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Second Annual Visionary Awards
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...
Fort Worth’s Royal Painters
When you’re not a North Texas native, you hear the name “Gentling” with a hard initial “g” bandied around the art scene without it...
The Business of Art
Ariel Davis ran around Sundance Square before there was a Sundance Square. She and her friends would go to Starbucks (then on Houston Street)...
Queen Nefertari’s Egypt
I hate to say it, but my first major museum exhibit since the pandemic turned out to be a bit of a logistical bummer....
Fort Worth’s Major Museums Reopening Soon
When you think about it, a museum is probably the best place to start wading back into socializing. At a museum, you’re not supposed...
River Oaks’ Yellow Brick Road
If you’re heading south on River Oaks Boulevard, you might just think you’ve taken a wrong turn into Oz.
That’s because the yellow brick road...
Escalator to Heaven
Allegheny Center was for losers. The shopping mall on the north side of the cold, gray, soul-destroying Rust-Belt city where I grew up didn’t...
Let’s Get Sober
Welcome to the Sober Buffet. First, a heads-up: This is an advice column by a writer who is really familiar with alcohol addiction and is...
Exploring the Reopened Museums
Certain experiences cannot be fully appreciated online. All three of the Cultural District’s major museums have recently reopened under stringent sanitation protocols. My first...
Creating Hope
Juan Velazquez went to sleep on July 3 hoping that his Facebook request for help painting a mural would receive a reply. That night,...