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Jean-Baptiste Lyonnet and Antoine Grospiron-Jaccoux: Paradoxe Poetique EXTENDED

04-19-2012 - 05-26-2012

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Wade Wilson Art

http://www.wadewilsonart.com

Wade Wilson Art - 4411 Montrose Blvd, Suite 200 Houston TX 77006

Admission: Free and open to the public

713 521 2977

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception</strong>: Thursday,&nbsp;April 19 6 - 8 pm &nbsp; <span style="background-color: #ccffcc"><strong>GALLERY TALK</strong></span>: Saturday, April 21, from 2-3pm <strong>Gallery Hours:</strong> Tuesdays - Saturdays: 11 am - 5 pm

Wade Wilson Art is pleased to announce Paradoxe Poétique, an exhibition of paintings and photography representing the work of two young French artists, Jean-Baptiste Lyonnet and Antoine Grospiron-Jaccoux Guest curator Laure Parise hand-selected these two artists due to their language which echoes the aesthetic vision and love of abstraction of the gallery The exhibit opens with a reception from 6 - 8 pm on Thursday, April 19, 2012 and will remain on view through May 9, 2012 Wade Wilson Art is located at 4411 Montrose Blvd Suite 200, Houston, Texas, 77006 The exhibition has been extended through May 26 The exhibition offers the Houston arts community a rare opportunity to sample the young French contemporary art scene through the poetic view of the earth via the sky, the desert, and the ocean along with a revival of industrial wastelands This is the first exhibition in the United States for both artists who have been selected due to the artistic dialogue that exists in their work between their painting and photography Their artwork explores the contrast between abandoned manufactured spaces versus unadulterated landscapes Issues of human intervention in topography and their effect on our environment are addressed in an illuminated manner The two artists use techniques in painting and photography to create a poetic narrative for the viewer while revealing the subtle shifts of the nature of their subject Jean-Baptiste Lyonnet Painter Jean-Baptiste Lyonnet questions the notion of ‘space’ in society and examines the abandoned architecture of former industrial and port districts in Lyon, France For this exhibition, Lyonnet investigates structures that stand as relics of industrial progress His images of concrete meet beautiful horizons yet revitalize the repudiated buildings Jean-Baptiste questions the use of these structures in modern society while granting them a new life through his canvas Using his craft, his hand and his vision, the color and movement of these former industrial sites abandoned over time, he brings the buildings back to life in his work Antoine Grospiron-Jaccoux Antoine Grospiron-Jaccoux's photography plays a visual game of abstraction of pure subjects: sky, earth, desert, and water His work allows an image to bend over the essential, morph the figurative into the abstract, and reveals a newfound beauty of the landscape His work captures the subtle passing of the present and notes the fragility of passing of time Grospiron-Jaccoux’s black and white editions are of exceptional quality where the natural changes into a haunting obscurity that is mesmerizing Laure Parise Trend specialist and art advocate, Laure Parise is an innovator in the contemporary art scene in Houston Among her noted contributions to the art community, Parise co-chaired the Texas French Art Alliance Art Award and Auction in 2011 She presented three artists at the event including Daniel Farioli who won the 2nd place TFAA award For this exhibition, Parise served as the curator She chose Antoine and Jean-Baptiste in order to introduce Houston to their talents and pair their visions confrontation of natural landscapes through the two mediums of painting and photography along with pairing their visions of confrontations of the natural Pictured above: detail of a work by Jean-Baptiste Lyonnet (full image below)]]>

Al Souza: Fundamentals

04-28-2012 - 05-26-2012

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Moody Gallery

http://www.moodygallery.com/

Moody Gallery - 2815 Colquitt Houston TX 77098

Admission: Free event

(713) 526-9911

Start Time(s): <b>Regular Gallery Hours</b>: Tues - Fri 10:30am-5pm Sat 11am-5pm <strong>Opening Reception for the Artist: </strong>The reception for the artist is Saturday,&nbsp;April 28,&nbsp;6-8 pm

Moody Gallery presents Al Souza: Fundamentals, on view April 28, 2012 - May 26, 2012 Reception for the artist Saturday, April 28, 2012, 6-8 pm Featuring New cut paper and assemblage works Al Souza is a Massachusetts-born, Houston-based artist Over the past fifteen years, he has made works "of extraordinary originality and dazzling beauty" collaged from jigsaw puzzles, often four or five layers deep (Pillsbury, 2000, p 2) Al Souza's assemblages are filled with seductive juxtapositions recombining ideas and images They resonate with energy while achieving subtleties of both color and space Pictured: Marbling 10, 2011, cut paper (detail above, full image below)]]>

8th Annual Empty Bowls Houston (benefiting Houston Food Bank)

05-26-2012 - 05-26-2012

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Houston Food Bank

http://www.EmptyBowlsHouston.org

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft - 4848 Main Street Houston Tx 77002

Admission: Event is free to the public - bowls are $25 and includes lunch of soup, bread &amp; water

713-223-3700

http://www.emptybowlshouston.org

Start Time(s): 10 am to 3 pm

Empty Bowls is an international effort to fight hunger, implemented in Houston to benefit the Houston Food Bank The 8th Annual Empty Bowls Houston, a unique lunch fundraiser, will be held Saturday, May 26, 2012, and is a collaboration between Houston area ceramists, woodturners and artists working in all media, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft and Lawndale Art Center For a minimum $25 donation, attendees receive a simple lunch of soup and bread provided by Whole Foods Market, and then select a bowl from 1,000-plus one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted bowls donated by Houston area ceramists and craft artists The empty bowls serve as a reminder of all the empty bowls in our community and the world There are also larger bowls available at a higher price (lunch also included) Live music and artist demonstrations throughout the day * Soup served 11 am until it runs out! SPONSORS (to date): Whole Foods Market, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, The Ceramic Store, Young-at-Art, Enterprise Performance Group, Lawndale Art Center]]>

New Paintings by Yrjo Edelmann

04-28-2012 - 05-26-2012

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Hooks-Epstein Galleries

http://www.hooksepsteingalleries.com/

Hooks-Epstein Galleries - 2631 Colquitt Houston Tx 77098

Admission: Free event

(713) 522-0718

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening:</strong> The exhibition opens Saturday,&nbsp;April 28, 2012, at 11:00 am A reception for the artists will follow from 6 &ndash; 8 pm<span style="background-color: #ccffcc"> </span> <strong>Regular Gallery Hours: </strong>11am-5:00pm Tue-Sat and by appointment

Hooks-Epstein Galleries is very proud to present an exhibition of new paintings by Swedish artist YRJO EDELMANN The exhibition opens Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 11:00 am with a reception from 6 to 8:00 PM Yrjo (pronounced ur-yuh) Edelmann was born in Helsinki, Finland and now resides in Sweden He is a prominently respected artist who is well known for his stunning tromp l’oeil images of wrapped packages, folded paper and other everyday objects He has exhibited all over the world and is included in many major museum, corporate, and private collections The tension between the character of the original crumpled paper, or wrapped object, and the extreme realism of the final painting make for powerful artistic statements His illusions of mass, space and texture are so convincing that viewers lose the perception that they are looking at a flat surface Edelmann’s sensitive craftsmanship and attention to detail, along with his use of brilliant color, imbue his paintings with a remarkable sense of realism that elevates the paintings above the common experience of the original object The exhibition continues through May 26, 2012 Pictured: Wrapped and Stringed Area for Recognition, 2012, oil on canvas]]>

MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: The Intimate Art: Drawing from Michelangelo to Matisse

05-25-2012 - 05-26-2012

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston Tx 77005

Admission: This lecture is open to the public and free with general museum admission&nbsp; <strong>Admission</strong>: Adult: $10 Senior (65+): $5 Youth (6&ndash;18): $5 Student (with ID): $5 Member: FREE

713-639-7300

Start Time(s): Friday, 1:30 pmand repeated Saturday, 4:00 pm A reception to meet the speaker and a docent-led tour follows each lecture

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: The Intimate Art: Drawing from Michelangelo to Matisse, Friday, May 25, 1:30 pm (repeated on Saturday, May 26, 4 pm) Presented by David E Brauer, senior lecturer, Glassell School of Art, MFAH Seating is limited A reception and tour follow Open to the public Free with general museum admission MFAH Members always receive free admission Pictured: Henri Matisse, Olga Merson, 1911, oil on canvas Museum purchase with funds provided by the Agnes Cullen Arnold Endowment Fund, © 2010 Succession H Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]]>

'Corks and Canvas' Monthly Art Show: Its all About Watercolor

04-29-2012 - 05-26-2012

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Pearland Parks & Recreation

http://www.pearlandparks.com/

Pearland Recreation Center & Natatorium - 4141 Bailey Road Pearland TX 77584

Admission: Free and open to the public

281-412-8900 or 2814858818

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception: </strong>Saturday, May 5 5PM - 7PM <strong>Recreation Center Hours of Operation: </strong>Mon-Thu, 5:30 am - 11 pm Fri, 5:30 am - 10 pm Sat &amp; Sun, 8 am - 8 pm

Pearland Arts League (PAL) and Pearland Parks and Recreation present their monthly "Corks and Canvas" Art Show Pearland Arts League invites Pearland and surrounding areas to it's Corks & Canvas monthly art exhibition For May, It’s all About Watercolor This exhibition opens Saturday, May 5 with a wine reception You are invited! Lovers of art,  and Lovers of Pearland should visit the Pearland Arts League May show The show runs April 29 through May 26  ]]>

Daniel Heimbinder: On Parade

04-21-2012 - 05-26-2012

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Rudolph Blume Fine Art (formerly Rudolph Projects/Artscan Gallery)

http://www.rudolphprojects.com/

Rudolph Blume Fine Art (formerly Rudolph Projects/Artscan Gallery) - 1836 Richmond Avenue Houston TX 77098

Admission: Free and open to the public

(713) 807-1836

info@rudolphprojects.com

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception</strong>: Saturday, April 21, 6:00pm until 8:00pm <strong>Regular Gallery Hours</strong>: Wednesday - Saturday 11am - 5pm and by appointment after the opening &nbsp;

Rudolph Blume Fine Art/ ArtScan Gallery presents Daniel Heimbinder: On Parade Opening Reception Saturday, April 21, 6pm-8pm  On view through May 26 Why would anyone want to walk in a pair of tasseled loafers, when he has the chance to walk in two fish bowls? That important question may or may not have crossed Rube Goldberg’s mind, but it certainly is stirring Daniel Heimbinder’s phantasy This artist loves a certain irrational complexity in order to amuse himself (and us) and at the same time captivate highly contradictory stylistic universes He pushes the limits of what is drawable to the point of absurdity, challenging our cliched perceptions Drawing is reasoning on paper, Saul Steinberg once said Daniel Heimbinder’s deft draftsmanship lets him think and dream about hybrid worlds where the only logic is that of the “adventurous line” and the only boundaries are the artist’s imagination Through riddles and visual puns this body of work formulates a pictorial vocabulary of enigmas that speak directly to our emotions Compared with the utterly strange and counter-intuitive reality of post-Newtonian physics, Daniel Heimbinder’s cosmology looks downright plausible Besides, I would rather be entangled with his artistic fever dreams, than with a disturbed energy force somewhere out in the universe Daniel Heimbinder is a contemporary artist from NYC who lives and works in Houston]]>

Dan Burkholder: A Gold Standard

04-28-2012 - 05-26-2012

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John Cleary Gallery

http://www.johnclearygallery.com

John Cleary Gallery - 2635 Colquitt Houston Tx 77098

Admission: Free and open to the public

713-524-5070

info@johnclearygallery.com

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception: </strong>Saturday, April 28, from 6 &ndash; 8pm The artist will be in attendance for the opening reception Regular business hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 am-5 pm

John Cleary Gallery presents the exhibition Dan Burkholder: A Gold Standard  Please join us Saturday, April 28, from 6 – 8 pm for the opening of Dan Burkholder: A Gold Standard The exhibition will run through Saturday, May 26, 2012 The artist will be in attendance for the opening reception Dan Burkholder was one of the first photographic artists to embrace digital technology, having originated the digital-negative process in the early 1990’s Melding his unique vision with mastery of both the wet and digital darkrooms, Burkholder went on to pioneer the use of platinum/palladium prints on vellum over 24k gold leaf Combined together, the membrane-like translucency of the vellum and iridescence of the gold leaf imbue Burkholder’s already beautiful images with a uniqueness all to their own As an innovator in the field, Burkholder went on to write Making Digital Negatives for Contact Printing, an award-winning book that is regarded as one of the most authoritative works in the cannon Always one to stay on the forefront of the expanding world of digital photography, Burkholder recently released iPhone Artistry, a step-by-step instruction guide to capturing, processing, sharing and everything else you need to know about making beautifully artistic images with your iPhone In addition to his photographic and prosaic work on the subject, Burkholder continuously teaches classes and workshops around the country on the craft of digital photography He is currently serving on the Advisory Board for the Texas Photographic Society and can count the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the International Center of Photography in New York and the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego among the many institutions with which he has collaborated Pictured above: Tree in April Snow, Catskills]]>

Meredith Pardue Sojourns

04-28-2012 - 05-26-2012

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Laura Rathe Fine Art

http://www.laurarathe.com

Laura Rathe Fine Art - 2707 Colquitt Houston TX 77098

Admission: Free event &nbsp;

713-527-7700

info@laurarathe.com

Start Time(s): <b>Opening Reception:</b> Saturday,&nbsp; April 28, 6pm-9pm <b>Regular Gallery Hours:</b> Tues - Friday: 10am - 5pm Saturday: 11am - 5pm

Laura Rathe Fine Art presents Meredith Pardue Sojourns Opening reception April 28 from 6-9 pm Artist in attendance The exhibit will run through May 26, 2012 The artist writes: In the Sojourns exhibition I present several pieces including, the virgin beauties Three Black Orchids with as much sincerity as I give to you the Terrain paintings In Three Black Orchids, I used traditional materials to suggest the idea of untouched beauty--the ideal In the Terrain series I use debris from the floor of my former studio, literally my creative terrain, as a ground for compositions that suggest a history of both deliberate and unintentional actions--the reality Both the ideal and the real are essential to the creative process of making my art and my life In the spirit of a life punctuated with a certain number of catastrophic events, with a specific degree of pain, with a particular amount of erosion and loss, plus times of immeasurable joy, moderate satisfaction, and a few moments of ecstasy--I present a group of images to you that embodies all of this And I do so from a place that is still close enough to my own recollection of innocence and youth to be given with a certain amount of hope and promise —Meredith Pardue]]>

David Lindsay: hocus pocus

05-05-2012 - 05-26-2012

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Nau-haus Contemporary

http://nau-haus.com/

Nau-haus Contemporary - 223 E 11th St Houston TX 77008

Admission: Free and open to the public

713-261-1409 or 281-615-4148

dan@nau-haus.com

Start Time(s): <b>Opening reception:</b> 6 to 9 PM Saturday,&nbsp;May 5 <strong>Gallery hours: </strong>Thurs - Sat&nbsp;10am to&nbsp;5 PM<strong> </strong>

Nau-haus Art Space presents David Lindsay: hocus pocus Opening reception Saturday May 5, from 6 to 9PM The exhibition runs through Saturday, May 26, 2012  Lubbock Texas painter David Lindsay presents large scale shaped oil on canvas works as allegory where architecture, in many cases, shoulders symbolic weight, as the viewer negotiates the imagery in his multi-layered works Pictured Below: 1 Allegory of Venice, oil on canvas, 19" diameter x 32" y 2007 2 I've Been There Drowning Frarim oil on canvas, 72"x 48" x 36" y 2012 3 Apotheosis of the Janitor, oil on canvas, 40" diameter x 90" y 2009  ]]>

Asia Society Texas Center Art Gallery Tour

05-26-2012 - 05-26-2012

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Asia Society Texas Center

http://asiasociety.org/texas/architecture-and-gallery-tours

Asia Society Texas Center - 1370 Southmore Houston TX 77004

Admission: $5 for non Asia Society members; tickets available at the door

(713) 496-9901

Start Time(s): 1:00 - 2:00 pm

Asia Society Texas Center presents an Art Gallery Tour, Saturday, May 26 at 1pm Docent-led tours of Asia Society Texas Center’s exhibitions take place twice a month on Saturday afternoons Tours allow visitors to experience art on a personal level, learn about art historical periods and styles, and hear stories associated with the artwork The Center’s first exhibition in the Louisa Stude Sarofim Gallery, Treasures of Asian Art: A Rockefeller Legacy, is joined by Contemporary Asian Art: Texas Connections in the Fayez Sarofim Grand Hall Spring 2012 Schedule May 12, 1:00 – 2:00pm May 26, 1:00 – 2:00pm June 9, 1:00 – 2:00pm Pictured:  From Treasures of Asian Art: A Rockefeller Legacy, Seated Bodhisattva; Nepal; Early Malla period, 13th century; Gilt copper with inlays of semiprecious stones; H 18 3/4 in (476 cm); Asia Society, New York: Mr and Mrs John D Rockefeller 3rd Collection]]>

Comicpalooza 2012: Live Art & Auction Charity Event

05-26-2012 - 05-26-2012

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Startling Events (Comicpalooza/Midnight Comics & G

http://www.comicpalooza.com/

George R Brown Convention Center - 1001 Avenida de las Americas Houston TX 77010

Admission: Free with general Admission to <i><a href="http://wwwartshoundcom/event/detail/441582527/">Comicpalooza</a></i> <strong>3-Day Admission: </strong>Adult&nbsp; $4500 Child (12 &amp; under)&nbsp; $1600 VIP 3 Day $15000 <strong>Comicpalooza - Friday Admission </strong>Adult $2500 Child (12 &amp; under) $1200 <strong>Comicpalooza - Saturday Admission</strong> Adult $3500 Child (12 &amp; under) $1200 <strong>Comicpalooza - Sunday Admission</strong> Adult $2500 Child (12 &amp; under) $1200 Additional charges for some special events apply&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://wwwcomicpaloozacom/comicpalooza-attendeeshtml">Please visit the website for details</a>

832-398-3193

comicpalooza@gmail.com

http://www.comicpalooza.com/comicpalooza-attendees.html

Start Time(s): The Live Art begins at 7:00 PM on Saturday evening after the Dealer Room closes The silent auction will end at 10:30 PM <i>You must be present at the time the auction closes to pay for and take possession of your purchase Cash and credit cards accepted</i>

Comicpalooza 2012 will take place May 25-27 at the George R Brown Convention Center Comicpalooza is known for bringing together a host of industry heavy-hitters, including comic-book creators, artists, actors and more One of the fastest-growing art shows in Houston is not set along picturesque bayous, in historic Heights spaces, or in fancy performance halls It does not have wine and cheese openings, art critics, or abstract explanations for artwork Saturday, May 26th, 2012, it's the Comicpalooza 2012: Live Art & Auction Charity Event! Saturday night, watch the artists in action as they create one-of-a-kind works at the Live Art event, sponsored by Texas Art Supply At the end of the evening, you can bid on your favorite pieces in the silent auction Proceeds benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities The Live Art begins at 7:00 PM on Saturday evening after the Dealer Room closes Art will be displayed for bidding as soon as each piece is completed Be sure to come back throughout the evening to see new pieces as they're available! The silent auction will end at 10:30 PM “It’s about storytelling,” says John Simons, founder and chairman of Comicpalooza, “Telling stories across many media, whether that means pictures, words, animation, film, games, theater or something else” The buzzword for an event like Comicpalooza is sequential art, which usually refers to comic books, although Comicpalooza is unwilling to be pinned down to any single term, even one that refers to comics Participating artists include Chris Beaver, Bob Eggleton, Jon Hughes, Mark Nasso, Vo Nguyen, Tommy Phillips, Juan Carlos Ramos, Andrew Robinson, Dirk Strangely, Chris Summers, Marcio Takara and Ben Templesmith “It’s also about entertainmen and education,” explains Simons, “We start with comics, but follow people’s interests, and people also want to learn about the things they like and have fun at the same time” This principle has lead Comicpalooza to sprawl across boundaries much like Houston Now branded as the Texas International Comic Con, Comicpalooza features three days of programming that include workshops with industry-leading artists and writers, presentations by organizations like the Art Institute and greater Houston’s own top game developer TimeGate Studios, as well as activities like concerts, celebrity lasertag, video games, and even some sports like roller derby and Muggle Quidditch Says Simons, “The toughest part will be fitting everything into three days” Sponsors for this year include the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau, McDonalds, TimeGate Studios, Best Buy, Hewlett-Packard, Bedrock City Comic Company, and Skirmisher Games Startling Events, LLC is the organizing-events company for Comicpalooza For more information, including a complete list of events, guests, admission prices and schedules, visit wwwcomicpaloozacom   FACEBOOK https://twittercom/#!/comicpalooza:  @Comicpalooza Pictured: Images from a previous Live Art Auction — these images are courtesy of Alan Stoddard]]>

FotoFence 2012

05-20-2012 - 05-26-2012

FotoFest Inc

http://literacythroughphotography.fotofest.org/

FotoFest Headquarters at Vine Street Studios - 1113 Vine Street #101 Houston TX 77002

Admission: Free and open to the public

713-223-5522

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception</strong>: Sunday, May 20, &nbsp;2-4 pm <strong> FotoFest Gallery Hours: </strong>Mon-Wed and Fri, 10am - 5pm, Sat, noon - 5pm, Thursdays 10am - 7pm

FotoFest presents FotoFence 2012  Opening Reception Sunday, May 20th,  2-4pm  On view through May 26th FotoFest's Literacy Through Photography (LTP) school-based education program invites the public to join in celebrating the creativity and academic success of Houston area students at the annual year-end student exhibition FotoFest's FotoFence student exhibition highlights student work created using the Literacy Through Photography (LTP) program Houston area schools from 7 districts, including private and charter schools, will present photographs, writing, poster collages, digital video projections and 3-dimensional sculptures These pieces represent personal, creative exploration, inspired by the themes self, family, community and dreams We hope you will join us to celebrate LTP student success! The FotoFence 2012 public reception features students readings and performances Teachers and school administrators will demonstrate how they introduce important new skills in the classroom using FotoFest’s Literacy Through Photography program Teachers will talk about their own growth and experiences with professional development programs offered by FotoFest, including classroom collaborations with professional artists]]>

KARIN BROKER: Wired, Nailed, Drawn and Printed

04-21-2012 - 05-27-2012

Galveston Arts Center

http://www.contemporaryartgalveston.org/

Admission: Free and open to the public &nbsp;

409-763-2403

Start Time(s): <b>Exhibitions Opening (in conjunction with <i><a href="http://wwwartshoundcom/event/detail/441556817/Galveston_ArtWalk_April_2012">ArtWalk</a></i>):</b> Saturday, April 21, 6 to 9 pm Gallery Talk at 6:30 pm <b>Regular Gallery Hours:</b> The exhibition gallery and selections from GAC&rsquo;s retail gallery, ArtWorks, are open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, from 11 am to 5 pm, and Sunday from noon to 5 pm Admission is free at all times

Galveston Arts Center is pleased to present an exhibition of recent work by Houston-based artist Karin Broker The exhibition will feature drawings, prints and sculptures and will open during the April 21 ArtWalk It will remain on view through May 27, 2012 Curator Clint Willour will lead a gallery talk with the artist beginning at 6:30 pm during ArtWalk The event is free and open to the public The title, Wired, Nailed, Drawn and Printed, reflects the variety of media and methods employed by the artist Vintage rhinestone jewelry is wired to found objects, or woven into three-dimensional shapes while other objects and pieces of flattened tin are nailed to shaped panels like collaged retablos Broker creates large-scale drawings with Conté crayon on Formica panels depicting lush bouquets of roses, peonies and other flowers, rendered meticulously in black and white, evocative of 16th century Dutch still life paintings The floral imagery is echoed in her prints as well, including photogravures and linocuts, in what has been called an exuberantly baroque style The artist writes, “My work has visually dealt with bad boyfriends, quirky family problems, death, and that ever-marching ticking of time called aging I just like to make things These ‘things’ are my personal and quiet conversations with melancholia… The final objects, I hope, revel in optimism, beauty, and the quirkiness, silliness, and seriousness of all of the above” The exhibition will include work in a variety of media, in scale ranging from intimate to epic, and completed during the past few years Broker was born in Pennsylvania and moved to Houston in 1980 to join the faculty at Rice University where she served as chair of the Department of Visual Arts and continues to teach printmaking and drawing She has degrees from the University of Iowa and University of  Wisconsin and studied printmaking at Atelier 17 in Paris Her work was featured in a two person exhibition, Drawing on Sculpture, with Stephen Daly at the Galveston Arts Center in 1992 She was the Texas Artist of the Year in 1994 Her work has been shown extensively in the US, as well as in China, Germany, Holland, Russia, France, Brazil, Australia and London and is included in numerous public and private collections worldwide Galveston Arts Center is operating in a temporary downtown location on the corner of Market and 25th Streets The exhibition gallery and selections from GAC’s retail gallery, ArtWorks, are open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, from 11 am to 5 pm, and Sunday from noon to 5 pm Admission is free at all times A flyer listing all ArtWalk participants with times and locations can be downloaded at wwwcontemporaryartgalvestonorg Images: Pictured Above: Karin Broker fat girl with nest, 2010 Conte and Prismacolor on rag paper 78 1/2 x 50 inches Courtesy the artist and McClain Gallery, Houston Pictured Below: Karin Broker Busy Boys, 2006 Mixed media 11 1/4 x 7 x 2 3/4 inches Courtesy the artist and McClain Gallery, Houston Karin Broker heart on hold, 2011 Wired heart hanging from thing black stick and placed in rectangular box 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 x 4 3/5 inches Courtesy the artist and McClain Gallery, Houston]]>

Kenneth E Parris III: 104 Work Weeks: On Tour With the Merce Cunningham Dance Company

05-05-2012 - 05-27-2012

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G gallery

http://www.ggalleryhouston.com/

G gallery - 301 East 11th Street Houston TX 77008

Admission: Free event

(713) 869-4770

Start Time(s): <b>Opening Reception: </b>Saturday,&nbsp;May 5 6pm-9pm *Performance: 7pm *<span style="background-color: #ccffcc">Merce Cunningham Legacy Tour members Marcie Munnerlyn and Melissa Toogood&nbsp; will perform a selection of duets and solos from Cunningham's oeuvre with an original score by Jeff Klein of indie rock band My Jerusalem</span> <b>Regular Gallery hours:</b> Wed-Sun 12n-5pm

The G Gallery in the Heights presents Kenneth E Parris III: 104 Work Weeks: On Tour With the Merce Cunningham Dance Company On view May 5-27, 2012 Opening reception Saturday, May 5, 6pm-9pm Performance 7pm (Merce Cunningham Legacy Tour members Marcie Munnerlyn and Melissa Toogood  will perform a selection of duets and solos from Cunningham's oeuvre with an original score by Jeff Klein of indie rock band My Jerusalem) During 2010 and 2011, Brooklyn artist Kenneth E Parris III accompanied the Merce Cunningham Dance Company on the road in order to document their final tour This “Legacy Tour” showcased eighteen works in fifty cities around the world and featured the last group of dancers personally trained by Cunningham himself After fifty-eight years of artistic achievement, the Merce Cunningham Dance Company disbanded on New Year’s Day of 2012 Through years of collaboration with artists like Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, David Tudor, and many more, their work forever changed how we see and define art in the twentieth and twenty-first century While traveling with the company, Parris took hundreds of snapshots of the dancers for reference material His focus was not what happens on stage during performances but rather the dancer’s way of life The drawings in the exhibition show us the quiet and private moments, loud parties, the rigors of traveling, celebratory dinners, exhaustion, and many rituals All these scenes express the essence and complexity of the dancers’ personalities and underlines their drive to contribute and be a part of something that is bigger than themselves]]>

Sunday Family Zone & Studio at MFAH: Latin American Art

05-13-2012 - 05-27-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building - 5601 Main Street Houston TX 77005

Admission: Admission is open to the public and free with general museum admission Museum members always receive free admission <strong>Admission effective January 1, 2012:</strong> Adult: $10 Senior (65+): $5 Youth (6&ndash;18): $5 Student (with ID): $5 Member: FREE

713-639-7300

Start Time(s): 1pm-4pm Sundays

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents Sunday Family Zone & Studio: Latin American Art Sundays, May 13-27, in both the Beck and Law Buildings Every Sunday, it's ArtTime/FamilyTime at the MFAH On May 13, 20, 27, look for signs in the main lobbies to tell you which gallery the Family Zone is located in that day Spend some time with the friendly family educators—sit on a pillow and read, sketch a work of art, and get involved in an investigation of a work of art In the studio, create an art project inspired by original works of art on display in the Family Zone This suite of programs includes: Creation Station Create a striking work of art that depicts a scene from your own imagination Starting with a sheet of bright cardstock from your choice of colors, cut shapes from colorful foam sheets to collage into your scene The result is a layered work of art you can mount and label for display at home Gallery Investigations Get ready for fun and hands-on learning as you explore an amazing painting created by celebrated Brazilian artist Tarsila do Amaral at Gallery Investigations Make connections to more masterworks of Latin American Art as you put together art puzzles inside the exhibition Sketching in the Galleries Sketch captivating works of Latin American Art from some of the region´s best known artists, including Frida Kahlo, Wifredo Lam, Antonio Berni, and Diego Rivera Materials and seating are provided Sunday Storytime (begins at 1:30 pm) Celebrate imagination in both art and literature Listen to the children´s classic Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, as you delve into the fantastic world of a young boy named Max Make connections to a painting featuring a large, giant figure inside a desert landscape that was inspired by the artist´s childhood memory of a scary tale * En los datos de Mayo 20 y 27, los Gallery Investigations y el Storytime son dirigidos por la guía familiar bilingüe, Zully Wisniewski Pictured: Image: Tarsila do Amaral, Brazilian, 1886–1973, Abaporu, 1928, Oil on canvas, Malba -Fundación Costantini, Buenos Aires, © Tarsila do Amaral Empreendimentos]]>

MFAH Film Revivals: Reality Bites

05-25-2012 - 05-27-2012

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston TX 77006

Admission: $7 General Admission $6 Matinee Admission $1 discount MFAH members, senior adults (55+), and students with ID Free Children 5 and under Free Film Buffs members $60 Nonmember Discount Pass (10 admissions) $55 MFAH member Discount Pass (10 admissions) $3 Family Flicks Admission $2 Family Flicks Admission for MFAH members and students with ID <strong>Please note: </strong>The MFAH Films box office accepts payment by cash, check, and credit card Tickets can be purchased in advance in three ways: online, in the museum lobbies, and at the box office The box office opens at 5:30 pm for weekend evening screenings and at least 30 minutes before show time for most other films

713-639-7300

http://mfah.org/films/

Start Time(s): Fri, May 25 at 7:00 PM Sat, May 26 at 7:00 PM Sun, May 27 at 5:00 PM &nbsp;

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents Revivals Enjoy these classics from world cinema on the big screen in Brown Auditorium Theater! Reality Bites Directed by Ben Stiller 1994 USA 99 minutes Written by Houstonian Helen Childress and filmed in Houston, Reality Bites was the first “Gen X” comedy based on recent graduates facing life and love after college Winona Ryder stars as a valedictorian searching for a meaningful job and relationship while bouncing between two interested men (Ben Stiller and Ethan Hawke), and her group of friends including Steve Zahn and Janeane Garofalo]]>

Kelly Moran: Beg Borrow & Steal

04-28-2012 - 05-27-2012

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d m allison

http://dmallisonart.com/

d m allison - 2709 Colquitt Houston TX 77098

Admission: Free and open to the public

832-607-7698 or 832-607-4378

info@dmallisonart.com

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception: </strong>6-8 pm Saturday, March 17 <strong>Artist's talk:</strong> 2 pm Saturday, March 31 <strong>Gallery Hours: </strong>Thursday to Saturday 10am to 5pm or by appointment

d m allison presents the exhibition Kelly Moran: Beg Borrow & Steal Opening reception: 6-8 pm Saturday, April 28 Exhibition runs April 28-May 27 Kelly Moran's latest offering is a zany mixed bag of happy urban myth and late American culture POP to be sure, but at the same time so well executed that one wants to stop and think it all over Moran takes advantage of an omnipotent time frame while jumping gender fences, and looking back at "the way we were" just far enough in the past to clue us into the fact that the human chemistry found in her works is universal Moran excels at making the complex planning and process oriented work look inspired and of the moment Her images are gleaned from the internet junk heap, vintage magazines and advertising, while working in woodcuts, lino-cuts, and some parts created with the latest digital technology and archival digital printing There is plenty of Yin and Yang for everyone in the show]]>

Deb Schwartzkopf: New work

05-19-2012 - 05-27-2012

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18 Hands Gallery

http://18handsgallery.com

18 Hands Gallery - 249 West 19th Street, Suite B Houston TX 77008

Admission: Free and open to the public

713-869-3099

info@18handsgallery.com

http://www.18handsgallery.com

Start Time(s): <strong>OPENING Reception:</strong> Saturday, May 19, 6pm-9pm <i>slide presentation at 7:30pm</i> <strong>Gallery Hours:</strong> Wednesday-Saturday 10am-6pm Sunday 12noon-5pm

18 Hands Gallery presents Deb Schwartzkopf: New work Deb Schwartzkopf, an outstanding ceramicist and art educator from Seattle will show her new work aat 18 Hands Gallery from May 19-27, 2012 with an opening reception on Saturday, May 19th from 6-9pm She will include a slide presentation on Saturday evening at 7:30pm Deb's work employs a unique interplay between wheel-thrown and hand building techniques to create striing functional pieces Deborah Schwartzkopf has degrees from the University of Alaska in Anchorage, and from Penn State Her teachers have included Steve Godfrey, Robert Banker, Liz Quackenbush and Chris Staley She received the Lilian Fellowship during her Archie Bray residency Since grad school, she has had a dizzying schedule of teaching as a visiting professor at Ohio University, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and the Harvard Community Arts Program, as well as numerous workshops across the country]]>

MFAH Film Premieres: El Bulli: Cooking in Progress

05-28-2012 - 05-28-2012

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston TX 77006

Admission: $7 General Admission $6 Matinee Admission $1 discount MFAH members, senior adults (55+), and students with ID Free Children 5 and under Free Film Buffs members $60 Nonmember Discount Pass (10 admissions) $55 MFAH member Discount Pass (10 admissions) $3 Family Flicks Admission $2 Family Flicks Admission for MFAH members and students with ID <strong>Please note: </strong>The MFAH Films box office accepts payment by cash, check, and credit card Tickets can be purchased in advance in three ways: online, in the museum lobbies, and at the box office The box office opens at 5:30 pm for weekend evening screenings and at least 30 minutes before show time for most other films

713-639-7300

http://mfah.org/films/

Start Time(s): Mon, Apr 23 5:00 PM Mon, Apr 23 7:00 PM Mon, May 28 1:00 PM Mon, May 28 3:00 PM

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents MFAH Film Premieres Enjoy these critically acclaimed, award-winning international films as they make their Houston debut! El Bulli: Cooking in Progress Directed by Gereon Wetzel 2011, in Catalan and French with English subtitles Germany 108 minutes Back by popular demand after drawing capacity crowds at the MFAH in February, this documentary chronicles the unique methodology of the brilliant and audacious Spanish chef, Ferran Adrià His restaurant, El Bulli (which closed in July 2011) was a Michelin three-star restaurant in Roses, Spain that nightly served a tasting menu of 30 courses to a single seating of up to 50 guests Chef Adrià took over the restaurant in 1987 and became a leading inspiration for avant-garde cuisine worldwide, alternately referred to as a mad scientist or Salvador Dalí of the kitchen An elegant, cinematic study of food as avant-garde art, El Bulli: Cooking in Progress is a rare inside look at some of the world's most innovative and exciting cooking]]>

Eye on Third Ward 2012: Jack Yates High School Photography

02-05-2012 - 05-28-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building - 5601 Main Street Houston TX 77005

Admission: <strong>Admission:</strong> Adult: $10 Senior (65+): $5 Youth (6&ndash;18): $5 Student (with ID): $5 Member: FREE Free admission on Thursdays <i>Children (18 and under) with a Houston Public Library PowerCard or any Public Library card receive free general admission on Saturday and Sunday </i>

713-639-7300

Start Time(s): <b>Regular Exhibition Hours:</b> Monday 10 am &ndash; 5 pm (<i>Law Building only</i>) Tuesday&ndash;Wednesday 10 am &ndash; 5 pm Thursday&ndash;Saturday 10 am &ndash; 9 pm Sunday 12:15 &ndash; 7 pm Closed Monday, except Monday holidays Closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the exhibition Eye on Third Ward 2012: Jack Yates High School Photography, on view February 5, 2012-May 28, 2012 in the Audrey Jones Beck Building Eye on Third Ward showcases photographs by students in the Magnet School of Communications at Jack Yates High School Since 1995, photography classes at Yates have focused on Houston’s Third Ward neighborhood, and select images are presented in the annual Eye on Third Ward exhibitions at the MFAH A historically black community, Third Ward is home to many important political, cultural, and educational organizations as well as strong religious and community groups The neighborhood is surrounded by two universities, the Medical Center, Museum District, and Interstate 45 Yates High School’s photography teacher, Ray C Carrington III, challenges each student to record images that express Third Ward’s distinctive identity Students take photographs during class time as Carrington walks with them through the neighborhood After 17 years, the Third Ward neighborhood continues to yield surprising discoveries For the 2012 exhibition, many of the talented teens not only capture daily life in Third Ward, they also record personal moments and self-reflections about their faith, their future, and their transition into young adulthood Along with the photographs, they share statements and poems that offer a glimpse at these students' views of the world around them and their place within it Pictured above: Ivon Rico, Music Is Life, 2011, chromogenic print, collection of the artist]]>

Elegance and Refinement: The Still-Life Paintings of Willem van Aelst

03-11-2012 - 05-28-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building - 5601 Main Street Houston TX 77005

Admission: <strong>Admission:</strong> Adult: $10 Senior (65+): $5 Youth (6&ndash;18): $5 Student (with ID): $5 Member: FREE Free admission on Thursdays <i>Children (18 and under) with a Houston Public Library PowerCard or any Public Library card receive free general admission on Saturday and Sunday </i>

713-639-7300

Start Time(s): <b>Regular Exhibition Hours:</b> Monday 10 am &ndash; 5 pm (<i>Law Building only</i>) Tuesday&ndash;Wednesday 10 am &ndash; 5 pm Thursday&ndash;Saturday 10 am &ndash; 9 pm Sunday 12:15 &ndash; 7 pm Closed Monday, except Monday holidays Closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the exhibition Elegance and Refinement: The Still-Life Paintings of Willem van Aelst on view March 11, 2012 - May 28, 2012, in the Audrey Jones Beck Building This unprecedented exhibition of 25 paintings opens at the MFAH, and travels to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC Seventeenth-century Dutch artist Willem van Aelst painted still lifes that are remarkable for their fine finish, carefully balanced composition, elegant subject matter, and rich, jewel-toned palette Elegance and Refinement is an unprecedented exhibition of 25 paintings that celebrate the exquisite work of a neglected master who had a significant impact on late-17th-century still-life painting Van Aelst (1627–1683) was one of the most technically brilliant Dutch still-life painters of his time Born and trained in Delft, he spent most of his life in Amsterdam, but his paintings were forever transformed by the 10 years he spent abroad as a youth—first in France and then in Florence, at the Medici court There, he accepted commissions from the Medicis and other high-ranking aristocrats As his reputation grew, Van Aelst adapted his skills to subjects that appealed to his elite clientele His work typically depicts arrangements of fresh fruit and flowers; precious objects found in the home, such as sumptuous drapery and Venetian glassware; displays of dead game; and evocations of the forest floor Accompanying the exhibition is the first-ever monograph on Van Aelst’s paintings, published by Skira Rizzoli in conjunction with the MFAH This exhibition is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the National Gallery of Art, Washington; and the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation READ MORE ABOUT THIS EXHIBITION Pictured: Willem van Aelst, Still Life with Fruit, Walnuts, and Insects on a Marble Ledge,  1670, oil on canvas, private collection]]>

Memorial Day at the National Museum of Funeral History

05-28-2012 - 05-28-2012

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National Museum of Funeral History

http://www.nmfh.org

National Museum of Funeral History - 415 Barren Springs Drive Houston TX 77090

Admission: <strong>Pricing</strong> Adults: $1000 Seniors/Veterans: $900 Children (Under 12): $700 Children (Under 3): Free <span style="background-color: #ffff00">Free admission to the museum to all veterans and service members</span>

2818763063

http://www.nmfh.org/museumInfo/admission.php

Start Time(s): 10am-4pm

The National Museum of Funeral History honors veterans with Memorial Day at the National Museum of Funeral History May 28-Memorial Day, free admission to the museum to veterans or active duty service members, it our way of saying Thank You for your sacrifice and service to our nation]]>

Charlie Jean Sartwelle: Conversation with Birds

05-05-2012 - 05-28-2012

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Redbud Gallery

http://www.redbudgallery.com

Redbud Gallery - 303 East 11th St Houston Tx 77008

Admission: Free and open to the public

713-906-7052 or 713-862-2532

gakopriva@aol.com

Start Time(s): <strong>OPENING RECEPTION:</strong> Saturday,&nbsp;May 5 6pm-8pm&nbsp; <strong>Regular Gallery hours:</strong> Wednesday-Sunday 12noon-5pm

Redbud Gallery presents Charlie Jean Sartwelle: Conversation with Birds Opening Reception, Saturday, May 5, 6pm to 8pm Artist will be present  On view May 5 through May 28, 2012 The exhibition features long time Houston artist and co-founder of Mother Dog Studios, Charlie Sartwelle's new work The exhibition of remarkable aviary images created by the artist includes an outstanding series of antique Asiatic wall screens and windows Born in Cameron, Texas, Charlie Jean Sartwelle is a native Houstonian She graduated from the Alfred C Glassell School of Art in ceramics and sculpture and received a William A Smith Endowment Award Ms Sartwelle regularly participates in local and national juried exhibitions In 2008, her work was exhibited at the National Art Museum of Lima An international tribute exhibition commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr, opened at the Gabarron Foundation, New York in 2009, and traveled to Barcelona in 2010 Ms Sartwelle has been active in arts organizations serving the Lawndale Art & Performance Center, the Downtown Warehouse Art Crawl and the Buffalo Bayou ARTPARK Over the past 25 years she developed Mother Dog Studios, the oldest alternative studio and exhibition space that provides hundreds of local and national artists with working studio spaces to experiment and develop visual ideas Her public art projects are usually in collaboration with other artists Since 2002-2012 she has collaborated with artist John Runnels on three projects: the Cotswold Commerce Street Corridor Project, downtown Houston, the Sabine to Bagby Corridor with the Buffalo Bayou Partnership and the Deer Valley Water Treatment Plant Wall in Phoenix, Arizona In the Lot - A continuing showing of light totem sculptures fabricated from Hurricane debris by Houston artist James Ciosek]]>

Rob Wheeler: Social - Post Abstraction

05-02-2012 - 05-29-2012

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Jung Center of Houston

http://www.cgjunghouston.org/

Jung Center of Houston - 5200 Montrose Houston TX 77006

Admission: Free and open to the public

713-524-8253

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening reception:</strong> TBA <strong>Regular Gallery Hours:</strong> Mon&ndash;Thu 9am-8pm Fri 9am&ndash;5pm Sat 10am&ndash;4pm

Jung Center of Houston presents the exhibition Rob Wheeler: Social - Post Abstraction The show runs from May 2nd through May 29th Rob Wheeler’s oil on wood paintings accentuate the surface wood through layers of paint and scraping The dark colors he works with are more difficult, but the color depths reveal a strong narrative in his works]]>

Uncorked and Uncovered Exhibition Series: Felipe Lopez

05-22-2012 - 05-29-2012

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Cha Champange and Wine Bar

https://www.facebook.com/events/105295259607507/

Cha Champagne and Wine Bar - 810 Waugh Dr #100 Houston TX 77019

Admission: Free event

7138070967 or 7135212977

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception:</strong> Tuesday, May 22, 2012 6-9pm <i>Artist Talk, 7pm </i>Live music and happy hour specials! <strong>Reception and Artist Talk:</strong> Tuesday, May 29, 2012 6-9pm <i>Artist Talk with special guests, 7pm</i> DJ and happy hour specials! <strong>Venue Hours:</strong> Sunday - Thursday 4:00 pm - 12:00 am Friday - Saturday 4:00 pm - 2:00 am

Join us for a special two week exhibition at Cha Houston featuring Wade Wilson artist Felipe Lopez! Uncorked and Uncovered Exhibition Series: Felipe Lopez Opening Reception Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 6-9pm (Artist Talk, 7pm) With Live music and happy hour specials! Reception and Artist Talk Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 6-9pm (Artist Talk with special guests, 7pm) With DJ and happy hour specials! Location: Cha Champagne & Wine, 810 Waugh About Uncorked & Uncovered: Uncorked and Uncovered is a special collaboration between Wade Wilson Art and Cha Champagne & Wine which highlights the layers of light, energy, and imagination as seen through the eyes of the artists Two events culmulate the celebration of bubbles, wine, art, music, and conversation at CHA, Houston’s only champagne and wine bar! Tuesday evenings highlight the art of conversation with a brief talk about the use of color, texture, and light through the perspective of the artist Join us at 7:00pm on Tuesday, May 22nd and Tuesday May 29th for a toast and special remarks by the artists About Felipe Lopez: Felipe Lopez is a Multi-Dimensional self taught visual artist, mentored by Diana Muniz, & Wade Wilson Based in Houston, Tx born in New York Lopez's career began with his mixed media drawings & paintings shown at MECA and PVAMU Since then he's branched off into installation video work projected on his paintings and sculpture working in unison based on neurology and science experiments based on the brain]]>

HMNS Distinguished Lecture Series: Prehistoric Safari - New Hall of Paleontology

05-30-2012 - 05-30-2012

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Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org/

Houston Museum of Natural Science - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Tickets $18 Members $12 &nbsp;

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): 6:30pm&nbsp;

The Houston Museum of Natural Science presents an HMNS Distinguished Lecture Series  Fascinating Speakers, Cutting Edge Science  Hear about the latest scientific discoveries - from the world's foremost experts Throughout the year, HMNS hosts a variety of distinguished lecturers to enhance your understanding of a current exhibition or provide new perspectives on captivating topics Wednesday, May 30 6:30 PM : Prehistoric Safari - New Hall of Paleontology Wortham Giant Screen Theatre On an expedition through 35 billion years of time, Dr Robert Bakker (pictured) will tell the story of life on Earth-from the time life first appeared in toxic ponds to the age of dinosaurs and on to the dawn of man Learn about the armored, antlered, mummified, boomerang-headed, fin-backed, saber-toothed, fanged and flying cast of characters featured in the new HMNS Hall of Paleontology Bakker will entertain adults and kids with his stories and live artwork of these ancient creatures]]>

MFAH Film Special Presentation: Houston Public Library Reel Teen Film Festival 2012

05-31-2012 - 05-31-2012

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston TX 77006

Admission: Free event!

