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Letter From the News Editor: One Year On
A mural by artists Donkeey Boy and Donkeey Mom, unveiled on June 1, in honor of George Floyd. Today marks the one year anniversary of the killing of George Floyd by Derek Chauvin. Chauvin was convicted...
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What is a Movie?
Jack Nicholson in “Chinatown” (1974) Seeing a movie in the theater is by far my favorite thing to do in life. I could lie and try to seem more attractive and “deep” by saying something like “swimming...
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Memorial Day: Two Artists, Two Images
The last Monday in May is Memorial Day. The U.S. holiday honors and mourns the death of military personnel. On this day of remembrance, I’m drawn back to thoughts of a painting by Norman Rockwell from...
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Is It Time for San Antonio’s Fiesta to Secede from San Jacinto? A Modest...
Raul Servin (b. 1946), The Music of Fiesta, 1999 with additions in 2018, acrylic and mixed media on masonite, 72 x 60 inches, collection of the artist. Photo source: Ruben C. Cordova, from the...
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The Art of Jurying Open-Call Shows: Christina Rees and Caleb Bell Weigh In
Installation view of Fort Worth’s Artspace111’s Fifth Annual Juried Exhibition in 2017, a year Christina Rees was juror. This year the juror is Caleb Bell. Caleb Bell is the Curator of the Tyler Museum...
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Comic: “I haven’t.. .”
You can see some of John Forse’s other comics by visiting his Glasstire author page. Some of the artist’s past comics have poked fun at the absurdities and contractions in the art world, as well as...
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(Final) Letter From the News Editor
Christopher Blay in 2019, when Glasstire named him News Editor I was at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth studying photography with a minor in Art History in 2001 when Glasstire came on the...
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The Progressive Hammers Are Out, Looking For Nails
From George Orwell’s “Animal Farm”: the great Ralph Steadman illustrates how the distortion of language — not organic change, but forced and fast — is a central tool used by the pigs to confuse and...
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In Memoriam: Target Marathon
Target Marathon, June 2019. Image courtesy of Rodney Rogers One year ago, news began to spread that Target Marathon, also known as Tiny Target, located along U.S. 90 between Alpine and Marathon, had...
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Christmas Comic: Santa’s Sleigher
**** You can see John Forse’s other comics by visiting his Glasstire author page. Some of the artist’s past comics have poked at themes of small-town living, the absurdities and contractions in the...
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