ArtCamp Houston – The Dialogue Begins

Last fall, a certain guy – “Il Douche” – said some things that painted a distorted landscape of Houston’s arts community. He cherry-picked items, took them out of context, and presented them as indicative of massive mismanagement of “your money”…even

Via Colori – Street Art Benefiting CHS

This past fall several members of Houston’s creative community were selected to serve as Culture Scouts for the Houston Arts Alliance‘s “Art the Heart of Houston” viral video campaign. Our three-month misson: to explore new venues, to seek out new

Support the Arts at ArtCamp Houston February 28!

Ok folks, there are six days left to ArtCamp Houston – have you registered yet? Click here to register – it’s free! ArtCamp Houston is a community-based event this Saturday, February 28, at Caroline Collective (4820 Caroline, Houston 77004) to

What's Happening with the Houston Arts Alliance

Here’s a YouTube playlist of the Houston Arts Alliance‘s Townhall meeting in January – including projects and services updates from Jonathan Glus, Joe Wilson, Jerome Vielman, Helen Lessick, and Richard Graber – and artist videos taken for HAA’s “Art the

Letter to the Editor: American Recovery & Reinvestment Act 2009

I’ve blogged about “Why You Should Support the Arts” – but in light of recent media attacks on arts funding (see below), I thought it wise to bring “the facts” to the attention of Houston’s news people … so I wrote

Why You Should Support the Arts

Many people tend to think of the arts as frivolous, pretty things to see, hear, read or do if you’re rich or on vacation. Some actually think the arts are simply unessential.  They’re all wrong. There are approximately 100,000 nonprofit