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Glasstire
is an online journal of visual art in Texas, founded in 2001 to
encourage awareness of, and dialogue about, Texas visual art. We are a
non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation, and we're supported by some wonderful
individuals and organizations, including the Cultural Arts Council for
Houston/Harris County, The Brown Foundation, Inc., the Greater Houston
Community Foundation, The Houston Endowment and the Texas Commission
for the Arts.
The
greatest artist ever to come from Texas is Robert Rauschenberg. The
name "Glasstire" is an homage to a sculpture of his, a tire cast in
glass, which was exhibited in his 1998 retrospective. The name of the
actual sculpture wasn't "glasstire," but something complicated and
esoteric (but we can't remember it, but who cares, we love you Bob!!!!)
It is our way of expanding great usable design by giving Texas artists the opportunity to apply their skills.
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