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Many of the big cities in Texas are quirky and artistic and Houston is no different. In fact, art organizations in Houston create many new

Last weekend I made a quick visit to my hometown, Austin, TX, for my exhibition opening at grayDUCK gallery. The exhibition Tamed Territory runs through

A photo of Smug Mug by Houston artist Jason Kishell is on the cover of Humor in Craft, a new coffee-table photo book that author

At the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, we look at the work of artists Julia Barello and Beverly Penn. Both of them create installations that

If your morning cup of coffee brings a smile to your lips, pick up a Smug Mug by Houston artist Jason Kishell. His ceramic mugs

The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft’s inspired current show, “Interstitial Spaces,” brings together Julia Barello and Beverly Penn in their first collaborative installation. This is

Spindles and webs of organic shapes span the hallway like an alien garland, interlinking peculiar bulbous nodes. Hard ceramic cages squinch and shape the interlinked

The two nationally known artists of “Interstitial Spaces: Julia Barello and Beverly Penn” have several things in common. Both use unusual materials; Barello uses X-ray

Ceramicist Piero Fenci, this year’s Texas Master Artist at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, shows us around Battlement, the HCCC’s exhibition of body armor,

Systemic Expansion, David Katz’s on-site, large-scale installation, starts from a definite point of origin: a corner of the Artist’s Hall inside the Houston Center for