New prize for Texas artists

Arthouse (formerly the Texas Fine Art Association), a nonprofit visualart organization in Austin, has launched the ambitious Arthouse Texas Prize. Funded by a group of supporters, the $30,000 biennial award will be given to an artist who has lived in Texas for at least three years. Some 75 art-world professionals familiar with the Texas scene nominated 150 artists for the first round.

A jury will select three finalists in February, with the winner to be announced at the center's gala in November. The finalists' works will be on view at Arthouse's exhibition space in the fall, accompanied by a catalogue. Jurors for the inaugural prize include Arthouse executive director Sue Graze; UCLA Hammer Museum curator James Elaine; Texas artist Vernon Fisher; L.A.-based critic and curator Dave Hickey; Kathryn Kanjo, executive director of ArtPace in San Antonio; Valerie Cassel Oliver, associate curator at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston; and Whitney Museum curator Shamim M. Momin.

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