713-639-7300

http://www.mfah.org/films/

Start Time(s): 5:30pm&nbsp;

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents MFAH Film Special Presentation Enjoy these unique programs at MFAH Films Thursday, May 31 at 5:30pm featuring the Houston Public Library Reel Teen Film Festival 2012 Many of the award winners from this annual contest will be screened, with filmmakers in attendance HPL annually solicits entries from teens throughout the greater Houston area, with work submitted in categories including narrative, documentary, animation and teen health, among others Turn out and support these talented young auteurs!  ]]>

Kristy Peet and Britt Ragsdale: solo shows for FotoFest 2012

03-31-2012 - 05-31-2012

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Gallery 1724

http://gallery1724.blogspot.com

Gallery 1724 - 1724 Bissonnet Houston TX 77005

Admission: Free!

713-582-1198

gallery1724@gmail.com

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception:</strong> Saturday, March 31, 8-10pm <strong>Regular Gallery Hours</strong>: On view through May 31, Monday through Saturdays from 11am to 6pm or by appointment

Kristy Peet and Britt Ragsdale will both open solo shows for the FotoFest 2012 Biennial at Gallery 1724 on Saturday, March 31 from 8-10pm Kristy Peet’s exhibition will feature her series How I Will Die, a photographic exploration of hypochondria and mortality Britt Ragsdale will exhibit, Members, a show of photography and physical response When asked about her inspiration for the “How I Will Die” series, Kristy Peet simply states: “I’m a worrier” Emily Sloan, curator of both shows, explains her interests in both artists’ work: “I am very attracted to both of these artists’ use of photography and the body as their medium, particularly in relation to performance and records” ABOUT THE ARTISTS: Kristy Peet is an artist living and working in Houston, Texas She completed her undergraduate work at Austin College and graduated with an MFA in photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design Her large format photographic work deals with psychological issues and has been shown in solo and group exhibitions across the country, including a solo exhibition at the Dallas Contemporary She is currently teaching photography at College of the Mainland and is a resident artist at Box 13 ArtSpace Britt Ragsdale is a visual artist currently living and working in Houston, TX She graduated with a BFA from Lamar University and an MFA from the University of Houston in May 2011 Through photography, video and performance, she creates visual constructs based around the social anthropology and psychoanalysis of pretense She is a resident artist at Box 13 ArtSpace Opening reception: Saturday, March 31, 8-10pm On view through May 31, Monday through Saturdays from 11am to 6pm or by appointment Exhibition image: Kristy Peet, It is used for identification purposes, 2011]]>

Thursday Twilight Tours at Rienzi

05-03-2012 - 05-31-2012

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Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts, MFAH

http://www.mfah.org/

Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts - 1406 Kirby Drive Houston TX 77019

Admission: Admission is $15 per person and $12 for MFAH members Reservations are recommended

713-639-7800

http://www.mfah.org/visit/rienzi/

Start Time(s): Thursday evenings in May, 5:30 to 7:30 pm (<i>Last admission at 7:00 pm</i>)

Relax and see Rienzi and its gorgeous gardens at twilight at the Thursday Twilight Tours at Rienzi, every Thursday in May, 5:30pm-7:30pm! Wine and light bites are served Docents are stationed throughout the house to greet visitors and tell stories about Rienzi’s collection of European decorative arts Pink azaleas and large white magnolia blossoms are typically in full bloom at this time of year There are ten distinct gardens on Rienzi’s property for guests to enjoy: The Woods-with-Ferns Garden, Lady Gandes Garden, Crane Garden, Mrs Turner’s Fountain, White Garden, Camellia Garden, Folly Garden, and Pool Gardens During Twilight Tours, Houston musicians serenade guests on the terrace and in the living room: Meghan Elizabeth Caulkett (harp) Thursday, May 3, 2012 Fine Arts Strings (violin and viola) Thursday, May 10, 2012 Lucas Gorham (Spanish guitar) Thursday, May 17, 2012 Mood Indigo (jazz duo) Thursday, May 24, 2012 Fine Arts Strings (violin and viola) Thursday, May 31, 2012 Guests can see Rienzi’s beautiful gardens and fountains, designed by Texas landscape architect Ralph Ellis Gunn, bathed in the diffused light of the setting sun]]>

The New Force Five!

01-05-2011 - 05-31-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Member-Adult $400 Member-Child (&lt;18) $400 Adult $800 Child (3-11) $700 Senior (62+) $700 College (Current ID) $700 Group (20+ persons) $600

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org

Start Time(s): Multiple showings daily Click <a href="http://wwwhmnsorg/see_do/planetariumasp">here </a>to see updated schedule

Houston Museum of Natural Science Burke Baker Planetarium presents The New Force Five!  Feel the Fury! Get ready to take cover when you see nature go "Force Five", from Houston Museum of Natural Science and Rice University A hurricane in 3-D without special glasses - 'Force 5' planetarium experience updated for Ike anniversary!  Rice University's planetarium show detailing the natural forces that form hurricanes, tornadoes and solar storms has been updated with footage from Ike and Katrina that gives viewers the chance to experience the full fury of a monster hurricane The new version of "Force 5" is playing at the Houston Museum of Natural Science's (HMNS) Burke Baker Planetarium, 5555 Hermann Park Drive Producer Patricia Reiff, a Rice professor of physics and astronomy, said the new "Force 5" is 3-D without special glasses, as the domed screen wraps the weather around the audience "Force 5 is the label scientists use for the most powerful and destructive storms," Reiff said "We include almost 17 minutes (of the 22-minute production) of footage through which the audience actually experiences nature's fury" Key sequences focus on the approach of Ike in 2008 and a recreation of the unnamed 1900 hurricane, the deadliest in United States history, which destroyed Galveston "Force 5" debuted in 2001 and proved a popular attraction at planetariums around the world, Reiff said But the show sorely needed updating in light of recent events, especially so close to home "We liked the title, but back then we were computer-challenged in creating immersive Force 5 experiences on the dome," said Carolyn Sumners, director of astronomy at HMNS and an adjunct professor of physics and astronomy at Rice "But our computers have improved dramatically, and we can now put our audiences in the center of wind, rain, hail and rising water so realistic that you can almost feel the pelting hail, crashing ocean waves and howling wind all surrounding you" The new "Force 5" also portrays the cause and effect of tornadoes and solar storms "We're showing the release of energy in dramatic events extends beyond the Earth's atmosphere," Sumners said "The audience shares the adventure with real people – in a hurricane-hunter plane and in a Hummer storm spotting on a nearby tornado" The show also demonstrates the dramatic effects of "space weather" from the vantage point of a spacecraft far above Earth's North Pole, a research topic Reiff and others specialize in at Rice Reiff herself is heard in the production as ham radio operator W5TAR during the tornado sequence It's an example of art imitating life; for many years she has led the Rice Ham Radio Club and is presently teaching a course on the physics of ham radio The show is the final production to result from a $32 million grant from NASA, through its Immersive Earth Cooperative Agreement, and additional funding from the NASA Cluster and MMS Missions, to Rice and HMNS]]>

Trudy Askew: Pretense

05-05-2012 - 05-31-2012

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Archway Gallery

http://www.archwaygallery.com

Archway Gallery (Dunlavy) - 2305 Dunlavy Houston TX 77006

Admission: Free and open to the public

713-522-2409

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception: </strong>Saturday, May 5, 2012 5 &ndash; 8 pm <strong>Gallery hours:</strong> Monday-Saturday: 10-6pm; Sunday: 1-5pm

Archway Gallery presents Pretense, featuring artist Trudy Askew The exhibition will be on view May 5 – 31, 2012 The artist will be on hand to visit with guests during the exhibition opening reception on Saturday, May 5, 2012 from 5 – 8 pm at the gallery The paintings featured in "Pretense" portray the surreal human circus The actors Askew creates identify themselves one mask at a time, by concealing their identities and by establishing new ones These performers invite the audience into the big top with them, barely pulling back the curtain to reveal the artifice behind the show As observers, our response is bittersweet The play casts the “brave face” we wear in public under a new spotlight, revealing the fragility of this mask that conceals and protects our true personae “We all populate this vast theater, this house of mirrors, where things are not always as they seem,” explains Askew These narratives are revealed through a blend of portraiture and contemporary realism Depicting scenes between the obvious and the hidden, Askew places her subjects at a temporal distance Just as foreign travel heightens the way we perceive our familiar environs, vintage images sharpen the viewer’s perception and receptivity to meaning Askew employs a color palette reminiscent of Renaissance paintings to further imply this backward glance in time Among her favorite subjects, children and animals are the stars in “Pretense” They wear their costumes with innocence and blind trust, made all the more poignant by the masks and roles we assume as adults Born and raised in San Diego, CA, Askew states that she has always been an artist and as such pursued an extensive education in fine arts She attended the University of California at Santa Barbara, but left because of the distraction of student riots over the Vietnam War She received her BFA from the University of Texas, and fell in love with the state, particularly Austin Other stops along the way include magical summers spent in Guadalajara, Mexico at the Universidad de Artes Plasticas; adventures in Valencia, Spain at the Universidad de Valencia and The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine She received her MFA from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana Askew moved to Houston in 1975 and found an open and welcoming atmosphere for her work Her art received recognition: she won competitions; received positive media coverage and became an active member of the Houston art community She fell in love, married and raised a family Over the course of her career, she has been a teacher and educator for more than 25 years and describes her classrooms as exciting, crazy and experimental Her students were passionate about art and she learned as much as they did Living in Sugar Land, Askew paints full time and is still in love with Texas]]>

Weaving Home: Weaving & Micro-Enterprise

05-31-2012 - 05-31-2012

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Houston Arts Alliance - Alliance Gallery (formerly space125gallery)

http://www.houstonartsalliance.com/space125gallery/

Houston Arts Alliance - Alliance Gallery (formerly space125gallery) - 3201 Allen Parkway First Floor Houston TX 77019

Admission: All events are Free and open to the public Metered parking on Rosine, $2 lots on D'Amico and $3 on Rosine

713-581-6120

Start Time(s): Thursday, May 31, 5:30 &ndash; 7 pm &nbsp;

The Houston Arts Alliance Folklife and Traditional Arts Program presents Weaving Home: Textile Traditions From Houston’s Karenni Community, in Alliance Gallery, 3201 Allen Parkway, 77019 On view May 16 – July 6, 2012 Houston is home to refugee communities from around the world They all bring with them distinctive traditions The exhibition Weaving Home focuses on the weaving traditions practiced by women from one such community – a collection of Karenni families who now live in the city Formerly from Myanmar (until recently known as Burma), the Karenni are a distinct ethnic community with origins in the country’s mountainous region bordering Thailand In conjunction with this exhibiton, HAA presents the following Special Exhibition Program @ Alliance Gallery: Weaving & Micro-Enterprise: Thursday, May 31, 5:30 – 7 pm Members of the Contemporary Handweavers of Houston and staff from The Community Cloth will conduct an informal panel discussion exploring the economics of handmade textiles and the mechanics of micro-enterprise endeavors Participants will explore issues of tradition and modernity as they relate to the craft and strategies for community-based cultural preservation and economic sustainability SPECIAL NOTE: Volunteers from The Community Cloth will have work from all of the refugee artists they serve available for purchase at all the exhibition events All proceeds return to the artists Weaving Home, an exhibition produced by the Houston Arts Alliance Folklife + Traditional Arts Program, is funded in part by the Houston Endowment, Inc, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Wells Fargo Bank]]>

Art Car Parade Retro 1986: An exhibition of photography by George Hixson

05-01-2012 - 05-31-2012

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Orange Show Center for Visionary Art

http://www.orangeshow.org/en/cev/106

Phoenicia MKT BAR - 1001 Austin Street Houston TX 77010

Admission: Free event Complimentary parking is available in the One Park Place garage on a first-come, first-served basis Enter garage on McKinney &nbsp;

713-926-6368 or (281) 558-8225

Start Time(s): Opening Reception: Friday, May 4 5:30pm-8pm <strong>On view:</strong> M-W: 7AM-10PM TH-F: 7AM-2AM SAT: 9AM-2AM SUN: 9AM-8PM

Rewind to 1986 with wildly creative art cars and the crazy antics of the Urban Animals roller skating gang Relive the “New Music Parade,” the inspiration for Houston’s first art car parade, through the lens of George Hixson at Art Car Parade Retro 1986 Hixson has been capturing the quirky and cool moments of Houston’s most-loved parade on wheels for the past 25 years Today, the parade attracts 250+ entries from 23 states along with Canada and Mexico and draws a crowd of nearly 250,000 At the artist reception Friday, May 4, 5:30pm-8pm, get an up-close look at art cars including the iconic Fruitmobile and rock out to The Footnotes, the first band to play the Art Car Ball Fifty percent of the proceeds from art sales will benefit The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art The exhibition is on view through May 31 Location: MKT BAR at Phoenicia Specialty Foods Downtown 1001 Austin Street Houston, Texas 77010 wwwMKTBARcom   Pictured: Susanne Demchak in the Fruitmobile (detail above, full image below)]]>

HMNS Sugar Land Friday Family Fun Night - Animal Secrets

06-01-2012 - 06-01-2012

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Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org/

Houston Museum of Natural Science at Sugar Land - 13016 University Blvd (at the corner of University and New Territory Blvds) Sugar Land TX 77478

Admission: $10 members, $15 nonmembers &nbsp;

(713) 639-4629

sugarlandprograms@hmns.org

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): 6:30PM

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Sugar Land presents Friday Family Fun Night - Animal Secrets,  Friday, June 1 at 6:30pm Where does a chipmunk sleep? What does an eagle feed its young? How do mother bats find their babies in a cave? Join us to learn the answers to these questions and more! ]]>

MFAH Film: UCLA Festival of Preservation - On the Vitaphone: 192730

06-01-2012 - 06-01-2012

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston TX 77006

Admission: $7 General Admission $6 Matinee Admission $1 discount MFAH members, senior adults (55+), and students with ID Free Children 5 and under Free Film Buffs members $60 Nonmember Discount Pass (10 admissions) $55 MFAH member Discount Pass (10 admissions) $3 Family Flicks Admission $2 Family Flicks Admission for MFAH members and students with ID <strong>Please note:</strong> The MFAH Films box office accepts payment by cash, check, and credit card Tickets can be purchased in advance in three ways: online, in the museum lobbies, and at the box office The box office opens at 5:30 pm for weekend evening screenings and at least 30 minutes before show time for most other films

713-639-7300

http://www.mfah.org/films/

Start Time(s): 7:00pm &nbsp;

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the UCLA Festival of Preservation The historical sweep and technical wizardry of the UCLA Film & Television Archive's preservation projects – from early silent films and Golden Age classics, to fascinating rarities and contemporary gems – are showcased in the biennial UCLA Festivals of Preservation Audiences celebrate an entire century’s worth of moving images with feature films, television and newsreel programs, and shorts The event is not only an established part of the Los Angeles cultural landscape, but also a preeminent film event worldwide All films from UCLA Film and Television Archive   Friday, June 1 at 7:00pm On the Vitaphone: 1927–30 Directed by Various directors 1927-30, USA, B/W 104 minutes Vitaphone technology was an early method of syncing recorded sound to film via 16” shellac discs Film critics were astounded that vocal and musical reproductions could sound so “natural” Of course, the silent cinema was never truly silent, as at the very least live musical accompaniment was featured with every performance However, the idea of synchronized sound, with both the image and the voice seemingly originating from the same human form, had long captured the imagination of movie audiences and producers alike From 1926 to 1931, Warner Bros produced over 1000 Vitaphone shorts Since its inception, the UCLA Film & Television Archive has been committed to preserving as many of these as possible as they represent a significant achievement in the development of sound film – UCLA THE RANGERS in “After the Round-Up” (Vitaphone #2900, 1928) 35mm, b/w, 8 min MITCHELL LEWIS in “The Death Ship” (Vitaphone #2234, 1927) Cast: Mitchell Lewis, Jason Robards, Elizabeth Page 35mm, b/w, 9 min GLADYS BROCKWELL in “Hollywood Bound” (Vitaphone #2235, 1928) Scr: Hugh Herbert, Murray Roth Cast: Gladys Brockwell, Neely Edwards, James Bradbury 35mm, b/w, 9 min VAL HARRIS with ANN HOWE in “The Wild Westerner” (Vitaphone #2759, 1928) 35mm, b/w, 8 min JACK WALDRON in “A Breath of Broadway” (Vitaphone #2691, 1928) 35mm, b/w, 8 min FLORENCE BRADY in “A Cycle of Songs” (Vitaphone #2699, 1928) 35mm, b/w, 8 min VAL & ERNIE STANTON in “Cut Yourself a Piece of Cake” (Vitaphone #2586, 1928) 35mm, b/w, 8 min EDDIE WHITE in “I Thank You” (Vitaphone #2689, 1928) 35mm, b/w, 9 min ROBERT EMMETT KEANE in “Gossip” (Vitaphone #2849-2850, 1928) Cast: Robert Emmett Keane, John Miljan, Claire Whitney 35mm, b/w, 21 min JOE FRISCO in “The Song Plugger (Vitaphone #1019-1020, 1930) Cast: Joe Frisco, Leo Donnelly, Sid Garry 35mm, b/w, 15 min]]>

Joseph Loli: Texas Landscape Paintings

04-21-2012 - 06-02-2012

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Sherwoods Gallery

http://www.sherwoodsgallery.com

Sherwoods Gallery - 2618 Briar Ridge Drive Houston TX 77057

Admission: Free and open to the public

713-974-3700

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception:</strong> Saturday, April 21 6pm to 9pm <strong>Gallery Hours</strong>: Monday - Friday 9am-6pm Saturday 9am-3pm

Sherwoods Gallery presents Texas Landscape Paintings  Featuring original oil paintings by artist, Joseph Loli Opening reception Saturday, April 21, from 6pm to 9pm On view through June 2 Joseph started to draw and paint at a young age In his early teens he began copying old masters and also painted images of people and landscapes from life painting After graduating from high school he decided to pursue the art career and entered the Academia di Belle Arti in Florence, Italy Here he graduated with a fine art degree in 1975 During his studies he started traveling and painting throughout Europe always returning to his home and studio in Florence In 1981 he moved to the United States and made Texas his home He spends every summer in Europe painting on location His favorite place besides Tuscany became Liguria on the Italian Riviera and Cote Azure, which he considers his second home This region with its light and climate of the Mediterranean creates a perfect ambiance to relax It also energizes and inspires him, as it has so many artists over the ages, especially the Impressionists Joseph Loli considers himself fortunate to be able to live in both worlds, old and new His art reflects the beauty and joy of living He works in oil, watercolor and pastel His originals and limited edition prints can be found in private and public collections throughout Europe and the United States Painting detail pictured above, full image below]]>

MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Van Dyck and Gainsborough: Painters to Royalty

06-01-2012 - 06-02-2012

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston Tx 77005

Admission: This lecture is open to the public and free with general museum admission&nbsp; <strong>Admission</strong>: Adult: $10 Senior (65+): $5 Youth (6&ndash;18): $5 Student (with ID): $5 Member: FREE

713-639-7300

Start Time(s): Friday, 1:30 pmand repeated Saturday, 4:00 pm A reception to meet the speaker and a docent-led tour follows each lecture

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Van Dyck and Gainsborough: Painters to Royalty, Friday, June 1, 1:30 pm (repeated on Saturday, June 2, 4 pm) Presented by David E Brauer, senior lecturer, Glassell School of Art, MFAH This lecture is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London Seating is limited A reception and tour follow Open to the public Free with general museum admission MFAH Members always receive free admission Pictured: Thomas Gainsborough, Mary, Countess Howe, c 1764, oil on canvas, Kenwood House, English Heritage, Iveagh Bequest Courtesy American Federation of Arts]]>

A Walk in Their ShoesOne Thousand Eight Hundred Miles: Noah Rattler's Journey

03-24-2012 - 06-02-2012

Houston Public Library

http://www.houstonlibrary.org/

Houston Public Library - African American Library at the Gregory School - 1300 Victor Street (Freedmen's Town, Fourth Ward) Houston TX 77019

Admission: Free and open to the public

832-393-1313 or 832-393-1440

hpl.gregoryschool@cityofhouston.net

Start Time(s): <b>Regular Library Hours:</b> Monday: 10am-6pm Tuesday: 10am-6pm Wednesday: 10am-6pm Thursday: 10am-6pm Friday: Closed, except by appointment Saturday: 10am-5pm <strong>Gallery Talk and Opening:</strong> Saturday, April 14 2 PM - 3 PM Join Noah Rattler as he discusses his four-month journey walking from Houston to Los Angeles to raise awareness for homelessness

The Houston Public Library presents A Walk in Their Shoes—One Thousand Eight Hundred Miles: Noah Rattler's Journey on view March 24 through June 2, 2012, at The African American Library at the Gregory School Exhibition Gallery, 1300 Victor Street,  Houston, Texas 77019 Homelessness is an epidemic that affects many and continues to remain a focus of concern in America While volunteering at SEARCH, a center that works to engage, stabilize, educate, employ, and house individuals and families who are homeless, Houstonian Noah Rattler gained a perspective that has forever changed his life On March 24, 2007, Rattler set out on a journey to walk from Houston, Texas to Los Angeles, California to convey the complexity and diversity of homelessness he had seen His goal was to simply raise awareness of this sweeping national problem What began as an experiment in community cooperation quickly evolved into something much different For Rattler, this expedition became not only a 1,800 mile walk, but rather a journey of self discovery and conviction This exhibition, A Walk in Their Shoes: One Thousand Eight Hundred Miles, documents Noah Rattler’s four month journey through film, photography and social media The exhibition shows some of the cities, terrains and people Noah met along the way while revealing his own self-discovery This exhibition is generously supported by the City of Houston and Houston Public Library This exhibit is free and open to the public]]>

CANCELLED Meaning in Motion: The Artwork of Pablo Gimenez Zapiola

05-03-2012 - 06-02-2012

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Talento Bilingue de Houston

http://www.talentobilingue.org/meaning-in-motion?utm_source=April+19+Eblast+-+Venezuela+Viva&utm_campaign=April+19&utm_medium=email

TBH Center (Talento Bilingue de Houston) - 333 S Jensen Houston TX 77003

Admission: FREE&nbsp; &nbsp;

713-222-1213

cristy@tbhcenter.org

Start Time(s): <strong>Reception &amp; Visual Performance- accompanied by sound artist, Carlos Pozo</strong>: Thursday May 3rd 7-10pm <strong> Regular Gallery Hours:</strong> Monday-Thursday 10am-8pm Other hours are available with an appointment The gallery is closed holidays, weekends and between exhibitions

Talento Bilingüe de Houston presents Meaning in Motion: The Artwork of Pablo Gimenez Zapiola Reception & Visual Performance- accompanied by sound artist, Carlos Pozo Thursday May 3rd 7-10pm This Photographic, video & media performance Exhibit is on view May 3 to June 2 at TBH Center 333 S Jensen Drive Houston, TX 77003 “Meaning in Motion” is an art project that proposes an open-ended dialogue between image and viewer through motion, language, color, and form Through his imagery, Gimenez Zapiola is interested in how, through language and the meaning of words we feel compelled to reflection, as the passing train captures these passing moments framed by the open ended poetry The exhibition is a collection of photos, video, projections and a site-specific media performance which will be unique to the gallery at TBH Center Meaning in Motion is an art project that proposes an open-ended dialogue between image and viewer through motion, language, color, and form The exhibition will feature video, still photos and animations from some of the most interesting projections the artist has captured over the past two years During the opening reception the artist will be accompanied by local sound artist Carlos Pozo The evening will include live Projections by Gimenez Zapiola while an original soundscape will be created by Carlos Pozo Pablo Gimenez Zapiola is a graphic artist and designer, with an architecture background, whose explorations have increasingly drawn attention “Meaning in Motion” is an exhibition in which Gimenez Zapiola experiments projecting words onto passing trains Originally from Argentina, he became interested in projecting text during the 1990s, after learning about British and Dutch designers who were incorporating it into their artwork He began projecting words from the dictionary onto walls and photographing the results In later experiments, long exposures were used in photographing the text projected on moving trains which resulted in transparencies, multiplicities, and fragmentation of the words as they adapted to the continuously changing surface of the train cars in motion Through large-scale projections of words, literary passages and poems onto moving trains as well as from a moving car onto the environment (houses, trees, buildings, fences, freeways, etc), Gimenez Zapiola investigates how different environments and contexts affect the projected words, and how the projected words affect the environments His work has been exhibited in galleries throughout Argentina (Espacio Buenos Aires, Fundación Hampatu), and the US (Schneider Gallery - Chicago, Lehigh University Art Galleries - Pennsylvania, Art Crawl, Project Row Houses, Bering & James, Diverse Works, Talento Bilingüe - Houston, ArtHouse - Austin, as well as featured on several art and photography blogs His work is part of private collections from Argentina, UK and the US Born in Argentina he now lives and works in Houston, TXbe accompanied by local sound artist Carlos Pozo The evening will include live Projections by Gimenez Zapiola while an original soundscape will be created by Carlos Pozo Learn more about the artist at http://pablogimenezzapiolacom/ Learn more about the sound artist at http://carlospozocom/]]>

Luck of the Draw 2012

05-18-2012 - 06-02-2012

DiverseWorks ArtSpace

http://diverseworks.org/

DiverseWorks ArtSpace - 1117 East Freeway I-10 at North Main Houston Tx 77002

Admission: <strong>Individual Tickets For the May 18th event:</strong> Double Down Art Chance Ticket: $250 / $225 for DiverseWorks members (limited availability, top 40 pick) Gambler Art Chance Ticket: $125 / $100 for DiverseWorks members Bystander Ticket: $25 (includes admission only) Any artworks not sold on May 18 will be available for purchase for $125 All proceeds from <i>Luck of the Draw </i>support DiverseWorks&rsquo; visual and performing arts programs, professional development workshops for artists, outreach activities, and educational opportunities <span style="background-color: #ffff99">After the May 18th event, exhibition is free and open to public viewing</span>

713-223-8346

http://diverseworks.org/

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Special Event:</strong> Friday, May 18, 6:30pm <strong>On view:</strong> Wednesday-Sat 12noon-6pm or by appointment

DiverseWorks ArtSpace announces that its highly anticipated summer fundraiser and party, Luck of the Draw, has moved to May, and will be held Friday, May 18 beginning at 6:30 pm, at DiverseWorks, 1117 East Freeway, Houston, TX 77002 Luck of the Draw 2012 will feature hundreds of 7x9 inch works of art, created especially for the event by invited artists from Houston and beyond Participating artists to date include Elaine Bradford, Sasha Dela, Lynne McCabe, Rachel Hecker, Katrina Moorhead, Aaron Parazette, and Randy Twaddle (Houston); Sterling Allen and Anna Krachey (Austin); Fritz Haeg (Los Angeles); Graham Hudson (London); Karen Yasinsky (Baltimore); Nic Nicosia (Santa Fe); and Oliver Herring, Carrie Moyer, and Sheila Pepe (New York) Artwork is sold via lottery Buy a Gambler Ticket for $125 (includes admission to the party) and get a number Numbers are drawn at random When your number is called, pick your artwork - the perfect way to start or add to your art collection Luck of the Draw works will be on view as an exhibition from May 18 through June 2, 2012 Any artworks not sold on May 18 will be available for purchase for $125 All proceeds from Luck of the Draw support DiverseWorks’ visual and performing arts programs, professional development workshops for artists, outreach activities, and educational opportunities All participating Luck of the Draw artists receive DiverseWorks Artist Memberships and other special benefits in exchange for their participation Not Another Silent Auction - Founded by artists, DiverseWorks ArtSpace has been dedicated to supporting artists and their works for thirty years Our commitment includes promoting a healthy and sustainable local arts ecology in which artists can financially support themselves To those ends, DiverseWorks has decided to discontinue the silent auction of donated artworks as part of the annual Luck of the Draw fundraiser The only works for sale at Luck of the Draw will be those created specifically for the event and which conform to certain criteria (for example, all works 7 x 9 inches) These special objects are purposefully distinct from those sold in the artists’ galleries and, as a result, do not put DiverseWorks in competition with the artists’ commercial markets We believe that artists and gallerists are integral participants in our city’s cultural economy and ecology, and want to encourage collecting and patronage at all levels]]>

Matthew Bourbon: Tender Pioneers & Steven J Miller: Transporting

05-11-2012 - 06-02-2012

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Darke Gallery

http://www.darkegallery.com/

Darke Gallery - 320 B Detering (@ Feagan) Houston TX 77007

Admission: Free event

713-542-3802

darkegallery@aol.com

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception:</strong> Friday, May 11 6pm-9pm <b>Gallery Hours:</b> Wednesday -&nbsp;Friday noon to&nbsp;5 PM Saturday noon to 3 PM and by appointment

DARKE gallery is pleased to present two exhibitions this May, new paintings by Texas artists Matthew Bourbon and Steven J Miller An opening reception for the artists will be held on Friday evening, May 11 from 6 to 9 PM Valet parking and refreshments are provided The exhibitions continue through Saturday, June 2, 2012 Deeply interested in the long history of painting, Matthew Bourbon is also a people watcher, intrigued by the nuance of human behavior—what people do to other people, or what people fail to do In Tender Pioneers, Bourbon purposefully uses the framework of narrative painting as a place to think about the pinball effect of interacting images and the inevitability of storytelling An obsessive collector of images, he stockpiles all sorts of images (film stills, illustrations, advertising, mail catalogs, erotica, newspaper clippings, fabric designs and television shots) to use as sources to build his vignettes, kind of latter day collagist The exhibition will feature works as small as 16" x 16" and as large as 72" x 72" Paintings like the "Young Collector" are a growing series of composite fictional portraits and larger works like "Part of Us" tend to be more mis en scene Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Matthew Bourbon earned undergraduate degrees in Studio Art and Art History from the University of California at Davis Relocating to New York City, he took his Masters of Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in 1999 Since then, his art has been exhibited nationally and internationally Bourbon is currently an Associate Professor of Art at the University of North Texas' College Of Visual Arts and Design He is also an active art critic and has contributed to Art Forum, ArtNews, Art Lies, Glasstire and New York Arts Magazine Steven J Miller will also be exhibiting, after seven successful solo show at Dallas’s Conduit Gallery this is his first Houston exhibition The title of the show Transporting not only refers to the movement of commerce and people, as in the ships and planes It is also a reference to what happens as things move through time; they brush up against each other and change because of the interaction The painting “Georgia on my Mind” is about culture and nature and how they rub up against each other The title is a reference to Georgia O’Keeffe’s Black Cross, New Mexico painting in which a large black cross is pictured in the foreground with mountains in the background In Miller’s work the cross, a cultural icon, dominates the piece, but nature peeks through on the top and bottom refusing to be ignored The blue mound represents a termite mound where insects grind up the old to create compost for new life as well as the Hindu god Vishnu, who is depicted in love scenes that, to me, speak of the cycles of life A 2011 Hunting Art Prize finalist, Miller was also featured in New American Paintings, Western Edition 2011, the Metroplex, TCU, Ft Worth, TX and Wild Kingdom, Texas State University, San Marcus, TX last year Miller has a BFA, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO and a MFA, University of North Texas, Denton, TX Now in its fifth year, DARKE gallery exhibits contemporary art of the finest quality, with a focus on emerging and established artists with Texas ties Located at 320 B Detering @ Feagan, the gallery is open noon to 5:00 PM, Wednesday through Saturday and by appointment For more information call 713-542-3802 or visit wwwdarkegallerycom Pictured: Matthew Bourbon: “Young Collector” oil on canvas 2011 (detail above, full image below) Steven Miller: "Transporting" oil on canvas 2011]]>

MFAH Film: UCLA Festival of Preservation - Sleep, My Love

06-02-2012 - 06-02-2012

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston TX 77006

Admission: $7 General Admission $6 Matinee Admission $1 discount MFAH members, senior adults (55+), and students with ID Free Children 5 and under Free Film Buffs members $60 Nonmember Discount Pass (10 admissions) $55 MFAH member Discount Pass (10 admissions) $3 Family Flicks Admission $2 Family Flicks Admission for MFAH members and students with ID <strong>Please note:</strong> The MFAH Films box office accepts payment by cash, check, and credit card Tickets can be purchased in advance in three ways: online, in the museum lobbies, and at the box office The box office opens at 5:30 pm for weekend evening screenings and at least 30 minutes before show time for most other films

713-639-7300

http://www.mfah.org/films/

Start Time(s): 7:00pm &nbsp;

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the UCLA Festival of Preservation The historical sweep and technical wizardry of the UCLA Film & Television Archive's preservation projects – from early silent films and Golden Age classics, to fascinating rarities and contemporary gems – are showcased in the biennial UCLA Festivals of Preservation Audiences celebrate an entire century’s worth of moving images with feature films, television and newsreel programs, and shorts The event is not only an established part of the Los Angeles cultural landscape, but also a preeminent film event worldwide All films from UCLA Film and Television Archive   Saturday, June 2 at 7:00pm Sleep, My Love Directed by Douglas Sirk 1948, USA, B/W 96 minutes Although his reputation as an auteur wouldn’t materialize until much later in his career, director Douglas Sirk’s early Hollywood career contained some interesting efforts Although it didn’t have the box-office success of Rebecca, Suspicion, or Gaslight, Sleep, My Love still remains a surprisingly effective terrorized-wife drama With a story by Leo Rosten and atmospheric, noir-like cinematography by Joseph Valentine, the plot centers on a socialite, played by Claudette Colbert, who is being driven mad by her faithless husband (Don Ameche, playing against type)]]>

First Saturday Arts Market in The Heights

06-02-2012 - 06-02-2012

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First Saturday Arts Market

http://www.firstsaturdayartsmarket.com

Wind Water Gallery - 548 W 19th Street Houston TX 77008

Admission: Free Admission and Parking

(713) 802-1213

artvalet@gmail.com

Start Time(s): Open&nbsp;6pm-10pm

On the first Saturday of the month, Houstonians flock to the Heights to shop, dine, view and buy art at one of Houston's most unique treasures, the First Saturday Arts Market in The Heights With the thermometer creeping up daily, First Saturday Arts Market switches to evening hours this summer beginning June 2, from 6 to 10 pm Now in its eighth year, and sixth to be open at night during Houston's hot summer months, the popular Heights art market has had great success with the evening shows The highlight of the summer shows is August 4, at White Linen Night in the Heights This year the art market will join 19th Street merchants and setup on the street itself Mitch Cohen, founder and manager of First Saturday Arts Market is also the Event Director for White Linen Night in the Heights "White Linen Night in the Heights is part of Houston Art & Culture, an arts nonprofit focused on inspiring and mentoring emerging artists The 19th Street merchants invitation to setup on the closed portion of the is a great idea, keeping the atmosphere local and of course reflecting the arts background of our neighborhood" Featured artist for June is jewelry designer Hege Nolop Born and raised in Oslo, Norway, a mother of two, married to an American, Nolop moved to Houston in 2010 after 7 years in Paris, France "My creations are handmade and one-of-a-kind, with unique vintage elements carefully handpicked from antique markets in France Each little treasure has a history of it’s own" Nolop says of her her work, "In designing my creations I combine vintage elements with modern material creating eclectic, elegant and playful pieces, recalling days gone by" The art market will open with a performance by the Chenoa Farrell Band, at 6 pm It's a Wrap mobile food truck and Mr Zrake's Cakes will be on site for the three dozen artists and patrons First Saturday Arts Market is a monthly outdoor fine arts event featuring the works of dozens of visual artists Located in the Historic Houston Heights between Wind Water Gallery and Gen’s Antiques at 548 W 19th St at Lawrence St, the market showcases paintings, sculpture, photography, jewelry and handcrafted items Bring the entire family and come enjoy the great outdoors, live music and delicious fare from some of the area’s best gourmet food trucks Open year-round on the first Saturday of each month, the market is open from 11 am - 6 pm September through May and from 6-10 pm from June through August Links: http://wwwfirstsaturdayartsmarketcom https://wwwfacebookcom/firstsaturdayartsmarket http://twittercom/1stSatArtMarket]]>

Galveston ArtWalk - June 2012

06-02-2012 - 06-02-2012

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Galveston Arts Center

http://www.galveston.com/galvestonartscenter/

Galveston - various locations - Galveston TX 77550

Admission: Free and open to the public

409-763-2403

Start Time(s): Most galleries 6pm-9pm&nbsp; Click <a href="http://wwwgalvestoncom/galvestonartscenter/calendar/#/?i=1">here</a> for details &nbsp;

For over twenty five years, the Galveston Arts Center has produced ArtWalk on Saturday nights in the heart of the historic district Now spreading to other parts of the island, ArtWalk occurs approximately every six weeks Not a street festival, ArtWalk takes place in existing commercial galleries, non-profit arts spaces and what are called "other walls," restaurants and retail stores, for example Each exhibits art and welcomes viewers with open doors, later hours and refreshments One of the Galveston Arts Center's largest programs, ArtWalk, promotes visual art and artists, offers alternative places to see and learn about art and hopes to bring newcomers, as well as welcome return visitors to the art community on the island Incorporated in 1986, the Galveston Art Center (GAC) is as an independent nonprofit organization that presents pacesetting contemporary art in a historic building on Galveston's Strand donated by the Junior League of Galveston County]]>

Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads

03-03-2012 - 06-03-2012

Houston Arts Alliance

http://www.aiweiweihouston.org/

Hermann Park - 6001 Fannin Houston TX 77030

Admission: Free and open to the public

713-527-9330

Start Time(s): Hermann Park is open to the public&nbsp;Mionday-Sunday from&nbsp;6am to 11pm

An 18th century imperial retreat near Beijing and Houston’s Hermann Park may seem too far apart in space and time to have anything in common But from March 3 through June 3, Houston Arts Alliance unites the two worlds with the first major public sculpture by internationally renowned Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei, titled Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads to be on view outdoors at Hermann Park near the southeast corner of McGovern Lake HAA’s presentation of Ai Weiwei’s work will be the only South and Midwest venue on the work’s international, multi-year tour, which is making just six domestic stops Comprised of 12 monumental bronze animal heads, each weighing 800 pounds and standing roughly 10 feet high, Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads is Ai Weiwei's re-creation on an oversized scale of the traditional zodiac sculptures that once adorned the fabled fountain at Yuanming Yuan outside Beijing Erected in the 18th century, the original animal heads surrounded the fountain spouted water at two-hour intervals In 1860, French and British troops raided Yuanming Yuan, and the heads were looted To date only seven of the legendary 12 heads have been recovered; the location of the remaining five is still unknown The exhibition is presented by Houston Arts Alliance in partnership with City of Houston, Houston Parks & Recreation Department, Hermann Park Conservancy, AW Asia and Crozier Fine Arts For additional information about HAA’s presentation of Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads and related programming, visit http://wwwaiweiweihoustonorg   ]]>

Gallery Talk The Artist's Eye: Beth Secor on Danny Lyon

06-03-2012 - 06-03-2012

Menil Collection

http://menil.org/

Menil Collection - 1515 Sul Ross Houston TX 77006

Admission: Free admission

713-525-9400

Start Time(s): 3:00pm &nbsp;

The Menil Collection presents another in its Gallery Talk The Artist's Eye series  Throughout the year, on the first Sunday of each month, a Houston artist talks about a work in the Menil Collection that has special meaning to him or her The public is invited to these free, informal gallery discussions, which can be held in any Menil gallery or building (or outdoor space) of the artist’s choosing, begin at 3 pm Beth Secor on Danny Lyon Sunday, June 3, 2012, 3:00 pm Native Houstonian Beth Secor (pictured) is an artist, writer, and curator with a BFA in Printmaking and an MFA in Painting from the University of Houston She teaches at several institutions including UH Downtown, Houston Community College, and the Glassell School of Art Her work can be found in both private and public collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Museum of Texas Tech University She writes for Glasstirecom and Houston Arts and Culture Magazine]]>

Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics: The Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection

03-04-2012 - 06-03-2012

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building - 5601 Main Street Houston TX 77005

Admission: <strong>Admission:</strong> Adult: $10 Senior (65+): $5 Youth (6&ndash;18): $5 Student (with ID): $5 Member: FREE Free admission on Thursdays <i>Children (18 and under) with a Houston Public Library PowerCard or any Public Library card receive free general admission on Saturday and Sunday </i>

713-639-7300

Start Time(s): <b>Regular Exhibition Hours:</b> Tues, Wed 10am-5pm Thurs 10am-9pm Fri, Sat 10am-7pm Sun 12:15pm&ndash;7pm Closed Monday, except Monday holidays Closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

Beginning in the 1960s, collectors Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio assembled over five decades an unparalleled collection of modern and contemporary ceramics, focusing on objects that individually and collectively challenge traditional expectations of the medium In 2007 the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, acquired this landmark collection, giving the museum one of the most important collections of post-World War II ceramics in the world From March 4 to June 3, 2012, the MFAH will present the exhibition Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics: The Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, celebrating the museum’s acquisition of the Clark/Del Vecchio collection and presenting it on a large scale for the first time Organized by Cindi Strauss, MFAH curator of modern and contemporary decorative arts and design, Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics will reveal new research in the field and present clay art in a new light The exhibition begins with a brief overview of ceramic history and types as seen through the collection—functional forms, vessels, and sculpture comprise this section The main thrust of the exhibition follows; specifically, redefining ideas about the vessel and sculpture through dynamic and unexpected works such as a porcelain “carpet” displayed on the gallery floor; objects by famed artists who were not trained in ceramics, like Arman and Claes Oldenberg; and a mixed media/video work by Barnaby Barford In addition, five immersive room-sized, ceramic installations will create unique environments within the exhibition Seminal ceramic artists such as Peter Voulkos, Ron Nagle, Beatrice Wood, Akio Takamori, Betty Woodman, and Adrian Saxe will also play a major role in the exhibition as will emerging artists such as Beth Cavener Stichter, Reinaldo Sanguino, Michael Geertsen, and Aoki Katsuyo, among others “The acquisition of the visionary Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio collection, in 2007, was a major coup for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,” said Gwendolyn H Goffe, interim director of the MFAH “With their eye for excellence and the knowledge of true scholars, Clark and Del Vecchio created a collection that represents an entire era of ceramic art and is unrivaled on many fronts—in the roster of the artists, the outstanding examples of their work, and the history and documentation that accompany them Their passion for the artists and their work shines through every aspect of the collection and through their continuing generosity to the museum” “In their collecting, Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio have focused on truly innovative examples in the field,” said Cindi Strauss, MFAH curator of modern and contemporary decorative arts and design “The extraordinary range of ceramics on view will span nearly 60 years and five continents, demonstrating to the public the rich and inexhaustible possibilities of the medium” The exhibition opening weekend coincides with the annual Ruth K Shartle Symposium at the MFAH on Saturday, March 3, at 1 pm, featuring a roundtable discussion and lectures by the curator, collectors, and leading scholars in the field A 504-page catalogue co-published by Yale University Press will accompany the exhibition, providing an overview of both the exhibition and the collection itself This major publication offers an in-depth look at the artists, movements and innovations that shaped the field internationally and presents new perspectives on ceramic art READ MORE ABOUT THIS EXHIBITION Pictured:  Ron Nagle, Cardworthy, 2001, earthenware, the MFAH, Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, gift of Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio © Ron Nagle]]>

MFAH Film: UCLA Festival of Preservation - Samuel Beckett's Film

06-03-2012 - 06-03-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston TX 77006

Admission: $7 General Admission $6 Matinee Admission $1 discount MFAH members, senior adults (55+), and students with ID Free Children 5 and under Free Film Buffs members $60 Nonmember Discount Pass (10 admissions) $55 MFAH member Discount Pass (10 admissions) $3 Family Flicks Admission $2 Family Flicks Admission for MFAH members and students with ID <strong>Please note:</strong> The MFAH Films box office accepts payment by cash, check, and credit card Tickets can be purchased in advance in three ways: online, in the museum lobbies, and at the box office The box office opens at 5:30 pm for weekend evening screenings and at least 30 minutes before show time for most other films

713-639-7300

http://www.mfah.org/films/

Start Time(s): 5:00pm &nbsp;

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the UCLA Festival of Preservation The historical sweep and technical wizardry of the UCLA Film & Television Archive's preservation projects – from early silent films and Golden Age classics, to fascinating rarities and contemporary gems – are showcased in the biennial UCLA Festivals of Preservation Audiences celebrate an entire century’s worth of moving images with feature films, television and newsreel programs, and shorts The event is not only an established part of the Los Angeles cultural landscape, but also a preeminent film event worldwide All films from UCLA Film and Television Archive   Sunday, June 3 at 5:00pm Samuel Beckett's Film Directed by Alan Schneider 1965 USA, B/W 122 minutes total program running time Beckett’s Film is in essence a chase film – arguably the craziest committed to celluloid It’s a chase between camera and pursued image that finds dread embedded in the very apparatus The link to cinema’s essence is evident in the casting, as the chased object is none other than an aged Buster Keaton, who was befuddled at Beckett’s imperative that he keep his face hidden from the camera’s gaze Preservation Funded by The Film Foundation and administered by the National Film Preservation Foundation Followed by Play of the Week: Waiting for Godot (directed by Alan Schneider, USA, 1961, 102 min) Premiering in 1959 on WNTA-TV in New York, the ambitious experiment Play of the Week presented an eclectic mix of plays that, according to series producer Lewis Freedman, “no one else would touch” As an independently produced series, Play of the Week was not subject to the same McCarthy-inspired scrutiny as network television programs of the era Thanks to progressive casting decisions by producers such as David Susskind, actor Zero Mostel, who suffered years of unemployment for refusing to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, enjoyed a comeback after being selected for Samuel Beckett’s absurdist masterpiece, Waiting for Godot Mostel and Burgess Meredith are keen existential partners in this wry drama of deferred desire and stymied reward No fan of the tube, Beckett once wrote, "My play wasn't written for this box My play was written for small men locked in a big space” Nevertheless, the (fifty-year) wait is over for this small production that’s big on meaning]]>

ART IMPROV at MFAH!

