This year, Glasstire has given one award for Texas art writing that appeared in Glasstire in 2025, and one award for a lifetime of exceptional writing and impact on the publication and the state\u2019s art scene at large.<\/p>\n
Granbury-based writer, artist, and educator Colette Copeland is the recipient of the 2025 Texas Art Writing Award for Writing on Glasstire. Ms. Copeland has contributed to Glasstire since 2011<\/a>, and is known for her coverage of alternative art spaces, performance, and significant women artists working in Texas. Ms. Copeland contributed nine articles to Glasstire in 2025, including reviews of shows and events in San Antonio, Fort Worth, and Dallas, interviews with Texas artists, and pieces about her experiences as an artist. You can read her writing here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ms. Copeland told Glasstire, \u201cTwenty-five years ago when I started writing about art and artists, there were few writers who were writing from an artist\u2019s perspective. My goal has always been to champion underrepresented voices and make contemporary art accessible to the larger public. I am so honored to write for Glasstire and contribute to a living historical archive of Texas art and artists. Thank you for recognizing my work.\u201d<\/p>\n Bill Davenport, the Houston-based writer and artist, is the second recipient of Glasstire\u2019s 2025 Texas Art Writing Award, for a lifetime of exceptional writing and impact on the publication and on Texas\u2019 art scene. Glasstire\u2019s Founding Publisher, Rainey Knudson, named Mr. Davenport to receive this award, noting his tenacity and bravery<\/a> in putting his ideas into the world. <\/p>\n Mr. Davenport was Glasstire\u2019s first-ever contributor back in 2001, when Ms. Knudson contacted him<\/a> about writing a column for the publication. He went on to write regularly for Glasstire and serve in many official, interim, and unofficial roles for the publication, culminating with his tenure as Editor-in-Chief from 2013 to 2015. You can read his writing here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mr. Davenport told Glasstire, \u201cIt\u2019s nice to get an award for doing something that just seemed like a good idea at the time. It\u2019s even more gratifying to see Glasstire and the Texas art scene going strong 25 years later!\u201d<\/p>\n Ms. Copeland and Mr. Davenport were recognized at Glasstire\u2019s 25th Anniversary Party on May 8, which honored Ms. Knudson, Glasstire\u2019s Founding Publisher, and celebrated the publication\u2019s silver anniversary year. <\/p>\n About Colette Copeland Copeland has written cultural and art criticism for Glasstire since 2011. Additionally, she contributes to Arteidolia, an online arts and creative writing journal. She has also written for The Photo Review, Afterimage Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism, Ceramics: Art and Perception, Eutopia, and Exposure Journal. She is a member of AICA, the International Association of Art Critics.<\/p>\n About Bill Davenport In 1995 he began publishing\u00a0Artletter, \u201cHouston\u2019s Timely Magazine of Art,\u201d which he wrote for, edited, and distributed bimonthly until August 1997. In 2001 he became Glasstire\u2019s first-ever writer, establishing a regular column,\u00a0Tire Iron<\/a>. He held many other jobs at Glasstire throughout the years, including art fair booth designer, news contributor, and Editor. Throughout his career, he additionally contributed writing to\u00a0Art Lies,\u00a0Art Papers,\u00a0The Public News, and the\u00a0Houston Chronicle.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Glasstire-2025-Texas-Art-Writing-Award-Colette-Copeland-and-Brandon-Zech-600x400.jpg\")
<\/a>Colette Copeland and Brandon Zech. Photo: Jenny Antill<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Glasstire-2025-Texas-Art-Writing-Award-Bill-Davenport-and-Rainey-Knudson-600x400.jpg\")
<\/a>Bill Davenport and Rainey Knudson. Photo: Jenny Antill<\/p>\n
Colette Copeland is an interdisciplinary visual artist, arts educator, and arts writer based in Granbury, Texas. Inspired by dada and fluxus, her artistic practice combines personal narratives, history, and contemporary culture to address global issues such as the environmental crisis and gender oppression. She uses a variety of media, including video, photography, sound, performance, printmaking, and sculptural installation.<\/p>\n
Bill Davenport grew up in a suburb of Washington, D.C., where he roamed on his ten-speed bike collecting trash and refashioning his finds into a fleet of homemade boats, a hovercraft, and a printing press. He went on to get degrees in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design and the University of Massachusetts. In 1990 he drove to Texas with a mattress strapped to the top of his truck to be a Core Fellow at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.<\/p>\n