The Texas-based art collective HOMECOMING! Committee was founded to create initiatives and spaces where artists, designers, and creative thinkers could collaborate as equals, engaging in a shared practice of artistic agency. Through interactive and participatory events, HOMECOMING! fostered an environment that empowered artists to take action, build networks, and pursue future collaborations.This fortification of creative resources repositioned the artist as an individual that shapes cultural discourse, rather than a member of society that merely reacts to it.
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SELECTED HOMECOMING! EVENTS:
PRESS:
Selected press, reviews, and recognition for HOMECOMING! Committee, 2011–2014, and later coverage of the collective’s work.
Recognition
- Fort Worth Weekly, “Visionary Awards,” March 19, 2014
- Fort Worth Weekly, “Best of 2012” and “Best of 2013”: Best Art Collective
- Dallas Observer, “Best of 2013: Best Local Art Exhibition,” DallasSITES and DallasSITES: Available Space
Articles & Features
- Peter Simek, “Why is a Blow-Up Calder Sculpture Popping Up All Over Fort Worth?,” D Magazine, February 26, 2014
- Fort Worth Weekly, “HOMECOMING! Takes Flight,” October 9, 2013
- Peter Simek, “The 5 Most Important North Texas Art Organizations for Artists,” D Magazine, October 7, 2013
- Jamie Laughlin, “Donate your crappy IKEA cast-offs so they might be burned in the name of art,” Dallas Observer Arts & Culture Blog, September 17, 2013
- “Glasstire Top Five: September 12, 2013,” Glasstire, September 2013
- Matthew Irwin, “Texas Biennial: A Strong Sense of Independence,” art ltd, September–October 2013
- Andy Amato, “DallasSITES: Available Space,” Arts + Culture, September 2013
- Ashley Stull, “HOMECOMING! Committee’s Post Communique at the Dallas Museum of Art,” The Daily Serving, August 13, 2013
- Elaine Sun, “Revisionist History,” Central Track, August 9, 2013
- Lee Escobedo, “Opening up the dossier on Homecoming! Committee’s Post Communique,” Dallas Observer, August 6, 2013
- Steven Becker, “Local Artists Occupy DMA,” Art&Seek, July 31, 2013
- Jamie Laughlin, “The DMA gives a shit about local art. It’s time you did too,” Dallas Observer Arts & Culture Blog, July 24, 2013
- Dallas Museum of Art, “DallasSITES: Available Space” (press release), May 21, 2013
- Lee Escobedo, “The Art of the GIF: At a Dallas Gallery, Looking for Beauty in the Internet’s Favorite Toy,” Dallas Observer, April 29, 2013
- Jamie Laughlin, “Fight For Your Right to Arty: When Art Ownership Gets Competitive,” Dallas Observer, May 21, 2012
- Margaret Meehan, “Mirror Mirror #7: HOMECOMING! Committee,” Glasstire, May 14, 2012
- Jerome Weeks, “Playing Well with Others? The Art of the Artists’ Collective,” Art&Seek, December 7, 2011
- Fort Worth Weekly, “Space is the Place,” November 30, 2011
- Fort Worth Weekly, “Homecoming Committee Joins Space Race,” November 19, 2011
Audio & Video
- Glasstire, “Art Dirt: Talking About Institutional Critique,” with Brandon Zech and Lucia Simek, October 18, 2026 (podcast). HOMECOMING! comes up around 13:20; also on SoundCloud and Spotify.
- Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, “Being There: Revisiting Tuesday Evenings at the Modern – Homecoming! Committee” (podcast)