had seen before. Steinberg has lectured at museums and universities across the country, including the Metropolitan Museum..."
April 4, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
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"...museum devoted to natural sciences. Unlike many natural history museums, that focus no longer includes anthropology...."
March 28, 2003 Column
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"...Walt Howerton and I had a long conversation about museums, the public trust, professional ethics, and so on. I..."
March 21, 2003 Column
Turning the Lens on Us
Austin is hosting the 40th national conference of the Society for Photographic Education, which aims to consider how the United States has been represented by photographers in the past and where photographers need to focus their attention in the future.
"...was coming to town this month, local galleries and museums all over Austin made a special effort to put..."
March 21, 2003 Arts Feature by Erina Duganne
Women's Work Is Never Done
Started in 1978 as a grassroots feminist arts collaborative, Women & Their Work has evolved into an Austin institution, which has survived collapsing economies and shifts in location and mission to become one of the city's premier visual arts spaces.
"...was that we were focused on the artists, and museums were focused on the art. We pick the artist..."
March 7, 2003 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola
Creative Capital?
In the City of Ideas, the people with ideas are dancing with day jobs.
"...many arts reformers prefer high-profile investments in theaters and museums, not housing or studio space. And the city's cultural..."
Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Michael Erard
The Bullock in the Museum Shop
Supporters say the Bullock History Museum has acted as a catalyst for smaller local museums.
"...the Texas Museum Association. While he admits some smaller museums might feel like they are drowning trying to compete..."
Feb. 21, 2003 News Feature
Only Natural
The Texas Memorial Museum decides to focus on its natural history roots.
"...made to place some of the collections with other museums in the state. But could any of the museum's..."
Feb. 21, 2003 News Feature
Culture Cash
Austin's artists and arts groups are working hard to survive the economic downturn, and now more than ever it's essential for the city that they do.
"...demonstrate their creativity? What if the city treated theatres, museums, and galleries like other businesses, offering them breaks in..."
Feb. 7, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Day Trips
"...pieces of art often donate them to business lobbies, museums, schools, or just place them in their back yards...."
Jan. 31, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Letters at 3AM
Even though 2002 was an exceptional year for American cinema, American art has never been more marginalized, ghettoized, and controlled, than it is today.
"...galleries and craft fairs; the major arts organs and museums never hear of them. Corporate publishing effectively bans any..."
Jan. 10, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura
Day Trips
"...World-class museums exist right here within the borders of the Lone..."
Dec. 27, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Austin Makes Federal Case Over New Courthouse
Austin leaders try to influence the feds' new U.S. courthouse project.
"..."Downtown Austin has plenty of space for both our museums and a new courthouse." And civic leaders hope Doggett..."
Nov. 22, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Yousuf Karsh: A Retrospective
The Oswald Gallery's retrospective exhibit of Yousuf Karsh's black and white portraiture is a small sample of Karsh's career, perhaps, considering the span of years in which he worked, but it's a representative one, and perfectly displayed in the snug front gallery.
"...Specifically, those portraits, the ones in the world's finest museums, the ones in the best coffeetable history books, the..."
Nov. 8, 2002 Arts Review
Articulations
The passing of Texas regionalist pioneer painter Everett Spruce
"...Marion Kugler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio; and other museums around Texas. Memorial contributions may be made to the..."
Oct. 25, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Cinescape
Cinescape offers a weekly home to microcinema.
"...are the theatres that specialize in so-called "independent film." Museums are an option, but their sterile institutional aesthetic couldn't..."
Sept. 20, 2002 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff
Articulations
The Austin Museum of Art's downtown home gets a shot in the arm, and local television devotes more attention to Austin's arts scene.
"...a Washington, D.C., firm specializing in strategic planning with museums (and which has worked in the past with both..."
Sept. 6, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Day Trips
"...More than 15 different museums participated in assembling the material, Coombes says. She also..."
Aug. 23, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Day Trips
"...it filled a void in the quilt of American museums that had been missing since the original Cowgirl Museum..."
July 5, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Bare-Bones Blanton
The economic downturn hits the world of art museums, including UT's Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art.
"...economically speaking, both in Austin and the world of museums, it's not surprising that UT's Jack S. Blanton Museum..."
June 28, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
A Cook's Tour
You just had to be there: The Chronicle's Mick Vann compasses the cuisine of Thailand, in Bangkok and beyond.
"...the countryside from north to south, touring historical temples, museums, and sites of natural wonder that boggled the mind..."
June 28, 2002 Food Feature by Mick Vann
Naked City
"...proposed light rail system: a 7.6-mile route serving the museums in the Cultural District, the medical district, and Texas..."