06-03-2012 - 06-03-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building - 5601 Main Street Houston TX 77005

Admission: Admission is open to the public and free with general museum admission Museum members always receive free admission <strong>Admission effective January 1, 2012:</strong> Adult: $10 Senior (65+): $5 Youth (6&ndash;18): $5 Student (with ID): $5 Member: FREE

713-639-7300

http://www.mfah.org/

Start Time(s): 1pm-4pm

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents another ART IMPROV at MFAH!!  Art Improv takes place from 1-4 pm Sunday, June 3, 2012 At this program, families choose a work of art from anywhere in the museum and make friends with it—using an activity guide to sketch it, write about it, and talk about it together Then, they visit the studio where there will be an assortment of materials to create a work of art inspired by their new "friend" and their own imaginations Two more activities are part of this special First Sunday Program—Sketching in the Galleries and A Book and a Look  ]]>

June Artful Thursday: Baroque Gestures

06-07-2012 - 06-07-2012

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston Tx 77005

Admission: Admission is free and open to the public &nbsp;

713-639-7300

Start Time(s): 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM <i>Refreshments generously provided by the Starbucks located at Buffalo Speedway/Westpark and Rice Village</i>

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents their June Artful Thursday: Baroque Gestures,  Thursday, June 7 at  6:30 PM - 7:30 PM, in the Caroline Wiess Law Building   This lecture-demonstration explores gesture and drama at the dawn of the 17th century Presented by Matthew Dirst, associate professor of music at the Moores School of Music, University of Houston, and artistic director of Ars Lyrica Houston; with Catherine Turocy, artistic director, New York Baroque Dance Company Artful Thursdays are open to the public Admission is free Promotional support for Artful Thursdays is generously provided by KUHF 887 FM & KUHA 917 FM Refreshments are generously provided by the Starbucks locations at Buffalo Speedway/Westpark and in Rice Village Pictured: Parrasio Micheli, Young Woman Playing a Lute, c 1570, oil on canvas, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation]]>

MFAH Film: UCLA Festival of Preservation - Wanda

06-08-2012 - 06-08-2012

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston TX 77006

Admission: $7 General Admission $6 Matinee Admission $1 discount MFAH members, senior adults (55+), and students with ID Free Children 5 and under Free Film Buffs members $60 Nonmember Discount Pass (10 admissions) $55 MFAH member Discount Pass (10 admissions) $3 Family Flicks Admission $2 Family Flicks Admission for MFAH members and students with ID <strong>Please note:</strong> The MFAH Films box office accepts payment by cash, check, and credit card Tickets can be purchased in advance in three ways: online, in the museum lobbies, and at the box office The box office opens at 5:30 pm for weekend evening screenings and at least 30 minutes before show time for most other films

713-639-7300

http://www.mfah.org/films/

Start Time(s): 7:00pm &nbsp;

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the UCLA Festival of Preservation The historical sweep and technical wizardry of the UCLA Film & Television Archive's preservation projects – from early silent films and Golden Age classics, to fascinating rarities and contemporary gems – are showcased in the biennial UCLA Festivals of Preservation Audiences celebrate an entire century’s worth of moving images with feature films, television and newsreel programs, and shorts The event is not only an established part of the Los Angeles cultural landscape, but also a preeminent film event worldwide All films from UCLA Film and Television Archive   Friday, June 8 at 7:00pm Wanda Directed by Barbara Loden 1970 USA 102 minutes   Cited by Jonathan Rosenbaum as one of the 100 greatest American films ever made, Barbara Loden’s neorealist gem centers on her brilliant performance as a rural Pennsylvanian housewife embarked upon a flight to nowhere, traveling through an American landscape of decrepit factories, two-lane wastelands, and ratty motels Dragged into a relationship with a small-time crook (Michael Higgins), Loden’s Wanda seems to possess a view of desperation filtered through a tinted windshield Her creative partner in the production was cinematographer/editor Nick Proferes, who emerged from the then-vital tradition of cinema verité Loden’s and Higgins’s brilliant acting performances are held in perfect balance by both the nonactors who surround them and Proferes’s photography of small-town Pennsylvania Preservation Funded by The Film Foundation and GUCCI]]>

Intergalactic Planetary

06-08-2012 - 06-08-2012

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East End Studio Gallery (Houston Institute for Culture)

http://www.eestudiogallery.com

East End Studio Gallery (Houston Institute for Culture) - 708C Telephone Road Houston TX 77023

Admission: Free Event

713-363-0054

Start Time(s): 6:00pm until 9:00pm

East End Studio Gallery, and Guest curator, David LOWBROW Pilgrim, have teamed up to bring you Intergalactic Planetary, a tribute art event honoring the BEASTIE BOYS! With the recent passing of founding member MCA and their long awaited induction into the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME, the Beastie Boys and their music have had a new found resurgance of devotion from their diehard fans, as well as a new breed of followers that are choosing to find out just what a "License to ILL" is all about! With the launch of this show, EESG and LOWBROW Pilgrim, invite you to experience the sights and sounds of the band that changed the shape of hip hop in the 80's, and has sustained iconic levels of influence and International acclaim over 3 decades later "INTERGALACTIC PLANETARY", will be presenting the artwork of over 30 artists all devoted to the Beastie boys and their style SK808 is sponsoring the DJ for the night DJ BROTHER ROO, will be spining on WAX using real turntables like a true B-boy should! This show is all ages, and B-Boy, B-Girl attire is requested, (but optional) It will surely be one of the best shows of the season! Come out on Friday June 8th to get your "BODY MOVING" to the "NEW STYLE"  No Sleep Til East End! Facebook Invite: http://wwwfacebookcom/events/299947653433356/]]>

Bonhoeffer Tours (Saturdays)

05-05-2012 - 06-09-2012

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Holocaust Museum Houston

http://www.hmh.org

Holocaust Museum Houston - 5401 Caroline St Houston TX 77004-6804

Admission: Admission and the walk-in tour are free Tour sizes are limited, and advance reservation is requested To register for any tour, visit <a href="http://wwwhmhorg/RegisterEventaspx">wwwhmhorg/RegisterEventaspx</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;to RSVP online To schedule a separate private group tour for 10 or more in advance, visit the Museum's Web site at <a href="http://wwwhmhorg">wwwhmhorg</a> &nbsp;and check the &ldquo;Plan Your Visit tab&rdquo;

713-942-8000

www.hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx

Start Time(s): 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Saturdays <strong>Location</strong>: the museum's Morgan Family Center &nbsp;

Holocaust Museum Houston presents Bonhoeffer Tours, tours focusing on the German Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer (pictured), Saturdays, in conjunction with The Beams Are Creaking at AD Players Location: the museum's Morgan Family Center Through May and early June, Holocaust Museum Houston will offer free tours focusing on the German Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer Bonhoeffer's actions against the Nazi party and his message to the church in the context of the events of the Holocaust will be the focus of tours of the Museum's permanent exhibit, German railcar and Danish fishing boat Tours include a look at the early influences on Bonhoeffer before the Holocaust, his organization of the Confessing Church to stand with the Jews in reaction to the Aryan clause and his imprisonment and execution at the Flossenburg concentration camp by direct order from Hitler Admission and the walk-in tour are free Tour sizes are limited, and advance reservation is requested To register for any tour, visit wwwhmhorg/RegisterEventaspx  to RSVP online To schedule a separate private group tour for 10 or more in advance, visit the Museum's Web site at wwwhmhorg  and check the “Plan Your Visit tab” The tours are presented in conjunction with the presentation of The Beams Are Creaking, by Douglas Anderson, on performance at AD Players from May 2 through June 10, 1012]]>

2012 Czechoslovakian Collectors Association Convention

06-07-2012 - 06-09-2012

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Czech Center Museum Houston

http://www.czechcollectors.org

Czech Cultural Center Houston (Czech Center Museum Houston) - 4920 San Jacinto Houston TX 77004

Admission: $160-$200

membership@czechcollectors.org

http://czechcollectors.org/registration2.html

Start Time(s): <i><a href="http://wwwczechcollectorsorg/registration2html">Visit the Website for Schedule Details</a></i>

The 2012 Czechoslovakian Collectors Association Convention will be held June 7-9, 2012 in Houston, Texas We are excited to announce the Convention will be held in the Czech Center Museum Houston, located in the Museum district Begining Thursday afternoon, the show will open to members only for a sneak preview of the various types of collectibles that are offered by the dealers for sale during the show Friday and Saturday will feature speakers including Debbie Truitt on The Glassworks of the Counts Harrach - 300 Years of Quality and Innovation Another speaker will present a talk on identification of Czech Glass Rosie Bodien will give a presentation on Brychta figurines Jaroslv Brychta was a professor at the Secondary School of Glass Studies in Zelezny Brod, which was founded in 1925 He designed a method of making Hutnicky Tvarovane Sklo glass figurines Examles of these can be seen at the Museum and currently on the website on the "Collection of the Month" page]]>

Contemporary Collotype: Photographs in Ink by Neal Cox, Kent Rush, and Paul Thirkell

03-15-2012 - 06-09-2012

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Museum of Printing History

http://www.printingmuseum.org/

Museum of Printing History - 1324 West Clay Street Houston TX 77019

Admission: Free and open to the public

7135224652

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception:</strong> TBA <strong>Regular Exhibition Hours: </strong>Tue-Sat 10am-5pm

The Museum of Printing History  presents the exhibition Contemporary Collotype: Photographs in Ink by Neal Cox, Kent Rush, and Paul Thirkell On view March 15, 2012– June 9, 2012 The collotype printing process holds a distinguished place in print history as one of the first photo-mechanical techniques to be invented Collotype was employed in the latter part of the 19th century and throughout most of the twentieth century as a specialised medium for the reproduction of photo quality illustrations in ink on paper Despite its unique capacities (even by today’s high standards), its economic viability was eroded in the latter half of the twentieth century and replaced by faster but less faithful printing methods The once broad network of collotype ateliers scattered across the world, has now been reduced a handful of surviving studios A number of key artists including Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, Henry Moore, and Richard Hamilton experimented with its exceptionally rich qualities to create limited edition, original prints in the 20th century Now in the digital age, the tradition continues with fine art practitioners such as Kent Rush (US), Neal Cox (US) and Paul Thirkell (UK), using it as a medium to explore exciting fusions of old and new By Paul Thirkell Pictured: Neal Cox, untitled (Dome #51), 2011, image 75 in x 95 in, duotone collotype, courtesy of the artist (detail above, full image below)]]>

The Graphic Arts of Hans Erni

02-23-2012 - 06-09-2012

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Museum of Printing History

http://www.printingmuseum.org/

Museum of Printing History - 1324 West Clay Street Houston TX 77019

Admission: Free and open to the public

7135224652

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception:</strong> TBA <strong>Regular Exhibition Hours: </strong>Tue-Sat 10am-5pm

The Museum of Printing History  presents the exhibition The Graphic Arts of Hans Erni On view February 23, 2012– June 9, 2012 Hans Erni (born February 21, 1909) is one of the best known Swiss artists Born in Lucerne, he is known in particular for illustrating postage stamps, lithographs for the Swiss Red Cross, and participation on the Olympic Committee Erni’s work is distinguished by its great diversity His media extend from sculpture and painting to prints and book illustration, from exhibition design to the mural to tapestry His themes are equally wide-ranging, from environmental, philosophical, social and political themes, to technology, science, sport and nature, as well as music The exhibition will focus on Erni’s graphic work, consisting primarily of his posters dating from WWII to the present Approximately 40 posters will be borrowed from the Hans Erni Museum in Lucerne and from the artist himself, representing the first retrospective of his work to be presented in the United States]]>

MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: From Guinness to Gainsboroughs: A Brewer Collects in the Gilded Age

06-08-2012 - 06-09-2012

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston Tx 77005

Admission: This lecture is open to the public and free with general museum admission&nbsp; <strong>Admission</strong>: Adult: $10 Senior (65+): $5 Youth (6&ndash;18): $5 Student (with ID): $5 Member: FREE

713-639-7300

Start Time(s): Friday, 1:30 pmand repeated Saturday, 4:00 pm A reception to meet the speaker and a docent-led tour follows each lecture

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: From Guinness to Gainsboroughs: A Brewer Collects in the Gilded Age, Friday, June 8, 1:30 pm (repeated on Saturday, June 9, 4 pm) Speaker: Julius Bryant, Victoria and Albert Museum, London This lecture is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London Seating is limited A reception and tour follow Open to the public Free with general museum admission MFAH Members always receive free admission Pictured: Thomas Gainsborough, Mary, Countess Howe, c 1764, oil on canvas, Kenwood House, English Heritage, Iveagh Bequest Courtesy American Federation of Arts]]>

Winter Street Studios Second Saturday Open Studios

06-09-2012 - 06-09-2012

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Winter Street Studios

http://www.winterstreetstudios.net/

Winter Street Studios - 2101 Winter Street Houston Tx 77007

Admission: Free Event

7138620082

Start Time(s): 2pm-5pm

The Artists at Winter Street Studios invite the public to come by for OPEN STUDIOS on the SECOND SATURDAY of every month This is the largest group of fine artists in the Houston area  Winter Street Studios is an a redeveloped aging industrial building that has been turned into creative art space The Winter Street Studios offer a one-of-a-kind product for fledgling artists in Houston At a very low monthly rate, artists can lease a studio in this old warehouse that offers not only inexpensive space, but artistic community Residents must be working artists with a record of showings in galleries, and must exhibit a clear-cut interst in productivity The Winter Street Studios are about commitment to serious art  Come enjoy meeting our welcoming group of artists at Winter Street Studios, browse their work, and bring your check book in case you want to purchase something on the spot]]>

Spring Street Studios Second Saturdays Open Studios

06-09-2012 - 06-09-2012

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Spring Street Studios

http://www.springstreetstudios.info/index.html

Spring Street Studios - 1824 Spring Street Houston TX 77007

Admission: Free and open to the public

7138620082

info@springstreetstudios.info

Start Time(s): 2pm-5pm

Spring Street Studios presents Spring Street Studios Second Saturdays Open Studios The Artists at Spring Street Studios invite the public to come by for OPEN STUDIOS on the SECOND SATURDAY of every month This is the largest group of fine artists in the Houston area]]>

For the Sake of Art 2012: A Wearable Art Competition and Fundraiser

06-09-2012 - 06-09-2012

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Texas Southern University - University Museum at Texas Southern University

http://www.forthesakeofart.moonfruit.com

Texas Southern University - University Museum at Texas Southern University - 3100 Cleburne St Houston TX 77004

Admission: $100 per person to include fashion show/ final judging and cocktail reception/live jazz Early ticket purchase recommended for preferred seating

281 844 6625 or 713 313 7120

crollajulie@gmail.com

http://www.forthesakeofart.moonfruit.com

Start Time(s): 7 - 10 pm

Texas Southern University - University Museum at Texas Southern University presents For the Sake of Art 2012: A Wearable Art Competition and Fundraiser, Saturday, June 9, 7pm-10pm Art patrons, artists, and fashionistas will get the wow treatment when the exciting world of wearable art steps out for the second annual competition and fundraiser For the Sake of Art 2012 This year, artists have been challenged to create improvisational designs inspired by works of art from the University Museum’s permanent collection Set against the backdrop of the permanent collection, the evening begins with an informal modeling showcase of the judges’ designs to the music of jazz saxophonist Horace Alexander Young The highlight of the evening is the runway presentation of the 10 competition finalists by the hosting duo Joy Sewing, fashion and beauty editor for the Houston Chronicle and Lloyd Gite, renowned journalist and television personality Four prize winners will be selected and announced at the cocktail reception A People’s Choice award will be determined by guests at the event Competition coordinator, designer Toni Whitaker is working with an incredible panel of judges Danielle Burns, curator for the African American Library at the Gregory School as well as the Houston Museum of African American Culture Cesar Galindo, designer to the stars Tina Knowles, (pictured above) internationally acclaimed visionary designer of two fashion lines, House of Dereon and Miss Tina by Tina Knowles as well as co-founder of Beyond Productions Jeffrey Williams, season two winner of Bravo TV’s Fashion Show with Isaac Mizrahi This event features the talent of gifted artists and designers from throughout the country while celebrating the rich collection of African American art at the university Major sponsors for the event include Atwood Oceanics, Hi Fashion Fabrics, I W Marks Jewelers, and Paul Mitchell, The School Funds from this event will be used for the preservation and documentation of the Collections at the University Museum as well as exhibition programming For further information please contact Chrystal Robinson-Davis at 713-313-7120 or Julie Crolla at 281-844-6625  More information about the competition is available online at wwwforthesakeofartmoonfruitcom   Tickets are $10000 per person and can be purchased online at http://forthesakeofart2012eventbritecom  ]]>

Asia Society Texas Center Art Gallery Tour

06-09-2012 - 06-09-2012

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Asia Society Texas Center

http://asiasociety.org/texas/architecture-and-gallery-tours

Asia Society Texas Center - 1370 Southmore Houston TX 77004

Admission: $5 for non Asia Society members; tickets available at the door

(713) 496-9901

Start Time(s): 1:00 - 2:00 pm

Asia Society Texas Center presents an Art Gallery Tour, Saturday, June 9 at 1pm Docent-led tours of Asia Society Texas Center’s exhibitions take place twice a month on Saturday afternoons Tours allow visitors to experience art on a personal level, learn about art historical periods and styles, and hear stories associated with the artwork The Center’s first exhibition in the Louisa Stude Sarofim Gallery, Treasures of Asian Art: A Rockefeller Legacy, is joined by Contemporary Asian Art: Texas Connections in the Fayez Sarofim Grand Hall Spring 2012 Schedule May 12, 1:00 – 2:00pm May 26, 1:00 – 2:00pm June 9, 1:00 – 2:00pm Pictured:  From Treasures of Asian Art: A Rockefeller Legacy, Seated Bodhisattva; Nepal; Early Malla period, 13th century; Gilt copper with inlays of semiprecious stones; H 18 3/4 in (476 cm); Asia Society, New York: Mr and Mrs John D Rockefeller 3rd Collection]]>

5by5by5 art show

05-12-2012 - 06-09-2012

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east2collective

http://east2collective.wordpress.com/

Admission: Free

adrienne@realoil.com

Start Time(s): Opening party May 12th Sat 2-5pm The show is planned to be viewable selected week days during working hours and on weekend dates (TBD) 12-3pm, check website for hours

It’s almost here: The first show curated by the East2Collective is to be launched this month The 5by5by5 art show is an art show curated by artists Featuring artists from everywhere Opening party May 12th Sat 2-5pm Artists include photographers, painters, printmakers, designers and the in-between Featuring: Lesley Bolden, Jennifer Blanco, Rachel Cooney, John Earles, Charlotte Evans, Javier Fadul, Joey Garcia, Holly Hoyt, Brenden Macaluso, Jennifer Madely Dunn, Jen Sims, Adrienne Wong Exhibition dates will run from mid-May to mid-June with an opening event on Saturday May 12, 2012 from 2pm – 5pm The show is planned to be viewable selected week days during working hours and on weekend dates (TBD) Visit the neighboring studios 201 and 228 in the Spring St Studios Warehouse at 1824 Spring St, 77007 The opening event coincides with the Second Saturdays at Spring and Winter Street Studios Artists from Houston, New York and London will be showing their work which will be no bigger than 5″ by 5″ by 5″]]>

HJ BOTT: Rhythm & Rhetoric

05-12-2012 - 06-09-2012

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Anya Tish Gallery

http://www.anyatishgallery.com/drupal/content/hj-bott-rhythm-rhetoric

Anya Tish Gallery - 4411 Montrose Blvd Houston Tx 77006

Admission: Free

713-524-2299

Start Time(s): <strong>Gallery Hours:</strong> Tues - Fri, 11 am - 6 pm Sat, 11 am - 5 pm Or by Appointment <strong>Artist Reception: </strong>Saturday, May 12, 2012 6:00 &ndash; 8:30 pm

Anya Tish Gallery presents HJ BOTT: Rhythm & Rhetoric, New Works Celebrating 40 Years of the DoV System Artist Reception, Saturday, May 12, 2012, 6:00 – 8:30 pm On view May 12 – June 9, 2012 "The year of the Bott" has arrived according to PaperCity Magazine's Art's and Social Editor, Catherine Anspon HJ Bott celebrates the 40th anniversary of the DoV System with the presentation of his most current paintings at Anya Tish Gallery in Rhythm & Rhetoric, followed by other venues scheduled for the year 2012, along with the release of his monograph also titled, Rhythm & Rhetoric For the past forty years, HJ Bott has been developing and perfecting the Displacement-of-Volume, or DoV System, a system which he himself conceptualized In Bott's own words DoV "is the foundation of the tiling of interlocking lines, into patterns, a system of concepts used throughout my oeuvre since March 7, 1972" The DoV System can be found in each piece of his numerous diverse works ranging from drawings to sculpture to installations Catherine Anspon titles HJ Bott "a senior Texas master: the obsessive, geometric wizard," who creates a "wild ride through an op-art universe that makes Vasarely and Yayoi Kusama look tame" In the paintings exhibited in Rhythm & Rhetoric, Bott pulls inspiration from the most basic of elements, the line, but more specifically, Super-String Theory He does not simply draw lines He intensifies the tension and dictates the harmony that exists within each line Bott presents the complexities of our three-dimensional universe as a flat smooth surface, achieved through the painstaking layering of paints and glazes, applied sometimes 100 times Through the use of 64 warm and 40 cool colors, and overlaying lights and darks, the complex lines will either drift towards or away from the surface of the painting, achieving labyrinthine multi-dimensionality Bott's visual trickery and rich compositional depth create an on-going and exciting dialogue that can only be experienced in person Bott has had over 75 solo exhibitions, 24 solo on-site installations, plus more than 700 group gallery exhibitions, including 330 invitational survey shows Bott's works are included in more than seventy museum and corporate collections worldwide, amongst them the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Denver Art Museum, New Orleans Museum of Art, Kunsthalle der Garten, Dusseldorf, Germany and Columbia University, New York He has also completed over 20 governmental commissions and over 160 private and corporate commissions]]>

MFAH Film: UCLA Festival of Preservation - The Crusades

06-09-2012 - 06-09-2012

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston TX 77006

Admission: $7 General Admission $6 Matinee Admission $1 discount MFAH members, senior adults (55+), and students with ID Free Children 5 and under Free Film Buffs members $60 Nonmember Discount Pass (10 admissions) $55 MFAH member Discount Pass (10 admissions) $3 Family Flicks Admission $2 Family Flicks Admission for MFAH members and students with ID <strong>Please note:</strong> The MFAH Films box office accepts payment by cash, check, and credit card Tickets can be purchased in advance in three ways: online, in the museum lobbies, and at the box office The box office opens at 5:30 pm for weekend evening screenings and at least 30 minutes before show time for most other films

713-639-7300

http://www.mfah.org/films/

Start Time(s): 7:00pm &nbsp;

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the UCLA Festival of Preservation The historical sweep and technical wizardry of the UCLA Film & Television Archive's preservation projects – from early silent films and Golden Age classics, to fascinating rarities and contemporary gems – are showcased in the biennial UCLA Festivals of Preservation Audiences celebrate an entire century’s worth of moving images with feature films, television and newsreel programs, and shorts The event is not only an established part of the Los Angeles cultural landscape, but also a preeminent film event worldwide All films from UCLA Film and Television Archive   Saturday, June 9 at 7:00pm The Crusades Directed by Cecil B DeMille 1935 USA, B/W 125 minutes Following the great success of 1934’s Cleopatra, Cecil B DeMille lost no time arranging another thundering epic to confirm his supremacy at Paramount Pictures The Crusades posits a takeover of Jerusalem by Islamic warrior Saladin, and the pan-European response to this supposed offense against Christianity’s holiest site Urged to war by his fellow kings, Richard the Lionheart sees an opportunity to escape an expedient marriage to the dour princess of France (DeMille’s daughter, Katherine), but finds it necessary to grudgingly take a bride (Loretta Young) The romance that follows becomes the film’s tender heart as Richard storms the cities of Acre and Jerusalem in quest of holy victory With amazing set pieces and memorable flourishes, this epic is crafted with brio by a master at the height of his powers]]>

Doll Making Demonstrations and Display

06-09-2012 - 06-09-2012

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Texas Association of Original Doll Artists (TAODA)

http://www.taoda.org

Bellaire City Library - 5111 Jessamine Bellaire TX 77401

Admission: Free event

713 662 8166

Start Time(s): 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

The Bellaire Library will be the setting for Doll Making Demonstrations and Display of original art dolls by the members of the Texas Association of Original Doll Artists (TAODA) TAODA artists work in many mediums: clay, porcelain, wood, fiber, and other materials Each piece is one-of-a-kind sculpture, designed and created by TAODA artist members TAODA artists will demonstrate how they create these one-of-a-kind art dolls TAODA was founded in 1999 by ten doll artists who set out to promote the “art of the doll” With a current membership of close to 50 artists, TAODA members continue to grow in their craft, expand their vision and educate the public through the promotion of original doll art For more information on TAODA, please visit wwwtaodaorg    ]]>

Utopia/Dystopia: Construction and Destruction in Photography and Collage (FotoFest 2012)

03-11-2012 - 06-10-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building - 5601 Main Street Houston TX 77005

Admission: <strong>Admission:</strong> Adult: $10 Senior (65+): $5 Youth (6&ndash;18): $5 Student (with ID): $5 Member: FREE Free admission on Thursdays <i>Children (18 and under) with a Houston Public Library PowerCard or any Public Library card receive free general admission on Saturday and Sunday </i>

713-639-7300

Start Time(s): <b>Regular Exhibition Hours:</b> Tues, Wed 10am-5pm Thurs 10am-9pm Fri, Sat 10am-7pm Sun 12:15pm&ndash;7pm Closed Monday, except Monday holidays Closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the exhibitiion Utopia/Dystopia: Construction and Destruction in Photography and Collage, on view in the Audrey Jones Beck Building March 11 through June 10, 2012 Utopia/Dystopia explores artists’ use of photography to project a political, social, or cultural state of utopia or dystopia Ranging in date from the late 19th century to the present, these photos, photocollages, photomontages, and moving images—along with photographs of a constructed space or sculptures that incorporate a photograph—have allowed artists to experiment with social, political, and urban construction and imagination The exhibition draws on works from the collections of the MFAH and Menil Collection in Houston; the Museum of Modern Art and Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; and private collectors The timing of Utopia/Dystopia: Construction and Destruction in Photography and Collage celebrates Houston's FotoFest 2012 Biennial (March 16–April 29) An illustrated catalogue, published by the MFAH and distributed by Yale University Press, accompanies the exhibition Pictured:  Tom Thayer, detail Paper Puppets from Animations, 2005–09, mixed-media collage, the MFAH, gift of the Francis L Lederer Foundation, courtesy of Sharon Lederer © Tom Thayer, courtesy Derek Eller Gallery, NY]]>

Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective

03-01-2012 - 06-10-2012

Menil Collection

http://www.menil.org

Menil Collection - 1515 Sul Ross Houston TX 77006

Admission: Free event

(713) 525-9400

Start Time(s): Wednesday-Sunday 11am-7pm <span style="background-color: #ccffcc">Preceding the exhibition opening, Richard Serra and Michelle White discuss works in the exhibition, Thursday, March 1, 2012, at 6:00 pm Seating is limited and will be strictly on a first come, first served basis Doors open at 5:00 pm</span> &nbsp;

The Menil Collection presents the exhibition Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective  On view March 2, 2012 – June 10, 2012 The first-ever retrospective of the artist’s drawings, Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective, will be the first major one-person exhibition organized by the Menil Drawing Institute and Study Center  Preceding the exhibition opening, Richard Serra and Michelle White discuss works in the exhibition, Thursday, March 1, 2012, at 6:00 pm Seating is limited and will be strictly on a first come, first served basis Doors open at 5:00 pm Though his sculptures have been the subject of numerous museum exhibitions, Richard Serra’s drawings – crucial to his work for more than forty years – have never received a critical overview This exhibition of works, drawn from major European and American public and private collections, will trace Serra’s investigation of drawing as an activity both independent of and linked to his sculptural practice Organized chronologically, it will address significant shifts in concept, materials, and scale, and will culminate with new, never-before-exhibited large-scale works In the early 1970s Serra drew on paper primarily with ink, charcoal, and lithographic crayon, using such sketches to explore form and perceptual relations between an envisioned sculpture and the viewer Over the years they evolved into autonomous works of art, bold forms created with black paintstick that exploded beyond the boundaries of the paper support In the mid 1970s, Serra made the first of his monumentally scaled Installation Drawings, bringing radical scale and technique to an architectural context Working on site, he attached Belgian linen directly to the wall and with vigorous and repetitive gestures applied paintstick that had been melted down and recast in large, heavy blocks Over the last twenty-five years Serra has continued to invent new drawing techniques In the late 1980s he explored how to further articulate the tension of weight and gravity by placing pairs of overlapping sheets of paper saturated with paintstick in horizontal and vertical compositions In his most recent work he has embarked on numerous series with a remarkable variety of surface effects Serra is among a significant group of artists whose transformative work irrevocably changed the practice and definition of modernist drawing, and challenged drawing’s role in the traditional hierarchy of media Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective, is organized by curators Bernice Rose, Michelle White and Gary Garrels and will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue featuring several original, scholarly texts The exhibition will travel to The Metropolitan Museum of Art April 13 - August 28, 2011, followed by The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art October 15, 2011- January 16, 2012 This exhibition is generously supported by Laura and John Arnold, National Endowment for the Arts, Sotheby’s, the Frances Dittmer Family Foundation, Paul and Janet Hobby, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, the Four Seasons Hotel Houston, Clare Casademont and Michael Metz, Janie C Lee and David B Warren, eEvents Group LLC, Scott and Judy Nyquist, Michael Zilkha, and the City of Houston The Menil Collection would also like to thank Gagosian Gallery for graciously providing funds toward the production of the accompanying catalogue Pictured:  Richard Serra, Taraval Beach, 1977 Paintstick on Belgian linen, Shown installed at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Whitney Biennial, Collection of the artist, Richard Serra © 2010 Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York Photo: BeVan Davies (detail above, full image below)]]>

Senioritis: Klein Oak High School Art Seniors

05-19-2012 - 06-10-2012

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Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts

http://www.pearlmfa.org/

Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts - 6815 Cypresswood Drive Spring TX 77379

Admission: FREE ADMISSION EVERYDAY! $300/per person suggested donation

2813766322

Start Time(s): <strong>HOURS - </strong>Monday Closed Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday 10am-5pm Thursday 10am-8pm Friday 10am-5pm Sunday 12-5pm&nbsp; <strong>Opening Party</strong>: Tuesday, May 22 4pm-6pm

The Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Art presents Senioritis: Klein Oak High School Art Seniors  The Pearl displays the artwork of Klein Oak High School art students in the Hillery Community Gallery May 19 through June 10, 2012 Opening Party: Tuesday, May 22, 4-6pm The Pearl is pleased to present an exhibition of work by the 2012 graduating art students of Klein Oak High School Under the direction of Jennifer Schiebel, these 10 students represent a spectrum of classes offered at Klein Oak, from 4th Level Photography to Advanced Placement to International Baccalaureate The most experienced art students, they express themselves in media that include drawing, photography, collage, and printmaking The student artists are Melissa Burckhartt, Keegan Chua, Mayra Delgado, Abe Garcia, Ashlyn Herd, Stephanie Melendez, Hannah Ray, Erica Schumacker, Akiko Scott, and Alexa Stickler]]>

MFAH Film: UCLA Festival of Preservation - Strangers in the Night

06-10-2012 - 06-10-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston TX 77006

Admission: $7 General Admission $6 Matinee Admission $1 discount MFAH members, senior adults (55+), and students with ID Free Children 5 and under Free Film Buffs members $60 Nonmember Discount Pass (10 admissions) $55 MFAH member Discount Pass (10 admissions) $3 Family Flicks Admission $2 Family Flicks Admission for MFAH members and students with ID <strong>Please note:</strong> The MFAH Films box office accepts payment by cash, check, and credit card Tickets can be purchased in advance in three ways: online, in the museum lobbies, and at the box office The box office opens at 5:30 pm for weekend evening screenings and at least 30 minutes before show time for most other films

713-639-7300

http://www.mfah.org/films/

Start Time(s): 5:00pm &nbsp;

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the UCLA Festival of Preservation The historical sweep and technical wizardry of the UCLA Film & Television Archive's preservation projects – from early silent films and Golden Age classics, to fascinating rarities and contemporary gems – are showcased in the biennial UCLA Festivals of Preservation Audiences celebrate an entire century’s worth of moving images with feature films, television and newsreel programs, and shorts The event is not only an established part of the Los Angeles cultural landscape, but also a preeminent film event worldwide All films from UCLA Film and Television Archive   Sunday, June 10 at 5:00pm Strangers in the Night Directed by Anthony Mann 1944 USA, B/W 56 minutes The inky noir style and fatalist themes that would emerge full force in director Anthony Mann’s T-Men (1948) and Border Incident (1949) begin to take shape in this early, gothic B-thriller about a returning vet lured into a psychological nightmare by the promise of love While recovering from combat wounds he received in the South Pacific, Marine Sergeant Johnny Meadows (William Terry) starts up a correspondence with a woman whose name he finds written inside a book of poetry The exchange turns romantic and upon his release, Meadows’ sights turn to California, where his mysterious pen pal, Rosemary Blake, lives Upon arriving at the brooding mansion, however, Meadows meets Rosemary’s mother (Helen Thimig), who invites him in and makes excuses for her absent daughter The shadows close in from there as Meadows and the town’s new doctor begin to unravel Hilda’s veil of secrecy, threatening to expose a dangerous and deadly truth – UCLA]]>

Pearson Lecture Series for Interfaith Understanding: Rev Steven D Martin - Inheritance

06-10-2012 - 06-10-2012

St Paul's United Methodist Church

http://www.stpaulshouston.org

St Paul's United Methodist Church - 5501 Main Street Houston TX 77004

Admission: Free of charge

713-528-0527

Start Time(s): 6 pm

The Pearson Lecture Series for Interfaith Understanding presents Rev Steven D Martin, executive director of The New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good He will speak at 6 pm Sunday, June 10, in Fondren Hall His lecture, Inheritance, will be based on his photographs of the Holy Land His images of the “Security Wall,” holy sites, refugee camps, and children of the region capture both the pain that permeates Israeli and Palestinian society and the price and dignity of those who persevere there “My work,” he said, “is a reminder that the pain of history may determine our present, but does not have to control our future” The Pearson Lecture Series was established at St Paul’s in 2006 by Pat and Sonny Pearson When Pearson was sent by his company to Saudi Arabia in 1989, his minister asked him to bring back a prayer rug The search for the prayer rug went through an engineer he was working with and a pre-dawn journey into the desert When Pearson was presented with the prayer rug, he was told, “You tell your minister that he may have this prayer rug on one condition: when he prays, he prays for all of God’s people, not just Christians” That statement planted the seed for establishing The Pearson Lecture Series for Interfaith Understanding within St Paul’s Methodist Foundation of Houston “It is our hope,” said Pat Pearson, “that this lecture series will foster understanding and respect between and among the three faith traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and encourage an appreciation of our common faith heritage dating back to Abraham” Rev Martin is a United Methodist pastor at heart who expresses his vocation through filmmaking, dialogue, and activism His first film, Muslims in Appalachia, was distributed to PBS stations in July 2001 In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, it was aired by more than 45 stations to 70 million households in six months and made an important contribution to Muslim-Christian relations He has produced three films on the role of the German Protestant Church during the Third Reich In November 2008 Elisabeth of Berlin was shown across Germany and brought its subject, the previously unknown Elisabeth Schmitz, to the attention of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who spoke of her in her speech commemorating the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht in 2008 His film and dialogue work was honored in 2007 by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Rev Martin also has worked closely with the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, producing the campaign’s video-based educational resources The New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good, a faith-based nonprofit, offers a renewed Christian public witness for the sake of the Gospel and the common good]]>

Life in the Universe

12-22-2011 - 06-11-2012

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Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Member-Adult $400 Member-Child (&lt;18) $400 Adult $800 Child (3-11) $700 Senior (62+) $700 College (Current ID) $700 Group (20+ persons) $600

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org

Start Time(s): Multiple showings daily Click <a href="http://wwwhmnsorg/see_do/planetariumasp">here</a> and go to the Planetarium listings for detailed daily schedule &nbsp;

Life in the universe - where is it hiding? Houston Museum of Natural Science Wortham IMAX® Theatre presents Life in the Universe 2010 marked the 50th anniversary of the first experiment to search for extraterrestrial intelligence In 1960, astronomer Frank Drake used a radio telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia to listen to two nearby stars He heard nothing interesting, but the idea of searching for life beyond Earth was born Fifty years of searching for signals and the occasional broadcasting of messages has not detected any transmissions that require intelligent alien authors Either intelligent life is much more rare or short-lived than we expected or we are not looking in the right places with the right tools Life in the Universe takes a fresh look at this fifty-year-old question, looking forward from the Big Bang, in search of those special places that might harbor life, including all of the planets in our solar system It’s a beautiful scenic tour of our universe through the eyes of astronomers looking for clues about the origin of life and the development of intelligence The vistas are breathtaking – from stellar birth clouds like the Orion and Trifid Nebulas to the death throes of Eta Carinae and the mysterious surfaces of nearby planets, their moons and rings Join the search and enjoy the adventure The show is partially funded though a NASA public outreach grant directed by Dr George Fox, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston]]>

STUCK UP: A poster show For the poster movie About a poster scene In Houston Texas

05-04-2012 - 06-14-2012

Domy Books

http://www.domystore.com

Domy Books - 1709 Westheimer Houston TX 77098

Admission: Free Event <i>Framed artwork, printed posters and box-sets will be available for purchase</i>

713-523-DOMY (3669)

houston@domystore.com

Start Time(s): <b>Opening Reception:</b> Friday, May 4 7pm-9pm <b>Gallery Regular Hours:</b> MON&ndash;FRI 12&ndash;8pm SAT 11&ndash;8pm SUN 11&ndash;7pm

Domy Books, Stick 'Em Up and Black Swan Screen Printing are pleased to present STUCK UP: A poster show For the poster movie About a poster scene In Houston Texas Opening Friday, May 4, 7pm-9pm Exhibition runs May 4-June 14, 2012 Street artists featured in Stick Em Up! unite in Stuck Up, an edgy poster exhibition on display at Domy Books in Houston, Texas Stick Em Up! is a gritty street art documentary directed by local filmmaker Alex Luster that gives you a driver's seat view of what it's like to be an illegal street artist Domy Books will host this unique art exhibition that showcases artists Give Up, DUAL, Eyesore, Cutthroat, 2:12, Shreddi, Garro, Vote Right, GONZO247, Ack!, Michael C Rodriguez and GhostTown Each artist created their own version of the Stick ‘Em Up! poster The framed, limited-edition posters will be on exhibit from May 4th to June 14 The posters, hand pulled by the printers of Black Swan Screen Printing Studios, will be available for purchase The exhibition’s opening night coincides with the Houston Premiere of Stick ‘Em Up! at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston]]>

Glass Calligraphy: A Study of Motion & Gesture

05-12-2012 - 06-14-2012

Peel Gallery

http://www.peelgallery.org/

Peel Gallery - 4411 Montrose Blvd Houston TX 77006

Admission: Free and open to the public

7135208122

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception:</strong> Saturday, May 12 6:30PM - 9:00PM <strong>Regular Gallery Hours:</strong> Tuesday - Saturday 11am-6pm

PEEL Gallery presents the exhibition Glass Calligraphy: A Study of Motion & Gesture OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday May 12TH 6:30PM - 9:00PM Exhibition runs May 12-June 14 In May 2012, PEEL exhibits work by Dallas based glass artist, Justin Ginsberg, and Montreal based fashion jeweler and artist, Arielle de Pinto Justin Ginsberg’s most recent work utilizes hundreds of hand-pulled strands of glass which are fused together to create delicate brush strokes suggestive of calligraphy The large compositions, spanning twenty to thirty feet horizontally, are suspended by monofilament They are free to fall, bend and twist according to the specifics of the space and the force of gravity To document these temporary formations, Ginsberg creates large scale giclee images that can stand as pieces in their own right Through action and documentation, the artist preserves the ephemeral, ‘providing a window into a specific moment, at a specific location’ In conjunction with Justin Ginsberg’s work, Peel will exhibit work by Arielle de Pinto Arielle de Pinto fuses an organic aesthetic and rough-hewn carvings with geometric elements to create her dynamic crocheted chain accessories and foot wear Alongside her jewelry—which ranges from crocheted chain and metal necklaces to brutalist carved figurines and imaginative hair accessories—stand de Pinto’s art pieces, including expres¬sionistic metal masks and painterly chain tapestries Transparent in process and marked with the designer’s authorship, this core showpiece practice fuels the creativity for her accessory lines]]>

Katy Art Mixer: RHYTHMS IN RED

06-14-2012 - 06-14-2012

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Katy Culture & Arts Alliance

http://www.facebook.com/events/375098765874793/

Admission: Free

8325417981

ana@katyalliance.com

http://www.katyalliance.com

Start Time(s): 6:30 to 8:30

Join Katy Culture & Arts Alliance for Katy Art Mixer: RHYTHMS IN RED, the first Artist Reception at Babaloo Gallery, the only contemporary art gallery in Katy! Come in and view the rich and elegant paintings by Colombian artist and Katy resident NUBIA GALA! Nubia exhibited her abstractions earlier this year in LA Presented by the Katy Culture & Arts Alliance (KCAA), ARTreach & Fala Creative 25% of art sale proceeds will help fund the KatyARTfund!]]>

Tenth Annual Eleanor and Frank Freed Lecture - Issues of Identity and Artistic Expression: The Case of Wifredo Lam

06-14-2012 - 06-14-2012

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston Tx 77005

Admission: This program is free and open to the public

713-639-7300

Start Time(s): 6:30pm &nbsp;A reception to meet the speaker follows the lecture &nbsp;

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the Tenth Annual Eleanor and Frank Freed Lecture - Issues of Identity and Artistic Expression: The Case of Wifredo Lam, Thursday, June 14, 2012, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM FREE  Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Modern and Contemporary Masterworks from Malba - Fundación Costantini Speaker: Lowery Stokes Sims, curator, the Museum of Arts and Design, New York Noted Afro-Chinese Cuban Surrealist artist Wifredo Lam (1902–1982) spent a lifetime navigating cultural heritages in numerous locales Born in Cuba to a Spanish African mother and Chinese father, he worked in Spain and France before returning to Cuba during World War II During the 1950s and 1960s, he lived alternately in Cuba, France, and Italy He subsequently had contact with artistic groups in Sweden, Mexico, Spain, and Venezuela, among others Lam was both a believer in and a skeptic of the Lucumí (Santaría) religion into which he was initiated Nevertheless, he used its tenets and beliefs as the basis for his signature pictorial language and style Specific works from throughout Lam’s career explore this multifaceted and complicated artist who defined globalism in the arts before it was a buzzword A specialist in modern and contemporary art, Lowery Stokes Sims was executive director and then president of the Studio Museum in Harlem, 2000 to 2007 She is known for her expertise in the work of African, Latino, Native, and Asian American artists She is the author of "Wifredo Lam and the International Avant-Garde, 1923–1982," published by the University of Texas Press in 2002 Pictured:  Wifredo Lam, Sin titulo (Untitled), 1944, gouache on paper, Colección Eduardo F Costantini, Buenos Aires © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris]]>

