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Rick Perry vs. the Arts – part 2: Citizens Against Government Waste
(see part 1 of this series here) Presidential hopeful Rick Perry, on top of his large cuts to the Commission for the Arts and other important programs from the Texas Budget, has been supporting and pushing for the goals of another group of political activists. This seems to serve as a bit of foreshadowing to [...]
Allen Keckonen | Sep 25, 2011 | Comments 0
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 [...]
Allen Keckonen | Sep 01, 2011 | Comments 0
Kyle Olson’s ‘Its Rigged’ Exhibit at The Blue Star Art Space
Kyle Olson’s ‘Its Rigged’ Exhibit at The Blue Star Art Space by David Freeman Kyle Olson’s exhibit, ‘Its Rigged,’ at Blue Star Contemporary Art Space, demands that the viewer discard any notion that the title posted beside each piece in the exhibit describes the literal content of the art. Instead, each title becomes a conceptually [...]
miscuser | Jul 13, 2011 | Comments 0
Human Rights Exhibit and Human Trafficking Cinference @ South Texas College
Archive: Human Rights Exhibit and Human Trafficking Cinference @ South Texas College by Phyllis L. Evans For the past five years, South Texas College, located in the US/Mexico border community of McAllen Texas, has hosted a Human Rights themed exhibition in conjunction with an annual Human Trafficking conference. The art exhibit serves as an educational [...]
miscuser | Jul 13, 2011 | Comments 0
Scenes from Luminaria 2011
For a full gallery of images from this event, click on the gallery in the sidebar! also, go check out the various galleries and info on our main site! Allen KeckonenWriter/Photographer www.low-world.com 210.707.5074 Send article as PDF
Allen Keckonen | Mar 14, 2011 | Comments 0
Bill Fitzgibbons waxes poetic about CAM, Blue Star, and Öndvegissúlur, Poem of Light
Contemporary Art Month is in full swing and Bill Fitzgibbons is a busy, busy man. The artist and Director of Blue Star Contemporary Art Center took time from his busy schedule to field my questions about the history of CAM, what’s going on at Blue Star, and why this years event is a big one [...]
Patrick Putze | Mar 11, 2011 | Comments 0
History of CAM
Interested in the history of Contemporary Art Month? Check out Scott Andrews’ story in the Current. You might learn a few things and at the very least refresh your memory on CAM’s Grass Roots, well…roots. Article is here: http://sacurrent.com/arts/story.asp?id=72114 Send article as PDF
Patrick Putze | Mar 02, 2011 | Comments 0
Santa Reparata International School of Art
Founded in 1970, SRISA is a non-profit school providing accredited studio art courses in the American University model.
Allen Keckonen | Jan 25, 2011 | Comments 0