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Calling all teachers and art professionals! Did you know that Creative Arts has specific categories just for you? While most of the Arts...

It’s 140 days until the 2019 State Fair of Texas and it will go by in a flash! We get mighty excited around here as the Fair gets closer,...

Since its establishment in 1992, the Big Tex Scholarship Program has continued to uphold the State Fair’s nonprofit mission of supporting...

The State Fair of Texas Board of Directors has appointed Gina Armour Norris as its new chairwoman of the board during their annual meeting....

The 10th Annual State Fair of Texas Big Tex Clay Shoot Classic event was the most successful shoot yet. A record-breaking $129,000 was...

Just a few blocks from the State Fair of Texas sits James Madison High School, a place that Marcus Johnson knows all too well. As Assistant...

“Don’t Mess With Texas,” a slogan created by the Texas Department of Public Transportation encouraging Texans and folks visiting to...

Big Tex wants you to join in on the Creative Arts fun! We know entering your masterpiece and competing with folks from around the world...

Let's face it. There's just nothing like being a Texan. Regardless if you're a fifth generation Houstonian, a West Texas cotton wrangler,...

Celebrated far and wide by those young and old, creativity is a gift that draws inspiration from everyday life. It is stitched in the...

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