RAW Houston: SOLSTICE

06-14-2012 - 06-14-2012

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RAW: natural born artists

http://www.RAWartists.org/houston/solstice

Numbers Nightclub - 300 Wetheimer Houston TX 77006

Admission: $10 pre-sale/$15 at the door

512-200-2819

meghanhouston@RAWartists.org

http://www.RAWartists.org/houston/solstice

Start Time(s): 8 pm - 2 am

RAW Houston presents SOLSTICE, 8 pm - 2 am, Thursday, June 14 at Numbers What is RAW? RAW:natural born artists is an independent arts organization that hand-selects and spotlights independent creatives in visual art, film, fashion, music, hair & makeup artistry, photography, models and performing art RAW's mission is to provide up-and-coming artists of all creative realms with the tools, resources and exposure needed to inspire and cultivate creativity so that they might be seen, heard and loved RAW educates, connects and exposes emerging artists in 22 artistic communities nationwide through monthly showcase events Join us in celebrating the work of these artists What Can I Expect? RAW events are multi-faceted artistic showcases Each event features a film screening, musical performance, fashion show, art gallery, performance art and a featured hairstylist and makeup artist These artists are all local, hand-picked talent who have been chosen to feature at RAW RAW events feature a cash bar for cocktails while you enjoy the night Dress code is cocktail attire, so dress the occasion and get ready for an artistic circus of creativity!]]>

The Art Institute of Houston Graduate Portfolio Show

06-14-2012 - 06-14-2012

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The Art Institute of Houston

http://aiportfolioshow.com/houston/

The Art Institute of Houston - 4140 Southwest Freeway Houston TX 77027

Admission: Free and open to the public

713-623-2040

dsawyer@aii.edu

http://aiportfolioshow.com/houston/

Start Time(s): 10 am &ndash; 2 pm

The Art Institute of Houston presents a Graduate Portfolio Show It’s time to mark your calendar – stop by The Art Institute of Houston on Thursday, June 14 for a Portfolio Show Graduates from nine different programs will be showcasing their work! Come celebrate our students' accomplishments, browse their portfolios, and see what they’ve created while completing their studies at The Art Institute of Houston Their creations might pique your interest, spark an idea, or lead you to find exactly what you've been looking for In any case, come get a glimpse of what tomorrow will bring through their inspired work Location: The Art Institute of Houston, 4140 Southwest Freeway ? Houston, TX 77027 New Time: 10 am – 2 pm What awaits you… Audio Production Digital Filmmaking & Video Production Media Arts & Animation Photography Web Design & Interactive Media Interior Design Graphic Design Fashion & Retail Management Design & Technical Graphics]]>

Scott Frances Photography Exhibit: MonoVisioN

04-18-2012 - 06-15-2012

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Decorative Center Houston

http://www.dch.com

Decorative Center Houston - 5120 Woodway Houston TX 77056

Admission: Free&nbsp; and open to the Public

Kathryn Smith, 713-627-8777

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Events, Wednesday, April 18: Book signing and Gallery Talk with the artist </strong>12:30pm <strong>Opening Reception </strong>7:00pm- 8:30 pm <strong>On View:</strong> Monday-Friday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Charles S Cohen and Decorative Center Houston (DCH) are proud to announce the opening of the MonoVisioN Exhibit, with photographs by Scott Frances, on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 The exhibit will run through June 15, 2012 Opening day will feature a book signing and gallery talk with the artist at 12:30 pm and a reception from 7:00 pm-8:30 pm The exhibition will be on view in Suite 1050 on the First Floor of DCH from 10:00am-3:00pm Monday thru Friday until Monday, June 18 Frances’ exhibition begins a main feature of this year’s Spring Market at DCH His images reflect the synthesis of his interests in carefully balanced composition, using atmospheric and naturally motivated light With a journalist’s need to tell a story simply, along with his passion for the decorative arts, his imagery bridges recurring themes throughout art history The MonoVisioN exhibition coincides with the release of Frances’ first monograph of the same title with an introduction by Richard Meier, published by Pond Press In the preface to MonoVisioN, Meier states: “A Scott Frances photograph captures all these ephemeral elements that I have always explored in my architectural work The images in this book portray the qualities that give every space and building a sense of place, and the constant dialogue between the man-made and the natural MonoVisioN becomes an exploration of solid and void, transparency and opaqueness, the rational and the intuitive, and an essay on composition” Scott Frances was born and raised in New York City, where he is currently based He studied fine arts and journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois Early in his career he shot for ESTO photographics, under the auspices of the architectural photography great, Ezra Stoller Following ESTO he began to document the work of architect Richard Meier, who he continues to work with today Frances has worked with several of the world’s top architects and designers and is a regular contributor to magazines like Architectural Digest, Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine, and Departures He has photographed the homes of such celebrities as Jennifer Aniston, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Jim Belushi, Claire Danes, Clive Davis and Steve Jobs The exhibit is free to the public]]>

Lawndale Art Center May-June Exhibitions

05-11-2012 - 06-16-2012

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Lawndale Art Center

http://lawndaleartcenter.org/exhibitions/2012/may-shows.shtml

Lawndale Art Center - 4912 Main St Houston TX 77002

Admission: Free

713-528-5858

Start Time(s): <strong>Art Center&nbsp;Hours:</strong> Monday-Friday, 10 AM - 5 PM Saturday, 12 - 5 PM Closed Sunday <strong>Opening Reception: </strong>Friday, May 11, 2012 6:30 &ndash; 8:30 PM, <i>artist talks at 6 PM</i>

Lawndale Art Center presents four exhibitions opening May 11, 2012, 6:30 – 8:30 PM, with artist talks beginning at 6 PM In the John M O’Quinn Gallery, 2011-2012 Lawndale Artist Studio Program artists Seth Mittag, David Politzer and Anne J Regan present work produced during their residency at Lawndale in the exhibition Prospectors In the Mezzanine Gallery, Jack Ericksson’s installation, Isometric Solutions to Contemporary Economic Dilemmas, identifies problems and proposes solutions by blending the emotional understanding of the public market with the reality of economic depression In the Grace R Cavnar Gallery, Travis McCarra & Michael Gonzales use Twitter hashtags allowing artists to populate the exhibition space with work for the exhibition #everyoneisanartist In the Project Space, TrendFACTORY by Leslie Mutchler explores issues related to hand(craft), the physicality of labor and the repetition of memes in the virtual world through hand-manufactured objects and focusing on ways in which a controlled community, limited to specific materials, can participate in the creation of objects These exhibitions continue through June 16, 2012 Read more about these artists/exhibitions Through June 2012, Daniel Anguilu’s mural Famous Monsters is also on view on Lawndale’s north exterior wall Pictured above: a work by Seth Mittag]]>

MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Sir Joshua Reynolds and the Creation of the Grand Style in English Painting

06-15-2012 - 06-16-2012

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston Tx 77005

Admission: This lecture is open to the public and free with general museum admission&nbsp; <strong>Admission</strong>: Adult: $10 Senior (65+): $5 Youth (6&ndash;18): $5 Student (with ID): $5 Member: FREE

713-639-7300

Start Time(s): Friday, 1:30 pmand repeated Saturday, 4:00 pm A reception to meet the speaker and a docent-led tour follows each lecture

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Sir Joshua Reynolds and the Creation of the Grand Style in English Painting, Friday, June 15, 1:30 pm (repeated on Saturday, June 16, 4 pm) Presented by David E Brauer, senior lecturer, Glassell School of Art, MFAH This lecture is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London Seating is limited A reception and tour follow Open to the public Free with general museum admission MFAH Members always receive free admission Pictured: SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, Mrs Elisha Mathew, 1777, Oil on canvas, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase with funds provided by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund, The Rienzi Collection]]>

MFAH Film Premieres: Payback

06-15-2012 - 06-17-2012

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston TX 77006

Admission: $7 General Admission $6 Matinee Admission $1 discount MFAH members, senior adults (55+), and students with ID Free Children 5 and under Free Film Buffs members $60 Nonmember Discount Pass (10 admissions) $55 MFAH member Discount Pass (10 admissions) $3 Family Flicks Admission $2 Family Flicks Admission for MFAH members and students with ID <strong>Please note: </strong>The MFAH Films box office accepts payment by cash, check, and credit card Tickets can be purchased in advance in three ways: online, in the museum lobbies, and at the box office The box office opens at 5:30 pm for weekend evening screenings and at least 30 minutes before show time for most other films

713-639-7300

http://mfah.org/films/

Start Time(s): Fri, Jun 15 at 7 pm Sat, Jun 16 at 7 pm Sun, Jun 17 at 5 pm &nbsp;

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents MFAH Film Premieres Enjoy these critically acclaimed, award-winning international films as they make their Houston debut! Payback Directed by Jennifer Baichwal 2012, in English, Spanish, and Albanian Canada 86 minutes Margaret Atwood regaled Houston audiences in January with her spirited reading and repartee at the Inprint Brown Reading Series Her visionary work Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth is the basis for this riveting and poetic documentary on “debt” in its various forms—societal, personal, environmental, spiritual, criminal, and of course, economic Filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal (Manufactured Landscapes) strikingly interweaves these (sometimes surprising) debtor/creditor relationships: two families in a years-long Albanian blood feud; the BP oil spill vs the environment; mistreated Florida tomato farm workers and their bosses; imprisoned media mogul Conrad Black and the US justice system With stunning cinematography and insightful commentary from renowned thinkers Raj Patel, Louise Arbour, and Margaret Atwood herself, Payback is a brilliant, game-changing rumination on the subject Community partners: Inprint Houston, The Progressive Forum, and the Houston Cinema Arts Society]]>

Jerry & Marvy Finger Lecture Series: Jesse Jones, FDR's Secret Weapon

06-21-2012 - 06-21-2012

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The Heritage Society

http://www.heritagesociety.org

The Heritage Society - 1100 Bagby Houston TX 77002

Admission: Members are free, non-members $5 <i>If you would like to reserve a box lunch for this lecture, please contact Elizabeth Martin by 11 AM on Wednesday, June 20, 2012</i> Complimentary Parking is available behind the Kellum-Noble House; Visitors should enter the lot from the Allen Parkway inbound

713 655-1912

Start Time(s): 12-1 pm

Please join The Heritage Society for another in the Jerry & Marvy Finger Lecture Series Thursday, June 21, Jesse Jones, FDR's Secret Weapon, by Steven Fenberg “Jesse Jones is one of those vital figures who has inexplicably slipped into the historical shadows Now Steven Fenberg has given us a wonderful new biography of a man who played a critical role in the most tumultuous years of the American Century, bringing Jones back to vivid life”—Jon Meacham, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House and the bestselling Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of An Epic Friendship On June 21, Steven Fenberg will tell the story of Jesse Holman Jones who wielded power comparable to that of FDR, saving a crippled US economy during the Great Depression At a crucial time in US history and working largely out of the limelight as chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corp, Jones saved farms, homes, banks and businesses; built infrastructure; and even set the price of gold with FDR each morning in the President’s bedroom The Jerry & Marvy Finger Lecture Series, made possible by the generosity of Mr Jerry Finger and Mr Marvy Finger]]>

Weaving Home: Telling the Refugee Story

06-21-2012 - 06-21-2012

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Houston Arts Alliance - Alliance Gallery (formerly space125gallery)

http://www.houstonartsalliance.com/space125gallery/

Houston Arts Alliance - Alliance Gallery (formerly space125gallery) - 3201 Allen Parkway First Floor Houston TX 77019

Admission: All events are Free and open to the public Metered parking on Rosine, $2 lots on D'Amico and $3 on Rosine

713-581-6120

Start Time(s): 5:30 &ndash; 7 pm &nbsp;

The Houston Arts Alliance Folklife and Traditional Arts Program presents Weaving Home: Textile Traditions From Houston’s Karenni Community, in Alliance Gallery, 3201 Allen Parkway, 77019 On view May 16 – July 6, 2012 Houston is home to refugee communities from around the world They all bring with them distinctive traditions The exhibition Weaving Home focuses on the weaving traditions practiced by women from one such community – a collection of Karenni families who now live in the city Formerly from Myanmar (until recently known as Burma), the Karenni are a distinct ethnic community with origins in the country’s mountainous region bordering Thailand In conjunction with this exhibiton, HAA presents the following Special Exhibition Program @ Alliance Gallery: Telling the Refugee Story Thursday, June 21, 5:30 – 7 pm Representatives from the Karenni, Bhutanese and Burundian communities will share events that led up to their displacement, their experience in refugee camps and resettlement in Houston They will also discuss efforts – both the struggles and successes -- to retain their respective community’s cultural identity in contemporary Texas SPECIAL NOTE: Volunteers from The Community Cloth will have work from all of the refugee artists they serve available for purchase at all the exhibition events All proceeds return to the artists Weaving Home, an exhibition produced by the Houston Arts Alliance Folklife + Traditional Arts Program, is funded in part by the Houston Endowment, Inc, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Wells Fargo Bank]]>

MFAH Film Premieres: Gerhard Richter Painting

06-03-2012 - 06-21-2012

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston TX 77006

Admission: $7 General Admission $6 Matinee Admission $1 discount MFAH members, senior adults (55+), and students with ID Free Children 5 and under Free Film Buffs members $60 Nonmember Discount Pass (10 admissions) $55 MFAH member Discount Pass (10 admissions) $3 Family Flicks Admission $2 Family Flicks Admission for MFAH members and students with ID <strong>Please note: </strong>The MFAH Films box office accepts payment by cash, check, and credit card Tickets can be purchased in advance in three ways: online, in the museum lobbies, and at the box office The box office opens at 5:30 pm for weekend evening screenings and at least 30 minutes before show time for most other films

713-639-7300

http://mfah.org/films/

Start Time(s): Sun, Jun 3 at 2 pm Sun, Jun 10 at 2 pm Sun, Jun 17 at 2 pm Thu, Jun 21 at 7 pm &nbsp;

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents MFAH Film Premieres Enjoy these critically acclaimed, award-winning international films as they make their Houston debut! Gerhard Richter Painting Directed by Corinna Belz 2011, in German with English subtitles Germany 97 minutes German artist Gerhard Richter (born 1932), one of the world's greatest living painters, has spent over half a century experimenting with a tremendous range of techniques and ideas, addressing historical crises and mass-media representation alongside explorations of chance procedures Infamously media-shy, he agreed to appear on camera for the first time in 15 years for a 2007 short by filmmaker Corinna Belz called "Gerhard Richter's Window" Her feature-length follow-up, Gerhard Richter Painting, is exactly that: a thrilling document of Richter's creative process, juxtaposed with intimate conversations (with his critics, his collaborators, and his American gallerist Marian Goodman) and rare archive material From a fly-on-the-wall perspective, the audience watches the 79-year-old Richter create a series of large-scale abstract canvases, using fat brushes and a massive squeegee to apply (and then scrape off) layer after layer of brightly colored paint This mesmerizing footage, of a highly charged process of creation and destruction, turns Belz's portrait of an artist into a work of art itself]]>

Fresh Arts Exhibition Series - Stephen Kwok: Walled Garden

05-19-2012 - 06-22-2012

Fresh Arts (Spacetaker + Fresh Arts Coalition)

http://www.spacetaker.org/culture_guide/event/arc-exhibition-opening-stephen-kwok-walled-garden

Spacetaker Gallery at Fresh Arts (formerly Spacetaker Artist Resource Center (ARC)) - 2101 Winter Street Studio 11 Houston TX 77007

Admission: Free and open to the public

7138681839

info@fresharts.org

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception</strong>: Saturday, May 19, 7-10pm <strong>Second Saturday Open Studios</strong>: Saturday, June 9, 2 &ndash; 5 pm <strong>Regular Gallery hours</strong>: M-F by appointment only 7138681839

Fresh Arts (Spacetaker + Fresh Arts Coalition) presents Walled Garden, a solo site-responsive installation-based exhibition by Stephen Kwok in its Spacetaker Gallery Beginning May 19, visitors to the Spacetaker Gallery will be encouraged to investigate their attachment to the physical world, including their possessions, in a way that may foster questions and challenge the relevance of physical items in today’s increasingly digital society Stephen Kwok’s installation-based multi-media exhibition is an exploration of technology, spirituality, and our connection to physical environment This is Kwok’s first solo show in Houston Walled Garden will be on view from May 19 through June 22 with a free public opening on Saturday, May 19 from 7 – 10 pm Kwok creates work on the boundary between the digital and physical worlds He is fascinated by the challenges posed by contemporary technological progress and the collapse of established ways of living at the hands of digitization Through sculpture, video, and installation, Kwok translates the methods and aesthetics of the digital world by drag-dropping them into the physical world This exhibition explores the declining relevance of physical environment and physical goods The ubiquity of digital practice – the ability to access the digital world at any time, at nearly any given geographic location – alters the necessities required of physical contexts Kwok investigates this evolving relationship through the subversion of contemporary digital technologies and the sculptural manipulation of commonplace materials About the Artist: Kwok was raised in Houston, obtained a Business degree in Los Angeles at the University of Southern California, and now works predominantly in New Orleans as an artist He has shown at the Lawndale Art Center, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Contemporary Art Center New Orleans, and in various other venues He plans to attend the School of the Art Institute of Chicago for an MFA this Fall More about Kwok at his website: wwwkwokstephencom   About Fresh Arts’ Exhibition Series: With the Exhibition Series, Fresh Arts (Spacetaker + Fresh Arts Coalition) seeks to provide Houston-based emerging and mid-career visual artists with an alternative space to show their work outside of a commercial gallery setting Fresh Arts staff and Artist Advisory Committee members dedicate time and resources to mentoring each artist on exhibition preparation, marketing, press engagement, and patron cultivation, in effect equipping each artist with valuable skills for independent exhibition management]]>

MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Rembrandt

06-22-2012 - 06-23-2012

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston Tx 77005

Admission: This lecture is open to the public and free with general museum admission&nbsp; <strong>Admission</strong>: Adult: $10 Senior (65+): $5 Youth (6&ndash;18): $5 Student (with ID): $5 Member: FREE

713-639-7300

Start Time(s): Friday, 1:30 pmand repeated Saturday, 4:00 pm A reception to meet the speaker and a docent-led tour follows each lecture

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a MFAH Friday-Saturday Lecture: Rembrandt, Friday, June 22, 1:30 pm (repeated on Saturday, June 23, 4 pm) Presented by Peter C Sutton, director, the Susan E Lynch Executive Director, The Bruce Museum This lecture is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London Seating is limited A reception and tour follow Open to the public Free with general museum admission MFAH Members always receive free admission Pictured: Rembrandt van Rijn, Portrait of the Artist, c 1665, oil on canvas, Kenwood House, English Heritage, Iveagh Bequest Courtesy American Federation of Arts]]>

William Betts: Recognition

05-12-2012 - 06-23-2012

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McClain Gallery

http://www.mcclaingallery.com/index.html

McClain Gallery - 2242 Richmond Ave Houston TX 77098

Admission: Free and open to the public

713-520-9988

Start Time(s): <strong>Artist Reception:</strong> Saturday, May 12 2pm-4pm <strong>Gallery Hours:</strong> Tuesday - Friday: 10 am to 5:30 pm Saturday: 11 am to 5 pm or by appointment

McClain Gallery presents the exhibition William Betts: Recognition On view May 12 - June 23, 2012 Artist Reception: Saturday, May 12, 2 - 4 PM* ( *Opens concurrently with Bo Joseph: Empire of Spoils) McClain Gallery presents a solo exhibition of new work by Houston-based artist William Betts in the back two bays In Recognition, Betts continues to explore the "elasticity" of the digital image through his Surveillance series using frozen screenshots from video surveillance recordings as source materials for paintings Here, he focuses on anonymous groups of people at a mall or on the street, and also zeroes in on individuals - entering the intimate realm of portraiture with a unique detachment Using a software-controlled process, the artist fastidiously oversees the application of thousands of acrylic dots to a single canvas and in this distinctive application process alludes to the very nature of photography, printmaking and painting at once The play with the concept of pixelation also yields a grainy impression much like that of a surveillance TV screen What emerges from viewing these densely complex works is an uneasy voyeurism; though the scenes suggest no obvious danger, they still evoke a decidedly paranoid tone As a viewer, there is an eerie sense of being the watcher and also the distinct potential of being watched: a strange, but relevant part of contemporary technological life The result is a body of work that challenges as well as invites Instead of condensing concrete information into retina-challenging abstract compositions, he reproduced imagery captured on surveillance cameras and traffic cams using dots that mimic the pixilated nature of his source images Although less mysterious than the artist's abstract compositions, they have one thing in common with the other series: an interest in what is ordinarily unseen, elements that Betts draws out for public consumption, be it the colorful reality and composition of a pixel or, in this case, a kind of surveillance imagery that is not commonly available Betts avoids overt sensationalism-we don't witness crimes or accidents But the very mundanity of the scenes serves as a reminder that the promise of security offered by surveillance technology also comes at the price of privacy Excerpt from: WILLIAM BETTS by Claudia Schmukli, catalog for 2008 Houston Area Show, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston About William Betts: Houston artist William Betts received his BA in studio art from Arizona State University He has been a finalist for the Hunting Prize three times, and has recently been awarded the 2012 annual prize from New American Paintings In 2010, Betts received an individual artist grant from Houston Arts Alliance His work has been shown nationwide, as well as internationally in London and in Canada and will be on view in the upcoming exhibition Rasterfahndung (Tracing the Grid) at the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart from May 5, 2012 through October 7, 2012 Image: William Betts, Couple with Stroller, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 32 inches (detail above, full image below)]]>

Bo Joseph: Empire of Spoils (PrintHouston 2012)

05-12-2012 - 06-23-2012

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McClain Gallery

http://www.mcclaingallery.com/index.html

McClain Gallery - 2242 Richmond Ave Houston TX 77098

Admission: Free and open to the public

713-520-9988

Start Time(s): <strong>Artist Reception:</strong> Saturday, May 12 2pm-4pm <strong>Gallery Hours:</strong> Tuesday - Friday: 10 am to 5:30 pm Saturday: 11 am to 5 pm or by appointment

McClain Gallery (in conjunction with PrintMatters, as part of PrintHouston 2012) presents the exhibition Bo Joseph: Empire of Spoils Joseph will be in town for an artist reception, open to the public, on May 12, 2 - 4 PM* The exhibition will be on view May 12 - June 23, 2012 ( *Opens concurrently with William Betts:  Recognition) In his first solo show at McClain Gallery, New York-based artist Bo Joseph presents a group of recent work ranging from large scale tonal drawings to bold high-contrast paintings Out of the dense organic linearity of Joseph's drawings rise ambitious abstractions and a sophisticated body of work that deftly straddles the line between the evocative and cryptic Joseph works from a myriad of printed sources ranging from auction catalogues to books - seeking out objects, such as masks or ceremonial items from various cultures Creating stencils out of these found elemental forms and abstractions, Joseph's translations retain their dynamism and relevance outside their original contexts The symbols of people, places and ideas that no longer exist, and in which societies invest meaning - whether carved ancestor figures in an extinct African culture, or paving stones set in streets across Berlin where the Wall once stood - provide the strongest visual references for Joseph By transcribing and relocating the silhouettes of such reproductions outside of their found context, and placing them within a richly layered field of his own gestural mark-making, Joseph creates abstract compositions that are inherent manifestations of archetypes and cultural appropriation, forming a patchwork of commonalities among disparate cultures Beyond their symbolic leanings, each work has a story to tell about how they were made Whether working on a fragmentary, used drop cloth or on joined sheets of paper, Joseph exploits the painting support like yet another intrinsically charged, found object Made with a combination of acrylic pens and paint, tempera and oil pastel and using deconstructive techniques like sanding, masking and rinsing, his work challenges the very nature and transience of both material and subject: testing each to see what content and substance will resonate Employing a working method that has been called "uncollage" he often uses oil pastel as a resist and washes the paper with water-based acrylic to create layers of negative space Using stencils made from his found imagery, he creates the negative white space on his larger paintings via layer upon layer of white paint In smaller works on paper, brightly colored birds unfold like origami to play against a chalky canvas; in large scale drawings that measure up to 5 x 7 feet, hints of an Empire bubble to the surface: from a tribal mask and primitive tools, to spoils of war and lost civilizations, Joseph weaves relics of history and incongruent traditions together with aplomb About Bo Joseph: Born in California in 1969, Joseph lives and works in New York City He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and has been showing his work since the early 1990s Joseph has received awards and honors such as the Basil H Alkazzi Award, and fellowships in painting from Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center and the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts He has been a visiting artist/lecturer at the University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth, MA and the Rhode Island School of Design where he also taught drawing His work can be found in museums nationally and abroad including Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO; and Guilin Art Museum, China Images: Pictured above: Bo Joseph, The Byproducts of Dark Work, 2011, oil pastel, acrylic and tempera on joined paper, 79 x 56 inches Pictured below: Bo Joseph, A Lexicon of Persistent Absence: Eaten by Ideologies, 2012, acrylic and transfer on paper mounted on canvas, 29 1/2 x 22 1/8 inches]]>

Isa Leshko: Elderly Animals

05-04-2012 - 06-23-2012

Houston Center for Photography (HCP)

http://www.hcponline.org

Houston Center for Photography - 1441 West Alabama Houston Tx 77006

Admission: Admission is free

713-529-4755

Start Time(s): <b>Regular Gallery Hours:</b> Monday - Galleries closed Tuesday - Galleries closed Wednesday - 11am - 5pm Thursday - 11am - 9pm Friday - 11am - 5pm Saturday - 11am - 5pm Sunday - 11am - 5pm <b>Opening reception: </b>Friday, May 4, 6:30-8:30pm Artist talk with Isa Leshko and Juror Christopher Rauschenberg: May 4, 5:30 pm

Houston Center for Photography (HCP) presents the exhibition Isa Leshko: Elderly Animals, featuring work by 2012 HCP Fellowship Recipient Isa Leshko On View: May 4- June 23, 2012 Opening Reception: Friday, May 4, 6:30-8:30pm Artist talk with Isa Leshko and Juror Christopher Rauschenberg: May 4, 5:30 pm When a photographer picks up a camera, he or she is surrounded by an entire world to point her camera at She will pick a small rectangle out of all of this possible everything and say “this is what I’m paying attention to - this is what’s on my mind - this is what’s in my heart” Artists understand the world by creating metaphors, the same way that scientists understand the world by creating scientific models The strongest and most soulful art is achieved by using a balance of intellect and intuition An artist will be drawn to something without knowing why, then she will bring her intellect to those first images and the resulting insight will enable her go back out and take images that are more profound Each round of photographing and listening to the images takes her deeper into the heart of the issues and questions that haunt her In Isa Leshko’s case she explains, “I began this series shortly after I had spent a year in New Jersey helping my sister care for my mother who has Alzheimer’s disease When my mother got ill, I made a conscious decision to not photograph her However, caring for her had a profound impact on me and I knew the experience would influence my photography Shortly after I had returned from New Jersey, I encountered a blind elderly horse that was living on a relative’s property I was mesmerized by this animal and spent the afternoon photographing him After reviewing my film, I realized I had found a project that would enable me to sift through my feelings around my mother’s illness” We are surrounded at all times by “unimportant things" that have a lot of important things to say to us if we stop to look and think about them and with them One can use a geiger counter to find concentrations of something powerful and invisible, but the best photographers, like Isa, use a camera the same way Isa has indeed found something powerful and invisible here I find myself in deep conversation with these (self-)portraits of elderly animals, looking in from an unexpected new vantage point at complex issues of mortality and what it means to be human -Christopher Rauschenberg, Juror Isa Leshko will be donating 25% of all proceeds from print sales to  Friends for Life For more information about purchasing a print, please contact Isa Leshko (http://isaleshkocom/contact/)   Pictured above: Isa Leshko, Handsome One, Thoroughbred Horse, Age 33, 2011, Archival pigment print, 9 x 9 inches Courtesy of the artist and CordenPotts Gallery (San Francisco, CA)]]>

Nancy LeVine: Senior Dogs Across America

05-04-2012 - 06-23-2012

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Houston Center for Photography (HCP)

http://www.hcponline.org

Houston Center for Photography - 1441 West Alabama Houston Tx 77006

Admission: Admission is free

713-529-4755

Start Time(s): <b>Regular Gallery Hours:</b> Monday - Galleries closed Tuesday - Galleries closed Wednesday - 11am - 5pm Thursday - 11am - 9pm Friday - 11am - 5pm Saturday - 11am - 5pm Sunday - 11am - 5pm <b>Opening reception: </b>Friday, May 4, 6:30-8:30pm Artist talk: Friday, May 4 6:00pm Saturday May 5 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM <a href="http://wwwartshoundcom/event/detail/441598029/"><span style="background-color: #ccffcc"><strong><i>Senior Dogs Group Portrait With Nancy LeVine</i></strong></span>:</a> Saturday, May 5 at 8:30am Join HCP and Exhibiting Artist Nancy LeVine for a group portrait featuring YOUR senior dog! Bring your furry friend to Menil Park, Saturday, May 5 at 8:30 am and pose for the picture All participants will receive a digital image of the group portrait

Houston Center for Photography (HCP) presents the exhibition Nancy LeVine: Senior Dogs Across America On View: May 4- June 23, 2012 Opening Reception: Friday, May 4, 6:30-8:30pm Artist talk: Friday, May 4 6:00pm Nancy LeVine begin traveling the US to photograph senior dogs eight years ago Reflecting Robert Frank's, The Americans, she found dogs inhabiting all manner of American life -- and with many years inscribed in their beings Her interest in the subject began when her own dogs began to approach the end of their days It was then she started to imagine her own mortality She saw how the dog does it; how, without the human's painful ability to project ahead and fear the inevitable, the dog simply wakes to each day as a new step in the journey Though their steps might be more stiff and arduous, these dogs still moved through each day as themselves -- themselves of that day and all the days before About the artist - Nancy LeVine is an award-winning photographer who travels worldwide on a variety of assignments Her clients include Seattle Children's Hospital, Microsoft, Starbucks, Puget Energy, and the Alliance for Education Previously, she was based in New York City for over 15 years, where her assignments focused on fashion and personalities with frequent trips to Paris She has worked for L'Officiel de la Couture magazine in Paris, and her images have appeared in American Photo and the Photo Review Nancy received a master's degree from New York University/International Center of Photography, Nancy lives in Seattle, Washington She is a regular instructor at Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle Pictured: Nancy LeVine, Ginger 12 1/2 years old Devil's Tower, Wyoming, 2007, Inkjet print, 13 x 19 inches Courtesy of the artist (detail above, full image below)]]>

David Politzer: When Youre Out There

05-04-2012 - 06-23-2012

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Houston Center for Photography (HCP)

http://www.hcponline.org

Houston Center for Photography - 1441 West Alabama Houston Tx 77006

Admission: Admission is free

713-529-4755

Start Time(s): <b>Regular Gallery Hours:</b> Monday - Galleries closed Tuesday - Galleries closed Wednesday - 11am - 5pm Thursday - 11am - 9pm Friday - 11am - 5pm Saturday - 11am - 5pm Sunday - 11am - 5pm <b>Opening reception: </b>Friday, May 4, 6:30-8:30pm Artist talk with David Politzer and Juror Christopher Rauschenberg: May 4, 5:30 pm

Houston Center for Photography (HCP) presents the exhibition David Politzer: When You’re Out There Featuring work by the 2012 Carol Crow Memorial Fellowship Recipient On View: May 4- June 23, 2012 Opening Reception: Friday, May 4, 6:30-8:30pm Artist talk with David Politzer and Juror Christopher Rauschenberg: May 4, 5:30 pm David Politzer’s photographs look at nature with a sense of humor but with a sense of longing too It’s not a longing for nature itself as much as it’s a longing for nature to have a more profound meaning to us There’s nothing “red of tooth and claw” here for us anymore, just pleasant decoration that we are so used to that we don’t see it any longer David does see it, though In his photographs, this simulacrum of nature is rising in intensity, moving from the background to the center stage It’s as if the elevator Muzak has been turned up to 90 decibels so slowly that no one but David has noticed As the human-built environment encroaches on and shrinks wildlife habitat, animals have had to learn how to go about their business, adapt and live in our landscape In these photos of David’s, they are on our walls, on our chests and looming over our parking meters, but the bald eagle doesn’t care about our national anthem, the cardinal doesn’t care about our sports teams and the sunflower pays no attention to the phone mounted on it In these photos of David’s, the illusory depicted nature overwhelms the mundane reality of these offices and parking lots with a delicious combination of Magritte and Rousseau This exhibition is a subset of David’s project, “When You’re Out There” The other half of this project is on view now at the Lawndale Art Center The show at Lawndale consists of videos and photographs that explore what it means for us to go out into the natural world (maintaining our consciousness), whereas this exhibition looks at what it means for nature to manifest in our world (maintaining its consciousness) -Christopher Rauschenberg, Juror Pictured: David Politzer (Houston, TX), Wolf Drawing, Gunnison, 2011, From the series When You're Out There, Chromogenic print, 30 x 30 inches Edition of 6 with 2 Artist Proofs Courtesy of the artist (detail above, full image below)]]>

Collaborations IX: Aging

05-04-2012 - 06-23-2012

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Houston Center for Photography (HCP)

http://www.hcponline.org

Houston Center for Photography - 1441 West Alabama Houston Tx 77006

Admission: Admission is free

713-529-4755

Start Time(s): <b>Regular Gallery Hours:</b> Monday - Galleries closed Tuesday - Galleries closed Wednesday - 11am - 5pm Thursday - 11am - 9pm Friday - 11am - 5pm Saturday - 11am - 5pm Sunday - 11am - 5pm <b>Opening reception: </b>Friday, May 4, 6:30-8:30pm

 Houston Center for Photography (HCP) presents the exhibition Collaborations IX: Aging Opening Reception: Friday, May 4, 6:30-8:30pm  Houston Center for Photography (HCP) is proud to announce the ninth exhibition of the Collaborations program, Aging From May 4 - June 23, HCP’s Learning Center Gallery will showcase work by sixteen participants in the Collaborations IX program During the six-month program, students from nine Houston-area high schools met every other week at HCP to develop the concept of the exhibition while sharing their personal experiences and their photographic eye This year's participants met with artists and photographers such as Peter Brown, Heather Sanchez, Galina Kurlat, Jill Hunter, and Felisa Prieto who guided them throughout the process of developing their exhibition Reflecting on the passing of time and its effect on people and objects, Aging is an exhibition that explore issues such as childhood, maturity, decay, and expiration HCP’s Collaborations program helps students build confidence as they learn to talk about their work, share ideas with others, and learn about artistic and curatorial aspects of the art world HCP works with various organizations and commercial businesses to educate participants about photography and its history; guest lectures are both informative and hands-on Once the students select a theme for the exhibition, HCP calls upon experts in the field to educate and inform the students about their chosen subject For example, last year’s theme was “Pick your Battles,” and HCP brought in Scott Dalton, an award-winning conflict photographer to meet with students This year’s theme is “Aging,” and students will be meeting with a photographer who has created a moving series of aging animals The program culminates in a final exhibition of the students' work and fosters the students’ public speaking and presentation skills through the vehicle of artist talks which are attended by the general public in HCP’s galleries This year's participants include students from a variety of schools including Awty International Schools, Carnegie Vanguard High School, Clearbrook High School, Cy-Fair High School, Cypress Ridge High School, Episcopal High School, John H Reagan High School, Kingwood Park High School, KIPP Houston High School, Klein Oak High School, Lamar High School, Saint Agnes Academy, St John's School, and a home school student Collaborations IX participants are Constance Atton, Dylan Beckman, Leslie Campos, Emilee Cooney, Magaly DeLeon, Gabrielle Dunn, Margeaux Epner, Caroline George, Anna Harding, Crysta Hernandez, Carol Hernandez, Katherine Hernandez, Barbara Jaimes, Ian Mellor-Crummey, Brandon Merz, Isabelle Metz, Mary Martha Meyer-Hill, Christina Morgan, Judie Mozie, Zenzele Ojore, Silvia Pera, and Tessa Slavinsky Pictured above: Gabrielle Dunn, detail Thinking Alone, 2012]]>

Asia Society Texas Center Architecture Tour

06-23-2012 - 06-23-2012

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Asia Society Texas Center

http://asiasociety.org/texas/architecture-and-gallery-tours

Asia Society Texas Center - 1370 Southmore Houston TX 77004

Admission: Free

(713) 496-9901

txcenter@asiasociety.org

Start Time(s): 2:00 - 3:00 pm

Asia Society Texas Center presents an Architecture Tour, Saturday, June 23 at 2pm Guided tours of Asia Society Texas Center will take place each month on select Saturday afternoons These opportunities to see Yoshio Taniguchi’s first free-standing structure in the United States will focus on the materials, influences, and ambience of the building Tour stops will include: The Brown Foundation Performing Arts Theater Edward Rudge Allen III Education Center Elkins Foundation Water Garden Fayez Sarofim Grand Hall The Water Garden Terrace Spring 2012 Schedule May 12, 2:00 – 3:00pm June 23, 2:00 – 3:00pm]]>

Box 13 ArtSpace May-June Exhibitions

05-19-2012 - 06-23-2012

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BOX 13 ArtSpace

http://www.box13artspace.com/

Box 13 ArtSpace - 6700 Harrisburg Blvd Houston TX 77011

Admission: Free Admission

713-533-8692

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception: </strong>Saturday, &nbsp;May 19th, 2012, 7-9:30pm <strong>Gallery Hours: </strong> Saturdays 1-5PM or by appointment

BOX 13 ArtSpace is pleased to present four exhibitions opening May 19th, 2012, 7:00 – 9:30PM In the Downstairs Front BOX Chinaman’s Suitcase showcases the photos and videos of Miao Jiaxin’s performance work In the Downstairs Back BOX, Emily Peacock curates the work of Radu Rancanu and William Witte in Palinka & Lone Star Ariane Roesch outfits the window BOX with an installation of her plush computer Playmates In the Upstairs BOX, Britt Ragsdale asks the viewer to take a moment with Breathe The exhibitions continue through June 23rd, 2012 An opening reception will be held on Saturday, May 19th from 7:00 – 9:30PM at BOX 13 ArtSpace, 6700 Harrisburg, Houston, TX 77011 Chinaman’s Suitcase – Miao Jiaxin Downstairs Front BOX Miao Jiaxin is a Chinese born artist who received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and currently lives and works in New York City Chinaman’s Suitcase includes selected video and photography informed by that diverse and sometimes contradictory geography For example, Miao constructs situations in which his mother laboriously hauls his naked body in a suitcase through the streets of Shanghai or he himself hauls smoked ducks through Manhattan and, after spray-painting them in bold colors, offers them for sale in a China Town market He constructs rituals where he and cohorts meticulously wash, iron and hang 20,000 dollar bills out to dry or music videos based on the Tao de Ching translated into text-speak His work often relies upon his cultural heritage but it is merely a springboard to consider the complexities of family, sexual identity, power and spirituality in contemporary ways Miao Jiaxin - From his early practice as a street photographer tracking Shanghai prostitutes to the development of a pseudo-transvestite web celebrity, Miao Jiaxin has evolved an edgy and protean practice Beginning in Shanghai, Miao then immigrated to New York, Miao replaced the alienation of the body and labor with that of the abject alienation of urban life He documents his performances by creating photographs and videos Some of his performances include blending his naked body into the bleak streets of a midnight Manhattan, sleepwalking in striped pajamas through a vacant city and through urban crowds, dressing as a Chinese businessman for a year when working towards his MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and live-feed erotic performances on an interactive pornographic broadcasting website His work has been shown nationally and internationally in China and Europe Miao lives and works in New York City Palinka & Lone Star - Radu Rancanu & William Witte Curated by Emily Peacock Downstairs Back BOX Palinka & Lone Star is an exhibition that combines the work of two artists who grew up and were educated in two different cultures Radu Runcanu grew up and was educated in Romania, while William Witte was born and raised in Houston, TX After meeting through their positions at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, they have been continuously discussing their artistic views and endeavors They also frequent each other’s studios and critique each other’s work Runcanu and Witte approach their work in a parallel fashion The exhibition displays their influence on each other and their similar approach to art making despite disparities in their upbringing Radu Runcanu - Born in 1976, in Cluj, in the heart of Transylvania, Romania, Radu Runcanu is a painter and sculptor who now lives and works in Houston He received his BFA in Sculpture in 1999 from the Arts University of Bucharest He focuses on investigating the symbolic dimensions, the complex universe (whatever that would be) hidden behind everyday objects and images In his art he is using objects, human bodies, landscapes or media images to build ideas, not to represent them That is, to build individual, subjective histories with a hieratic appearance (if not quite “aura”) What Radu is searching to capture when representing these objects (being them contemporary or historical imagery, still-frames from a TV broadcast, or a simple tablecloth) is their timelessness More exactly, their status as vehicles for a message with many possible reading levels: a message from the contemporary mythology William Witte - William Witte is a painter who lives and works in Houston, Texas He received his MFA at Texas Tech University, with an emphasis in Painting and Drawing He is mostly interested in creating works that blur the lines between figurative and abstraction Witte is currently working in concept of combining symbols to create a content neutral piece His work has had several solo shows and been exhibited in numerous group shows throughout Texas Playmates - Ariane Roesch Window BOX PLAYMATES are felt sculptures, that resemble plush toys, which are based on early personal computer models which implemented the change from a computer being a business-only computing machine to also being an entertainment hub that can be enjoyed by the whole family at home Each PLAYMATE is handcrafted in an edition of ten and are uniquely packaged in their own carrying case/ storage box Being idle is conventionally defined with a negative connotation as a form of inactivity without purpose or effect My definition uses the word in a positive manner as defined by Tom Hodgkinson in How to be Idle (2005) The state of idleness is used to address leisure time as our own time when we are doing what we want to do with no specific outcome determined The PLAYMATES instructions for idling are simple – cuddle for comfort, nestle to nap, play for pleasure, and peruse and ponder Each PLAYMATE has slogans embroidered that are personified statements from the original advertisement of the machines, for example ‘I have enough power to get things done’ or ‘I am more than just an intelligent terminal’ Each box contains a booklet explaining the history of personal computers through found editorial texts in magazines, advertisements, and sales guides from the early 1980s, as well as showcasing the original advertisements of each of the machines the PLAYMATES are based on Ariane Roesch is currently living and working in Houston, TX She received an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in 2011 and her BFA from the University of Houston in 2007 Her work has been show nationally and internationally at Horselaw Press, Zuerich, Switzerland, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, CA, and the Texas Contemporary Fair in Houston, TX She is also the founder of UNIT, an online store featuring limited edition prints, products, and publications Her work questions the physical and psychological structures that make up our everyday, ranging from essential building structures such as electrical wiring, to the basic conduct of how people communicate and behave She is interested in how we situate ourselves within a mechanized society Breathe – Britt Ragsdale Upstairs BOX Breathing, something we do over 25,000 times a day, often goes unnoticed The only time someone acknowledges his or her breath is when it is irregular As a past sufferer of anxiety attacks, Britt Ragsdale learned to control the attacks through controlled breathing, a practice that impressed on her the power that inhalation and exhalation has over the physical, mental and emotional state of a person Through research, Ragsdale learned that one person’s breathing easily influences the breathing of others This reaction is why a mother may place a baby with respiration troubles against her chest or why a man and woman in close contact will start to respire at the same pace In Breathe, looped stop-animation videos are combined to create an installation that draws attention to the human breath and the power it has over our physical, mental and emotional states Britt Ragsdale is a visual artist currently living and working in Houston Born and raised in Southeast Texas, she graduated with a BFA from Lamar University and an MFA in Photography/Digital Media from the University of Houston in May 2011 She is currently a resident artist at Box 13 Art Space and co-founder of the artist-run mobile exhibition space, The Lens Capsule Through photography, video, sculpture and performance, she creates visual constructs based around social anthropology and psychoanalysis, especially in connection with pretense, self-representation, collective identity and the techniques through which they are formed Pictured above: detail, Chinaman’s Suitcase – Miao Jiaxin]]>

Charles Krafft & Matthew Couper: Guns & Skulls

05-26-2012 - 06-23-2012

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Philomena Gabriel Contemporary (PG Contemporary)

http://pgcontemporary.com/

Philomena Gabriel Contemporary (PG Contemporary) - 3227 Milam Street Houston TX 77006

Admission: Free event

713-523-7424

info@pgcontemporary.com

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening&nbsp;Reception</strong>: 7-10 pm Saturday, May 26 <strong> Hours:</strong> Thursday&nbsp;to Saturday 11 am to 6 pm, or by appointment

