Jeanne Claire van Ryzin

An award-winning arts journalist, Jeanne Claire van Ryzin is the founder and editor-in-chief of Sightlines.

Huston-Tillotson University named to National Register of Historic Places

The 20-acre campus of Huston-Tillotson University — Austin’s oldest institution of higher learning and only Historically Black College and University — has been added to the National Register of Historic...

Elisabet Ney Museum to embark on $3.4 million renovation

After decades with few upgrades to its 1892 building, the Elisabet Ney Museum, the studio and home of the trailblazing German-American artist, will embark on long-needed renovations, thanks to...

Questioning Waller Creek: Heather Parrish at Flatbed Press

Heather Parrish has a keen sense of place and a curiosity about what it means to inhabit a place and who did so before you. Parrish is a native Austinite...

Mexic-Arte Museum board members resign, citing no confidence in museum’s management

Several board members of Austin’s Mexic-Arte Museum — including board president Michael Torres and treasurer George Elliman — have resigned citing concerns about the museum’s management and leadership. The resignations...

Mexic-Arte Museum announces architects for building project, responds to allegations of unsafe conditions

Mexic-Arte Museum announced today that it has chosen El Paso firm Exigo Architecture and Austin's Cotera + Reed Architects to lead the design of the museum's building project. Since 2018,...

Darkly comic, Performa Dance’s ‘The Mad Scene’ skewers our desire for fame

Never known for his modesty, Louis XIV, aka the Sun King, once proclaimed “In my heart I prefer fame above all else, even life itself.” Louis XIV also happened to...