In America’s Domestic War Zone: Documentary on the Rio Grande by Lee Basham

    Filming down by the river is risky. Don’t do it. Nevertheless, documentary is the best resource we have when it comes to telling the truth about America’s deluded domestic war zone. I’ve been pursuing this endeavor for nine years, so I’ve learned nine ‘rules. Think Zombieland – descriptions of what to expect. Legal [...]

Rick Perry vs. the Arts; pushed for suspension of Commission for the Arts

Now that Texas Governor Rick Perry has made his election intentions clear, his history with the art world should be re-iterated for those interested in government funding of the arts. Governor Perry’s official website has a page related to the Arts in Texas, and the importance (if not outright necessity) of the arts in helping [...]

The Ron English Triad at IMAS, South Texas College VAM and NAAG by David Freeman

The Ron English Triad at IMAS, South Texas College VAM and NAAG by David Freeman Ron English entered the Valley of South Texas in full force and occupied the art community and its Art institutions, demonstrating his seditious creative spirit in three independent and simultaneous exhibits.  English’s approach is so pronounced that a distinctive, yet [...]

A Brief Introduction to Earthbound Moon and Terraforming By EarthBound Moon

Earthbound Moon is an arts collaborative terraforming Earth through the installation of contemporary works in communities around the world. It is also a non-contiguous sculpture garden, a work of interplanetary and intergenerational conceptual art, where each site is, like an orchid, an individual bloom from a single organism that stretches across time and space.  Earthbound [...]

Politics and Art by Howard Taylor

  Artistic Energy in Service to the State Much of what we revere about our artistic heritage was created in service to centers of political power often to compel fear and foreboding for its enemies and servitude and adherence to a central authority by its population.  Scanning a panorama of architectural monuments over a 5,000 [...]

Tea Party Art? Not likely: by David Fisher

Tea Party folk appear to lack an artistic agenda as part of their political movement. For the most part, that’s a good thing. “Reactionary” best describes the attitude of Tea Partiers, the desire to turn back the clock to an idealized past when the individual was superior to the community, when liberty trumped equality. The [...]

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    VOA Political Art Month 2011 now available for download!

    In just a few days the 2011 PAM issue will be rolling out in locations all over Texas!  But don’t worry, you can get the free download today! Click here to download the issue. Please, feel free to make copies and pass them around.  Make sure everyone can hear these voices! Also, keep checking in [...]

  • Santa de las Enbarazadas By Beatriz Guzmán Velásquez

    A white wall plastered with human excrement is what she fixed her eyes on while she sat on a concrete sidewalk where her stomach sagged and boiled into a dark soup. this was the place the nurses put her away from her body clogging the hospital entrance and where she waited, facing that wall, away [...]

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