Arts

Sun set behind a rock formation.
April 2026 Issue

Texas Creatives Draw Inspiration from the Sights, Sounds and Scents of State Parks

Artists, writers and musicians find parks to be a natural muse.

Story by Elisa Silverman
Artist Raylee Schobel pressing inked printing blocks to paper.
March 2026 Issue

Texas Artist Raylee Schobel Creates Beautiful, Colorful Bird Art

Her work is featured on the poster for this year's Great Texas Birding Classic.

Story by Tenley Jackson
Graphic for Ask a Grackle with the question "Has anyone ever painted a grackle?"
March 2026 Issue

Ask a Grackle: Has Anyone Ever Painted You?

I find your yellow eyes and dramatic feathers enchanting.

Story by The Grackle
Native American woman dressed in colorful cultural attire dancing at the annual Powwow.
November 2025 Issue

Austin’s Annual Powwow Brings Color, Connection and Community to the Heart of Texas

The event features vendors, food and traditional dance.

Story by Rachel Caldwell Hill
Two archeologists in-between boulders photographing pictographs on rock
October 2025 Issue

Recording Rock Imagery at Hueco Tanks State Park

The first comprehensive rock art survey at Hueco Tanks has yielded unrecorded pictograph panels.

Story by Eva Frederick
Person in blue shirt with a white hat looking at the canyon wall pictographs at the Lower Pecos Canyonlands
October 2025 Issue

The Walls of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands Contain Priceless Pictographs

The Lower Pecos harbors our continent’s ‘first books.’

Story by Dale Weisman
Abe Moore stands behind his camera conducting an interview for the TPWD PBS Tv Show
January/February 2025 Issue

TPWD Television Series Celebrates 40th Season

Emmy Award-winning Texas Parks and Wildlife TV show on PBS embarks on 40th season.

Nancy Pruitt sits at her drawing desk.
January/February 2025 Issue

This TPWD lllustrator Drew Animals Down to the Last Scale and Feather

Nancy McGowan spent 10 years accurately drawing and painting wildlife as a TPW Magazine illustrator.

Story by Karina Kumar
Cowboy poets circle around a campfire to share their poems
November 2024 Issue

Cowboy Poetry Encompasses the Beauty, Melancholy and Fun of the Range

This oral tradition springs from the trail-driving days of the 1870s.

Story by Eva Frederick
Two large bronze sculptures of mammoths stand outside the Mayborn Museum in Waco, Texas.
October 2024 Issue

Waco Offers Glimpses into the Ancient World of Mammoths

Experience the wonder and majesty of these Pleistocene behemoths at two Waco locations.

Story by Dale Weisman
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