{"id":404920,"date":"2026-08-12T22:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T22:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/404920\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T22:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T22:24:17","slug":"masure-gallery-announces-dv-contributor-as-its-inaugural-writer-in-residence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/404920\/","title":{"rendered":"Masure Gallery announces DV contributor as its inaugural writer-in-residence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/masuregallery.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Masure Gallery of Photography<\/a> in Fort Worth announced the appointment of James Russell as its first writer-in-residence. The gallery\u2019s new initiative will be aimed at supporting arts and culture journalism and criticism while also further advancing the study of photography in a gallery setting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russell, a former Dallas Voice staff writer and current contributor, has also written for The Architect\u2019s Newspaper, Arts and Culture Texas, D Magazine, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Weekly, Landscape Architecture Magazine and Texas Architect. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He edited the catalogues for the recent group exhibition, <a href=\"https:\/\/masuregallery.com\/red-exhibition\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RED<\/a>, as well as Modern Exposure, the first solo exhibition of local photographer Walt Burns (currently on display through September), organized by Masure gallery director and chief curator Simone Fischer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHere\u2019s some irony. Simone and I joked not too long ago that photography is beyond me. As someone who primarily thinks about the built environment and sculpture, getting a chance to study the medium is exciting. With access to Simone and budding and professional<br \/>photographers and Masure\u2019s resources, I can learn about the discipline and master its language,\u201d Russell said in Tuesday\u2019s press release. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russell is a journalist who covers visual art, design, architecture, politics, mostly in Texas, save for the time he wrote for StarTrek.com.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m incredibly grateful to Simone and gallery owners CJ and Jeff Masure for the opportunity to study the discipline and situate the gallery as a cultural center,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In her tenure as a director, Fischer has worked to support photographers through<br \/>gallery representation, critiques, talks and classes. With the addition to the residency, she now oversees a unique experience to support writers as they add coverage of photographic arts in Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWriters are a necessary and invaluable asset to visual arts. They help bridge and contextualize visual art to wider audience through language,\u201d she said in the release. \u201cAs director, I want to actively support culture writers through the gallery directly, whether that\u2019s getting involved in written support of exhibition programming or just giving residents time and space to write. I thank CJ and Jeff Masure for supporting the writers that want to work hand-in-hand with photography,\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Masure Gallery is located inside Fort Worth Camera and The Print Refinery and is Fort Worth\u2019s only gallery dedicated to contemporary photography and lens-based artists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Founded by Fort Worth Camera owners Jeff and CJ Masure in 2018, it adds to the services the couple have offered for 24 years. The mission: to uplift and empower local photographers and exhibition programming and elevate local talent by offering a platform where a diverse community of photographic artists can come together to showcase their work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013From staff reports<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Tuesday, The Masure Gallery of Photography in Fort Worth announced the appointment of James Russell as its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117,141809,1183,141810,7913,2039],"class_list":["post-404920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-james-russell","tag-lgbtq","tag-masure-gallery","tag-photography","tag-rich-lopez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}