PG Contemporary presents Charles Krafft & Matthew Couper: Guns & Skulls, on view May 26-June 23 Opening reception: 7-10 pm Saturday, May 26 PG Contemporary is pleased to announce Guns & Skulls, a pairing of artists whose 21st-century takes on two traditional mediums – ex-votos and Delft ceramic painting – offer sly new perspectives on the timeless themes of violence and death Dubbed “the dark angel of Seattle art” by critic Regina Hackett, Charles Krafft makes his second appearance at PG Contemporary, having shown human bone china reliquaries in the 2011 three-person exhibition Memento Mori For Guns & Skulls, Krafft returns to the gallery with porcelain firearms wittily embellished using traditional Delft ceramic painting techniques The results are what Krafft has described as “a purely decorative dialogue on defense and disaster” Krafft rebooted a struggling career as “the oldest promising young artist in the Pacific Northwest” in 1991, joining a women’s china-painting guild and launching his internationally exhibited and acclaimed Disasterware series He has had more than three dozen solo exhibitions in Seattle; Portland, Ore; Los Angeles; London; and Ljubljana, Slovenia, among other cities, and participated in the Venice Biennale in 2003 His work is included in the renowned Garth Clark & Mark Del Vecchio Collection, which the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston acquired in 2007 New-Zealand born, Las Vegas-based painter Matthew Couper has been described by art historian John Seed as an “artist with a Kafkaesque view of the world” whose imagery suggests “a pagan Catholic Cirque du Soleil” Known for putting a contemporary twist on a style associated with Spanish Baroque colonial art, Couper brings the symbols and narrative vocabulary of ex-votos – small devotional paintings on tin – into dialogue with sources as diverse as African power figures and Russian Suprematism His work in Guns & Skulls will also include two large-scale paintings “Like any good Johnny Cash, Nick Cave or Pixies song, you’ve got to have sex, death and religion fueling the fire,” Couper has said He has exhibited extensively throughout New Zealand as well as in Los Angeles; Brooklyn, NY; Santa Fe, NM; Barcelona; and Hong Kong Both artists will attend the opening reception from 7-10 pm Saturday, May 26 Pictured above: Matthew Couper, Moralistic Painter Grinch, 2011, oil on metal, 11 ½" x 8 ½" Pictured below: Charles Krafft, Giant German Luger, Slip cast hand painted porcelain, 16x27x2", 2012]]>

'Corks and Canvas' Monthly Art Show: It's All About Pearland

06-01-2012 - 06-23-2012

Pearland Parks & Recreation

http://www.pearlandparks.com/

Pearland Recreation Center & Natatorium - 4141 Bailey Road Pearland TX 77584

Admission: Free and open to the public

281-412-8900 or 2814858818

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception: </strong>Saturday, June 2 5PM - 7PM <strong>Recreation Center Hours of Operation: </strong>Mon-Thu, 5:30 am - 11 pm Fri, 5:30 am - 10 pm Sat &amp; Sun, 8 am - 8 pm

Pearland Arts League (PAL) and Pearland Parks and Recreation present their monthly "Corks and Canvas" Art Show Pearland Arts League invites Pearland and surrounding areas to it's Corks & Canvas monthly art exhibition For June, It's All About Pearland This exhibition opens Saturday, June 2 with a wine reception You are invited! David Guerra will be featuring his photography at this event – Pictures In Pearland Various artist will also have their work on display – Scenes From Pearland Harpist Jackie Carpenter of Houston will be performing… Wine & nibbles will be served and as always, this event is free to the public… Casual – Hope to see you there… Lovers of art,  and Lovers of Pearland should visit the Pearland Arts League June show The show runs June 1 through June 23]]>

Yasuaki Onishi: reverse of volume (RG)

04-13-2012 - 06-24-2012

Rice University - Rice Gallery

http://www.ricegallery.org

Rice University - Rice Gallery - 6100 Main Street 352 Sewall Hall (ground floor) Houston TX 77005

Admission: The gallery is always free and open to the public

713-348-6069

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening reception: </strong>Friday, April 13, 5pm-7pm <strong>Regular Gallery Hours: </strong>Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 11 am - 5 pm Thursday: 11 am - 7 pm Sunday: Noon - 5 pm Closed Mondays and University Holidays <strong><span style="background-color: #ffff99">For summer, 7 May - 24 June</span></strong> Rice Gallery will be open Monday through Friday, 11 am - 5 pm

Rice University Art Gallery has commissioned Japanese artist Yasuaki Onishi to create a site-specific installation to coincide with the Grand Opening of the Asia Society Texas Center’s new Houston headquarters designed by Yoshio Taniguchi On view April 14 - June 24, 2012, Yasuaki Onishi’s exhibition - reverse of volume (RG) - is being curated by Joshua Fischer, Assistant Curator at Rice Gallery Opening reception, Friday, April 13, 5pm-7pm In his “reverse of volume” installations, Onishi uses the simplest materials – translucent plastic sheeting, strings of black glue, and fishing line – to create monumental forms that resemble mountains or clouds floating in space His process of “casting the invisible” involves draping the sheeting over objects, which are removed to leave only their impressions Onishi views this process of “reversing” sculpture to be a meditation on the nature of the negative space, or void, left behind ABOUT THE ARTIST - Yasuaki Onishi studied sculpture at University of Tsukuba and Kyoto City University of Arts He has had solo exhibitions throughout Japan and internationally, and his work was included in Ways of Worldmaking (2011), at the National Museum of Art, Osaka (NMAO) His most recent solo exhibition in the United States was in 2012 at the The Marlin and Regina Miller Gallery at Kutztown University in Kutztown, Pennsylvania In 2010, Onishi was the recipient of a United States-Japan Foundation Fellowship that included a residency at the Vermont Studio Center, as well as a grant from The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Inc, New York Pictured: Yasuaki Onishi, DETAIL reverse of volume, 2012, 320 x 823 x 1074 cm, Glue, plastic sheet, The Marlin and Regina Miller Gallery, Kutztown, Pennsylvania]]>

Round 36

03-31-2012 - 06-24-2012

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Project Row Houses

http://www.projectrowhouses.org

Project Row Houses - 2500 Holman Houston TX 77004

Admission: FREE and open to the public

7135267662

Start Time(s): <span style="background-color: #ccffcc"><strong>Round 36 Artists' Talk</strong></span> Thursday, March 29, 7 pm 2521 Holman St <strong>Opening Reception</strong> Saturday, March 31, 4 - 7 pm 2505-2521 Holman St <strong>Viewing Hours</strong> March 31-June 24, 2012 Wednesday-Sunday, 12 - 5 pm

Project Row Houses is pleased to announce the opening of seven new art projects in the historic shotgun houses on Holman St in Houston's Third Ward Round 36 will be on view from March 31-June 24, 2012, and features installations by artists based in Houston, Los Angeles, and New York Please join us on Thursday, March 29 at 7 pm for an informal discussion with the artists about their work Come back on March 31 from 4-7 for our opening celebration and block party Featuring artists Manuel Acevedo, Monie Henderson and Marc Newsome of Our Image Film and Arts, Kenyatta AC Hinkle, John Pluecker, Phillip Pyle II, Beth Secor, and Irvin Tepper The artists of Round 36 were selected by former Public Art Director Ashley Clemmer Hoffmann Irvin Tepper's house was selected by guest curator Ann Harithas]]>

MFAH Film Premieres: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Bir zamanlar Anadoluda)

06-22-2012 - 06-24-2012

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston TX 77006

Admission: $7 General Admission $6 Matinee Admission $1 discount MFAH members, senior adults (55+), and students with ID Free Children 5 and under Free Film Buffs members $60 Nonmember Discount Pass (10 admissions) $55 MFAH member Discount Pass (10 admissions) $3 Family Flicks Admission $2 Family Flicks Admission for MFAH members and students with ID <strong>Please note: </strong>The MFAH Films box office accepts payment by cash, check, and credit card Tickets can be purchased in advance in three ways: online, in the museum lobbies, and at the box office The box office opens at 5:30 pm for weekend evening screenings and at least 30 minutes before show time for most other films

713-639-7300

http://mfah.org/films/

Start Time(s): Fri, Jun 22 at 7 pm Sat, Jun 23 at 6 pm Sun, Jun 24 at 3 pm &nbsp;

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents MFAH Film Premieres Enjoy these critically acclaimed, award-winning international films as they make their Houston debut! Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Bir zamanlar Anadolu’da) Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylon 2011, in Turkish with English subtitles Turkey/Bosnia and Herzegovina 150 minutes The new film from leading Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Distant; Climates) follows a group of men – including a police commissioner, a prosecutor, a doctor, and a murder suspect – as they drive through the dark Anatolian countryside They are searching for a corpse, the victim of a brutal murder The suspect, who claims he was drunk, cannot remember where he buried the body As night wears on, details about the murder emerge and the investigators’ own secrets come to light In the Anatolian steppes, nothing is what it seems; and when the body is found, the real questions begin Winner of the Grand Prix at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival “Like a game of chess, the grand design of this subtle and disturbing film comes increasingly into focus as events progress” – Piers Handling, TIFF]]>

Sunday Family Zone & Studio at MFAH: Dreams of Nature - Investigating a French Surrealist Painting

06-10-2012 - 06-24-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building - 5601 Main Street Houston TX 77005

Admission: Admission is open to the public and free with general museum admission Museum members always receive free admission <strong>Admission effective January 1, 2012:</strong> Adult: $10 Senior (65+): $5 Youth (6&ndash;18): $5 Student (with ID): $5 Member: FREE

713-639-7300

Start Time(s): 1pm-4pm Sundays

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents Sunday Family Zone & Studio: Dreams of Nature - Investigating a French Surrealist Painting Sundays, June 10, 17 & 24, in both the Beck and Law Buildings Every Sunday, it's ArtTime/FamilyTime at the MFAH On June 10, 17, and 24, look for signs in the main lobbies to tell you which gallery the Family Zone is located in that day Spend some time with the friendly family educators—sit on a pillow and read, sketch a work of art, and get involved in an investigation of a work of art In the studio, create an art project inspired by original works of art on display in the Family Zone This suite of programs includes: Sunday Storytime Make connections between a storybook and a work of art in the galleries (begins at 1:30 pm) Creation Station At this family-friendly workshop, artists encourage families to create art using materials or ideas similar to those used by the artist who created the featured work of art on display in the Family Zone Gallery Investigations An MFAH educator at the Gallery Cart has looking games, books, and hands-on activities for families Sketching in the Galleries An MFAH teaching artist guides adults and children of all drawing levels at this informal program]]>

Cultural Feast - First Class Dining on the Titanic

06-26-2012 - 06-26-2012

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Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org/

Admission: Tickets must be purchased in advance Tickets are not refundable; however, they are transferable If a patron cannot attend, they can give their tickets to a friend and email <a href="mailto:webmaster@hmnsorg">webmaster@hmnsorg</a> &nbsp;with the names of the guests using their tickets Tickets $108 Members <i>call for details</i>

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): 7:00pm

The Houston Museum of Natural Science presents another Cultural Feast Explore culinary history through a fine dining experience The HMNS series of Cultural Feasts offer the unique opportunity delve deeper into the Museum’s special exhibitions through the unique tastes of the highlighted culture and time period While you dine, a culinary historian illuminates the history and significance the selected menu items Join us for a night you won’t soon forget! Tuesday, June 26 at 7:00PM Cultural Feast - First Class Dining on the Titanic The high-point of the day for the first class passengers on the Titanic would have been feasting on a marathon of courses in the first class dining saloon or the more prestigious "Ritz" à la carte restaurant Chefs and staff of both dining venues were trained in the principles of haute cuisine as codified by the great French chef Auguste Escoffier, while the galleys were outfitted with the latest in culinary equipment and the pantries stocked with the finest ingredients The Titanic's first class dinner menu for April 11, 1912 will be the inspiration for chef Johann Schuster's culinary challenge to adapt a 100-year-old menu to suit our modern palates This multi-course dinner will reflect the elegant approach to Edwardian dining on board the Titanic Hosted at Charivari Pictured: The Jacobean Room, first class dining]]>

Brass Tacks

06-02-2012 - 06-29-2012

G gallery

http://www.ggalleryhouston.com/

G gallery - 301 East 11th Street Houston TX 77008

Admission: Free event

(713) 869-4770

Start Time(s): <b>Opening Reception: </b>Saturday,&nbsp;June 2 6pm-9pm <b>Regular Gallery hours:</b> Wed-Sun 12n-5pm

The G Gallery in the Heights presents Brass Tacks On view June 2-29, 2012 Opening reception Saturday, June 2, 6pm-9pm Featuring: Tommy Gregory Megan Harrison Rachel Ziegler Justin Parr Eric Taylor Shiri Mordechay Joseph Duarte Clay McClure Willie Sanchez Brass Tacks features an eclectic group of artists working in diverse disciplines who were selected for the exhibition using a methodology not unlike a game of Duck, Duck, Goose The initial idea was to establish a visual dialogue among three core artists from San Antonio In turn, each of the core artists selected another artist for inclusion in the show and those artists selected yet another three artists to participate Unfolding in an organic and expansive way, the resulting exhibition, rather than being dictated by a specific thematic direction, points more to the essential connections that these artists have with one another and the creative affinities each of them possess]]>

Visual Arts Alliance 29th Juried Open Exhibition

05-11-2012 - 06-30-2012

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Visual Arts Alliance

http://www.VisualArtsAlliance.org

1600 Smith Street (formerly Continental Center I) - 1600 Smith St Houston TX 77002

Admission: Free event

713-569-0913 or 713-939-1444

visular@visualartsalliance.org

Start Time(s): This exhibition is free and open to the public and is available for viewing during business hours Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM <strong>Opening Reception:</strong> Friday, May 11, 6:00 &ndash; 8:00 PM (<i>presentation of awards by juror, Wade Wilson, Wade Wilson Art, will be at 7:00 PM</i>) &nbsp;

Visual Arts Alliance presents the opening reception for the 29th Juried Open Exhibition on Friday, May 11, 6:00 – 8:00 PM and the presentation of awards by juror, Wade Wilson, Wade Wilson Art, will be at 7:00 PM At almost thirty years old, the Visual Arts Alliance, a non-profit all volunteer arts organization, supports Houston professional artists and interested members of the general public by offering monthly meetings that consist of visits to artist’s studios, glimpses behind the scenes at Houston’s museums and galleries and hands on workshops and demonstrations The juried exhibition will be on view from May 11 – June 30, 2012 For more information on the organization, go to wwwVisualArtsAllianceorg]]>

Jason Yates: All We Ever Wanted Was Everything

05-12-2012 - 06-30-2012

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Barbara Davis Gallery

http://www.barbaradavisgallery.com/

Barbara Davis Gallery - 4411 Montrose Blvd Houston Tx 77006

Admission: Free and open to the public

(713) 520-9200

info@barbaradavisgallery.com

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Artist Reception:</strong> Saturday, May 12, 6:30pm - 8:30pm <span style="background-color: #ccffcc"><strong>Special Dialogue with the Artist:</strong></span> Saturday, May 12, 2:00pm - 4:00pm <b>Regular Gallery Hours</b>: Tue-Fri 10am-5:30pm Sat 11am-5:30pm

Barbara Davis Gallery presents the highly anticipated inaugural solo-exhibition Jason Yates: All We Ever Wanted Was Everything The exhibition opens with an artist reception on Saturday, May 12, 2012, 6:30pm - 8:30pm, and is on view May 12, 2012 - June 30, 2012 Yates marks his first solo-exhibition in Houston with a new series of paintings, sculptures, and site-specific works Yates' work traffics in the vocabulary of control and our preoccupation with time; in the marking of the beginning and the projecting of the end Deeply influenced by the work of Agnes Martin, Yates is interested in the space that exists between these moments His meticulous paintings use repetition to explore the abstract space where our concept of linear time breaks down, is resurrected, and breaks down once more The constant repetition of line and pattern act as a way to mark the passage of time, to meditate the ebb and flow of action and inaction Reinforcing this idea, are Yates' "Monk Box" sculptures His series of simply constructed boxes work in concert with the paintings Where the paintings meditate the passage of time, the boxes become the place of meditation Yates' site-specific installations become three-dimensional manifestations of his paintings with each element acting as a sculptural tick marking a continuous, irregular cycle About the Artist: Jason Yates was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1972, and currently lives and works in Los Angeles He received his BFA from the University of Michigan and his MFA from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California His solo exhibitions have included Circus Gallery, Hollywood, California; 2445 Ceasar Chavez, Los Angeles, California; Fingered Gallery, Brooklyn, New York; The Main Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada; Del Mar Gallery, Art Center, Pasadena, California; and Urban Park Gallery, Detroit, Michigan He has been included in group exhibitions in Mexicali, Mexico; Geffen Contemporary, Los Angeles, California; San Francisco, California; Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibits (LACE), Los Angeles, California, and he opens a new exhibition at Land of Tomorrow, in Louisville, Kentucky, May 2012 Also, expect a special dialog with the artist the afternoon of Saturday, May 12, 2012, 2:00pm - 4:00pm For more information regarding this exhibition, please contact the gallery at info@barbaradavisgallerycom Pictured: Jason Yates, Death of a Disco Dancer, 2009, ink and Mylar on canvas, 72-in x 72-in]]>

DIRK RATHKE - Endearing the Line

05-05-2012 - 06-30-2012

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Gallery Sonja Roesch

http://www.gallerysonjaroesch.com

Gallery Sonja Roesch - 2309 Caroline St Houston Tx 77004

Admission: FREE

7136595424

Start Time(s): <strong>Gallery Hours</strong>: Tues - Sat, 11am - 6pm <strong>Opening reception with the Artist: </strong>Saturday, May 5, 2012, 5 - 7pm

Gallery Sonja Roesch is pleased to present Dirk Rathke’s third solo exhibition titled Endearing the Line  The exhibition will open May 5, 2012, with an opening reception from 5-7pm, and close on June 30, 2012 Dirk Rathke creates objects with painterly materials – wooden frames, canvas and paint – that go beyond the scope of the genre This Berlin-based artist is part of a young generation that has developed fresh approaches to painting and has distinctive solutions in the geometric-abstract tradition The relationship between line, area, space and movement is the main emphasis in Dirk Rathke’s artistic exploration With his room drawings, Rathke explores the dialectical conflict between two-dimensional surface and three-dimensional space The same tension exists in his paintings Exploiting the spatial potential in the surface of the canvas, Rathke zestfully bends, shifts and twists them out of axis  ]]>

Lowell Boyers: Primavera Materia

05-19-2012 - 06-30-2012

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Deborah Colton Gallery

http://www.deborahcoltongallery.com/

Deborah Colton Gallery - 2445 North Blvd Houston TX 77098

Admission: Free event

713-869-5151

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception: </strong>Saturday, May 19, 6pm-9pm <b>Regular Gallery Hours: </b>Tuesday - Saturday 10:30am-5pm Sunday and Monday by appointment

Deborah Colton Gallery is pleased to present, Primavera Materia, the latest solo exhibition of paintings by New York based artist, Lowell Boyers Opening Reception: May 19th, 2012, 6:00 to 9:00 pm On view May 19th – June 30th, 2012 The artist's work was first seen at the Deborah Colton Gallery in the 2004 group exhibition "Touch and Temperature: Art in the Age of Cybernetic Totalism," curated by Michael Rees Since then Lowell has had three solo exhibitions at Deborah Colton Gallery - in his 2006 solo exhibition "Awakening," his 2009 solo exhibition "Emerge," and in his 2010 solo exhibition "Whispers of Becoming" In Lowell Boyers’ new body of work entitled “Primavera Materia” the paintings seem to embody the expression of “Spring” The heightened color and action of the form and figures appears to courageously burst off the canvas Each painting suggests there is no distinction between the inside and outside of the figures, and the expression of the landscape of the paintings appears like a piece or movement of music, swirling, exploding, with diaphanous pours of paint, eliciting suggestions of inner and outer textures of the figure’s current moment Rich gardens of flowers, star stuff, wind and water, and figural dimensions remain the culture of Boyers’ creations, but more and more these works maintain a flourish that harnesses both a expression of boundless symphonic musical texture as well as a rounded meditative stillness The naked canvas suggests a fertile ground from which each note bursts like seedlings from the soil, promising and delivering wide swaths of ecstatic painterly joy The title also references the painting “Venere dinotando la Primavera” by Botticelli Various interpretations of the painting by Botticelli have been set forth, but it is generally agreed that at least at one level the painting is, as characterized by Cunningham and Reich (2009), "an elaborate mythological allegory of the burgeoning fertility of the world” Boyers appears to embrace the heart of this characterization, but his paintings suggest there is no need for allegory for there is an unending, flourishing majesty and fertility of the world that stems moment to moment from within To quote Lowell, “The creative impulse can cut through habitual phenomena, how we see things, feel things, our perception of self, our notion of body, birth and death, of appearance” His creativity has successfully cut through the mundane converging boundaries into springboards for liberation Lowell states, “I see the creative imagination as a birthright belonging to every being, and my work is fundamentally a textural portrayal of the unfolding blossoming of various stages of awakening to that active nature” Having received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and his MFA from Yale, Lowell Boyers currently lives and works in New York City and exhibits his work in New York, nationally and internationally Pictured above: Primavera Materia, 2012, Acrylic paint and resin, ink and watercolor on canvas]]>

Weaving Home: Weaving Demonstration

06-30-2012 - 06-30-2012

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Houston Arts Alliance - Alliance Gallery (formerly space125gallery)

http://www.houstonartsalliance.com/space125gallery/

Houston Arts Alliance - Alliance Gallery (formerly space125gallery) - 3201 Allen Parkway First Floor Houston TX 77019

Admission: All events are Free and open to the public Metered parking on Rosine, $2 lots on D'Amico and $3 on Rosine

713-581-6120

Start Time(s): Saturday, June 30, 2:00 &ndash; 4 pm&nbsp; &nbsp;

The Houston Arts Alliance Folklife and Traditional Arts Program presents Weaving Home: Textile Traditions From Houston’s Karenni Community, in Alliance Gallery, 3201 Allen Parkway, 77019 On view May 16 – July 6, 2012 Houston is home to refugee communities from around the world They all bring with them distinctive traditions The exhibition Weaving Home focuses on the weaving traditions practiced by women from one such community – a collection of Karenni families who now live in the city Formerly from Myanmar (until recently known as Burma), the Karenni are a distinct ethnic community with origins in the country’s mountainous region bordering Thailand In conjunction with this exhibiton, HAA presents the following Special Exhibition Program @ Alliance Gallery: Weaving Demonstration Saturday, June 30, 2:00 – 4 pm An up-close demonstration of the backstrap weaving tradition that Karenni women practice, including a discussion of traditional woven garments and their uses Staff from The Community Cloth will talk about the process of working with the Karenni weavers to develop new products for the Western marketplace SPECIAL NOTE: Volunteers from The Community Cloth will have work from all of the refugee artists they serve available for purchase at all the exhibition events All proceeds return to the artists Weaving Home, an exhibition produced by the Houston Arts Alliance Folklife + Traditional Arts Program, is funded in part by the Houston Endowment, Inc, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Wells Fargo Bank]]>

The Rule and its Exception (Artwork by Contemporary Middle Eastern Artists)

05-09-2012 - 06-30-2012

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Deborah Colton Gallery

http://www.deborahcoltongallery.com/

Deborah Colton Gallery - 2445 North Blvd Houston TX 77098

Admission: Free event

713-869-5151

Start Time(s): May 9th to May 12th, 2012, All Galleries May 19th to June 30th, Vignette Galleries Opening Reception: <strong>Opening Reception: </strong>Wednesday, May 9th, 2012, 6:00 to 9:00 pm <b>Regular Gallery Hours: </b>Tuesday - Saturday 10:30am-5pm Sunday and Monday by appointment

Deborah Colton Gallery, in conjunction with New York based Leila Heller Gallery, is pleased to present The Rule and its Exception (Artwork by Contemporary Middle Eastern Artists) May 9th to May 12th, 2012, All Galleries May 19th to June 30th, Vignette Galleries Opening Reception: Wednesday, May 9th, 2012, 6:00 to 9:00 pm Drawing from traditions of miniature painting, ornamentation, figuration and calligraphy, this group exhibition presents a series of varied practices that speak to the contemporary realities of many individuals stemming from the region of the Middle East Irreverently borrowing from and combining cultures, which span centuries and continents, the works presented in this exhibition are complex in the manner in which they seamlessly layer visual queues from politics, geography, society and art historical references Collage, painting, photography, video, digital printmaking come together to form an alternative mapping of social and artistic concerns This mapping, through the inherent complexity of its structure, resists flattening to simplistic stereotypes, and nor could it be embodied in something as monolithic as a statement or a rule The selection of artists challenges all categorization, starting from the geographic and social, but perhaps most directly, they challenge the very categorization of artistic mediums Shiva Ahmadi’s miniature panoramas develop an intriguing set of symbols and characters, which reference ancient mythology and religious iconography The scenes depicted are suggestive narratives on hybrid infrastructural backgrounds floating between Esfahani mosques and nuclear reactors The faceless dwellers of these non-places are tyrant figures, subservient minions, camels and elephants involved in a series of obscure and at times seemingly shady activities Soody Sharifi’s most recent digital collages stage strange encounters in Tehrani public spaces where young men on scooters meet warriors armed with sticks, stones and daggers transposed from the pages of old manuscripts and miniatures The work offers a strange layering of gendered violence across histories all through seemingly playful yet eerily offputting digital collages Roya Akhavan works with singular or multiple canvases to present lush compositions, which make use of symmetry and repetition to create vibrant, colorful surfaces The surfaces are then further labored with thread, highly rendered sections as well as fine line pencil drawing The resulting imagery is an intriguing array of tattooed guardians, dagger jugglers and motifs, which unlock open ended potential for interpretation in viewers’ imaginations Known for his larger than life paintings, which incorporate grungily screen printed Pahlavan and Kushti wrestlers, Khosrow Hassanzadeh now turns his attention to the female figure The dark streaky prints are replaced with light and loose color pencil work and a layering of paint and imagery is replaced by a focus on lightness and immediacy of gesture These simple yet captivating nudes are paired with brightly colored repurposed floral wallpaper, which comprise an ornate backdrop The entire image is then contained within an ostentatious gold frame reiterating the opulence of the poses Ayad Alkadhi’s approach to painting is a physical struggle in mark making where strata upon strata of content get buried under one another The works typically start with a ground of yellowed newspapers pasted onto the canvas, upon which the artist frantically sketches in black and sanguine: bodies, embryos, faces, feces, but also thoughts and scribbled notes A second layer obscures this phase with a heavy handed a la prima brushwork, then a third phase overlays controlled and contained bright colored outlines, delicate calligraphic lettering and so on An Iraqi exile, AlKadhi has for several years now been exploring the complexities inherent in negotiating a life in the shadows of conflict Reza Derakshani is a painter, musician and performance artist Born and raised in the rural Northeast of Iran, a fascination with the grandeur and beauty of nature has remained a theme in his large-scale colorful abstractions Often adhering sand directly to the canvas, Derakshani has a mastery of his materials and is well versed in the language of abstraction Often very large, his works can at times even become full fledged murals and frescoes Turkish artist, Kezban Arca Batibeki creates mixed media paintings which often feature larger than life female figures who range from sexualized nonchalant piles of bodies, to empowered muscular heroines dynamically swinging from trees Batibeki’s paintings also sometimes stage more elaborate narratives, where diabolique-style plots seem to be in mid unraveling The medium ranges from paintings incorporating sequins, carpet, embroidery and acrylics, as well as elaborately composed digital photography Pouran Jinchi’s densely cluttered calligraphic compositions are exercises in composition and entropy, of taking and shedding shape and of breath and suffocation Often repeating a singular letter, using a minimal palette of up to 3 or 4 colors and employing repetition and rotation; the works have extraordinary movement, rhythm and charge despite their reductive nature The work can also be traced back to the traditional Siah-Masq technique of perfecting calligraphy, which consists in the repetition of a letter to the extent of completely saturating the paper with ink Through painting and sculpture, Negar Ahkami presents a criticality towards and a fascination with her native Iran and its culture Melting and softening rigid and erect patriarchal architectures from mosques, nuclear reactors and discombobulated tile work, Ahkami’s world is not dissimilar to a surrealist landscape Indeed this surrealism speaks to a complicated and at times hard to believe geo-politic, which Ahkami addresses through the employment of Eastern and Western artistic tropes and discourses Clearly based on an archive of old photographs, the paintings of Ghasem Hajizadeh often carry the material damages of the overly handled pictures they reference Aged, dog-eared and yellowed, the works depict characters from an era past and carry within them a sense of loss that is not quite identifiable These often broad shouldered female figures dwell on the edges of gender, bending it, reshaping it and casting doubt on the certainty of its segregation Afsoon is known for her series of portraits of iconic figures in Iranian, Middle Eastern and international art, culture and society These digital photo collages draw from pop art, and often feature black and white bust portraits on elaborate and colorful backgrounds comprised of repeated product packaging, album covers and other popular vernacular The graphically simple portraits range from legendary Iranian singer Googoosh, to Winston Churchill Farideh Lashai is one of the seminal painters of a generation of Iranian artists Her more recent work has seen her move away from the abstract expressionism that she had become so well known for, in order to push the boundaries of her practice into animation Still serving as the basis of her artistic practice, her paintings have now become backdrops upon which animated figures are projected Thus the painted sections actively interact with the content of the video aspect of the work, in order to elaborate on short and simple stories which stand as complex metaphors for the historical and political realities, which have plagued Lashai’s native Iran for decades Shoja Azari and Shahram Karimi have distinct practices on their own, the first as a video artist and the latter as a painter Together they have worked on a series of collaborations which merge their respective sensibilities in order to create layered and rich landscapes These video projections on painted canvases create kinetically active landscapes which draw inspiration from sources as varied as bustling cities to the shifting of the seasons The Opening Reception is co-sponsored by the Society of Iranian-American Women for Education (SIAWE), a nonprofit charitable and non political organization dedicated to providing educational support through scholarships and promoting Iranian Culture A portion of all sales throughout this exhibition will also go to this fine organization Leila Heller Gallery, based in New York City, has established a worldwide reputation in both the primary and secondary art markets Known for an active and innovative exhibition schedule, the gallery’s primary focus is the representation of a group of international contemporary artists, with a specialization in artists from the Middle East Our mission is to inspire vital dialogues among artists, curators, collectors and critics, and to provide a forum where these exchanges can take place]]>

From One Surface to Another: Ceramics & Print (PrintHouston 2012)

06-02-2012 - 06-30-2012

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18 Hands Gallery

http://www.18handsgallery.com

18 Hands Gallery - 249 West 19th Street, Suite B Houston TX 77008

Admission: Free and open to the public

713-869-3099

info@18handsgallery.com

Start Time(s): <strong>OPENING Reception: </strong>Saturday, June 2, 6pm-9pm <strong>Gallery Hours: </strong>Wednesday-Saturday 10am-6pm Sunday 12noon-5pm

18 Hands Gallery presents From One Surface to Another: Ceramics & Print In Collaboration with Print Houston 2012, "From One Surface to Another"explores the spectrum of contemporary artworks using printmaking processes on paper and clay The invitational runs from June 2-30, with the opening reception on Saturday, June 2nd from 6pm-9pm For more information, call 713-869-3099]]>

WAS-H Signature Member's Show

06-05-2012 - 06-30-2012

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Watercolor Art Society-Houston

http://www.watercolorhouston.org

Watercolor Art Society-Houston - 1601 West Alabama @ Mandell Houston TX 77006

Admission: Free

713 942 9966

was-h@sbcglobal.net

Start Time(s): <strong>Gallery Hours:</strong> Tuesday to Saturday, 1000 am &ndash; 300 pm <strong>Reception:</strong> Friday June 8th, 600 pm &ndash; 800 pm &nbsp;

The Watercolor Art Society-Houston presents their WAS-H Signature Member's Show in June On view June 6-30 Reception Friday, June 8, 6pm-8pm This is a special exhibition of paintings from the artists at WAS-H who have earned the designation of Signature or Elite Signature status Signature Status requires members to have their work exhibited in three international shows sponsored by WAS-H Elite Signature Status requires work exhibited in five of these shows A silent Auction will donate funds to WAS-H Dena Woodall, who is the assistant curator of prints and drawings at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, will be attending the show During the reception on June the 8th she will be sharing her expertise and knowledge of art and commenting on the paintings exhibited Pictured above: "Sticking Close," by Becky Brocato  (detail above, full image below)]]>

Susan Henderson: A Mysterious Nature

06-02-2012 - 07-01-2012

Nau-haus Contemporary

http://nau-haus.com/

Nau-haus Contemporary - 223 E 11th St Houston TX 77008

Admission: Free and open to the public

832-607-4378

dan@nau-haus.com

Start Time(s): <b>Opening reception:</b> 6 to 9 PM Saturday,&nbsp;June 2 <strong>Gallery hours: </strong>Saturday-Sunday 12noon-5pm &nbsp;

Nau-haus Gallery in collaboration with Intuitive eye presents Susan Henderson: A Mysterious Nature This solo show of Baltimore based artist Susan Henderson will present a fascinating array of her oil paintings and multi media assemblages Her work explores the nature of life's mysteries, offering glimpses into questions that may have no answers Curated by Jay Wehnert Susan Henderson deals in mysteries Her art offers glimpses into her perceptions and experiences of the mysterious nature of the world we inhabit and construct She is all questions and no answers Each of her paintings seems to say " Here is a mystery, experience it as I have, and try to work it out for yourself" Themes of life and death, good and evil, man and nature form the backdrop for these questions Susan Henderson's work seems to be primarily the product of her efforts to work out for herself the nature of life's mysteries Her paintings have dream-like narratives in which figures are caught in mid action with their past or future unclear This mystery of what is happening is at the core of her work It evokes the sense of things not known or understood The viewer is left to ponder these artifacts of her explorations and to experience for themselves their unsettling ways The figurative elements of her paintings elaborate on these mysteries Within a seemingly otherworld realm, birdmen coexist with anthropomorphized creatures and strange angels, all inhabiting a world of peering forests and unsettled landscapes Henderson's work has the ability to be simultaneously perplexing, engaging and inscrutable Moods in her work can be sly, humorous and foreboding Always, her art is completely her own Cyril Connolly, the literary critic, in an essay about Surrealism touched upon an aspect of this, which applies to Henderson's own dream like paintings He wrote "To the question 'What does that painting represent?', the artist may answer ' The person who did it' Jay Wehnert  Pictured above: Moon Walk, 8"x 4"x 6," mixed media y 1986]]>

MFAH Film Premieres: The Turin Horse (A Torinoi lo)

06-29-2012 - 07-01-2012

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium - 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston TX 77006

Admission: $7 General Admission $6 Matinee Admission $1 discount MFAH members, senior adults (55+), and students with ID Free Children 5 and under Free Film Buffs members $60 Nonmember Discount Pass (10 admissions) $55 MFAH member Discount Pass (10 admissions) $3 Family Flicks Admission $2 Family Flicks Admission for MFAH members and students with ID <strong>Please note: </strong>The MFAH Films box office accepts payment by cash, check, and credit card Tickets can be purchased in advance in three ways: online, in the museum lobbies, and at the box office The box office opens at 5:30 pm for weekend evening screenings and at least 30 minutes before show time for most other films

713-639-7300

http://mfah.org/films/

Start Time(s): Fri, Jun 29 at &nbsp;7 pm Sat, Jun 30 at 6 pm Sun, Jul 1 at 3 pm &nbsp;

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents MFAH Film Premieres Enjoy these critically acclaimed, award-winning international films as they make their Houston debut! The Turin Horse (A Torinói ló) Directed by Béla Tarr 2011, in Hungarian with English subtitles Hungary, B/W 146 minutes In 1889, German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche witnessed the whipping of a horse while traveling in Turin, Italy He tossed his arms around the horse's neck to protect it and then collapsed to the ground In less than a month, Nietzsche would be diagnosed with a serious mental illness that would render him bedridden and speechless until his death eleven years later But whatever happened to the horse? This film – which the great Hungarian director Béla Tarr (whose Sátántangó screened at the MFAH in 2007)) claims is his last – is a speculative response A farmer and his daughter proceed through their daily routine with minimal dialogue, frustrated that the horse they depend on has become obstinate Tarr’s customary style of shooting in long takes – critics have counted a total of 30 comprising this film – was achieved by cinematographer Fred Kelemen and Steadicam operator Tilman Büttner, known for his work on the single take feature, Russian Ark A challenging and riveting filmgoing experience, the The Turin Horse was Hungary’s official submission for the Academy Awards and received the Silver Bear and FIPRESCI Prize at the Berlin Film Festival, later selected for the prestigious Toronto and New York Film Festivals “Don't be too sophisticated Just listen to your heart and trust your eyes That's enough” – Béla Tarr]]>

ART IMPROV at MFAH!

07-01-2012 - 07-01-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building - 5601 Main Street Houston TX 77005

Admission: Admission is open to the public and free with general museum admission Museum members always receive free admission <strong>Admission effective January 1, 2012:</strong> Adult: $10 Senior (65+): $5 Youth (6&ndash;18): $5 Student (with ID): $5 Member: FREE

713-639-7300

http://www.mfah.org/

Start Time(s): 1pm-4pm

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents another ART IMPROV at MFAH!!  Art Improv takes place from 1-4 pm Sunday, July 1, 2012 At this program, families choose a work of art from anywhere in the museum and make friends with it—using an activity guide to sketch it, write about it, and talk about it together Then, they visit the studio where there will be an assortment of materials to create a work of art inspired by their new "friend" and their own imaginations Two more activities are part of this special First Sunday Program—Sketching in the Galleries and A Book and a Look  ]]>

Lone Star College-Kingwood Seasons Art Show

06-06-2012 - 07-03-2012

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Lone Star College-Kingwood

http://www.lonestar.edu/arts-kingwood.htm

Lone Star College-Kingwood,Student Ctr/Fine Arts - Lone Star College-Kingwood 20000 Kingwood Drive Kingwood TX 77339

Admission: Free and open to the public

2813184321

Start Time(s): <strong>Gallery Hours:</strong> 11 AM - 5 PM, Monday - Thursday <strong>Exhibition&nbsp;Reception: </strong>Wednesday, June 13 12:30pm-2:30pm

Lone Star College-Kingwood presents the Seasons Art Show, June 6 through July 3 "Seasons" features the work of Mayuko Ono Gray Exhibition Reception: Wednesday, June 13, 12:30pm-2:30pm Based in Galveston County, Texas, Mayuko Ono Gray is an artist working mainly in the medium of graphite drawing She was born in Gifu, Japan where she was trained in traditional Japanese calligraphy in her early childhood During her later teenage years, she was also trained in classical western drawing After graduating from high school, she moved to the United States to study English and further her education in art In 2007, she earned her MFA in painting from the University of Houston Currently she is the director of the College of the Mainland Art Gallery in Texas City, TX, where she is also an adjunct professor of art Her works are represented by the Hooks-Epstein galleries in Houston, TX, and by the Galeria 910 in Oaxaca, Mexico Recent solo exhibitions include “Japanese Calligraphy My Way” at the Galveston Arts Center, and “Following the Path” at the Mary Matteson-Parrish Art Gallery of Lone Star College-Montgomery]]>

Sixth Annual July 4th Celebration at Bayou Bend

07-04-2012 - 07-04-2012

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Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, MFAH

http://www.mfah.org/visit/bayou-bend-family-days/

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens - 1 Westcott Street Houston TX 77007

Admission: Admission is free!

(713) 639-7750

Start Time(s): Wednesday, July 4, 1 pm to 5 pm (<i>last admission 4:30 pm</i>)

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens Makes History Fun for Families at  the Sixth Annual July 4th Celebration at Bayou Bend Enjoy an afternoon of free activities and performances Wednesday, July 4, 2012 Celebrate Independence Day at Houston’s home for American decorative arts and paintings The annual 4th of July Blowout at Bayou Bend offers up an extravaganza of Americana: performers, crafts, activities, refreshments, and more Don’t forget to sign the giant Declaration of Independence before you leave! With its unique blend of the arts and American history, Bayou Bend is the perfect place to celebrate American freedom in style A reading of the Declaration of Independence, followed by birthday cake, starts at about 3 pm on the Diana Terrace (north side) of the house]]>

Weaving Home: World Refugee Day Reception

07-05-2012 - 07-05-2012

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Houston Arts Alliance - Alliance Gallery (formerly space125gallery)

http://www.houstonartsalliance.com/space125gallery/

Houston Arts Alliance - Alliance Gallery (formerly space125gallery) - 3201 Allen Parkway First Floor Houston TX 77019

Admission: All events are Free and open to the public Metered parking on Rosine, $2 lots on D'Amico and $3 on Rosine

713-581-6120

Start Time(s): Thursday, July 5, 5:30 &ndash; 7pm &nbsp;

The Houston Arts Alliance Folklife and Traditional Arts Program presents Weaving Home: Textile Traditions From Houston’s Karenni Community, in Alliance Gallery, 3201 Allen Parkway, 77019 On view May 16 – July 6, 2012 Houston is home to refugee communities from around the world They all bring with them distinctive traditions The exhibition Weaving Home focuses on the weaving traditions practiced by women from one such community – a collection of Karenni families who now live in the city Formerly from Myanmar (until recently known as Burma), the Karenni are a distinct ethnic community with origins in the country’s mountainous region bordering Thailand In conjunction with this exhibiton, HAA presents the following Special Exhibition Program @ Alliance Gallery: World Refugee Day Reception Thursday, July 5, 5:30 – 7pm This reception honors and celebrates the wide community of refugees that have found their way to Houston and the many agencies and volunteers who serve them Houston’s World Refugee Day Co-Chairs, Lizeth Zavala and Emily Stickle, will review the 2012 event and share plans for 2013 SPECIAL NOTE: Volunteers from The Community Cloth will have work from all of the refugee artists they serve available for purchase at all the exhibition events All proceeds return to the artists Weaving Home, an exhibition produced by the Houston Arts Alliance Folklife + Traditional Arts Program, is funded in part by the Houston Endowment, Inc, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Wells Fargo Bank]]>

Christie Coker: Musicality

06-02-2012 - 07-05-2012

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Archway Gallery

http://www.archwaygallery.com

Archway Gallery (Dunlavy) - 2305 Dunlavy Houston TX 77006

Admission: Free and open to the public

713-522-2409

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception: </strong>Saturday, June 2, 2012 5 &ndash; 8 pm <strong>Gallery hours:</strong> Monday-Saturday: 10-6pm; Sunday: 1-5pm

Archway Gallery presents Musicality featuring artist Christie Coker The exhibit features a collection of recent drawings and paintings which focus on the world of music and the various sensations it evokes The exhibition will be on view June 2 – July 5, 2012  The artist will be on hand to visit with guests during the exhibition opening reception on Saturday, June 2, 2012 from 5 – 8 pm at the gallery Coker believes that music is a universal language where each of us has sensitivity to, knowledge of, or a talent making us “one with the music” Her creative approach to the pieces in “Musicality” blend her love of various styles of music with her love of drawing and painting The sights and sounds from blues bars to outdoor festivals inspire Coker’s visual imagery Often the music playing in her studio dictates the style or media of a specific work of art A heartfelt blues song might be playing as she brushes powdered graphite and washes alcohol over the surface of paper which later is layered with charcoal and pastels giving the piece a moodiness that correlates to the music Color can add mood to a work of art, but specific strokes with a brush or drawing tool can also evoke emotion Coker suggests that soft color with gently curving strokes might be the visual interpretation of a quiet classical piece of music while bold color with angular strokes could easily be visualized as lively jazz Coker received her Bachelor of Science in Education with a specialization in Art from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas Upon graduation, she taught art in the Beaumont area before moving to Houston where she continued teaching art in Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District Coker was named Spotlight Teacher of the Year before ending her full-time teaching career to pursue life as a working artist Christie Coker has been a member of Archway Gallery since 2001 Coker’s love of nature, music and the human figure influences the artistic themes she pursues; her work is collected both nationally and internationally She has been involved in the city’s arts community through her association with the Visual Arts Alliance, the Watercolor Art Society of Houston and Women in the Visual and Literary Arts She has also served as Curriculum Director for City ArtWorks, a non-profit organization providing artistic enrichment to elementary and middle school students in the greater Houston area]]>

Peggy Sexton: Boogle Houses

06-05-2012 - 07-05-2012

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Lone Star College-CyFair, Bosque Gallery

http://www.lonestar.edu/bosquegallery.htm

Lone Star College-CyFair, Bosque Gallery - 9191 Barker Cypress Center for the Arts, Suite 101 Cypress TX 77433

Admission: Free and open to the public

832-482-1038

Start Time(s): <strong>Bosque art gallery Hours:</strong> &nbsp;T, W, Th 11am - 2 pm <strong> Artist Receptions: </strong>Wednesday, June 13, 1:30 to 3:30 pm &amp; 5:30 to 8:pm

Lone Star College-CyFair, Bosque Gallery presents the exhibition Peggy Sexton: Boogle Houses  Escape the summer heat and enjoy the talent of mixed media fiber artist Peggy Sexton with her “Boogle Houses” exhibition on display June 5 through July 5 at Lone Star College-CyFair “The rich depth apparent in my work relates intrinsically to my appreciation of nature and interest in cultural history,” said Sexton, who enjoys working with rich color and luxurious texture Drawn by a fascination for color, pattern and form, Sexton said she has become passionate about sculpted surface design Her art explores opposing forces, expressed through contradiction and the unexpected as she uses unlikely materials such as hand-dyed silks with delicate thread work “I am committed to an artistic process that celebrates creativity and the uniqueness achievable only through imperfection and artistic fallibility,” said Sexton “My recent work explores this concept through many layers of subtle, yet rich, color glowing with even greater depth of intellect, humor and spiritual meaning” Sexton’s award-winning art cloth, collage and sculpture pieces have been exhibited in galleries throughout the United States Don’t miss the opportunity to visit with Sexton about her work at the 1:30 pm and 5:30 pm receptions Wednesday, June 13 The Bosque Gallery is located in the Center for the Arts building on the Barker Cypress campus at 9191 Barker Cypress Gallery hours are 11 am to 2 pm Tuesday through Thursday For gallery information, go to LoneStaredu/bosquegallery or call 8324821038 Pictured above: Title: Boogle Cabin Artist: Peggy Sexton Medium: Mixed Media]]>

