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In this Art Dirt podcast, Brandon Zech and Christina Rees break down their experiences with open calls and juried exhibitions, tackle questions of entry fees and how you (can't) game the system, and the special case of public art opportunities. "I hate rejecting work. I always choose too much work because I get really attached when I start looking at entries, and I just can’t reject a piece I've already gotten attached to."

In this Art Dirt podcast, Brandon Zech and Christina Rees talk about how galleries have changed over the years, the politics of art-as-business, and what Texas artists should expect from their galleries in 2019. "One of the reasons I think artists crave having a gallery is this almost ineffable relationship that forms that’s about dialogue and context. And it’s different from having a network of artists you work with."

In this Art Dirt podcast Brandon Zech and Christina Rees talk about what makes each of Texas' distinct art regions tick.  "If you don't want to play by any rules and you don't give a crap about any sort of establishment codes of how to do things, Dallas could be an interesting place to make your mark." Thanks to this week’s podcast sponsor, the Rockport Center for the Arts and their exhibition, Angalee DeForest: Illuminated Reflections. For more information on the show, go here: bit.ly/2S3S2Xh

In this Art Dirt podcast, Brandon Zech and Christina Rees talk about censorship, the pitfalls of didactic messaging, and what not to do when making political art. Thanks to this week’s podcast sponsor, the Rockport Center for the Arts and their exhibition, Angalee DeForest: Illuminated Reflections. For more information on the show, go here: http://bit.ly/2S3S2Xh

In this Art Dirt podcast, Brandon Zech and Christina Rees help you plan your summer road trip by recapping all of their favorite smaller-town museums across the state of Texas. Thanks to this week's podcast sponsor, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and their exhibition, "Disappearing—California, c. 1970: Bas Jan Ader, Chris Burden, Jack Goldstein." For more information on the show, go here: http://bit.ly/2FoK4Tl

In this Art Dirt podcast, Brandon Zech and Christina Rees talk about the radical transparency of a week-old, anonymous spreadsheet that discloses the salaries of museum, non-profit, and gallery workers. “Historically it’s been gauche to talk about how much you make, and it’s taboo to ask your co-workers how much they make. That’s about the protection of employers, not employees.”

In our latest Art Dirt podcast, Brandon Zech and Christina Rees talk about the merits of shock value, the uselessness of labels, and the dread of getting stuck watching a bad performance.

In our latest Art Dirt podcast, Brandon Zech and Christina Rees start out talking about artists who have been kicked off of Instagram, but quickly devolve into how social media platforms can be useful and problematic ways of engaging with the art world. "I think you'd be hard-pressed to find someone saying that no moderation whatsoever is the solution to this problem...I don't know why our darkest impulses have to be out there for everyone to see anyway."

Peter Plagens: Artist-Slash-Critic by Glasstire

In this podcast, Glasstire's William Sarradet catches some notable exhibitors at the Dallas Art Fair on its opening night, to chat about the art they're showing this year. Exhibitors in this podcast include Cris Worley Fine Arts (Dallas), Harlan Levey Projects (Belgium), Nancy Littlejohn Fine Art (Houston), galerie frank elbaz (Paris/Dallas), Green Art Gallery (Dubai), Ulterior Gallery (New York), Sicardi | Ayers | Bacino (Houston), Voloshyn Gallery (Kiev), and McClain Gallery (Houston).

Day five of Glasstire’s podcast from the Satellite Art Show in Austin was guest hosted by Austin-based artist and curator Rebecca Marino. On the episode, she talks with four individuals participating in Satellite: Sarah Sudhoff, Ana Vizcarra Rankin, Daniel Lisi, and Sherri Littlefield — and with the event's producer, Anna-Liisa Benston. This is the fifth in a series of podcasts brought to you by Glasstire from Satellite. For more, go here: https://glasstire.com/2019/03/24/on-location-at-the-satellite-art-show-day-5/

Day four of Glasstire’s podcast from the Satellite Art Show in Austin was guest hosted by Austin-based artist Tammie Rubin. On the episode, Brandon Zech talks with Rubin about what’s up with ceramics, the grittiness of Austin art spaces, and how artists can build the kind of community they want to be a part of. This episode also features two other conversations: the first with Satellite exhibiting artist Fati Jafri, and the second with Sara Vanderbeek and Eric Manche of DORF, an Austin alternative space.

Day three of Glasstire’s podcast from the Satellite Art Show in Austin was guest hosted by Austin-based gallerist Jill Schroeder of grayDUCK Gallery. On the episode, Brandon Zech talks with Schroeder about what it's like running a gallery in Austin, performances at Satellite, and a big show by an under-recognized artist now on view in New York. This episode also features two other conversations with Satellite exhibiting artists: the first with Houston artist Jumper Maybach, and the second with Kyle Heinly of the Florida-based Off Center Art Center. This is the third in a series of podcasts brought to you by Glasstire from Satellite.

Day two of Glasstire’s podcast from the Satellite Art Show in Austin was guest hosted by Austin-based artist Michael Anthony García. On the episode, he talks with two artists participating in Satellite —  Nicole Goodwin and Elizabeth Axtman — about the politics of blackness, the history of slavery, and the complex relationship between Jeffrey Dahmer and O. J. Simpson. This is the second in a series of podcasts brought to you by Glasstire from Satellite.

For day one of Glasstire's podcast from the Satellite Art Show in Austin, we talked to Houston-based performance artist and Experimental Action festival co-organizer Julia Claire Wallace, and Satellite's performance art curator and Performance Is Alive founder Quinn Dukes, about the challenges of producing performances at an art fair, Texas' performance art community, and their advice for budding artists. We also talked to Houston artist Henry Sanchez about his upcoming project along Houston’s Buffalo Bayou. This is the first in a series of podcasts brought to you by Glasstire from Satellite. https://glasstire.com/2019/03/15/on-location-at-the-satellite-art-show-day-1/

Neil Fauerso talks to Austin's Daedelus Hoffman and Lindsay Starr run Cattywampus Press and Dirty Dark Place, among other art endeavors.

Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees discuss all the ways the Banksy prank of half-shredding a painting during a Sotheby's auction was unimpressive.

A conversation with author Pete Gershon on the publication of his book Collision: The Contemporary Art Scene in Houston, 1972-1985. With Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees.

Neil Fauerso talks to Hills Snyder — a Texas and New Mexico-based artist and Glasstire contributor — about the draw of the American West, alternative ways of talking about and teaching art, and how a small New Mexico town differs from Marfa. “In my class at UTSA, I’m a sort of homeopathic tincture that’s an alternative to the usual Western art history trip you get at an American university art program.” Glasstire is a Digital Publication that examines Visual Art in Texas. Find our weekly Top 5 Art Exhibits, features on Texas based artists, and news. Keep in touch at glasstire.com

Neil Fauerso talks to Veronica Ortuño — owner and director of Las Cruxes in Austin (a gallery, shop, performance and community space) — about aesthetic development, her new interior projects in Detroit, and actualizing your vision.