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Keith Thomson’s “Untitled”

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Firehouse Art Gallery
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Oh, mushrooms, mushrooms, mushrooms, I made you out of clay. Don’t you just love when an art show’s title says exactly what’s in the show? That’s what’s happening this month at Firehouse Art Gallery: clay sculptures o...


Comedy is the only thing that ever “felt right” to Josh Johnson.

Johnson Jokes

Fort Worth comic Josh Johnson isn’t what you’d expect.
ZACK SHLACHTER
At the Addison Improv in late January, Josh Johnson, a slender 22-year-old Fort Worth comedian, dropped an unusual piece of information at the beginning of his set, before the crowd could form any superficial impressions. “I ...



Corey Gossett

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This weekend is your last chance to see There’s No Sun Shining Through, Corey Gossett’s site-specific installation at Gallery 76102. The exhibit explores the artist’s feelings of wandering lost in the vastness of the cosm...


Susan Harrington’s “For L.S. and E.M.,” “For L.T.,” and “Grey Elephant Head”

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The Art Corridor
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If you can’t make it to our Visionary Awards in Fort Worth on Thursday, you might want to check out the opening reception of the new show at TCC’s Southeast Campus. Susan Harrington’s drawings and paintings are on display...



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Second Annual Visionary Awards

Tim Harding, David Lowery, and Devon Nowlin are tops in our annual local-arts celebration.
Anthony Mariani
Here’s a conundrum: How can Fort Worth have such an incredible array of art-related institutions and not be an “art town”? (At least not yet.) Yes, there are arty aspects of the Fort that are the envy of many other, older...


Long, soft polyester tubes dangle from the ceiling in Janet Morrow’s startling new exhibit.

Enlightened by the Dark

Janet Morrow’s hearing loss sparked her growth as an artist.
JIMMY FOWLER
Anyone who’s checked out conceptual artist Janet Morrow’s current show Ambiguous Belonging at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center was probably intrigued and a little mystified by its contents. Long, soft polyester tubes da...



Claudia Acosta stars in Artes de la Rosa’s theatrical production of Electricidad.

Electricidad: Still Scary

Artes de la Rosa tackles a Latinized version of Sophocles’ Electra.
JIMMY FOWLER
Yvonne Duque first encountered playwright Luis Alfaro’s Electricidad –– a contemporary version of Sophocles’ Greek tragedy Electra set in an urban gang milieu –– in an issue of the magazine American Theatre back in ...


Sargent paintings at Amon Carter

Amon Carter’s Sargent

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Two exhibits opened last Sunday: the sprawling The Age of Impressionism: Great French Paintings from the Clark at the Kimbell Art Museum and the intimate Sargent’s Youthful Genius: Paintings from the Clark at the Amon Carter ...



Jason Wooten and Adam Hose in Rent.

Gays Gone By

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Two plays from the 1990s that tackle gay issues open this weekend. Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer and multiple Tony-winning Rent takes the stage at Casa Mañana through next weekend. Though the contemporary take on Puccini’s La...


William Campbell Contemporary Art

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In his titular show at William Campbell, Houston sculptor Steve Murphy demonstrates his command of abstract wood and metal forms.