Weaving Home: Textile Traditions From Houstons Karenni Community

05-16-2012 - 07-06-2012

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Houston Arts Alliance - Alliance Gallery (formerly space125gallery)

http://www.houstonartsalliance.com/space125gallery/

Houston Arts Alliance - Alliance Gallery (formerly space125gallery) - 3201 Allen Parkway First Floor Houston TX 77019

Admission: All events are Free and open to the public Metered parking on Rosine, $2 lots on D'Amico and $3 on Rosine

713-581-6120

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception:</strong> Thursday, May 24, 5:30 &ndash; 7 pm In celebration of the exhibition, craftswomen and community members will be in attendance to demonstrate the backstrap technique they use for both their traditional and contemporary weavings <strong> <a href="http://wwwartshoundcom/event/detail/441598079/Weaving_Home_Weaving_MicroEnterprise">Weaving &amp; Micro-Enterprise</a>:</strong> Thursday, May 31, 5:30 &ndash; 7 pm <strong><a href="http://wwwartshoundcom/event/detail/441598083/Weaving_Home_Telling_the_Refugee_Story">Telling the Refuge Story</a></strong>: Thursday, June 21, 5:30 &ndash; 7 pm <strong><a href="http://wwwartshoundcom/event/detail/441598085/Weaving_Home_Weaving_Demonstration">Weaving Demonstration</a>: </strong>Saturday, June 30, 2:00 &ndash; 4 pm <strong><a href="http://wwwartshoundcom/event/detail/441598087/Weaving_Home_World_Refugee_Day_Reception">World Refugee Day Reception</a>: </strong>Thursday, July 5, 5:30 &ndash; 7pm <strong>General Gallery Hours</strong>: Tuesday-Friday 3pm-5pm

The Houston Arts Alliance Folklife and Traditional Arts Program presents Weaving Home: Textile Traditions From Houston’s Karenni Community, in Alliance Gallery, 3201 Allen Parkway, 77019 On view May 16 – July 6, 2012 Houston is home to refugee communities from around the world They all bring with them distinctive traditions The exhibition Weaving Home focuses on the weaving traditions practiced by women from one such community – a collection of Karenni families who now live in the city Formerly from Myanmar (until recently known as Burma), the Karenni are a distinct ethnic community with origins in the country’s mountainous region bordering Thailand The Karenni weaving tradition is mostly used for garments and it is identifiable by the distinctive palette, designs and objects produced Weaving Home shares some of the finest examples of customary items made by local craftswomen, but also explores the way they have adapted the tradition as a strategy for economic, cultural and community sustainability Working with a Houston-based micro-enterprise endeavor called The Community Cloth, a program of the Houston non-profit, Our Global Village, Karenni craftswomen have continued to produce traditional weavings but also to create items that appeal to a Western market The weavers have experimented with new color combinations and patterns and applied them to the creation of objects such as shawls, scarves and tableware Weaving Home shows examples of both Karenni traditional and market-influenced pieces in an effort to tell the story of an art form at the center of refugee life Several exhibition programs will expand on this narrative Special Exhibition Programs: @ The Alliance Gallery Opening Reception, Thursday, May 24, 5:30 – 7 pm Weaving & Micro-Enterprise, Thursday, May 31, 5:30 – 7 pm Telling the Refuge Story, Thursday, June 21, 5:30 – 7 pm Weaving Demonstration, Saturday, June 30, 2:00 – 4 pm World Refugee Day Reception, Thursday, July 5, 5:30 – 7pm Weaving Home, an exhibition produced by the Houston Arts Alliance Folklife + Traditional Arts Program, is funded in part by the Houston Endowment, Inc, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Wells Fargo Bank Houston Arts Alliance (HAA) is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts organization with a mission to enhance the quality of life and tourism in the Houston region by supporting and promoting the arts through programs, initiatives and alliances Photo by Debra Ham, 2012]]>

Myke Venable Painting Exhibition

05-10-2012 - 07-06-2012

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Public House Heights

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Public House Heights - 2802 White Oak Drive, Suite 100 Houston TX 77008

Admission: Free

(713) 880-BEER (2337)

publichouseheightsart@gmail.com

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Start Time(s): <strong>Artist Reception:</strong> Thursday, May 10 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm <strong>Venue is open</strong>: 2p - 2a, 7 days a week

Public House Heights will host a reception for local artist Myke Venable on Thursday, May 10 from 5 - 8 pm The exhibition of Venable’s work is the first of many full-scale exhibitions planned at the bar Venable, a Houston artist and Port Arthur native, will present works comprised of two or three various sized, painted canvases that form a cluster composition and hang at a diagonal These resulting paintings are striking, not just because of their unusual and engaging compositions, but more for their unorthodox color combinations Venable is represented in Houston by Gallery Sonja Roesch Public House Heights is located at 2802 White Oak Drive, Suite 100 Venable’s work will be on view through July 6, 2012  ]]>

SNAP: THIRTY ARTISTS CELEBRATE THIRTY YEARS (PrintHouston 2012)

05-25-2012 - 07-06-2012

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Art League Houston

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Art League Houston - 1953 Montrose Blvd Houston TX 77006

Admission: FREE

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Start Time(s): <strong>Opening reception:</strong> May 25, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM <i>artist comments at&nbsp;7:00 PM</i> <strong>On view:</strong> Monday - Friday: 9 AM - 5 PM Saturday: 11 AM - 5 PM

Art League Houston is excited to present the Society of Northern Alberta Print Artists (SNAP) thirtieth anniversary exhibition, SNAP: THIRTY ARTISTS CELEBRATE THIRTY YEARS To celebrate this milestone, SNAP has invited thirty artists from Canada, the USA and Europe to create and produce an edition of hand-pulled prints These chosen artists represent a rich history of SNAP, from one of the original founders (Marc Siegner) to artists who have supported and contributed to SNAP programming over the years The opening reception is 6 - 9 PM Friday, May 25, 2012 with an artist talk at 7:00 PM The exhibition is on view until July 6, 2012 in the Project Art League Gallery This exhibition is the kick-off event for 2012 PRINTHOUSTON Participating artists: David Armstrong (Ontario),  Kim Bauer (Texas),  Derek Besant (Alberta), Marc Bovey (Nova Scotia), Sean Caulfield (Alberta), Steven Dixon (Alberta), Nick Dobson (Alberta), Karen Dugas (Alberta), Wayne Eastcott (British Columbia), John Ford (Ontario), Kyla Fischer (Alberta), Nancy Fox (Ontario), Helen Gerritzen (Alberta/Texas), Sandy Haeseker (Alberta), Libby Hague (Ontario), Kim Huynh (Alberta), Tomoyo Ihaya (British Columbia), Liz Ingram (Alberta), Walter Jule (Alberta), Karen Kunc (Nebraska), Bill Laing (Alberta), Guy Langevin (Quebec), Goedele Peeters (Belgium), Andrea Pinheiro (Ontario), Daniela Schlueter (Alberta), Marc Siegner (Alberta), Jon Swindler (Georgia), Michiko Suzuki (British Columbia), Anna Szul (Alberta), Caitlin Wells (Alberta) Society of North Alberta Print Artists (SNAP) In 1982, a handful of artists established SNAP as an independent, cooperatively run fine art print shop in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Since then, SNAP has grown to become one of Canada’s premier centres for research and innovation in printmaking, as well as providing a unique forum for discussion and examination of critical and theoretical issues related to printmaking and image culture SNAP is dedicated to the promotion of both traditional and experimental printmaking practices including prints, artists’ books, posters and print-based installation as well as new, experimental and hybrid forms PRINTHOUSTON 2012 PRINTHOUSTON 2012 is a summerlong print festival organized by PrintMatters, a Houston arts organization dedicated to promoting traditional and non-traditional printmaking, encourage print collecting, and further the professional growth of our members PRINTHOUSTON 2012 aims to bring together some of the best in contemporary and traditional printmaking today The event will feature an exciting program of print-inspired exhibitions by emerging and established, local, national and international artists at a host of top art galleries, non-profits art spaces, museums, and artist run spaces within Houston A series of lectures, panel discussions, special events, and workshops will explore the long and varied traditions of printmaking, and will spotlight innovative works in lithography, mezzotint, etching, collograph, and woodcut Also on view at Art League Houston: The Emotional Life of a Spy by Sasha Dela and Tu Eres O No Tu Eres Mi Baby (Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby): Paintings by Ricky Armendariz Press release image, left to right (below): Sean Caulfield, Cyprian, Mezzotint, 20 x 15", 2012, Marc Siegner, Pillow Talk, Digital and Screen, 15 x 20", 2012, Tomoyo Ihaya, Mind Scape, Intaglio, 15 x 20", 2012 (also pictured above)]]>

The Emotional Life of a Spy by Sasha Dela

05-25-2012 - 07-06-2012

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Art League Houston

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Art League Houston - 1953 Montrose Blvd Houston TX 77006

Admission: FREE

713-523-9530

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening reception:</strong> May 25, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM <i>artist comments at 6:30 PM</i> <strong>On view:</strong> Monday - Friday: 9 AM - 5 PM Saturday: 11 AM - 5 PM

Art League Houston presents The Emotional Life of a Spy, an installation by Houston-based artist Sasha Dela, featuring a unique selection of found and handmade sculpture and video, inspired by the acclaimed 1935 Alfred Hitchcock spy thriller, The 39 Steps The opening reception is 6 - 9 PM Friday, May 25, 2012 with artist comments at 6:30 PM The exhibition is on view until July 6, 2012 in the Main Art League Gallery The Emotional Life of a Spy transforms the Art League Main Gallery into a mysterious and thrilling behind-the-scenes type landscape, filled with a domestic and theatrical ambiance that echoes the film noir style embedded within The 39 Steps The exhibition includes a series of projected video’s amid a selection of curiously placed domestic items that reference the engaging ‘in-between moments’ of the vintage spy thriller; capitalizing on the characters emotional filled glances at one another, their moments of being lost in the landscape, and the dark shadow filled interiors of the movie The show expounds upon Dela’s continued interest in and connection to landscape, the moving image, and the arrangement of objects These works explore the sense of connection and loss, that permeate everyday experience Sasha Dela - Dela completed a residency at the Museum of Fine Arts’ Core Program in 2007 She received her Master of Fine Art in San Francisco at California College of the Arts in 2005, and her Bachelor of Fine Art at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2000, and was awarded the DeCosse Fellowship, to study at the Accademia Di Belle Arte, Florence, Italy in 2000 Dela is Houston Regional Editor for the Temporary Art Review, St Louis Sasha Dela is the co-founder and co-director of SKYDIVE, an art space hosting a range of art practices that push the limits of their material forms In 2009 Dela’s large-scale public project, Variegated Continuum, was on display on location at the Mexican American Cultural Center in Austin Dela’s recent solo projects include Natural Commodity, at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary (2008) and Let Love Flow at Women and Their Work in Austin (2009) Other recent exhibitions include the Insurance is not Always Insured at Henry Street Settlement (2009) in New York, the Houston Area Exhibition at the Blaffer Museum (2008), and the Arthouse traveling exhibition, New American Talent (2006-2008) She has also exhibited at the San Francisco Art Commission Gallery as a recipient of the San Francisco Foundation Cadogan Award Sasha Dela is on the board of Lawndale Art Center, and the Artist Incubation Residency Committee at Project Row Houses Dela is a two-time recipient of the Warhol Foundation’s Idea Fund for her work with Skydive Art Space and Buffet DVD In 2011 her project Your Calm Able Spirit was displayed on the billboard project RoasignUSA Also on view at Art League Houston: SNAP:THIRTY ARTISTS CELEBRATE THIRTY YEARS and Tu Eres O No Tu Eres Mi Baby (Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby): Paintings by Ricky Armendariz]]>

Kelly Alison

06-02-2012 - 07-06-2012

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Wagner Sousa Modern Art

http://wagnersousamodernart.com/

Wagner Sousa Modern Art - 404 25th St Galveston TX 77550

Admission: Free and open to the public

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Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception:</strong> Saturday, June 2, 6-9PM The gallery is open Wednesday through Friday from 10-4 Any day by appointment 4093923331

Wagner Sousa presents an exhibition of new work by Kelly Alison Opening Reception Saturday, June 2,  6pm-9pm  On view through July 6 Kelly Alison's paintings incorporate a unique spatial relation inclining objects, symbols and images toward juxtapositions that belies categorization into previous familiar  expression… Kelly Alison is and American artist primarily working in a rural area south of Houston Her work has been exhibited in National and International Museums, most notably at the Shanghai Art Museum in China and the National Museum of Art in Lima, Peru She has been published in books, catalogs and magazines such as Art in America, Texas Monthly and Town and Country and her work is on permanent exhibition in downtown Houston as part of the Wayfinder project Alison’s work can be seen in many private and public collections]]>

Tu Eres O No Tu Eres Mi Baby (Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby): Paintings by Ricky Armendariz

05-25-2012 - 07-06-2012

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Art League Houston

http://artleaguehouston.org/

Art League Houston - 1953 Montrose Blvd Houston TX 77006

Admission: Gallery Exhibitions are always FREE

713-523-9530

Start Time(s): <strong>Gallery Hours</strong>: Monday - Friday: 9AM - 5PM Saturday: 11AM - 5PM Sunday: Closed The opening reception is 6 - 9 PM Friday, May 25, 2012 with artist comments at 7:30 PM &nbsp;

Art League Houston presents Tu Eres O No Tu Eres Mi Baby (Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby), a series of text-based carved paintings by San Antonio artist Ricky Armendariz, which combine themes of narco-pop-culture, with romantic-style landscape painting from the 1800’s Raised in El Paso, which borders Las Cruces, New Mexico and Juarez, Mexico, Armendariz was influenced by the enchanting nature of the American landscape, as well as the hybridization of Mexican, American, and indigenous cultures The works in this exhibition references bizarre items that have been seized from Drug Cartels by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as well as original texts from tejano and conjunto music, known as Narcocorridas The opening reception is 6 - 9 PM Friday, May 25, 2012 with artist comments at 7:30 PM The exhibition is on view until July 6, 2012 in the Hallway Gallery Ricky Armendariz - Ricky Armendariz (b 1969, El Paso, Texas) was raised on the US-Mexico border Armendariz received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from The University of Texas at San Antonio (1995), and his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Colorado at Boulder (1999) Armendariz is currently an Associate Professor of Painting at The University of Texas at San Antonio In 2008, he received the Artpace Supplemental Travel Grant for travel to Mexico City, Mexico Nationally, he has exhibited at the Denver Art Museum, The Dallas Contemporary, Museo Alameda in San Antonio, and Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin International exhibitions include: Common Wounds, which traveled to Bethlehem and Tel Aviv (2005), and SINAPSIS at the Galeria Corriente Alterna in Lima, Peru, sponsored by the United States Embassy in Lima (2002) Also on view at Art League Houston: SNAP:THIRTY ARTISTS CELEBRATE THIRTY YEARS and The Emotional Life of a Spy by Sasha Dela Pictured: Burro, 2012, acrylic and oil on carved birch plywood, 32 in x 39 in (detail above, full image below)]]>

HEAVY HITTERS, A Survey of Contemporary American Printmaking (PrintHouston 2012)

05-17-2012 - 07-07-2012

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Peveto (A Fine Art Resource Management Company)

http://www.peveto.org/

Peveto (A Fine Art Resource Management Company) - 2627 Colquitt Street Houston TX 77098

Admission: Free and open to the public

713-360-7098

info@peveto.org

Start Time(s): <strong>Gallery Hours: </strong>Tue - Sat: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm <strong>ARTIST RECEPTION </strong> Thursday, May 17, 2012 6pm to 8pm &nbsp;

Peveto (A Fine Art Resource Management Company) in conjunction with PrintMatters, as part of PrintHouston 2012,  present HEAVY HITTERS, A Survey of Contemporary American Printmaking, curated by Ryan O'Malley ARTIST RECEPTION Thursday, May 17, 2012, 6pm to 8pm On view May 17 through July 7, 2012 A "heavy hitter" is defined as a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events; a game changer, an inspiration or hero The exhibition, HEAVY HITTERS, features more than 60 artists whose studio practice, through commitment to education and communal participation, is vital to the evolution and continuation of printmaking Curator, Ryan O'Malley, is a printmaker and Assistant Professor of Art at Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi ]]>

Impressions: Print Group Exhibition (PrintHouston 2012)

06-01-2012 - 07-07-2012

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Wade Wilson Art

http://www.wadewilsonart.com

Wade Wilson Art - 4411 Montrose Blvd, Suite 200 Houston TX 77006

Admission: Free

713-521-2977

meghan@wadewilsonart.com

http://www.wadewilsonart.com/

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception:</strong> Friday,&nbsp;June 1, 6PM - 8PM <strong>Gallery Hours:</strong> Tuesdays - Saturdays: 11 am - 5 pm

Wade Wilson Art is proud to announce that they are the official exhibition partner for PrintHouston 2012 PrintMatters, the Houston based non-profit organization devoted to promoting traditional and contemporary printmaking, is celebrating the second year of PrintHouston with special exhibitions and events Wade Wilson Art is honored to be a part of a series of events that highlight the classic art form that continues to adapt and thrive in today's contemporary art community This June, Wade Wilson Art is a participating space during the yearly festival featuring Impressions: Print Group Exhibition,  a special group exhibition of various visions and styles in printmaking Etchings, lithographs, woodcuts, monoprints, and digital prints from an exceptional group of contemporary artists Featuring Lucinda Cobley, Jill Moser, Ellen Orseck, Althea Murphy-Price, Joelle Petit,Robert Ryman, Mark Williams, Joan Winter, and Nazar Yahya The exhibit opens with a reception from 6 - 8 pm on Friday, June 1, 2012 It will remain on view through July 7, 2012 Wade Wilson Art is located at 4411 Montrose Blvd Suite 200, Houston, Texas, 77006 Read more about the artists For more information, please visit wwwwadewilsonartcom Pictured above: a work by Joan Winter]]>

Steven DaLuz: Glimpse

06-02-2012 - 07-07-2012

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Laura Rathe Fine Art

http://www.laurarathe.com

Laura Rathe Fine Art - 2707 Colquitt Houston TX 77098

Admission: Free event &nbsp;

713-527-7700

info@laurarathe.com

Start Time(s): <b>Opening Reception:</b> Saturday,&nbsp; June 2, 6pm-9pm <b>Regular Gallery Hours:</b> Tues - Friday: 10am - 5pm Saturday: 11am - 5pm

Laura Rathe Fine Art presents Steven DaLuz: Glimpse Artist Reception, Saturday, June 2, 2012, 6:00 – 9:00 PM On view June 2 – July 7, 2012 Presenting his most recent paintings at Laura Rathe Fine Art, Steven DaLuz continues his singular journey into his mysterious, ethereal lightscapes, in Steven DaLuz: Glimpse For the past several years DaLuz has been refining his unique process using metal leaf, chemically-induced patinas, oil, and other mixed media This alchemy is then applied to his inquiry of abstract and figurative forms exploring the expressive, nuanced beauty of gesture and the captivating power of light moving through imagined, otherworldly atmospheres “My intention is not literal narrative Instead, born of powerful emotion in the studio, I strive to transport and evoke a feeling within the viewer As Magritte aptly said, “People who look for symbolic meanings fail to grasp the inherent poetry and mystery of the image” For me, the pure aesthetic experience of art need not explain anything” DaLuz has an impressive resume of solo and group shows across the region His work is enthusiastically collected and featured in several public and private collections including Citigroup HQ, Houston, TX - Whitestone Financial Group, San Antonio, TX and Hermann Memorial Ambulatory Center, Houston, TX among others Pictured: Window, 36 x 36” Oil, Metal Leaf/Mixed Media on Panel, 2012 (detail above, full image below)]]>

Rusty Scruby: Cube Network and Cherry Blossoms

06-02-2012 - 07-07-2012

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McMurtrey Gallery

http://www.mcmurtreygallery.com/

McMurtrey Gallery - 3508 Lake Street Houston Tx 77098

Admission: Entrance to the Gallery is free

713-523-8238

info@mcmurtreygallery.com

Start Time(s): <b>Regular Gallery Hours:</b> Tues-Fri 10:30am-5pm Sat 11am-5pm <strong>Opening Reception: </strong>Saturday, June 2, 6-8 pm

McMurtrey Gallery presents Rusty Scruby: Cube Network and Cherry Blossoms June 2 - July 7, 2012 Opening Reception Saturday, June 2, 6-8PM Rusty Scruby has challenged the boundary between sculpture, photography, and drawing His newest exhibition at McMurtrey Gallery, Cube Network and Cherry Blossoms, incorporates deft skill in mathematical composition alongside emotional depth in subject matter The result is a poetic tension arising out of Scruby's aesthetic analysis of time and memory: "For the past 10 years, my work has focused increasingly on structure and the idea of an interaction between structure and image The combination of hand-crafted and analytical aspects in my work helps to create a tension The resulting emotional expression stems from this interaction of limited parameters, similar to numbers in music and knit and purl in knitting" Rusty Scruby has exhibited extensively in the United States and internationally including PYO Gallery South, Seoul, Korea; PYO Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX; The Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Tx; Arlington Museum of Art, Arlighton, TX; Turner Carrol Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; PanAmerican Art Projects, Miami, FL; Cris Worley Fine Arts, Dallas, Tx; Artopolis, Chicago, IL; and Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO Mr Scuby has also won the NEA Grant for his work at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas and has publications in NY Arts Magazine, The Houston Chronicle, Miami NewTimes, and The Huffington Post His work can be found in numerous collections including The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; The Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX; and The Kamm Collection in Los Angeles, CA Pictured: Linear Charge Density, 26" x 19" x 2", Charcoal on Paper Construction, 2012]]>

Reborn: New works by Sabine Stromeyer

06-02-2012 - 07-07-2012

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Thornwood Gallery

http://www.thornwoodgallery.com/

Thornwood Gallery - Colquitt - 2643 Colquitt Houston TX 77098

Admission: Free event

713-861-2787

Start Time(s): <b>Opening Reception</b>: Saturday, June 2 6pm-8pm <b>Regular Gallery Hours:</b> Tues-Fri 10am-5pm Saturday 11am-4pm

Thornwood Gallery presents Reborn: New works by Sabine Stromeyer Reception for Art Opening Saturday, June 2nd 2012 from 6pm – 8pm Come out and join us for wine and music as we celebrate Reborn; a new exhibition of work by Sabine Stromeyer on display at Thornwood Gallery Artist will be in attendance On view through July 7 For many years Sabine Stromeyer’s art work has been known for incorporating three dimensional objects Nature scenes, architectural elements, and balance through geometry and symmetry have always captured her interest "Hanging Sculptures" are the result of combining solid working bases with paint, and materials like wood, sponges, shells, bark, moss, metal wire and much more Unusual textures and surfaces reflect forms of land, water, or air New works from her series "Reborn" are homage to stranded, broken or damaged trees in Texas due to natural causes or recent disasters By using parts of these trees she changed their destination They come alive again in Sabine's landscapes and seascapes Partly plated with gold leaf and protected with resin, these "witnesses" start a second life with another purpose and new appearance They will be around much longer and show a new beauty, thus being a reminder of the power of nature and making new memories Sabine Stromeyer was born in East Berlin and spent a major part of her life in East Germany After graduating with a degree in Cartography, she worked for a tourist map publisher In 1989 she fled the Soviet-controlled part of Germany After having settled in Cologne she enrolled as a student in The Advertising Academy in Cologne, where she graduated with honors In 1999, she moved with her husband and son to Houston Her artwork has been exhibited in various art galleries and can now be seen in public spaces and numerous private collections within the United States, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and Italy]]>

Drawings by Rembrandt, His Students and Circle from the Maida and George Abrams Collection

04-15-2012 - 07-08-2012

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building - 5601 Main Street Houston TX 77005

Admission: <strong>Admission:</strong> Adult: $10 Senior (65+): $5 Youth (6&ndash;18): $5 Student (with ID): $5 Member: FREE Free admission on Thursdays <i>Children (18 and under) with a Houston Public Library PowerCard or any Public Library card receive free general admission on Saturday and Sunday </i>

713-639-7300

Start Time(s): <b>Regular Exhibition Hours:</b> Monday 10 am &ndash; 5 pm (<i>Law Building only</i>) Tuesday&ndash;Wednesday 10 am &ndash; 5 pm Thursday&ndash;Saturday 10 am &ndash; 9 pm Sunday 12:15 &ndash; 7 pm Closed Monday, except Monday holidays Closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

A selection of works from one of the world’s finest private collections of Dutch drawings will be presented in the Audrey Jones Beck Galleries at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, beginning April 15 and on view through July 8 Selected from the collection assembled by George and Maida Abrams over five decades, the exhibition includes nine works by Rembrandt as well as nearly fifty sheets by his pupils and followers, including examples never before exhibited or published The exhibition was originally organized by the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut Drawings by Rembrandt, His Students and Circle from the Maida and George Abrams Collection reveals the expressive mastery and dazzling freedom of Rembrandt’s pen drawings and investigates the character and use of individual drawings, from figure studies made from life, to finished drawings composed in the studio to landscape studies executed en plein air on the artist’s walks outside Amsterdam The exhibition and its catalogue also explore the functions of drawings in Rembrandt’s studio and their relationship to his teaching practices Some drawings by Rembrandt’s students and followers seem to have been assignments, for example, in how best and most accurately to convey the narrative drama of a historical subject Others clearly were life studies designed to train the eye and hand, ranging from preparatory to more finished works, be it another drawing, print or a painting And still other works were topographic studies or records of travel and novelties to be consulted in the future Nevertheless, all of the works in this exhibition achieve the expressive power associated with Rembrandt’s mastery “These beautiful seventeenth-century drawings by Rembrandt and his students are superb in quality,” said MFAH director Gary Tinterow “It is a coup for the MFAH to display nearly 60 of these works from the Abrams Collection” “This exhibition marks the first time drawings by Rembrandt and his circle have ever been shown exclusively in Houston,” said Dena Woodall, MFAH Assistant Curator of Prints and Drawings “While offering the public a chance to see one of the most important groups of Dutch drawings collected in the past half century, it also opens a window into seventeenth-century Holland and the thought process of Rembrandt and his school” In addition to Rembrandt’s works, the exhibition will include sheets by his pupils and associates, including Ferdinand Bol, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Govert Flinck, Abraham Furnerius, Arent de Gelder, Samuel van Hoogstraten, Jan Lievens, Nicolas Maes, Roelant Roghman, and Pieter de With, as well as an anonymous follower of the master Although not all of these artists are documented as Rembrandt’s students, the biographies of the individual artists present evidence for their connection with him Additionally, the exhibition catalogue and interpretive material address the difficult issues of connoisseurship in this field The exceptional breadth of the Abrams collection enables the exploration of the diversity and parameters of Rembrandt’s style, including not only compositional and figure studies, but also landscapes, and chalk as well as ink drawings Of particular interest among the figure studies are Rembrandt’s Old Man with a Walking Stick, a drawing that captures the stooped form and shuffling gait of his elderly subject with the greatest of graphic economy, and the vivid characterization of Four Studies of Male Heads The exhibition also offers an opportunity for in-depth analysis of the drawing styles of individual masters, such as Jan Lievens, Govert Flinck, Nicolaes Maes and Roelant Roghman The collection permits fascinating comparisons, for example, between Flinck and Backer, who must have sat side by side as they sketched female nudes in the studio Pictured: Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Woman Doing Handwork, c 1670, brown ink and brown wash on antique laid paper, Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Photo: Katya Kallsen © President and Fellows of Harvard College]]>

Perspectives 178: CINEPLEX

04-12-2012 - 07-08-2012

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Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)

http://www.camh.org/

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) - 5216 Montrose Houston TX 77006

Admission: Free Event

(713) 284-8250

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception:</strong> Thursday, April 12 6:30-9PM Join us in celebrating the opening of CAMH's evolving exhibition and screening series <i>Perspectives 178: CINEPLEX</i> Food, drinks, and popcorn will be available inside the gallery <span style="background-color: #ffcc99">Peter Lucas, Education Associate at CAMH and organizer of the exhibition, will give an introduction and present a preview screening of short films at 6:30PM</span> Sponsored by Saint Arnold Brewing Company <b>Regular Gallery Hours</b>: Wednesday - 11am-7pm Thursday - 11am-9pm Friday - 11am-7pm Saturday and Sunday- 11am-6pm Closed Monday and Tuesday <strong>SCREENINGS AND EVENTS:</strong> All screenings and events are free and open to the public and take place at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Please note that seating is limited so early arrival is recommended Refreshments will be provided inside the gallery For complete listings and current information, please check <a href="http://wwwcamhorg/">wwwcamhorg</a> <strong><i>Joseph Cornell: Archeology of the Unreal</i></strong> Screening: Thursday, April 19, 7:30PM <strong><i>Bruce Conner: The Art of Montage</i></strong> Screening of Program 1: Thursday, April 26, 7:30PM Screening of Program 2: Thursday, May 3, 7:30PM Select works on view: April 13-May 3, museum hours <strong><i>Martin Arnold: Pi&egrave;ces Touch&eacute;es</i></strong> Screening: Thursday, May 10, 7:30PM Select works on view: May 4-31, museum hours <strong><i>Musiqa: Alternate Tracks </i></strong>Live Performance: Thursday, May 17, 7:30PM <strong><i>Los Angeles Plays Itself </i></strong> Screening of Part 1: Thursday, May 24, 7:30PM Screening of Part 2: Thursday, May 31, 7:30PM <strong><i>The Pervert's Guide to Cinema </i></strong> Screening of Parts 1 &amp; 2: Thursday, June 7, 7:30PM Screening of Part 3: Thursday, June 14, 7:30PM <strong><i>Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America</i></strong> Screening: Thursday, June 21, 7:30PM <strong><i>Be Johnny: Cityscope </i></strong>Live Audio-Visual Performance: Thursday, June 28, 7:30PM <strong><i>Mess with Texas</i></strong> Screening: Thursday, July 5, 7:30PM Select works on view: July 6-8, museum hours

The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston presents Perspectives 178: CINEPLEX On View: April 13 - July 8, 2012 Opening Reception: Thursday, April 12, 2012, 6:30-9PM  Weekly screenings and events are free and held every Thursday evening at 7:30PM at CAMH; seating is limited so early arrival is recommended This spring, Perspectives 178: CINEPLEX transforms CAMH's Zilkha Gallery into a unique cinémathèque space for a celebration of the expansive nature of moving image media and the power of montage CINEPLEX explores the landscape of cinematic experience through various artists' reflections on, responses to, and transformations of movie culture Unfolding over the course of twelve weeks of projections, screenings, and events, the exhibition features a variety of experimental works, essay films, documentaries, and live cinema events that appropriate and creatively transform existing movie material In addition to weekly Thursday evening screenings and events throughout the run of the exhibition, many projected works will be on view during regular museum hours in installation format as well (a complete list of works on view and events is listed below) Early in the history of moving pictures, filmmakers discovered the unique and unmistakable power inherent in juxtaposing disparate images to create new contexts Independent artists began to use montage techniques to reassemble existing film images for different, often more expressive and metaphoric results Over time, along with the evolution of cinematic language, an ongoing conversation has developed among film's images, its makers, and its audiences With the Internet serving as both a moving image archive and a fluid distribution outlet, this kind of audio-visual communication has become more common, and homemade YouTube movie remixes have become the folk art of our times We are now able to view the layered histories of these shared experiences of movies and their evolving language from a new perspective CINEPLEX functions as a twenty-first-century nickelodeon of sorts -- a pop-up microcinema presenting a variety of creative, cinematic interventions in a darkened space of shared ritual along with drinks and snacks The ever-changing exhibition features both historic and contemporary film reworkings, from the very first "found footage" films made in the 1930s by assemblage artist Joseph Cornell, to Christian Marclay's first foray into movie collage, to new movie dissections by contemporary Austrian artist Martin Arnold CAMH presents film collage as social critique, advancing from the work of pioneering experimental filmmaker Bruce Conner to the delirious Tribulation 99 (1991) by Craig Baldwin, one of Conner's disciples Documentaries by Thom Anderson and Sophie Fiennes dig deep into scenes from popular cinema Frederic Brodbeck's motion-graphic representations of movies; a rapid-fire, stroboscopic work by Les LeVeque; new work by Texas film artists including Kelly Sears; and a live audio-visual performance by video design team Be Johnny offer exciting, new perspectives on our engagement with cinema In all, CINEPLEX includes over fifty film/video works from five countries Together they comprise a collaged history of our celebrated cinematic dreams and a creative conversation between the dreams and the dreamers SCHEDULE OF WORKS ON VIEW IN THE ZILKHA GALLERY: On view April 13-July 8 Telephones, Christian Marclay, USA, 1995 white and fifteen movies starring Charlton Heston, Les LeVeque, USA, 2010 Cinemetrics, Frederic Brodbeck, The Netherlands, 2012 If We Don't, Remember Me, Gustaf Mantel, Germany, 2012 On view April 13-May 3 Mongoloid, Bruce Conner, USA, 1978 America Is Waiting, Bruce Conner, USA, 1981 Mea Culpa, Bruce Conner, USA, 1981 On view May 4-May 31 Shadow Cuts, Martin Arnold, Austria, 2010 Soft Palate, Martin Arnold, Austria, 2010 On view June 1-July 5 Untitled (Silver), Takeshi Murata, USA, 2006 On view July 6-8 Mess with Texas, various artists, USA, 2012 Perspectives 178: CINEPLEX is organized by Peter Lucas, Education Associate at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Lucas has been Associate Program Director of Northwest Film Forum; Film Programmer with the Seattle International Film Festival; and an independent curator of film, video, and live cinema programs at Henry Art Gallery, Experience Music Project, Cornish College of the Arts, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, and Aurora Picture Show Pictured above: Bruce Conner, still from America Is Waiting, USA, 1981, 16mm film Courtesy of The Conner Family Trust]]>

It is what it is Or is it?

05-11-2012 - 07-08-2012

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Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)

http://www.camh.org/

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) - 5216 Montrose Houston TX 77006

Admission: Free Event

(713) 284-8250

Start Time(s): <b>Regular Gallery Hours</b>: Wednesday - 11am-7pm Thursday - 11am-9pm Friday - 11am-7pm Saturday and Sunday- 11am-6pm Closed Monday and Tuesday <strong>PUBLIC PROGRAMS</strong> All events are free and open to the public, and take place at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston unless otherwise noted For complete listings and current information, please check <a href="http://wwwcamhorg">wwwcamhorg</a> <strong>Opening Reception:<i> It is what it is Or is it?</i> </strong>Friday, May 11 6-7PM: Members' Preview CAMH Members get a first look at the exhibition with Curator Dean Daderko 7-9PM: Public Reception Help us celebrate the opening of this group exhibition Reception with bar and food truck; cash only please <strong> <i>Curator's Talk</i></strong> May 12, 3PM Join CAMH Curator Dean Daderko for a conversational tour of the exhibition <strong><i>Lecture Series: One Artist, One Work </i></strong> May 26, 2PM Critic and writer <strong>Jennie King </strong>shares her paper <i>Something Old, Something New, Something 'Borrowed': William Cordova's Laberintos and the Machu Picchu Artifacts at Yale</i>, which addresses a work included in the exhibition, Cordova's <i>Laberintos (pa' octavio paz y gaspar yanga) </i> <strong><i>Artists/Scholars Talk: Lynn Herbert</i></strong> June 16, 2PM Former CAMH Senior Curator Lynn Herbert offers her views on the exhibition <strong><i>In Conversation: Rachel Hecker and Dean Daderko</i></strong> July 7, 2PM Artist Rachel Hecker, represented in the exhibition by paintings from her recent Jesus series, joins Curator Dean Daderko in a conversation about her practice, and offers audience members an opportunity to get up close and personal with her work

As art forms go, the readymade is a slippery one Its originator, Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), spoke of it as "a form of denying the possibility of defining art" (Cabanne, Pierre Dialogues with Marcel Duchamp Da Capo Press, Inc, 1979, p 48) Now, as the art form nears its 100th anniversary, the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston presents It is what it is Or is it?, a group exhibition that explores how the form has changed Featuring sculpture, painting, photography, video, and interactive works, including new works and commissions by an international group of artists, It is what it is Or is it? is a speculative proposition that considers how artists are using and making readymades today The exhibition is organized by CAMH Curator Dean Daderko and marks his curatorial debut at the Museum Duchamp's Bicycle Wheel (1913), art history's first readymade, is a sculpture the artist created in his studio by taking two ordinary manufactured objects-a bicycle wheel and a white wooden stool-and mounting the former upside down onto the latter The exhibition attempts to recuperate a sense of the radicality of Duchamp's original gesture It is what it is Or is it? is a dialogue with the readymade form, seeing it not as a collection of static objects, but as a practice of displacement that turns thought into form The 18 artists in the exhibition represent 3 generations and 9 countries: Ellen Altfest, Fayçal Baghriche, Bill Bollinger, Chto Delat, William Cordova, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Latifa Echakhch, Daphne Fitzpatrick, Claire Fontaine, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Rachel Hecker, Jamie Isenstein, Luis Jacob, Patrick Killoran, Jiri Kovanda, Klara Lidén, Catherine Murphy, and Pratchaya Phinthong These artists' works offer us unique opportunities to address the contemporary legacy of the readymade Artists use the form's simple materiality and economy of means to address a diversity of social, political, aesthetic and temporal concerns For example, William Cordova's laberintos (pa' octavio paz y gaspar yanga), 2003-09, is composed of "200 appropriated vinyl records from an undisclosed ivy league institution that refused to repatriate 200 Inca artifacts it borrowed from Peru in 1914" The records' gatefold covers interlock to form a maze on the floor Though its scale makes it physically inaccessible, Cordova's description of the work's materials makes it plainly evident that these records are being held hostage to protest the refusal to repatriate the Peruvian treasures Patrick Killoran's An Inconspicuous Addition (2011) may look like a typical cooler one takes on a picnic or to the beach, but lucky viewers may catch a glimpse of the diamond nestled down in the cooler's melting ice Latifa Echakhch's Globus (2011) is a world map crumpled into a round globe that disregards national borders by reshuffling them arbitrarily For his sculpture Envelopments (2010), Fayçal Baghriche uses the flags of all 28 of the world's nations whose flapping ends are entirely red By wrapping the flags around their wall-mounted poles, Baghriche produces a row of identical-looking objects that conceal a secret identity Ellen Altfest's paintings of plant and corporal forms show us how little we see with a casual glance, and how strange these forms become when Altfest reframes and re-presents them In Rachel Hecker's airbrushed paintings, it's easy to see the models, rock stars, and actors with their shoulder-length hair and scruffy beards as portraits of Jesus Christ Hecker also demonstrates how easily representational typologies can be established The catalogue for this exhibition, designed by Dancing Foxes Press, gathers previously published texts by Duchamp, Claire Fontaine, Joseph Kosuth, and Lucy Lippard to establish a direct relation to the process of re-contextualization that the readymade engages in Together, these artists chart our changes in perception, demonstrating that artistic practice has become notably more politicized and engaged with the representation of multiple realities The readymade, and its legacies, demand that we be active viewers It is what it is Or is it? culls together different, even unexpected, approaches to the readymade to insist upon its relevance as a method, practice, and approach for artists today PUBLIC PROGRAMS All events are free and open to the public, and take place at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston unless otherwise noted For complete listings and current information, please check wwwcamhorg Opening Reception: It is what it is Or is it? Friday, May 11 6-7PM: Members' Preview CAMH Members get a first look at the exhibition with Curator Dean Daderko 7-9PM: Public Reception Help us celebrate the opening of this group exhibition Reception with bar and food truck; cash only please Curator's Talk May 12, 3PM Join CAMH Curator Dean Daderko for a conversational tour of the exhibition Lecture Series: One Artist, One Work May 26, 2PM Critic and writer Jennie King shares her paper Something Old, Something New, Something 'Borrowed': William Cordova's Laberintos and the Machu Picchu Artifacts at Yale, which addresses a work included in the exhibition, Cordova's Laberintos (pa' octavio paz y gaspar yanga) Artists/Scholars Talk: Lynn Herbert June 16, 2PM Former CAMH Senior Curator Lynn Herbert offers her views on the exhibition In Conversation: Rachel Hecker and Dean Daderko July 7, 2PM Artist Rachel Hecker, represented in the exhibition by paintings from her recent Jesus series, joins Curator Dean Daderko in a conversation about her practice, and offers audience members an opportunity to get up close and personal with her work Pictured above: Felix Gonzalez-Torres, detail untitled, silver wiels]]>

Gallery Talk The Artist's Eye: Robert Ruello

07-08-2012 - 07-08-2012

Menil Collection

http://menil.org/

Menil Collection - 1515 Sul Ross Houston TX 77006

Admission: Free admission

713-525-9400

Start Time(s): 3:00pm &nbsp;

The Menil Collection presents another in its Gallery Talk The Artist's Eye series  Throughout the year, on the first Sunday of each month, a Houston artist talks about a work in the Menil Collection that has special meaning to him or her The public is invited to these free, informal gallery discussions, which can be held in any Menil gallery or building (or outdoor space) of the artist’s choosing, begin at 3 pm Robert Ruello Sunday, July 8, 2012, 3:00 pm Robert Ruello is an artist / educator living in Houston, TX He has degrees from Loyola University in New Orleans (BA Psychology), The School of the Art Institute in Chicago (BFA) and Columbia University (MFA) The CORE Residency Program brought him to Houston, but it is the dynamic and expanding local art scene that has kept him connected to the city]]>

Around the World in 50 Years 3D (A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures)

05-25-2012 - 07-08-2012

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Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org/

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Wortham IMAX Theatre - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Members, $6 Adults $11 Children (3 - 11), Seniors (62+) and College Students $9 Groups (20+) $8 School Groups $5

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): Check <a href="http://storehmnsorg/">schedule</a> for showtimes Monday - Friday: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm (Last Show) Saturday - Sunday: 11:30 am - 4:30 pm (Last Show)

Houston Museum of Natural Science Wortham IMAX® Theatre presents Around the World in 50 Years 3D (A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures) Sammy's Adventures (whose working title was Around the World in 50 Years 3D) follows a sea turtle as he navigates his 50 year life through the changes caused by global warming Experience the ups and downs of life on land and sea in this coming of age story starring the cutest sea turtle on the big screen From the warm waters of the tropics to the icy Antarctic, join Sammy and his friends on an exciting journey through truly immersive environments Wind your way around spectacular coral reefs and enjoy a wild ride on a fun-loving octopus Rated: Just for Fun; Conservation is the sub-genre/ message Plot Sammy, a sea turtle, hatches on a deserted beach and tries to climb out of the hole where he hatched Being caught by a seagull, he struggles for his life and manages to escape, as the seagull clashes in the air with another seagull, also carrying its prey, who turns out to be a female hatchling sea turtle, Shelly Sammy falls onto an old raft and gets carried into the open ocean, losing Shelly In the ocean he meets another hatchling, Ray, who tells him the story of a "turtle paradise" on an island called "Lapagos", and they together start their voyage there Later, the two get caught by trawls Sammy is released back into the sea by the fishermen, but loses Ray Washed onto the shore in California, he is picked up by a hippie woman and lives as a pet in the hippie commune with Vera, another female sea turtle, who is older than Sammy, and Catoff, a cat, who claims to be French On a Christmas evening the hippies draw a peace sign on his shell to sign him as the peace ambassador When the hippies see that Sammy and Vera will not mate, they release Vera The police evicts the hippie commune from the beach, and Sammy decides to return back to the sea]]>

HJ Bott: A 40 Year Celebration

06-02-2012 - 07-08-2012

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Galveston Arts Center

http://www.contemporaryartgalveston.org/

Admission: Free and open to the public &nbsp;

409-763-2403

Start Time(s): <b>Exhibitions Opening (in conjunction with <i><a href="http://wwwartshoundcom/event/detail/441602967/Galveston_ArtWalk_June_2012">ArtWalk</a></i>):</b> Saturday, June 2, 6 to 9 pm Gallery Talk at 6:30 pm <b>Regular Gallery Hours:</b> The exhibition gallery and selections from GAC&rsquo;s retail gallery, ArtWorks, are open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, from 11 am to 5 pm, and Sunday from noon to 5 pm Admission is free at all times

