Glasstire

About Glasstire

Expanding the conversation about art in Texas. Founded in 2001, Glasstire is the first Texas Art Digital Media Company. Find features on Texas Artists, News, and the Top 5 Art Exhibits to See Each Week. The full shebang is at glasstire.com.

Publisher

Glasstire

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Jun 2016

Latest episode

4 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

280 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Oct 2026

   Art Dirt: What We're Reading: Architecture, Rasquachismo & Zines

   Glasstire's William Sarradet and Nicholas Frank discuss new books on Texas art and architecture, talk about the dialogue between minimalism and rasquachismo in Josh T. Franco's "Marfa, Marfa," and run through exhibition catalogs, political comics, and the latest issue of "F Magazine." "Rasquachismo… we could say it's making do with what you have. Josh T. Franco is trying to draw direct lines between these two seemingly opposing aesthetics." See related readings here: https://glasstire.com/2026/10/04/art-dirt-what-were-reading-architecture-rasquachismo-zines This week's podcast is sponsored in part by The Mosaic Workshop and their third annual Austin Mosaic Fest happening October 24–31. The festival is a weeklong celebration featuring international artists, new murals, art talks, and hands-on collaborative art for all ages and experience levels. Drop in daily from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. to make your own mosaic and meet expert mosaic artists. Every mosaic gets a free grout kit during the fest. Learn more here: https://www.themosaicworkshop.org This week's podcast is sponsored in part by The Tex-indie Author Book Fair, the largest festival of Texas-based independent literary creators, happening October 17 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Houston. The event features 125+ literary creators of all genres who are excited to share their stories at this free, family-friendly, indoor event. Tex-indie will additionally offer workshops for experienced and blossoming writers alike. For more information, go here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1EXtV3aMkZ If you enjoy Glasstire and would like to support our work, please consider donating. As a nonprofit, all of the money we receive goes back into our coverage of Texas art. You can make a one-time donation or become a sustaining, monthly donor here: https://glasstire.com/donate

2. 

   27 Sept 2026

   Talking Texas Art: In Conversation, East Texas

   Throughout 2026, as part of Glasstire’s 25th anniversary, the publication is organizing panel discussions in Dallas-Fort Worth, The Panhandle, West Texas, East Texas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, and The Valley. Each panel features artists, art critics, and arts professionals from the region discussing the area’s art and art writing over the past two-and-a-half decades. Glasstire presented the fourth Talking Texas Art event at the Tyler Museum of Art on Sunday, August 23. Panelists included Candace Hicks, an interdisciplinary artist and Associate Professor at Stephen F. Austin State University; Caleb Bell, Executive Director of the Tyler Museum of Art and a Glasstire contributing writer; O. Rufus Lovett, a photographer and curator in Longview, former director of the Image Gallery, and longtime instructor at Kilgore College; and John Ewing, a freelance writer, editor, children’s book publisher, and Glasstire contributing writer based in Tyler. The panel was moderated by William Sarradet, Glasstire’s Assistant Editor. If you enjoy Glasstire and would like to support our work, please consider donating. As a nonprofit, all of the money we receive goes back into our coverage of Texas art and artists. You can make a one-time donation or become a sustaining, monthly donor here: https://glasstire.com/donate

3. 

   20 Sept 2026

   Art Dirt: The Work a Gallery Does: Talking with Bart Keijsers Koning

   William Sarradet speaks with Dallas dealer Bart Keijsers Koning about a gallery's responsibilities to the arts ecosystem, how artists can engage with galleries, and what a gallery actually does. "Get a space, put it on the wall, see what happens, get it out of the studio. And once you start understanding your work that way, it will just make everything clear for the next engagement… When an ecosystem works like that, it's super healthy." See related readings here: https://glasstire.com/2026/09/20/art-dirt-the-work-a-gallery-does-talking-with-bart-keijsers-koning This week's podcast is sponsored in part by The Tex-indie Author Book Fair, the largest festival of Texas-based independent literary creators, happening October 17 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Houston. The event features 125+ literary creators of all genres who are excited to share their stories at this free, family-friendly, indoor event. Tex-indie will additionally offer workshops for experienced and blossoming writers alike. For more information, visit the Tex-indie Author Book Fair's website: https://www.tex-indiebookfair.org If you enjoy Glasstire and would like to support our work, please consider donating. As a nonprofit, all of the money we receive goes back into our coverage of Texas art. You can make a one-time donation or become a sustaining, monthly donor here: https://glasstire.com/donate

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YouTube views

422,549

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

18 ratings

Spotify

4.3 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 59 / 100

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Quality

47

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

90

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