Art at the Crossroads: The Surprising Aesthetics of the Texas Panhandle

Art at the Crossroads: The Surprising Aesthetics of the Texas Panhandle underscores the striking richness of art stories about the Texas Panhandle--a strange and wondrous place, where old and new, tradition and innovation are constantly in productive tension. East meets West; Midwest meets Southwest; cars and trains and planes have long connected the area to the rest of the nation.

The art of the Texas Panhandle forms a networked centerpiece of American creativity, a distinct artistic cross...