Galveston Arts Center is pleased to present a 40-year survey of work by Houston-based artist HJ Bott The exhibition will feature paintings, drawings, reliefs and sculptures and will open during the June 2nd ArtWalk It will remain on view through July 8, 2012 Curator Clint Willour will lead a gallery talk with the artist beginning at 6:30 pm during ArtWalk The event is free and open to the public On March 7, 1972, working in a studio located across the Strand from the Galveston Arts Center, artist HJ Bott developed what he calls the “Displacement of Volume Concepts” or DoV This single element/module can be found throughout his drawings, paintings, sculpture, installations and as well as his DoV-Z Robott performances The exhibition will explore the intermingling aspects of geometry, math, science, technology, perspective, cultural anthropology, social psychology and the world’s cultural symbols Juxtaposing earlier with more current iterations of the module, the exhibition celebrates the discovery of the motif which occurs in a variety of two- and three-dimensional media as an organized system of archetypal patterns and symbols into grid-like structures “My oeuvre,” notes Bott, “is dedicated to a spinning off of light, color, form, retinal vibration, space, and the materiality of a chosen medium and its respective immateriality”Simply put, Bott encourages viewers to enjoy the harmonies and tensions evoked by his exploration of line, color, pattern, and symbols to create their own personal narratives Born in Colorado to a German-Russian family, Bott began taking drawing lessons at the age of 9 and had his first major two-person exhibition at Trinity University when he was only 14 years old After high school, he began a tri-coastal and European education process that included joint studies in art and cultural anthropology at Art Center College and the University of Southern California; the Art Students League, New York University and Columbia in New York City; and the Dusseldorf Kunstakademie, Bamberg Kunstchule and the University of Heidelberg Bott and his wife DeeDee moved to Galveston in 1969 where they operated the “Loft-on-Strand” gallery for ten years before settling in Houston Bott has shown in over 75 solo exhibitions and more than 700 group gallery exhibitions A concurrent exhibition, HJ Bott: Rhythm and Rhetoric: New Works Celebrating 40 Years of the DoV System is on view at Anya Tish Gallery in Houston through June 9 An exhibition catalogue with preface by art writer Kelly Klaasmeyer, and entries by James Edwards, Casey Stranahan and Catherine Anspon has been published in conjunction with the exhibition, which will also travel to Kirk Hopper Gallery in Dallas in October Galveston Arts Center is operating in a temporary downtown location on the corner of Market and 25th Streets The exhibition gallery and selections from GAC’s retail gallery, ArtWorks, are open to the public Monday through Saturday, from 11 am to 5 pm, and Sunday from noon to 5 pm Admission is free at all times A flyer listing all ArtWalk participants with times and locations can be downloaded at wwwcontemporaryartgalvestonorg Pictured: HJ Bott Hip Hop Core, 2011 (pictured above) Co-polymer vinyl on canvas 42 x 42 inches on diagonal HJ Bott Mesocarp Mischief, 2012 Co-polymer vinyl on canvas 48 x 72 inches HJ Bott Anti ART-CRAFT Flack Lacker, 1989 Co-polymer vinyl on Tobinite industrial mesh, galvanized rods and spider wire 49 x 31 x 27 inches]]>

The Little Prince 3D

05-25-2012 - 07-08-2012

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Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org/

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Wortham IMAX Theatre - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Members, $6 Adults $11 Children (3 - 11), Seniors (62+) and College Students $9 Groups (20+) $8 School Groups $5

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): Check <a href="http://storehmnsorg/">schedule</a> for showtimes Monday - Friday: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm (Last Show) Saturday - Sunday: 11:30 am - 4:30 pm (Last Show)

Houston Museum of Natural Science Wortham IMAX® Theatre presents The Little Prince 3D The Little Prince is back in an extraordinary adventure! Relive the magic of Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s endearing story in a fully immersive, spectacular journey Accompanied by his hilarious friend the Fox, the Little Prince leaps from one fanciful universe to another in search of his beloved Rose Fly along side these fearless heroes as they scale instruments on the music planet, wake the friendly stone giant and doge the metal claws of a ferocious dragon!  ]]>

AIA Houston 2011 Artist of the Year Exhibition: FORECAST by Metalab

06-14-2012 - 07-13-2012

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American Institute of Architects (AIA Houston)/Architecture Center Houston

http://www.aiahouston.org/

Architecture Center Houston (ArCH) - 315 Capitol, Suite 120 Houston TX 77002

Admission: ArCH exhibitions are free and open to the public Parking is available in the Hobby Center parking garage located across the street with entrances on Rusk and Walker&nbsp;($7)

7135200155

Start Time(s): The gallery is open Monday through Thursday from 9am to 5pm and Fridays from 9am to 3pm <strong>Artist&nbsp;Reception: </strong>Thursday, June 14,&nbsp; 5:30 &ndash; 7:00pm

Architecture Center Houston and AIA Houston present the AIA Houston 2011 Artist of the Year Exhibition, June 14 – July 13, 2012 Opening Reception at Architecture Center Houston Thursday, June 14, 5:30-7:00pm A parametric tree that emits a cloud of fog, a photobooth that captures a vortex of Activity at parties and a shipping container that soaks up the sun to produce its own power These are a series of projects that will be exhibited and creating their own micro-climates in FORECAST by Metalab While we can’t control the weather or a turbulent economy that has thwarted many startups, we can make the best of it by reflecting on how an alternate path within architectural practice has generated a body of work in the genres of civic art and product design Through collaborations with artists, product curators and solar entrepreneurs, Metalab applies an understanding of the leading edge of design and fabrication technology while working within Houston’s can-do landscape of manufacturing and industry Metalab was founded 5 years ago by partners Joe Meppelink and Andrew Vrana over a conversation that left off in a metal fabrication shop on Old Spanish Trail and restarted with students at the University of Houston in a new Digital Fabrication seminar in 2005 They have since built a multidisciplinary design firm that specializes in architecture, civic art and product design and applies invention and innovation in the use of advanced 3D modeling and digital fabrication, interactive technologies, and a practicing commitment to sustainability through product design and entrepreneurship The exhibit is presented in partnership with artist Matthew Geller, Smilebooth LLC, Adaptive Container LLC and the University of Houston Green Building Components program (UHGBC) Architecture Center Houston is located downtown at 315 Capitol, Suite 120 on the corner of Bagby and Capitol]]>

Galveston ArtWalk - July 2012

07-14-2012 - 07-14-2012

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Galveston Arts Center

http://www.galveston.com/galvestonartscenter/

Galveston - various locations - Galveston TX 77550

Admission: Free and open to the public

409-763-2403

Start Time(s): Most galleries 6pm-9pm&nbsp; Click <a href="http://wwwgalvestoncom/galvestonartscenter/calendar/#/?i=1">here</a> for details &nbsp;

For over twenty five years, the Galveston Arts Center has produced ArtWalk on Saturday nights in the heart of the historic district Now spreading to other parts of the island, ArtWalk occurs approximately every six weeks Not a street festival, ArtWalk takes place in existing commercial galleries, non-profit arts spaces and what are called "other walls," restaurants and retail stores, for example Each exhibits art and welcomes viewers with open doors, later hours and refreshments One of the Galveston Arts Center's largest programs, ArtWalk, promotes visual art and artists, offers alternative places to see and learn about art and hopes to bring newcomers, as well as welcome return visitors to the art community on the island Incorporated in 1986, the Galveston Art Center (GAC) is as an independent nonprofit organization that presents pacesetting contemporary art in a historic building on Galveston's Strand donated by the Junior League of Galveston County]]>

Artifactual Realities (FotoFest 2012) EXTENDED

03-17-2012 - 07-15-2012

Station Museum of Contemporary Art

http://www.stationmuseum.com

Station Museum of Contemporary Art - 1502 Alabama Houston TX 77004

Admission: Free Admission

713-529-6900

alans@stationmuseum.com

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception: </strong>SATURDAY, MARCH 17,&nbsp; @ 7pm <strong> Museum Hours:</strong> Wed - Sun, 11AM - 6PM

The Station Museum of Contemporary Art presents the group exhibition Artifactual Realities, opening Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 7PM with music & refreshments On view March 17 - May 13, 2012 In conjunction with FotoFest 2012, ARTIFACTUAL REALITIES takes society into account not simply as a reflection of the global community but also as an action site, that is, as an artifact of communal exchange It is dedicated to the work of 11 artists/photographers who, each in their own way, are concerned, as we are, with issues of revolution, spirituality and memory  Extended until July 15th ARTIFACTUAL REALITIES Artists: Charif Benhelima Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr Vanessa Bahmani August Bradley Mel Chin Celia Alvarez Muñoz Linarejos Moreno Nazar Yahya Ann Harithas Ernesto Leon Joe Cardella August Bradley’s photographic series 99 Faces of Occupy Wall Street reveals the non-hierarchical perspective of Occupy Wall Street through dynamic portraits Bradley’s images put a “face on a faceless movement,” which is still undefined, and is comprised of both activists and members of the public who are fed up with the economic inequality and corruption of the United States Bradley currently lives in Los Angeles, California These outcries of change are visible through Vanessa Bahmani’s portrait series We are the 99% Bahmani’s depiction of men and women, veterans, families, children, and even Wall Street employees contrast the negative media perception of protesters through profoundly personal hand-written signs Bahmani lives in New York City Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr’s protest photographs were taken in Moscow, Russia, at a demonstration in Bolotnaya Square The demonstrators demand a voice for ethnic Russians in the country’s politics and are marking the first anniversary of a violent nationalist riot just outside the Kremlin Zemlianichenko lives in Moscow, Russia The work Semites: A Wall Under Construction is a reflection on Charif Benhelima’s own background Benhelima overexposed the photographs, creating an aesthetic of invisibility or disappearance that evokes the notion of memory/oblivion, both of our cultural history and the artist’s own background Benhelima lives in Antwerp, Belgium Mel Chin’s The Funk and Wag From A to Z uses images cut from a complete set of the 1953 edition of The Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia which he recomposes as narratives and scenes saturated with messages that have social, political, and historical implications Resembling the Dada technique of photomontage, Chin uses the volumes’ photogravure illustrations to deliver a disorienting time lapse in the space between historical and contemporary experience Chin lives in Burnsville, North Carolina Celia Alvarez Muñoz’s Semejante Personajes/ Significant Personalities is a richly textured, digitally enhanced sequence of photographs of artists at work in the studio Her work expresses her passion for the creative process, for history and experimentation, and for the proud and striking Chicanos whose paths have mirrored her own Muñoz lives in Arlington, Texas Ann Harithas establishes a context for discarded materials using non-traditional modernist techniques In a commodity-driven society the political, economic, and social problem of dumping, storing or finding new uses for the vast quantity of used, obsolete or discarded objects and materials is a major challenge For Harithas, internalizing this challenge is fundamental to her own artistic process She is engaged in an intimate quest for social truth while participating in the social act of recycling through collage Harithas lives in Houston, Texas In his photographic series I Am Joseph, Nazar Yahya is able to distill the form and emotion of a tragic era and profoundly express personal religious truths by paralleling the biblical story of Joseph’s exile in the desert with the cruel Iraqi exodus Yahya lives in Houston, Texas Linarejos Moreno shifts between the boundaries of figuration and ritual as she explores the fragility of human beings and the aging industrialized culture through installation and photography Moreno lives in Houston, Texas Ernesto Leon is a noted painter from Venezuela now living in Houston where he has developed a body of work in activist videos His video portraits of artists have become legendary Along with his extensive work in radio, his art is a response to corporate media and to those who lie to inform us This selection of interviews of the participants in the Occupy Houston movement provides Fotofest with direct information about a significant historical event in the life of this city that is little known to the public Joe Cardella’s Buddhist shrine is a spiritual icon and an expression of the artist’s belief in humanity On another level, the shrine expresses the social convergence of spirituality and basic food products Over the years, Cardella has worked tirelessly to support the visions of artists who have maintained their integrity and have stood up against the cultural imperialism of the official art world of the United States His publication Artlife (1981-2006) is the longest continually published artists’ periodical of the twentieth century Cardella lives in Ventura, California, where he has participated in the Occupy Ventura movement]]>

Transcendence: Jung Center Student Member Show

06-05-2012 - 07-15-2012

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Jung Center of Houston

http://www.cgjunghouston.org/

Jung Center of Houston - 5200 Montrose Houston TX 77006

Admission: Free and open to the public

713-524-8253

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening reception:</strong> The Opening Gallery Party for <i>Transcendence</i> will be Saturday, June 16, between the hours of 5 - 8 pm <strong>Regular Gallery Hours:</strong> Mon&ndash;Thu 9am-8pm Fri 9am&ndash;5pm Sat 10am&ndash;4pm

Jung Center of Houston presents the exhibition Transcendence: Jung Center Student Member Show The show runs from June 5  through July 17, 2012 The Opening Gallery Party for Transcendence will be Saturday, June 16, between the hours of 5 - 8 pm Once a year the Jung Center showcases the works of its students and members This year's exhibit "Transcendence" will highlight artists working in a variety of media including painting and drawing, photography, collage, and sculpture Artists explore their own inner journeys as well as the nature of the world around them and the events of the day Pictured: a work by Nancy Lickson]]>

Family Art Workshop: Fantasies and Fairytales

07-15-2012 - 07-15-2012

Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts, MFAH

http://www.mfah.org/calendar/family-art-wokshop-fantasies-and-fairytales/5950/

Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts - 1406 Kirby Drive Houston TX 77019

Admission: FREE, Limited Space &amp;<span style="background-color: #ffff99"> Reservations are required</span> Please call 713 6397800 to reserve your spot Recommended ages: 4+ &nbsp;

7136397800

Rienzi@mfah.org

Start Time(s): 1 - 3:30 pm

Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts, MFAH presents a Family Art Workshop: Fantasies and Fairytales, at 1pm Sunday, July 15 Family Art Workshops encourage families to come together to create art, write stories and poems, and see performances inspired by the Rienzi Collection Join in an engaging afternoon of children’s literature, fantasies, and fairy tales Younger students explore the many fairy tales written from the point of view of different cultures, then have the opportunity to create and dramatize their own stories Older students develop unique fantasy narratives in a creative-writing workshop led by instructors from Rice University’s School Literacy and Culture Project Admission is free, but space is limited and reservations are required Please call 713 6397800 to reserve your spot Recommended ages: 4+]]>

HMNS Sugar Land Friday Family Fun Night - Chemistry Mystery!

07-20-2012 - 07-20-2012

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Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org/

Houston Museum of Natural Science at Sugar Land - 13016 University Blvd (at the corner of University and New Territory Blvds) Sugar Land TX 77478

Admission: $10 members, $15 nonmembers &nbsp;

(713) 639-4629

sugarlandprograms@hmns.org

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): 6:30PM

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Sugar Land presents Friday Family Fun Night - Chemistry Mystery!,  Friday, July 20 at 6:30pm Explore the crazy world of Chemistry Visit the Neon Science Lab and make wacky Science discoveries! Learn how to make your own experiments using household items Special activities, crafts and appetizers]]>

Family Art Workshop: Tales of the Arabian Nights: A Marionette Performance and Workshop

07-22-2012 - 07-22-2012

Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts, MFAH

http://www.mfah.org/calendar/family-art-workshop-tales-arabian-nights-marionett/5951/

Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts - 1406 Kirby Drive Houston TX 77019

Admission: FREE, <span style="background-color: #ffff99">reservations required due to limited space</span> Please call 713 6397800 to reserve your spot Recommended ages: 4+ &nbsp;

7136397800

Rienzi@mfah.org

Start Time(s): 1 - 3:30 pm

Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts, MFAH presents a Family Art Workshop: Tales of the Arabian Nights: A Marionette Performance and Workshop, at 1pm Sunday, July 22 Family Art Workshops encourage families to come together to create art, write stories and poems, and see performances inspired by the Rienzi Collection Enjoy an afternoon of entertainment as Aladdin and Princess Jasmine outsmart Jafar to keep the magic lamp safe from evil hands This glittering story from “Tales of the Arabian Nights" dazzles all ages as string puppets perform on an elaborate marionette stage After the performance, master puppeteer Jean Kuecher reveals the backstage secrets and design of puppetry The afternoon continues with a puppet-making workshop in which children create and show off their own puppets This event is produced by the Texas Marionette Playhouse Admission is free, but space is limited and reservations are required Pleaes call 7136397800 to reserve your spot Recommended ages: 4+]]>

Sketching in the Galleries (Wednesdays)

04-04-2012 - 07-25-2012

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Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts, MFAH

http://www.mfah.org/rienzi

Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts - 1406 Kirby Drive Houston TX 77019

Admission: General Admission $6 for Adults, $4 for MFAH members, seniors, and students with ID

7136397800

rienzi@mfah.org

http://www.mfah.org/rienzi

Start Time(s): 1:30 - 4:30pm &nbsp;

Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts, MFAH presents Sketching in the Galleries at Rienzi During Rienzi’s open sketching hours, guests are invited to draw from 18th-century decorative arts objects in the Baroque, Rococo, and Neoclassical styles The galleries hold treasures for every artist: space and light, interior design, historical narrative, decorative motifs, reflective surfaces, intriguing shapes, and form inspired by function  Sketching hours are held on Wednesdays from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm]]>

Summer Storytime Tours at Rienzi (Wednesdays)

06-06-2012 - 07-25-2012

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Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts, MFAH

http://www.mfah.org/visit/rienzi/

Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts - 1406 Kirby Drive Houston TX 77019

Admission: FREE Space is limited, reservations are required Call 7136397800

7136397800

rienzi@mfah.org

http://www.mfah.org/visit/rienzi/

Start Time(s): 10 - 11 am <span style="background-color: #ffff99">NOTE</span>: NO TOUR JULY 4TH

Bring your children for FREE, fun and interactive Summer Storytime Tours at Rienzi, the European Decorative Arts Collection and Gardens of the MFAH Wednesdays in June and July Storytime Tours introduce children to the magic of art and literature in an intimate house museum setting Rienzi’s Storytime Tour is a fun and interactive activity featuring stories related to themes highlighted in Rienzi’s collection Admission is free, reservations suggested and space is limited Please call 7136397800 Geared for children ages 3+ Pictured:  Children listen to a Rienzi Docent reading in the Mexican Room  ]]>

The Texas Aesthetic V: Contemporary Texas Regionalism (and Tribute to a Texas River: Prints of the Colorado By Margie Crisp - PrintHouston 2012)

05-11-2012 - 07-28-2012

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William Reaves Fine Art

http://www.reavesart.com

William Reaves Fine Art - 2313 Brun Street Houston TX 77019

Admission: Free and open to the public

7135217500

Start Time(s): <strong>Exhibition Events and Dates:</strong> Exhibition runs May 11 &ndash; July 28, 2012 <strong>Gallery Hours:</strong> Fridays and Saturdays 10am-5pm Other times by appointment <strong>Collector Preview Weekend</strong>: May 11-12, 2012 <strong>Opening Reception:</strong> Saturday, May 19, 2012, 5-8pm <span style="background-color: #ffcc99"><strong>Margie Crisp Book Signing</strong></span>: Saturday, June 9, 2012, 2-4pm <span style="background-color: #ccffcc"><strong>Meet the Artists Series</strong></span>: Join us each Saturday beginning June 16th from 2-4 pm for a chance to meet and visit with the artists in the exhibition Visit our website or call the gallery for the series schedule <strong>Closing Weekend:</strong> July 27-28, 2012

William Reaves Fine Art  presents  two sterling exhibitions The Texas Aesthetic V: The Fifth Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Texas Regionalism, and  Tribute to a Texas River: Prints of the Colorado By Margie Crisp (in conjunction with PrintMatters, as part of PrintHouston 2012) Both exhibitions on view  May 11 – July 28, 2012 Opening Reception: Saturday, May 19, 2012, 5-8pm Join us this summer at William Reaves Fine Art for the Texas Aesthetic V – the fifth installment of the gallery’s annual exhibition of contemporary Texas regionalism This year’s show features art by 14 of the gallery’s Contemporary Texas Regionalists group plus 3 guest artists, from across the state Participating artists represent the best of contemporary Texas painters and printmakers Collectively they present a rich and diverse array of styles to capture the vibrant landscape of the Lone Star State and larger than life Texas culture Houstonians and Texans love This exhibition, an annual tradition at WRFA, showcases this select group of contemporary Texas artists who continue the legacy of historical Texas artists in their focus on the culture and landscape of our great state The artists featured in this exhibition bring Texas imagery to life in their own, original style, but freely channel past Texas greats such as Julian Onderdonk, Jose Arpa, William Lester, Everett Spruce and Otis Dozier in their apt attention to their Texas environs Put this exhibition and events on your calendars – a must see show for the summer! Be sure to join us at WRFA for our “Meet the Artist” series throughout the exhibition for a chance to meet and mingle with the artists featured in the show and decide which work to add to your collections! Texas Aesthetic V Artists: Randy Bacon Keith Davis Jon Flaming Pat Gabriel Hunter George Robert Harrison Lee Jamison Robb Kendrick Laura Lewis William Montgomery Noe Perez Jeri Salter Erik Sprohge Debbie Stevens Bob Stuth-Wade Jim Woodson William Young Margie Crisp’s Tribute to a Texas River: Prints of the Colorado is also featured in WRFA’s Alcove Gallery The exhibition features a selection of work included in her new publication, River of Contrasts: The Texas Colorado The book interweaves the complex stories of the River's past with the present and future, illustrated with over fifty of Margie’s hand-colored linocuts, lithographs, silkscreen prints and photographs All works selected for this exhibition illuminate the changing character of the river and its diverse inhabitants Pictured above:Jim Woodson, “Reflected Continuous Permutations High Desert”, 2007, oil on canvas, 72”x46” Pictured below: Randy Bacon, “Marfa”, 2011, oil on canvas, 13”x100” Jeri Salter, “Looking Through the Haze”, 2012, pastel, 24”x36”]]>

Egyptomania

03-18-2012 - 07-29-2012

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building - 5601 Main Street Houston TX 77005

Admission: <strong>Admission:</strong> Adult: $10 Senior (65+): $5 Youth (6&ndash;18): $5 Student (with ID): $5 Member: FREE Free admission on Thursdays <i>Children (18 and under) with a Houston Public Library PowerCard or any Public Library card receive free general admission on Saturday and Sunday </i>

713-639-7300

Start Time(s): <b>Regular Exhibition Hours:</b> Monday 10 am &ndash; 5 pm (<i>Law Building only</i>) Tuesday&ndash;Wednesday 10 am &ndash; 5 pm Thursday&ndash;Saturday 10 am &ndash; 9 pm Sunday 12:15 &ndash; 7 pm Closed Monday, except Monday holidays Closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

An exhibition opening at the MFAH March 18, Egyptomania, explores the Egyptian Revivals of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries through some 40 objects, including photographs, Georgian garden sphinxes, 19th-century “Aegyptian” furniture and Art Deco perfume bottles with pharaoh-head stoppers The works will be on view through July 29, 2012 “Westerners have long had an enduring romance with the idea of Egypt and its ancient people, of whom only their grand edifices really remain We are captivated by their poignant narrative and other-worldliness,” said Christine Gervais, associate curator of decorative arts and Rienzi “Egyptomania captures the way this fascination translates into European and American decorative arts objects, from clocks, perfume bottles and ceramics to Tiffany glass and Wedgwood” The fascination for Egypt has been repeatedly rejuvenated Napoleon’s Egyptian Campaign (1798-1801), the opening of the Suez Canal (1869) and the 1922 discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb by English archaeologist Howard Carter all intoxicated the public, resulting in the reflection of Egyptian influences in Western culture, including literature, art and architecture The exhibition focuses primarily on such trends in the decorative arts, where the influence can be seen in design motifs and symbols, as well as in actual forms The entry gallery to the exhibition will showcase works on paper, including books and photographs that disseminated notions of Egypt to the Western public The invention of wet-plate photography in the 1850s allowed photographers to move out of the studio and into the field, and photographic subject matter reflected this change with a new focus on monuments and tourist attractions Francis Frith, for instance, made a career of photographing Egypt and Palestine, and his beautiful photograph, The Pyramids of Dahshoor, from the East (1857), will be on view Similarly, Francis Bedford went on a Tour in the East, accompanying His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales by command, and made many pictures in the 1860s, including Thebes–Interior of the Hall of Columns at the Temple of Karnaak, Looking South (1862) The description of G Zangaki’s’ Thebes, Fallen Statue of Rameses (c 1890), depicting a monumental figure lying fallen and cracked in the sand, spurred Percy Bysshe Shelley to write his famous poem on the decline of great leaders and empires, Ozymandias Several functional household items will be on view A tall case clock by Pottier and Stymus, c 1875, is an impressive example of the Egyptian Revival style in America Made of cherry wood and standing nearly eight feet tall, the timepiece features Egyptian motifs such as sun gods, sarcophagus heads and stylized flowers An “Aegyptian” Chair, c 1875, and a Thebes Stool, c 1884, are fine instances of the Egyptian Revival in English furniture Two silver serving pieces, a Sardine Fork in the “Lotus” pattern and a Nut Spoon in the “Isis” pattern, were made in the 1860s and 1870s by the Gorham Manufacturing Company The first features a lotus blossom and the other stylized papyrus stalks Egyptian influences can also be seen in tongs, ladles, spoons, and more A pair of candlesticks by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, c 1800-1815, keeps within the dictates of English Neoclassicism with plinths composed of ormolu and blue jasperware, with the classical references further accentuated by the addition of sphinx-like figures, making reference to the earlier Egyptian dynasties An iridescent gold vase made by Tiffany Studios, c 1912, is decorated with an Egyptian collar in green and gold inspired by archaeological finds made at Tel el Amarna in 1892 Some of the household items are purely ornamental A black marble Obelisk, c 1850, would have had a dramatic presence in someone’s home It stands over one foot tall and features side panels with hieroglyphics Also on view is a pair of porcelain sphinx figures—with aristocratic English faces—wearing tasseled saddle cloths, lacy caps, collars and pearl jewelry, with their front paws crossed and resting on a rococo scrolled base In addition, the Egyptian theme can be seen in glamorous, women’s dressing room items, such as Art Deco perfume bottles, titled Sakountala and Mounira, which feature amusing pharaoh-head stoppers Jewelry will also be on view, including Scarab Necklace, c 1870, and Winged Scarab Pin, c 1875 Both feature the popular beetle amulet—the first strung with actual dung beetles, in a brilliant emerald hue, imported from South America specifically to meet the craze for Egyptian-like scarabs Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs at the MFAH Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs, an acclaimed exhibition featuring more than 100 artifacts, most of which had never been shown in the US prior to this tour, is on view at the MFAH through April 15, 2012 For the course of one month, MFAH visitors can see Egyptomania and the type of spectacular treasures that inspired the Egyptian Revivals, including objects from the tomb of King Tutankhamun Visit mfahorg/exhibitions/tutankhamun-golden-king-and-great-pharaohs/  to learn more about the exhibition and special ticketing Pictured: Adolphe Braun, The Sphinx and the Pyramids, c 1870, carbon print, the MFAH, gift of Louis K Adler in honor of Fayez Sarofim and Meredith J Long at “One Great Night in November, 1992”]]>

This World Is Not My Home: Danny Lyon Photographs

03-30-2012 - 07-29-2012

Menil Collection

http://menil.org/

Menil Collection - 1515 Sul Ross Houston TX 77006

Admission: Free event

(713) 525-9400

Start Time(s): Wednesday-Sunday 11am-7pm &nbsp;

The Menil Collection presents the exhibition This World Is Not My Home: Danny Lyon Photographs On view March 30 - July 29, 2012 This World Is Not My Home: Danny Lyon Photographs, an exhibition of approximately 45 photographs and photographic montages, traces the evolution of the New York and New Mexico-based artist’s career from 1962 to the present A leading and explosively creative figure in the American street photography movement of the 1960s, Lyon distinguished himself from peers like Robert Frank, Garry Winogrand, and Lee Friedlander through his exceptionally strong political consciousness and concern for those on the margins of society Drawn from the artist’s studio and the Menil’s collection of 246 of Lyon’s photographs, the exhibition features images from important bodies of work, including, among other subjects, his early studies of Midwestern motorcycle gangs, the Civil Rights Movement, and death row inmates in Texas prisons To make these affecting, intimate images, Lyon was both a participant and an observer He got to know his subjects and often captured their stories in highly descriptive, opinionated texts as well as in photographs Lyon rode with bikers, marched against segregation with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and spent hours inside the notorious death-row “Walls Unit” of Huntsville Prison His goal, he said, was “to destroy Life magazine”—to present powerful, real alternatives to the hollow pictures and stories permeating mass media in America Throughout his long and prolific career, Lyon has combined an eye for beautiful compositions with passionate interest in political struggle and change This World… will include photographs from all periods of the artist’s career as well as images from a new series made in rural China, where that country’s economic boom is causing profound changes, and a number of the recent montage works in which the artist arranges old and new photographs to create poetic reflections on memory, family, and the transience of life This World… celebrates the artist’s 70th birthday and the extraordinary gift to the museum of 75 important photographs from the 1960s by Edmund Carpenter and Adelaide de Menil in 2010 Organized by Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Toby Kamps, the exhibition also recognizes Lyon’s deep and sustained relationship with Texas, Houston, and the Menil Collection In Houston, where he briefly lived, Lyon met museum co-founder Dominique de Menil, who provided crucial moral support for his work as well as funding for a film about homeless orphans in Columbia entitled Los niños abandonados (The Abandoned Children) (1975) This film, recently restored, will be presented in a special screening during the exhibition This exhibition is generously supported by Mark Wawro and Melanie Gray, H-E-B, the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, and the City of Houston Pictured: Danny Lyon, Llanito, New Mexico 1970 The Menil Collection, Houston Magnum Photos, and the Edwynn Houk Gallery © Danny Lyon Courtesy Dektolwordpresscom (Detail above, full image below)]]>

Sunday Family Zone & Studio at MFAH: A New Way - Investigating a Work of Modern Art

07-08-2012 - 07-29-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building - 5601 Main Street Houston TX 77005

Admission: Admission is open to the public and free with general museum admission Museum members always receive free admission <strong>Admission effective January 1, 2012:</strong> Adult: $10 Senior (65+): $5 Youth (6&ndash;18): $5 Student (with ID): $5 Member: FREE

713-639-7300

Start Time(s): 1pm-4pm Sundays

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents Sunday Family Zone & Studio: A New Way - Investigating a Work of Modern Art Sundays, July 8-29, in both the Beck and Law Buildings Every Sunday is ArtTime/FamilyTime at the MFAH On July 8, 15, 22, and 29, look for signs in the lobbies to tell you which gallery the Family Zone is located in that day Spend some time with the friendly family educators: sketch a work of art, sit on a pillow and read, join in an investigation of an artwork In the studio, create an art project inspired by original works of art on display in the Family Zone This suite of programs includes: Sunday Storytime Make connections between a storybook and a work of art in the galleries (begins at 1:30 pm) Creation Station At this family-friendly workshop, artists encourage families to create art using materials or ideas similar to those used by the artist who created the featured work of art on display in the Family Zone Gallery Investigations An MFAH educator at the Gallery Cart has looking games, books, and hands-on activities for families Sketching in the Galleries An MFAH teaching artist guides adults and children of all drawing levels at this informal program]]>

Tornado Alley 3D

03-15-2012 - 08-01-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org/

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Wortham IMAX Theatre - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Adult $11 Child-Military-Senior-College Student $9 Members $6

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): Check <a href="http://wwwhmnsorg/see_do/imaxasp">schedule</a> for showtimes

Houston Museum of Natural Science Wortham IMAX® Theatre presents Tornado Alley 3D Witness The Birth of a Tornado! An explosive new film narrated by Bill Paxton (Twister, Titanic), will bring nature’s most dramatic weather phenomena to giant screens around the globe Widely considered the most eagerly awaited IMAX release of the decade, Tornado Alley follows daring large-format filmmaker Sean Casey (star of the Discovery Channel's wildly popular Storm Chasers series) and the researchers of the VORTEX2 initiative on a thrilling quest to witness the birth of a tornado from its very heart Armed with an IMAX® camera, a fleet of customized vehicles designed to withstand gale force winds, torrential rains and unrelenting hail, and an arsenal of the most advanced weather measurement instruments ever created, Casey and the VORTEX2 scientists take audiences on a heart-pounding mission to experience a tornado's destructive power while gathering the most comprehensive extreme weather data ever collected Carrying a ninety-two-pound IMAX® camera, director Casey and his crew race after storms in TIV-2, a seven-ton armored “tornado intercept vehicle” engineered and built by Casey to help him capture what he considers a cinematic “holy grail,” a shot of a tornado from point-blank range Tornado Alley is the culmination of Casey’s efforts and will give audiences the chance to ride along—and to experience a visual powerhouse of never-before-captured tornado footage on the giant screen]]>

Earth's Wild Ride

06-15-2012 - 08-01-2012

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Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org/

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Member-Adult $400 Member-Child (&lt;18) $400 Adult $800 Child (3-11) $700 Senior (62+) $700 College (Current ID) $700 Group (20+ persons) $600

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): Multiple showings daily Click <a href="http://wwwhmnsorg/see_do/planetariumasp">here</a> and go to the Planetarium listings for detailed daily schedule &nbsp;

A grandfather and granddaughter watch a solar eclipse from scenic cliffs overlooking their moon colony Conversation leads to contrasts between the moon, the only home the granddaughter knows, and the Earth, where the grandfather has spent most of his life Through his stories, the grandfather takes audiences on a wild canyon ride, to an ice age winter with a woolly mammoth, and to the time when the dinosaurs lived and died Each experience begins with a telescope view of the dynamic Earth in stark contrast with the unchanging lunar landscape Earth’s Wild Ride is like many tales shared by grandparents over the centuries, except “the old country” is really another planet – always visible from the moon base, but totally unlike the granddaughter’s world Adventure and appreciation for home fill this 20-minute journey back to the Earth  Produced in collaboration with Rice University, through NASA’s Immersive Earth Project Mix and Post Production - Fish-i Studios]]>

Damon Thomas - Seasons In Ash

05-25-2012 - 08-01-2012

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Art League Houston

http://artleaguehouston.org

Art League Houston - 1953 Montrose Blvd Houston TX 77006

Admission: FREE

713-523-9530

Start Time(s): <strong>Gallery Hours:</strong> Monday - Friday: 9AM - 5PM Saturday: 11AM - 5PM Sunday: Closed Opening reception Friday, May 25, 2012, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Art League Houston presents Seasons In Ash, an outdoor sculpture installation by Houston-based ceramic artist Damon J Thomas, which explore themes of nature and transformation The installation features a series of four large scale clay columns that surge out of the ground The sculptures have been fired with a combination of ash, soda, glazes, slips, and oxides, to create a majestic surface that is both raw and beautiful The installation will be on view in the Art League Houston, Sculpture Garden from May 25 - August 1, 2012 Opening reception May 25, 2012, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Damon J Thomas received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from The University of Houston, and his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Texas, Austin Thomas’s exhibitions include Gambol, Juried by Mary McCleary, Art League Houston (2011), The Art of Recycling, Poissant Gallery, Houston (2011), Summer Group Show, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston, TX (2011), Annual Student Exhibition, Glassell Studio School, Houston, TX (2011), Clay Houston Sculpture Show, E4 Gallery, Austin (2011), Spotlight on Clay, Hanson Galleries, Houston (2010), SAO Select: A Glassell Student/Alumni Exhibition, Tradition Bank, Houston (2010), Summer Group Exhibition, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston, Texas (2010), Introductions, Canal Street Gallery, Houston (2010), The Art of Fine Craft, 18 Hands Gallery, Houston (2010), Holiday Group Exhibition, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston, TX (2009) 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston, TX (2009) and the Summer Group Exhibition, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston,TX (2007)]]>

Blues in All Its Colors

05-30-2012 - 08-05-2012

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The Heritage Society

http://www.heritagesociety.org

The Heritage Society - 1100 Bagby Houston TX 77002

Admission: Free and open to the public Complimentary parking in the paved lot directly behind the historic Kellum-Noble House; Enter the lot via Allen Parkway inbound

713-655-1912

Start Time(s): <strong>Museum Hours:</strong> Tuesday - Saturday: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Sunday: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Closed on Mondays and major holidays

The Heritage Society presents the exhibition Blues in All Its Colors, on view May 30 through August 5, 2012 Houston blues legends come to life in this exhibit of art posters of musicians like Sam “Lightnin” Hopkins and Pete "Love You Madly" Mayes The exhibit will also feature one-of-a kind pieces from personal collections of blues artists, including guitars and memorabilia from performances In 2009, artist Martin Miglioretti began a series of poster tributes to Houston blues legends The designs hail the iconic imagery of Houston’s native blues royalty Artists from the early Peacock Records days share the spotlight with 1980s Rockefellers stalwarts The posters are infused with the vibrant rainbow colors of the vintage show cards of Liberty Hall, Eldorado Ballroom and Pleasure Pier in Galveston This exhibition is a collaborative effort with The Houston Blues Museum The Heritage Society is funded in part by a grant from the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance]]>

Modern and Contemporary Masterworks from Malba - Fundacion Costantini

04-22-2012 - 08-05-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building - 5601 Main Street Houston TX 77005

Admission: <strong>Admission:</strong> Adult: $10 Senior (65+): $5 Youth (6&ndash;18): $5 Student (with ID): $5 Member: FREE Free admission on Thursdays <i>Children (18 and under) with a Houston Public Library PowerCard or any Public Library card receive free general admission on Saturday and Sunday </i>

713-639-7300

Start Time(s): <b>Regular Exhibition Hours:</b> Monday 10 am &ndash; 5 pm (<i>Law Building only</i>) Tuesday&ndash;Wednesday 10 am &ndash; 5 pm Thursday&ndash;Saturday 10 am &ndash; 9 pm Sunday 12:15 &ndash; 7 pm Closed Monday, except Monday holidays Closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

Beginning April 22 and on view through August 5, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), will host an exclusive loan exhibition from one of Latin America’s most important arts and cultural institutions: el Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (the Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires), known as “Malba” The exhibition features 39 masterworks by some of the region’s best-known artists, including Tarsila do Amaral, Frida Kahlo, Wifredo Lam and Diego Rivera, as well as landmark figures new to US audiences Modern and Contemporary Masterworks from Malba - Fundación Costantini is part of an ongoing artistic exchange between the MFAH and Malba, a partnership formed in 2005 Founded by collector Eduardo F Costantini in 2001, Malba is the only museum in South America devoted to Latin American art The upcoming Houston exhibition, curated by Mari Carmen Ramírez, MFAH Wortham Curator of Latin American Art and Director of the MFAH International Center for the Arts of the Americas (ICAA), will feature artists well known in South America’s Southern Cone but new to many North American audiences Rafael Barradas, Antonio Berni, Alfredo Guttero, Emilio Pettoruti and Jorge de la Vega are among the artists included The exhibition will be accompanied by a lecture program and a major catalogue featuring an interview with Costantini by Ramírez; text by Marcelo Pacheco, Chief Curator of Malba; scholarly analyses by Pacheco, Edward Sullivan, Patricia Artundo, Llilian Llanes and others of each of the works featured in the exhibition “This is a unique chance to see ‘textbook examples’ of major Latin American masterpieces here in the US,” said MFAH Director Gary Tinterow “Modern and Contemporary Masterworks from Malba - Fundación Costantini will include works by many of the key avant-garde Latin American artists who pioneered modern art in their respective countries or participated in the principal European movements” “Displaying Latin American masterpieces from Malba furthers the goal of the MFAH to recognize the original contributions of Latin American artists to Modernism, and to expose the public to this legacy,” said Mari Carmen Ramírez, the MFAH curator “Many in the US are familiar with Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera—and the exhibition will feature excellent examples from both—but we also invite people to discover and explore other significant Latin American movements such as Antropofagia, Vibracionismo, Surrealismo and Otra figuración through the important examples that will be on view here in Houston This is a great opportunity to see in the US what visitors would otherwise need to travel to Buenos Aires to experience” “A great collection is of little use without social purpose and education, and the presence of Malba in the United States reinforces our commitment to the dissemination and promotion of Latin American art in the world,” said Malba founder Eduardo F Costantini “This exhibition includes the most important body of work from the permanent collection of Malba The absence of such a group of works in our museum is justified only by the importance of spreading the word about Latin American art in the US, and the undisputed prestige of the MFAH and the close relationship that unites us” Lectures A program of lectures associated with this exhibition will be presented as part of the 10th Annual Freed Lecture series, which is made possible by endowment income from the Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation On Thursday, May 24, at 6:30 pm, James Oles, Assistant Professor of Art at Wellesley College and author of numerous books on Mexican art, will present “Cézanne Effects in Latin America: From Diego Rivera to Jesús Rafael Soto” On Thursday, June 14, at 6:30 pm, Lowery Stokes Sims, Curator at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York and author of Wifredo Lam and the International Avant-Garde, 1923–1982 (University of Texas Press, 2002), will present “Masterworks from Malba: Wifredo Lam” Exhibition Highlights This eye-opening exhibition brings to North America works by many key avant-garde Latin American artists who pioneered modern art in their own countries or participated in the principle European movements Visitors are invited to discover and explore masterworks by Argentina's Antonio Berni and Xul Solar; Brazilian artists Tarsila do Amaral and Cândido Portinaro; Chile's Roberto Matta; Mexico's Miguel Covarrubias; and Uruguay’s Joaquín Torres-García, among others An illustrated catalogue offering insights into the broad range of modern and contemporary art created in Latin America accompanies the exhibition READ MORE ABOUT THIS EXHIBITION Pictured: Diego Rivera, Retrato de Ramón Gómez de la Serna (Portrait of Ramón Gómez de la Serna), 1915, oil on canvas, Malba -Fundación Costantini, Buenos Aires © 2012 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, DF / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York]]>

Luxuriant Refuse: 9 Artists

05-19-2012 - 08-05-2012

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Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts

http://www.pearlmfa.org/

Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts - 6815 Cypresswood Drive Spring TX 77379

Admission: FREE ADMISSION EVERYDAY! $300/per person suggested donation

2813766322

Start Time(s): <strong>HOURS - </strong>Monday Closed Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday 10am-5pm Thursday 10am-8pm Friday 10am-5pm Sunday 12-5pm&nbsp; <strong>Opening Party</strong>: Tuesday, June 5 6:30-8:30pm

The Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Art presents Luxuriant Refuse: 9 Artists  In the Main Gallery and the Rebecca Cole Gallery May 19 through August 5, 2012 Curated by Melissa Grobmyer of MKG Art Management  Artists in the exhibition choose detritus as a medium, exploring ideas about consumption, creativity, and transformation Artists include: Adela Andea, Johnston Foster, Allison Foshee, Sarah Frost, Gwyneth Leech, Shawne Major, Aurora Robson, Betsabeé Romero, and Paul Villinski All are invited to an evening event with MKG Art Management on Tuesday, June 5 from 6:30-8:30pm at the Pearl Attendees will get the first glimpses of an installation by artist Aurora Robson in the Rebecca Cole Gallery This exhibition is sponsored by Houston Fine Art Fair Pictured:  Detail of a work by Adela Andea]]>

ART IMPROV at MFAH!

