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Opposite page: Portraits and places: Allison V. Smith Because: No one conjures the light of West Texas like this Dallas-based lens lady armed with her Hasselblad. Or records the rugged visage of American master Robert Indiana while penetrating his timeworn lair in a 19th-century lodge in the remote hamlet of Vinalhaven, Maine. She shares this fascination with photography with her late grandfather, Stanley Marcus; the pair's image-making prowess and eye for uncanny detail were celebrated in a show this spring at [Artspace] at Untitled, Oklahoma City. F-stop: Smith's highly collectible annual zine, releasing at press time, documents her obsessions, from the perfect platter of deviled eggs to Maine and Marfa road trips, canines and artists Mark DiSuvero and the aforementioned text-king Indiana, who deserves his own Smith volume. Up next: inclusion in a major photo show at husband Barry Whistler's gallery in October and a solo at The Old Jail Art Center in Albany, Texas, next year. Represented by Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas. The Row blouse $890, and denim leggings $415, both at Forty Five Ten, Neiman Marcus, Tootsies. Allison's own boots. Gurhan rose-cut citrine ring $1,900, at Neiman Marcus, Ylang 23. This page: Queen of photography, purveyor of fabric laced with history: Letitia Huckaby Because: She elegiacally and originally explores African-American identity and the construct of family, especially the all-powerful archetype of the black matriarch via an original media: fabric imprinted with photography, which conjures personal history and ancestral memory. Because of her installations invoking fashion and dressmaking, set in epic-scaled spaces, we predict Huckaby's potent statements will soon register on curatorial consciousnesses. Commerce Street or bust: Showing in the past 18 months at an energetic pace at art spaces from Cork City, Ireland, to New Orleans, this innovative photographer/installationist was most recently featured in a group exhibition, at the acclaimed Brandywine Workshop in Philadelphia, days before our photo shoot. But her most important exhibition is yet to come: Huckaby is readying for an impressive solo at the newly minted Liliana Bloch Gallery, unfurling January 2014. Represented by Liliana Bloch Gallery, Dallas. Roberto Cavalli floral caftan top $745, and printed maxi skirt $2,445 at the Roberto Cavalli boutique, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Stanley Korshak, Tootsies. Sorrelli hibiscus chain necklace $156, at Ylang 23. Jamie Joseph African ruby ring $840, at Ylang 23. Glass blast plus a side of performance: Shannon Brunskill Because: After an epiphany during a museum visit, Brunskill embarked on a career in studio glass, earning BFA and MFA degrees with honors from the University of Texas at Arlington. While still a student, she established an award-garnering practice that marries cast glass with found objects to forge sculptures imbued with the past, marked by Brunskill's intuitive use of reclaimed materials, from a timeworn jackin-the-box to a vintage Radio Flyer wagon. In the kiln: This summer, the internationally exhibited Pollock-Krasner Fellow/mistress of glass secures a coveted position at the Seattle-area Pilchuck Glass School — the holy grail of the craft movement — where she will serve as program assistant, kiln manager and collaborator with visiting Aussie artist Mel George. Back home, stay tuned for adventures via PoP4, a collaborative Brunskill cofounded with three other women artists to push architectural and residential glass installations in Dallas. Also upcoming is the performance Shifting, venue TBD, where this glass lady steps from behind the kiln to stage a psychological piece "about shifting things within your mental space." Represented by Mary Thomas Gallery, Dallas and Bullseye Gallery, Portland, Oregon. Issa London shift dress $1,200, at Gregory's, Tootsies. Jimmy Choo Cosmic pumps $850, at the Jimmy Choo boutique, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Stanley Korshak, Tootsies. Patricia Von Musulin Lucite hook earrings $680, at Stanley Korshak.