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The 1998 Young Latino Artists Exhibition
Despite the exclusionary social-academic reference in its name, this year's Young Latino Artists Exhibition, which closed July 18th at Mexic-Arte, reveals the strength of discovery and experimentation of the young artist as just an artist rather than a figure limited by the perceptions of a licensed few creators of genres based on unfamiliar or fashionable cultural perspectives.

Adolph Gottlieb and the Blanton Museum of Art
When faced with abstract paintings, some viewers are content to dismiss minimalist works with an "I could do that."

AMOA and MexicArte Museum
The captions of the exhibition emphasize the isolation and otherness of the East LA community Iturbide recorded in the '80s and early '90s. Gang members make complicated hand signals that we cannot understand.

AMOA Hires New Director
Elizabeth Ferrer recently took time out of one of her busy days in New York to speak with us, and said, "I look forward to coming to Austin and getting to know the visual arts of the community."

The Art and World of Thor
Armed with only the impression of his name and a composition book, I awaited the arrival of Thor, local artist and session drummer, to join me in conversation to discuss the challenges of being a working artist.

Art in Construction: A Lost Art?
We see a lot of artless structures being built here. Yet, Austin is not an artless town. We have a great heritage of art in construction that we still can and do appreciate.

Birth Pangs at Artplex
Empty and silent for four years, the rooms of an abandoned office building found new life at the start of this year when they became working quarters for a colony of local artists.

Children of Abraham: Faces of the Middle East
A look at a list of the things Alan Pogue has chosen to photograph over the years could leave the impression that he is a man who goes looking for the worst humanity has to offer.

A Conversation with Charles Randolph
After we talked a while in his bedroom/living room/painting studio, Charles invited me to peak in his closet/bathroom, where he stores all of his work.

Creative Research Laboratory
An interview with Cynthia Camlin, director of Creative Research Laboratory.