Glasstire Presented by Rainey Knudson

How do you define an aesthetic of a region? First, someone has to notice what that aesthetic is and articulate it. Artistic movements dont happen because of journalists, but journalists help to frame them and give them context. Glasstire is a site about visual art in Texas, and its premise rests on the Texanness of the art made there. The site isnt comprehensive in the sense that it covers everything in the visual arts. But just as critics have always done, Glasstire argues for a way of seeing art in a region that is different from art made elsewhere.

Glasstire is almost nine years old, operates as a non-profit, and has developed a core of 35-40 writers around the state, all of whom are paid for their work. How is it a new model for arts journalism? Founder Rainey Knudson says the site is stable and self-sustaining and its traffic has continued to increase. Online, the site has far better reach and ability to connect to an audience than if it were a print publication. And because it doesnt have to carry the cost of printing pages, the economics of an online art magazine work. This is, she believes a model that could be replicated in other states.

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