08-05-2012 - 08-05-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building - 5601 Main Street Houston TX 77005

Admission: Admission is open to the public and free with general museum admission Museum members always receive free admission <strong>Admission effective January 1, 2012:</strong> Adult: $10 Senior (65+): $5 Youth (6&ndash;18): $5 Student (with ID): $5 Member: FREE

713-639-7300

http://www.mfah.org/

Start Time(s): 1pm-4pm

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents another ART IMPROV at MFAH!!  Art Improv takes place from 1-4 pm Sunday, August 5, 2012 At this program, families choose a work of art from anywhere in the museum and make friends with it—using an activity guide to sketch it, write about it, and talk about it together Then, they visit the studio where there will be an assortment of materials to create a work of art inspired by their new "friend" and their own imaginations Two more activities are part of this special First Sunday Program—Sketching in the Galleries and A Book and a Look  ]]>

Passport to the Universe

08-07-2012 - 08-07-2012

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Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org/

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Member-Adult $400 Member-Child (&lt;18) $400 Adult $800 Child (3-11) $700 Senior (62+) $700 College (Current ID) $700 Group (20+ persons) $600

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): Check <a href="http://storehmnsorg/Defaultaspx?dspgrp=6">schedule</a> for showtimes Monday - Friday: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm (Last Show) Saturday - Sunday: 11:30 am - 4:30 pm (Last Show)

Houston Museum of Natural Science Burke Baker Planetarium IMAX® Theatre presents Passport to the Universe  Explore the wonders of our universe! Narrator Tom Hanks guides a flight through the universe and deep into galactic space After reaching the edge of our cosmos, the tour takes a virtual shortcut back to Earth - a free fall through a black hole Taking audiences on an unforgettable voyage of billions of light-years, Passport to the Universe is an incredible journey from our home planet and the Milky Way galaxy to the edge of the universe Audiences fly beneath the rings of Saturn, into the heart of the Orion Nebula, and out into the vastness of the observable universe, experiencing these and other stunning cosmic destinations as never before possible Using real science and cutting-edge technology to create immersive experiences that educate and inspire, Passport to the Universe is an unprecedented virtual tour that takes audiences to the limits of the universe and back again Passport to the Universe was developed by the American Museum of Natural History in collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)]]>

Shadows & Illusions Invitational & Juried Exhibition

05-31-2012 - 08-09-2012

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The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake

http://www.taaccl.org

The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake - 2000 NASA Parkway Nassau Bay TX 77058

Admission: Free admission

281-335-7777

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception:</strong> Thursday, &nbsp;May 31, 2012 Preview and Artists' Talks 5:30-6:30 PM Reception and Awards Presentation 6:30-8:30 PM <strong>Juror Kathryn Kelley's Brown Bag Luncheon Talk</strong>: TBA <strong>Gallery Hours;</strong> 10 AM-6 PM Tuesday-Friday 10 AM-2 PM Saturdays Closed on Sundays and Mondays <span style="background-color: #ffff00">Gallery Closed July 21, July 28 and August 4th</span>

The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake presents Shadows & Illusions Invitational & Juried Exhibition Opening Reception May 31, 2012 Preview and Artists' Talks 5:30-6:30 PM Reception and Awards Presentation 6:30-8:30 PM Exhibit closes August 9, 2012 at 6 PM  Juror Kathryn Kelley's Brown Bag Luncheon Talk TBA Shadows & Illusions is an invitational and juried exhibition that features works in all media, two and three dimensional, which interpret and give form to this show's theme and title The juror for this show is Kathryn Kelley from Sam Houston State University Image by Michael Unger "Hawaii Self Portrait"]]>

Advancing Tradition: Twenty Years of Printmaking at Flatbed Press

06-21-2012 - 08-11-2012

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Museum of Printing History

http://www.printingmuseum.org/

Museum of Printing History - 1324 West Clay Street Houston TX 77019

Admission: Free and open to the public

7135224652

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception:</strong> TBA <strong>Regular Exhibition Hours: </strong>Tue-Sat 10am-5pm

The Museum of Printing History  presents the exhibition Advancing Tradition: Twenty Years of Printmaking at Flatbed Press On view June 21, 2012– August 11, 2012 Super sizing, new combinations of techniques, and computer technology have changed the look of contemporary prints Advancing Tradition:Twenty Years at Flatbed Press surveys these developments through examples from this Austin, Texas, printmaking workshop While serving as a laboratory to experiment with these new possibilities, Flatbed Press has remained committed to traditional media and techniques—woodcuts, etchings, and lithographs—and to the meticulous habits of execution that have historically characterized printmaking Prints produced at Flatbed Press not surprisingly also share the multiplicity of styles and imagery found in the visual arts in the postmodern era The 53 works featured in this exhibition demonstrate the interplay between tradition and innovation in printmaking that have occurred over the 20 years of the workshop’s existence Nationally and internationally renowned, the featured artists include Sterling Allen, Terry Allen, John Alexander, Michael Ray Charles, Susan Davidoff, Kelly Fearing, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Jack Hanley, Luis Jimenez, Celia Munoz, Linda Ridgway, Dan Rizzie, Margo Sawyer, Katie van Scherpenberg, Julie Speed, James Surls, and Joan Winter Pictured:  Kenneth J Hale, Locomotive, 2008; Sugar-lift aquatint, soft-ground etching, and relief; 29 11/16 x 42 inches (detail above, full image below)]]>

ArtHouston 2012: Trey Egan

07-14-2012 - 08-11-2012

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McMurtrey Gallery

http://www.mcmurtreygallery.com/

McMurtrey Gallery - 3508 Lake Street Houston Tx 77098

Admission: Entrance to the Gallery is free

713-523-8238

info@mcmurtreygallery.com

Start Time(s): <b>Regular Gallery Hours:</b> Tues-Fri 10:30am-5pm Sat 11am-5pm <strong>Opening Reception: </strong>TBA

McMurtrey Gallery presents ArtHouston 2012: Trey Egan July 14, 2012 - August 11, 2012 Opening Reception TBA As part of the citywide ArtHouston event, McMurtrey Gallery is pleased to introduce a new contemporary Texas painter Trey Egan An MFA graduate student at The University of North Texas, Trey Egan creates lush abstractions that encourage a re-evaluation of painting's visual language: "My painting is engineered with the natural process of mark making, while layering and integrating an abstract visual language to build an atmospheric composition The work derives from the primal and unconscious recognition of our surroundings, digesting and transferring this complexity into a cascade of recognizable but irrational space This system constructs an expression that uses an innate sense of shape and spatial relationships to simultaneously take the viewer somewhere new, and somewhere in the subconscious" - Trey Egan Pictured: What Illuminates May Ultimately Transcend, 52 x 70, oil on canvas, 2012 (detail above, full image below)]]>

Returning: the Art of Samuel Bak

02-16-2012 - 08-12-2012

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Holocaust Museum Houston

http://www.hmh.org

Holocaust Museum Houston - 5401 Caroline St Houston TX 77004-6804

Admission: The Museum is open to the public General admission is free &nbsp;

713-942-8000

exhibits@hmh.org

Start Time(s): <strong>Regular Museum Hours:</strong> Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm Saturday and Sunday, Noon to 5 pm <span style="background-color: #ccffcc">The public is invited to a free preview reception from 6 to 8 pm Thursday, Feb 16, 2012</span> Admission is free, but advance registration is required for this reception Visit <a href="http://wwwhmhorg/RegisterEventaspx">http://wwwhmhorg/RegisterEventaspx</a> &nbsp;to RSVP online For more information, call 713-942-8000 or e-mail <a href="mailto:exhibits@hmhorg">exhibits@hmhorg</a> &nbsp; The Museum is closed for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year&rsquo;s Day For other holiday hours, visit the &quot;Events&quot; tab on the Museum&rsquo;s Web site at <a href="http://wwwhmhorg">wwwhmhorg</a>

Holocaust Museum Houston presents Returning: the Art of Samuel Bak, on view Feb 17, 2012 through Aug 12, 2012 in the museum's Mincberg Gallery Samuel Bak has said of his work, “My paintings are meant to bear personal testimony to the trauma of surviving” In “Returning: The Art of Samuel Bak,” viewers encounter familiar imagery used in unusual, somewhat surrealistic ways as they are led on an astoundingly complex, beautiful and richly colorful journey to, through and from the Holocaust Born on Aug 12, 1933 in Vilna, which is now Vilnius, Lithuania, Bak was recognized from an early age as possessing extraordinary artistic talent He describes his family as "secular, but proud of their Jewish identity" Immediately following the German invasion of Poland in September 1939, Vilna and the whole East of Poland was attacked by the USSR After one month, the Soviets retreated, giving the city to the Republic of Lithuania An estimated 30,000 Jews found refuge in the city As Vilna came under German occupation on June 24, 1941, Bak and his family were forced to move into the Vilna Ghetto At the age of nine, he had his first exhibition inside the ghetto, even as massive executions and murders perpetrated by the Nazis and their Lithuanian collaborators took place almost every day Bak and his mother escaped the destruction of the Vilna Ghetto by hiding in a Benedictine convent They were helped by a Catholic nun named Maria Mikulska, and spent most of their time there in an attic By the end of the war, Bak and his mother were the only members of his extensive family to survive The artist continues to deal with the artistic expression of the destruction and dehumanization which make up his childhood memories He speaks about what are deemed to be the unspeakable atrocities of the Holocaust, though he hesitates to limit the boundaries of his art to the post-Holocaust genre The public is invited to a free preview reception from 6 to 8 pm Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 Admission is free, but advance registration is required for this reception Visit http://wwwhmhorg/RegisterEventaspx  to RSVP online For more information, call 713-942-8000 or e-mail exhibits@hmhorg Pictured above: The Star of the Ghetto]]>

Perry House: Elegance/Violence

06-02-2012 - 08-12-2012

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Art Car Museum

http://www.artcarmuseum.com

Art Car Museum - 140 Heights Blvd Houston TX 77007

Admission: FREE

713-861-5526

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening event:</strong> Saturday, &nbsp;6/2/2012 from 7-10pm <strong>Museum hours</strong>: 11am-6pm, Wed - Sun

The Art Car Museum is pleased to announce our upcoming exhibition, Perry House: Elegance/Violence,  an exhibition that includes paintings from House’s enormous body of work spanning more than 25 years Opening Reception Saturday, June 2, 7pm-10pm  On view through August 12 Perry House, long-time Houston artist and art educator at Houston Community College Central Campus, is a dedicated painter, devoting several hours each and every day to perfecting his craft House’s ‘alternate reality landscapes’ are neo-expressionist, straddling the line between abstraction and realism with their nearly recognizable forms and figures The works are allegorical in imagery, yet ambiguous in interpretation They are, at the same time, both beautiful and disturbing “Elegance / Violence” will include both recent and older works and reveal House’s venerable quest for balance Pictured above: Perry House Double Chintz, Distorted (Blue),acrylic on canvas, 36 by 36 inches, 2004 Pictured below: Perry House, 6/11/11, brush and ink on paper, 48 by 48 inches, 2011]]>

Flying Monsters 3D

02-24-2012 - 08-17-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org/

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Wortham IMAX Theatre - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Adult $11 Child-Military-Senior-College Student $9 Members $6

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): Check <a href="http://wwwhmnsorg/see_do/imaxasp">schedule</a> for showtimes

Houston Museum of Natural Science Wortham IMAX® Theatre presents Flying Monsters 3D For thousands of years, humans have believed that there were once flying monsters But could creatures this extraordinary really have existed? 220 million years ago, dinosaurs were beginning their domination of Earth But another group of reptiles was about to make an extraordinary leap: Pterosaurs were taking control of the skies The story of how and why these mysterious creatures took to the air is more fantastical than any fiction In the giant-screen adventure film Flying Monsters 3D, world-renowned naturalist David Attenborough sets out to uncover the truth about pterosaurs, the enigmatic creatures whose wingspans are thought to have been more than 40 feet, equal to that of a modern-day jet plane Attenborough works with scientists to understand the incredible story of the evolution of the pterosaurs, a story that unfolds in such stunning locations as New Mexico’s “Ghost Ranch,” the Jurassic Coast of Lyme Regis in Britain, an ancient pterosaur landing site in Southern France and a fossil pit in Germany where near-perfect pterosaur specimens have been found This engaging film transports audiences back in time and immerses them in an incredible ancient world to explore two central questions and two of the greatest mysteries in palaeontology: How and why did pterosaurs fly? How did creatures the size of giraffes defy gravity and soar through prehistoric skies? Driven by these questions, Attenborough sets out to collect data and piece together the miraculous discoveries and evidence of this true flying enigma As a result, he begins to unravel one of the enduring mysteries of science, revealing along the way that the marvel of pterosaur flight has evolutionary echoes that resonate today Flying Monsters 3D is a groundbreaking film that uses spectacular visuals, cutting-edge 3D technology and CGI, pioneering scientific techniques and recent paleontological finds to bring the story of giant flying monsters to the giant screen Audiences of all ages will be in awe as they enter a prehistoric world and experience as never before the real Flying Monsters that once ruled the skies]]>

HMNS Sugar Land Friday Family Fun Night - Rock On - Rock Star!

08-17-2012 - 08-17-2012

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Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org/

Houston Museum of Natural Science at Sugar Land - 13016 University Blvd (at the corner of University and New Territory Blvds) Sugar Land TX 77478

Admission: $10 members, $15 nonmembers &nbsp;

(713) 639-4629

sugarlandprograms@hmns.org

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): 6:30PM

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Sugar Land presents Friday Family Fun Night - Rock On - Rock Star!,  Friday, August 17 at 6:30pm Rock out with Rock Band while entering the dazzling world of geodes, gems and minerals! Crack a geode (pictured), discover the different stages of rocks and bring home your own Pet Rock! Children must be accompanied by adults and adults must be accompanied by children Snacks, crafts, activities and fun for the whole family!]]>

Cosmic Collisions

05-11-2012 - 08-18-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Public - Adult $800 Public - Child $700 Public - Senior (62+) $700

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org

Start Time(s): Multiple showings daily Click <a href="http://wwwhmnsorg/indexphp?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=51&amp;Itemid=58">here </a>to see updated schedule Monday - Friday: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm (Last Show) Saturday - Sunday: 11:30 am - 4:30 pm (Last Show)

Houston Museum of Natural Science Burke Baker Planetarium presents Cosmic Collisions  Cosmic Collisions, narrated by Robert Redford, launches visitors on a thrilling trip through space and time to explore celestial smashups that cause dramatic change in the universe Audiences experience the explosive encounters that shaped our solar system, changed the course of life on Earth, and continue to transform our galaxy Witness the violent face of our Sun, ejecting enormous streams of charged particles that produce the eerie glow of the aurora Then look on as a wandering planetoid collides with Earth over four billion years ago to create the Moon Another collision, a violent meeting of two stars at the edge of the galaxy, foretells the future collision of our Milky Way Galaxy with our closest neighboring spiral, the Andromeda Galaxy This cosmic crash will produce a new giant elliptical galaxy billions of years from now The ground seems to shake from another collision that hastened the end of the age of dinosaurs 65 million years ago and cleared the way for mammals to thrive Another dramatic sequence highlights a frightening future scenario in which humanity desperately attempts to divert the path of an oncoming “doomsday” asteroid headed on a collision course with Earth Cosmic collisions have defined our past and are shaping our future The Cosmic Collisions show also provides an introduction to many experiences in the Museum’s new Hall of Paleontology]]>

The Impact of Racist Ideologies: Jim Crow and the Nuremberg Laws EXTENDED

08-04-2011 - 08-19-2012

Holocaust Museum Houston

http://www.hmh.org

Holocaust Museum Houston - 5401 Caroline St Houston TX 77004-6804

Admission: The Museum is open to the public seven days a week General admission is free &nbsp;

713-942-8000

exhibits@hmh.org

Start Time(s): The public is invited to a free preview reception at from 6 to 8 pm Thursday, August 4, 2011 Admission is free, but advance registration is required for this reception Visit <a href="http://wwwhmhorg/RegisterEventaspx">http://wwwhmhorg/RegisterEventaspx</a> &nbsp;to RSVP online For more information, call 713-942-8000 or e-mail <a href="mailto:exhibits@hmhorg">exhibits@hmhorg</a> <strong>Regular Museum Hours: </strong>Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm Saturday and Sunday, Noon to 5 pm The Museum is closed for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year&rsquo;s Day For other holiday hours, visit the &quot;Events&quot; tab on the Museum&rsquo;s Web site at <a href="http://wwwhmhorg">wwwhmhorg</a>

Holocaust Museum Houston presents the exhibition The Impact of Racist Ideologies: Jim Crow and the Nuremberg Laws, on view Aug 5, 2011 through July 22, 2012, Aug 19, 2012 (Extended Run) in the museum's Central Gallery The public is invited to a free preview reception from 6 to 8 pm Thursday, Aug 4, 2011 Admission is free, but advance registration is required for this reception Contrary to common belief, Nazi Germany’s legal assault on the Jews between 1933 and 1945 was not unique in its racial character nor its segregationist aims There are remarkable similarities between America’s own Jim Crow laws and those in Nazi Germany As with many Nazi attacks against the Jews, the Nazis took ideas and practices that were common in their own and other cultures and radicalized them to suit their needs This exhibit will examine the Jim Crow laws — with examples from Houston’s segregationist past — and the Nuremberg laws Custom and law are closely linked systems that affect how people act toward each other In both the post-Civil War United States and in Nazi Germany, the freedoms and rights of some groups of people were limited Each country developed a system of racially based laws influenced by past customs and beliefs These systems would dramatically shape history Under each system, groups were targeted They lost important political, economic and social rights African Americans were the primary target under the US system of Jim Crow laws, named after a song-and-dance caricature of African Americans performed by a white actor In contrast, Jewish people were the primary target under the Nuremberg Laws of Nazi Germany These laws, based on racial privilege, led to violence in both countries Jim Crow laws varied widely across regions in the United States Therefore, violent actions tended to be localized The Nuremberg Laws were national in scope, laying the groundwork for the murder of more than two-thirds of the Jewish population of Europe Using images and first-person accounts, this exhibition permits visitors to consider the Jim Crow and Nuremberg laws and to examine their effects on daily life Incorporating Houston’s history with Jim Crow and the civil rights movement, the exhibition invites visitors to think about the impact of the laws of Jim Crow and Nuremberg – both at the time of their implementation – and today Ultimately, the exhibit challenges guests to consider what each individual must do to lessen the impact of racist ideologies The exhibit explores the history of racism and eugenics, past separate-but-equal doctrines and how racially based laws were used to define individuals and to restrict marriage rights, school privileges and other opportunities Pictured above: This Nazi propaganda poster warns of interracial relationships, justifying and explaining the Nuremberg laws The text reads, "Race Pollution Since 1923, Julius Streicher has enlightened the public about race pollution In 1933, the Fuehrer declared race pollution a crime, punishable by imprisonment Nevertheless, thousands of race crimes continue to be committed in Germany by Jews What is Race Pollution? Why did the Fuehrer proclaim the Nuremberg Laws? Why do Jews, systematically and in massive numbers, commit racial crimes against the German woman? What are the consequences of race pollution for the German maiden? What are the consequences of race pollution for the German Volk? The new Stuermer special issue" (Credit, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Deutsches Historisches Museum GmbH Pictured below:  Lunch Counter:  The success of the Greensboro sit-in emboldened young people at Texas Southern University to take their own action On March 4, 1960, a group of 13 black students sat down at Weingarten's lunch counter and demanded service The successful sit-in was the catalyst for more protests throughout Houston By the end of the year, Houston businesses were largely desegregated (Courtesy, Houston Metropolitan Research Center) Germany & Alabama:  Left: In April 1933, the Nazis organized a boycott of German Jewish businesses This woman is reading a sign that explains the Nazi point of view (Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park) Right: Due to the Jim Crow Laws, two patrons were forced to use a separate entrance to shop at this downtown department store in Birmingham, Alabama Photographer Gordon Parks captured this image on assignment for Life magazine in 1956 (© The Gordon Parks Foundation)]]>

Houston Ink (PrintHouston 2012)

06-01-2012 - 08-24-2012

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Rice University - Dept of Visual and Dramatic Art

http://www.arts.rice.edu

Rice University - Rice Media Center/Rice Cinema - Rice University 6100 Main Street, MS-549 Houston TX 77005

Admission: Free and open to the public

713-348-4882

Start Time(s): <strong>Main Gallery Hours:</strong> Monday through Friday 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Closed Saturday and Sunday <strong><i>Roundtable: Houston Collaborative Printmakers: </i></strong>Friday, June 1, 6:30 pm <strong>Opening reception: </strong> Friday, June 1, 7:30 pm

The Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts at Rice University, presents Houston Ink  In conjunction with PrintHouston 2012, and on view Exhibition on view June 1-August 24 Roundtable: Houston Collaborative Printmakers, Friday, June 1, at 6:30 pm Opening reception: June 1, 7:30 pm ""HOUSTON INK": A Panel Discussion and Houston Ink exhibition at Rice Media Center Moderated by Karin Broker Panelists include Kelly Moran of Nau-haus Art & Graphic, Carlos Hernandez  and Pat Masterson of Burning Bones Press, and Isaac Menge of Night Owls This first presentation of works from Nau-haus Art & Graphic (NAG) collaborations presented at "Houston Ink" include artists : Ann Harithas Susan Plumb Marzia Faggin Kelly Moran James Magee George Gittoes Sharon Kopriva Nancy Reddin Kienholz Curator statement: As a printmaking educator and the Director and collaborative printmaker for the PrintPalace Press at Rice University I’m interested and fascinated by the dynamics of a group of people working in sync to produce an artist’s vision on a piece of paper, the surface of a six pack of Saint Arnold’s Beer (Burning Bones Press) or in the case of Night Owls Print Shop on sheets of wood It takes a toolbox filled with inventiveness, superb technical skills, very cool equipment, a willingness to work hard, and a search for new technology to bring a visual idea to the final state of Editioning But there must also be a mix of niceness, kindness, good sense of humor, generosity, laughter and more than a little alcohol to ever insure that this process will repeat itself with another artist I believe that without a healthy and even insane collaborative spirit the concept of working with artists wouldn’t interest the three print shops in this exhibition Their ability to forge ahead with first-class printmaking tools and more than a fair share of creativity makes Neu-haus Art & Graphics, Burning Bones Press and the Night Owls Print Shop places of magic You only need to walk into these ink scented, press and computer heavy shops to realize that your brain automatically jumpstarts itself into high gear creativity mode These guys are hubs of print energy Whatever art ideas you walk through their doors with Dan Allison, Carlos Hernandez, Pat Masterson and Isaac Menge are automatically and genetically tuned to take hold of those bits and enthusiastically convert them into shinier, more exciting, more “you” pieces of art worthy of multiple production The exhibited works from all three shops are dynamic and they beautifully reflect the artists’ own singular expressions but the collaborative teams behind these works are the silent magicians who have made these art productions a merry dance of brilliant expertise and eye-popping wizardry I thought you should see for yourself what the best of Houston has to offer Karin Broker Professor of Printmaking and Drawing Rice University Pictured bove: Nancy Reddin Kienholz, "Fortune's Cookie," polymer photogravure on Rives BFK, fortune cookie transfers,  with film transparency overlay, 20"x 22" y 2006 edition of 10 variant impressions, collection of Bart Truxillo]]>

Multiple, Limited, Unique: Highlights from Permanent Collection of The Center for Book Arts

05-31-2012 - 08-25-2012

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Museum of Printing History

http://www.printingmuseum.org/

Museum of Printing History - 1324 West Clay Street Houston TX 77019

Admission: Free and open to the public

7135224652

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception:</strong> TBA <strong>Regular Exhibition Hours: </strong>Tue-Sat 10am-5pm

The Museum of Printing History  presents the exhibition Multiple, Limited, Unique: Highlights from Permanent Collection of The Center for Book Arts On view May 31, 2012– August 25, 2012 This exhibition marks the culmination of the Center’s Collections Initiative, a two-year process during which the Center completed a detailed study and documentation process of its fine art collections, amassed over its thirty-five year lifespan In tandem with the collection being catalogued and publicly accessible through an online web portal, the Center takes this opportunity to exhibit key works demonstrating the breadth and caliber of its collection of book and related arts This exhibition will serve as the public inauguration of the Center’s newly accessible collections, which will stand as a valuable resource for artists, scholars, writers, educators, and the general public Works by such artists as Ed Ruscha, Bruce Nauman, Martha Rosler, Barbara Henry, Pablo Helguera, Carlos Motta, Karina Skvirsky, and many other established and emerging artists are counted among the Center’s collections Pictured:  Barton Lidice Benes, Censored Book, 1974; Paper; rope; nails; paint; 132 x 26 x 165 cm (detail above, full image below)]]>

Galveston ArtWalk - August 2012

08-25-2012 - 08-25-2012

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Galveston Arts Center

http://www.galveston.com/galvestonartscenter/

Galveston - various locations - Galveston TX 77550

Admission: Free and open to the public

409-763-2403

Start Time(s): Most galleries 6pm-9pm&nbsp; Click <a href="http://wwwgalvestoncom/galvestonartscenter/calendar/#/?i=1">here</a> for details &nbsp;

For over twenty five years, the Galveston Arts Center has produced ArtWalk on Saturday nights in the heart of the historic district Now spreading to other parts of the island, ArtWalk occurs approximately every six weeks Not a street festival, ArtWalk takes place in existing commercial galleries, non-profit arts spaces and what are called "other walls," restaurants and retail stores, for example Each exhibits art and welcomes viewers with open doors, later hours and refreshments One of the Galveston Arts Center's largest programs, ArtWalk, promotes visual art and artists, offers alternative places to see and learn about art and hopes to bring newcomers, as well as welcome return visitors to the art community on the island Incorporated in 1986, the Galveston Art Center (GAC) is as an independent nonprofit organization that presents pacesetting contemporary art in a historic building on Galveston's Strand donated by the Junior League of Galveston County]]>

We Choose Space!

12-22-2011 - 08-26-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Member-Adult $400 Member-Child (&lt;18) $400 Adult $800 Child (3-11) $700 Senior (62+) $700 College (Current ID) $700 Group (20+ persons) $600

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org

Start Time(s): Multiple showings daily Click <a href="http://wwwhmnsorg/see_do/planetariumasp">here </a>to see updated schedule

Houston Museum of Natural Science Burke Baker Planetarium presents We Choose Space!  Space Flight: Engaging, Immersive & Real Fifty years ago, President Kennedy chose the Moon Today we can still choose a trip into space to the completed International Space Station or to the Moon Prepare for an immersive full-dome adventure on the ISS or in a future moon colony The show makes human spaceflight after the Space Shuttle very exciting, immersive, and real Enjoy the astronaut experience and share it with children who dream of spaceflight! This is the first planetarium show told completely by astronauts (Scott Parazynski, Tom Jones and Gene Cernan) and a famous space reporter (Walter Cronkite) It is the first show to use real fisheye photography from inside the International Space Station and to construct and tour the completed Station - which is larger than a 5-bedroom house! And, it's first show to animate the construction of a sustainable lunar colony and to feature potential commercial spacecraft of the present and future We Choose Space! is an engaging experience for families and space enthusiasts Last summer’s flight of Atlantis, the last Space Shuttle, began a new chapter in space exploration Human spaceflight in this century depends on young people, private companies, and governments around the world choosing space travel for themselves, their children, and their countries In the spirit of President Kennedy, this show once again chooses space, not because it is easy, but because it is hard - and because meeting its challenges is our destiny]]>

Cells: The Universe Inside Us

01-28-2012 - 08-26-2012

2

Health Museum

http://www.thehealthmuseum.org/

Health Museum - 1515 Hermann Drive Houston TX 77004

Admission: Admission to The Health Museum is $6 for children ages 3-11, and seniors, 65 and over, and $8 for adults ages 12-64 All children ages 2 and under are free &nbsp;

713-521-1515

http://www.thehealthmuseum.org/

Start Time(s): Tuesday - Saturday 9 am to 5 pm Sunday 12 pm to 5 pm The museum is closed on Mondays and on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day

The Health Museum presents its Spring 2012 exhibition, Cells: The Universe Inside Us  Journey through the cells, discover what happens inside the human body The human body is made up of millions of cells that are constantly working Cells: The Universe Inside Us gives visitors a chance to see what happens inside their body every day Walk through a giant cell, perform virtual experiments, make protein shapes with your shadow and more! The exhibit will be on display Jan 28 to Aug 26, 2012  ]]>

Sunday Family Zone & Studio at MFAH: Fine Furniture - Investigating an American Cabinetmaker

08-12-2012 - 08-26-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building - 5601 Main Street Houston TX 77005

Admission: Admission is open to the public and free with general museum admission Museum members always receive free admission <strong>Admission effective January 1, 2012:</strong> Adult: $10 Senior (65+): $5 Youth (6&ndash;18): $5 Student (with ID): $5 Member: FREE

713-639-7300

Start Time(s): 1pm-4pm Sundays

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents Sunday Family Zone & Studio: Fine Furniture - Investigating an American Cabinetmaker Sundays, August 12-26, in both the Beck and Law Buildings Every Sunday, it's ArtTime/FamilyTime at the MFAH On August 12, 19, and 26, look for the signs in the main lobbies to tell you which gallery the Family Zone is located in that day Spend some time with the friendly family educators: Sit on a pillow and read; sketch a work of art; and join an investigation of an artwork In the studio, enjoy an art project inspired by original works of art on display in the Family Zone This suite of programs, related to Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmakerin New York, includes:: Sunday Storytime Make connections between a storybook and a work of art in the galleries (begins at 1:30 pm) Creation Station At this family-friendly workshop, artists encourage families to create art using materials or ideas similar to those used by the artist who created the featured work of art on display in the Family Zone Gallery Investigations An MFAH educator at the Gallery Cart has looking games, books, and hands-on activities for families Sketching in the Galleries An MFAH teaching artist guides adults and children of all drawing levels at this informal program]]>

Led Zeppelin Light Show

05-22-2012 - 08-28-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Public - Adult $800 Public - Child $700 Public - Senior (62+) $700

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org

Start Time(s): Multiple showings daily Click <a href="http://wwwhmnsorg/indexphp?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=51&amp;Itemid=58">here </a>to see updated schedule Monday - Friday: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm (Last Show) Saturday - Sunday: 11:30 am - 4:30 pm (Last Show)

Houston Museum of Natural Science Burke Baker Planetarium presents Led Zeppelin Light Show New Led Zeppelin Light Show! One of the most popular shows of all time debuts with a fresh new look as a full-dome digital light show in the Burke Baker Planetarium Through the planetarium’s full-dome Digistar system, experience a variety of immersive scenery and movement, from mood-provoking abstract art to theme-based imagery to transportive effects The powerful surround imagery and surround sound will be choreographed to some of Led Zeppelin’s biggest hits like “Black Dog,” “Whole Lotta Love,” “Immigrant Song,” “Kashmir,” “Ramble On,” and “Stairway to Heaven” Full Playlist: There are two versions of the Led Zeppelin planetarium show The Matinee version lasts 30 minutes and includes six songs, marked with asterisks below The Led Zeppelin Concert version is presented in the evening and includes the full list of songs below In The Evening - In Through the Out Door *Black Dog Over The Hills and Far Away *Whole Lotta Love *Immigrant Song Bron-Yr-Aur *Kashmir Bonzo’s Montreux D'Yer Mak’er Stairway to Heaven *Ramble On Encore: *Rock 'N Roll - Led Zeppelin IV Because of the intense nature of this show, Led Zeppelin is not recommended for children under 10]]>

Night of the Titanic

03-16-2012 - 08-30-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Member-Adult $400 Member-Child (&lt;18) $400 Adult $800 Child (3-11) $700 Senior (62+) $700 College (Current ID) $700 Group (20+ persons) $600

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org

Start Time(s): Multiple showings daily Click <a href="http://wwwhmnsorg/see_do/planetariumasp">here</a> and go to the Planetarium listings for detailed daily schedule &nbsp;

Houston Museum of Natural Science Wortham IMAX® Theatre presents Night of the Titanic A great tragedy reveals a changing Arctic A great tragedy unfolds in the icy North Atlantic Weather, ice, the sun, and human error all contribute to the sinking of this unsinkable ship Experience the Titanic's last day to find out what went terribly wrong and discover how changing Arctic ice can prepare us for tomorrow Music and Score by Shai Fishman Music Production, Sound Design and Mix: Yossi Joseph Cohen]]>

Experience The Aurora

03-15-2012 - 08-30-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Member-Adult $400 Member-Child (&lt;18) $400 Adult $800 Child (3-11) $700 Senior (62+) $700 College (Current ID) $700 Group (20+ persons) $600

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org

Start Time(s): Multiple showings daily Click <a href="http://wwwhmnsorg/see_do/planetariumasp">here</a> and go to the Planetarium listings for detailed daily schedule &nbsp;

Houston Museum of Natural Science Wortham IMAX® Theatre presents Experience The Aurora Experience The Northern Lights Over seven months in the Arctic Circle, photographers using special digital cameras and all-sky lenses imaged the breathtaking beauty of the Aurora Borealis or “Northern Lights” The results are spectacular! For the first time, the aurora has been captured as it was meant to be experienced, as a display that covers the entire sky This immersive presentation shares the science behind the aurora and tells the story of our quest to find and photograph one of nature’s most magnificent displays]]>

Starry Night Express

12-22-2011 - 08-30-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Member-Adult $400 Member-Child (&lt;18) $400 Adult $800 Child (3-11) $700 Senior (62+) $700 College (Current ID) $700 Group (20+ persons) $600

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org

Start Time(s): Multiple showings daily Click <a href="http://wwwhmnsorg/see_do/planetariumasp">here</a> and go to the Planetarium listings for detailed daily schedule &nbsp;

The Burke Baker Planetarium at the Museum of Natural Science is offering a show for stargazers of all ages with both live and pre-recorded sections  First the planetarium operator tours the night sky for the night and the upcoming weekend Audiences can practice finding constellations, planets, the moon, meteor showers and the Milky Way band Then the show will drop into Starry Night Express, a star party led by Laurence Fishburne From this country setting, the show takes audiences through the solar system and into the Universe Breathtaking images from the Hubble Space Telescope hover and combine to show the life cycle of stars Audiences experience the eventual collision of our Milky Way Galaxy with the neighboring Andromeda Galaxy as visualized by the Space Telescope Science Institute Then visitors plunge down and sweep through the gigantic Valles Marineris canyon, simulated by the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing at Swinburne University of Technology, using the latest data from the Mars Global Surveyor This show delivers the night sky and interprets its wonders all in one spectacular experience]]>

Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon

12-22-2011 - 08-30-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org/

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Member-Adult $400 Member-Child (&lt;18) $400 Adult $800 Child (3-11) $700 Senior (62+) $700 College (Current ID) $700 Group (20+ persons) $600

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): Multiple showings daily Click <a href="http://wwwhmnsorg/">here</a> and go to the Planetarium listings for detailed daily schedule

Pink Floyd's legendary album returns this summer in full-dome, full-color computer animation, using all of the capacities of the Museum's new high-definition full-dome video system Fantastic sound and incredible images create an unforgettable experience It's not a laser show - but a totally new digital revolution in sight and sound - surrounding you, immersing you, losing you in the Dark Side of the Moon  If you loved the sound when you were a kid or you're a kid just finding Floyd, you must experience DSM under the Dome! This unique video experience is provided by Starlight Productions]]>

Black Holes

12-22-2011 - 08-30-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org/

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Member-Adult $400 Member-Child (&lt;18) $400 Adult $800 Child (3-11) $700 Senior (62+) $700 College (Current ID) $700 Group (20+ persons) $600

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): Multiple showings daily Click <a href="http://wwwhmnsorg/">here</a> and go to the Planetarium listings for detailed daily schedule &nbsp;

The attraction of Black Holes is more than just gravitational These mysterious graveyards of dead stars have fascinated generations The Burke Baker Planetarium’s  feature Black Holes explores the history, physics, and mystery of black holes Narrated by actor John de Lancie (“Q” in the Star Trek TV series), this space adventure features rich, expansive panoramas and incorporates several of the latest scientific theories about how black holes are formed and where they are hiding now Witness the bending of light, the skewing of perception, and the dizzying descent into a black hole This show incorporates some of the most visually stunning three-dimensional effects ever created for the planetarium Add to that a sound effects track and 51 surround sound mix by George Lucas’ Skywalker Sound Studios and you have an incredible sensory experience]]>

2012: Mayan Prophecies

05-05-2011 - 08-30-2012

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Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org

Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Member-Adult $400 Member-Child (&lt;18) $400 Adult $800 Child (3-11) $700 Senior (62+) $700 College (Current ID) $700 Group (20+ persons) $600

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): Multiple showings daily Click <a href="http://wwwhmnsorg/">here</a> and go to the Planetarium listings for detailed daily schedule

Houston Museum of Natural Science Burke  Baker Planetarium presents 2012: Mayan Prophecies Explore the Prophecies of the Mayan Astronomers! Visit the Classic Mayan cities of Uxmal, Chichen Itza, Tikal, and Palenque to discover how the Maya aligned their temples to watch their sky gods and used interlocking calendars to record the past and predict the future Explore pyramids towering above the rainforest, designed as observatories to follow the sun Experience the apocalypse of the Maya and discover how our fate in 2012 may be foretold in Mayan Prophecies]]>

Olga Porter: Point of View

06-08-2012 - 08-31-2012

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Russian Cultural Center Our Texas

http://ourtx.org/blog/2012/05/art-exhibition-by-olga-porter-%e2%80%9cpoint-of-view%e2%80%9d/

Russian Cultural Center Our Texas - 2337 Bissonnet Houston TX 77005

Admission: Admission: Free

713-395-3301

Start Time(s): <strong>OPENING NIGHT AND MEETING WITH THE ARTIST</strong>: Friday, June 8, 7:30pm Wine will be served <strong>Gallery Hours:</strong> Monday-Friday: 8:30am - 5:00pm Saturday: 10:00am - 3:00pm

Russian Cultural Center Our Texas (RCCOT) presents the exhibition Olga Porter: Point of View Opening Night Reception and meeting with the artist: June 8, 7:30pm Wine will be served On view through August 31 The Russian-born artist Olga Porter works in the traditional medium of oil on linen to capture the uniqueness of a moment Olga Porter studied life drawing and painting in California and Texas, including at the Glassell School of Art in Houston Currently a resident of Houston, Olga frequently takes painting trips in the US and abroad The subjects of Porter‘s paintings are cityscapes and the human form Her work is distinguished by forceful gestural marks, light abstraction, occasional displacement of elements and play with proportion Porter has exhibited in Arizona, Oregon and Texas, including Texas Biennial 2009, ALH Celebration of Texas Art 2010, Hunting Art Prize show 2010 and 2011, and Best of Texas 2011 Her works have been featured in American Art Collector Magazine, Austin monthly, Art Ltd, and other publications The exhibition “Point of View” will show Porter’s urban scenes paintings, which are based on her travels to Russia and Europe All works are available for sale]]>

Interstitial Spaces: Julia Barello & Beverly Penn

06-01-2012 - 09-01-2012

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Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

http://www.crafthouston.org/exhibition/interstitial-spaces-julia-barello-beverly-penn/

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft - 4848 Main Street Houston Tx 77002

Admission: Free

713-529-4848

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception: </strong> Friday, June 1, 2012 5:30, Artist Talks 6:00 &ndash; 8:00, Reception Featuring open studios by current artists-in-residence from 6:00 &ndash; 7:00 PM <strong>On View: </strong>Tuesdays - Saturdays, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Sundays, 12:00 - 5:00 PM

This summer, various plants and foliage created from X-rays, MRI film, and cast bronze twist and wind their way up the walls of the large gallery in Interstitial Spaces: Julia Barello & Beverly Penn On view in the Large Gallery June 2, 2012 — September 1, 2012 Opening Reception: Friday, June 1, 2012, 5:30, Artist Talks, 6:00 – 8:00, Reception Featuring open studios by current artists-in-residence from 6:00 – 7:00 PM The exhibition features two artists who share a background in metalsmithing and an interest in creating large-scale wall installations from small, sometimes delicate, pieces referencing flora and fauna Their shared interests come together in this lushly ornamental exhibition, which features past works by both artists, along with an entirely new, collaborative wall installation made specifically for Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (HCCC) HCCC Curator, Anna Walker, commented: “Both Barello and Penn tackle notions of life cycles and semi nature, or the idea of exuding control over the unruly natural elements Barello explores this theme by using X-ray and MRI films as her chosen materials, while Penn freezes plants in her bronze castings to capture their authentic forms HCCC is excited to premiere the first collaborative installation by these two nationally prominent, mid-career artists” In addition to using unusual materials, both artists explore negative space in their bodies of work Viewers may find the empty spaces, or interstices, between the ornate structures of their pieces to be just as compelling as the primary forms The artists say the title of the exhibition, Interstitial Spaces, is also a reference to their new collaborative piece, which is about “the space between their two theoretical dialectics and formal practices” Julia Barello’s interest in the use of medical films developed in the late 1990s, when she was intrigued by the approach of viewing the body through X-ray film, a material which alludes to sickness, death and the cycle of life By deleting patient information from discarded hospital films, Barello compromised the original images; however, the process of cutting up the films gave her the freedom to treat them purely as source material In Interstitial Spaces, plants, flora and fauna are her inspiration for the shapes she meticulously cuts from the films Barello creates multiple layers of these intricately cut, semi-transparent shapes, to create several large installations of natural scenes across the walls In a way, the artist combats the human sickness captured in the medical films by transforming it into life-affirming images of nature The impulse to control, contain, order, and organize is ever present in the wall works of Beverly Penn Penn takes invasive species, or weeds, and casts them in bronze She is able to freeze and capture a certain curl or shape of the weed and then uses the cast-bronze pieces to create large wall sculptures reminiscent of Victorian wall-paper patterns or Islamic tracery In Penn’s sculptures, the once-unruly plants are suddenly frozen in time, allowing the viewer to consider the artist’s control over the structured patterns and forced arrangements on the wall Further reflection causes one to consider the implications of control over nature and how the continual battle between man and nature brings forth innovation, but often at a cost to the environment Julia Barello is a professor in the Department of Art at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces She has exhibited widely across the United States, at institutions such as the Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, Museum of Art and Design, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, and Museum of Contemporary Craft Her work can be found in multiple permanent collections, including those of the Museum of Art and Design, Mesa Arts Center, Isle Royale Natural History Museum, and Museum of Contemporary Craft Beverly Penn is a professor in the Department of Art and Design at Texas State University Her work has been featured in exhibitions across the country and at such venerable institutions as the Austin Museum of Art, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, American Craft Museum, and the Contemporary Art Center in Cincinnati Penn’s work is in numerous permanent collections, including the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Racine Art Museum, and National Museum of Women in the Arts Also on view at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft: Texas Masters Series: Piero Fenci—Battlement Above: Julia Barello and Beverly Penn, Submerged, 2012 Cast bronze, recycled and dyed X-Ray film, steel Photo by Zaleski Studio]]>

Rita Bernstein: Out of Place

06-02-2012 - 09-01-2012

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John Cleary Gallery

http://www.johnclearygallery.com

John Cleary Gallery - 2635 Colquitt Houston Tx 77098

Admission: Free and open to the public

713-524-5070

info@johnclearygallery.com

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception: </strong>Saturday, June 2, from 6 &ndash; 8pm The artist will be in attendance for the opening reception Regular business hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 am-5 pm

John Cleary Gallery presents the exhibition Rita Bernstein: Out of Place  Please join us Saturday, June 2, from 6 – 8 pm for the opening of Rita Bernstein: Out of Place The exhibition will run through Saturday, September 1, 2012 The artist will be in attendance for the opening reception Rita Bernstein began photographing after working nearly two decades as a civil rights lawyer, eschewing her legal career in favor of time with her two children As such, her work explores the sorrows and sweetness of family life and, more generally, the ambivalence that shadows intimate relationships Though her subjects tend to be younger individuals, Bernstein’s intent is not specifically to examine childhood Rather, it is the uninhibited behavior of children that reveals, in a broader sense, the complexities of the human psyche As a self-professed “reluctant traveler,” Bernstein shoots most of her photographs close to her Philadelphia home or near her family’s summer cottage in the northern stretches of Pennsylvania In difference to staged photography she chooses to work intuitively, discovering rather than orchestrating her compositions While some of her subjects are strangers, she prefers shooting those whom she knows well, resulting in works of increased intimacy, honesty and subtlety Bernstein’s work has received notable international acclaim, having been featured in publications ranging from LensWork to B + W Magazine (UK) to The Philadelphia Inquirer In addition to print features, her photographs can be found in collections at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Johnson and Johnson World Headquarters Corporate Collection, among others]]>

Texas Masters Series: Piero FenciBattlement

06-01-2012 - 09-02-2012

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Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

http://www.crafthouston.org/exhibition/texas-master-series-piero-fenci-battlement/

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft - 4848 Main Street Houston Tx 77002

Admission: Free

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Start Time(s): <strong>Opening Reception: </strong> Friday, June 1, 2012 5:30, Artist Talks 6:00 &ndash; 8:00, Reception Featuring open studios by current artists-in-residence from 6:00 &ndash; 7:00 PM <strong>On View: </strong>Tuesdays - Saturdays, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Sundays, 12:00 - 5:00 PM

This summer, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (HCCC) is pleased to present the fourth show in its Texas Masters Series, Piero Fenci—Battlement On view in the Small Gallery June 2, 2012 — September 1, 2012 Opening Reception: Friday, June 1, 2012, 5:30, Artist Talks, 6:00 – 8:00, Reception Featuring open studios by current artists-in-residence from 6:00 – 7:00 PM Piero Fenci is the fourth artist to receive this honor, awarded to established career artists working in Texas who have made a significant impact in the craft field Following in the footsteps of former Texas Masters, Harlan Butt, Cindy Hickok and Rachelle Thiewes, Fenci was chosen for his outstanding involvement in the Texas craft community, his dedication and excellence in teaching, the innovative qualities of his work, and his exceptional craftsmanship As the 2012 Texas Master, Fenci’s work is featured in a solo show and a printed color catalog, and the artist will serve as a juror of the CraftTexas 2014 biennial exhibition Fenci’s work has roots in the underlying craft tradition of functionality, while exploring the sculptural and conceptual realm of contemporary ceramics HCCC Curator, Anna Walker, worked with Fenci to select pieces from four separate bodies of work created during the last five years The selection highlights the variety of interests and influences in the artist’s work, ranging from traditional origami and Japanese armor of the Muromachi period to Shaker hatboxes and tinware Fenci says, “I take these archetypes, filter them through my psyche, and intuitively connect them My work, therefore, constitutes loosely rendered re-inventions of the past; they are my attempt to build a family tree of spiritual ancestors, a heritage of my own passions” The earliest works in the show are from Fenci’s Torre series Torre is the Spanish word for tower, and these quiet machine-like sculptures reference buildings, engines or turbines with their shapes While Fenci is known for working with brilliant and colorful glazes, the Torre forms have a neutral palette of white and gray Upon closer examination, a rough crackled texture appears on the surface of the works These slight disruptions allude to time, age and decay The frozen, quiet silhouettes of the Torre series create a serene backdrop for the brighter glazes and sharp angles of Fenci’s Casco y Escudo and Muralla series Casco y Escudo loosely translates to Helmet and Shield, while Muralla translates to Battlement Both titles are fairly literal in describing the forms and shapes in the two bodies of work Fenci’s unique raku method of firing his glazes brings forth “happy accidents” of brilliant metallic colors in his helmet, shield and battlement forms Not only more colorful than his older work, these newer bodies are constructed using slabs to create angular flat surfaces with sharp edges and geometric shapes that seem to shift as one moves around them True to their titles, each piece is poised on its pedestal as if recently removed from battle or waiting to be taken into action Visitors to the exhibit also have the chance to see Fenci’s Torbellino series of pen-and-ink drawings that complement and echo the forms of his sculptures For more than 35 years, Piero Fenci has distinguished himself as both an artist and an educator Originally from Santa Barbara, California, he holds an MFA from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in Alfred, New York, and a BA in Latin American Studies from Yale University Since 1975, Fenci has been a teacher and the head of the ceramics department at Stephen F Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX He has also spent time as a visiting professor at both the Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts in Nantucket, MA, and the Escuela de Bellas Artes, Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua, Mexico, where he founded the first university ceramic art program in the state’s history Fenci’s vessels have been featured in numerous magazines and books, such as Ceramics Monthly, American Ceramics, The Contemporary Potter, and Clay and Glazes for the Potter His pieces have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions from coast to coast (including HCCC’s CraftTexas 2010) and are included in many private and museum collections, including The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art in Alfred, NY Also on view at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft: Interstitial Spaces: Julia Barello & Beverly Penn]]>

Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition

03-16-2012 - 09-03-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org/

Houston Museum of Natural Science - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: <strong>Public Pricing</strong> Adult Tickets$ 27 Child (3 - 11)$ 20 Senior (62+)$ 20 <strong>Membership Pricing</strong> Adult Tickets$ 12 Child$ 12

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): Monday &amp; Wednesday - Sunday: 9 am - 5 pm <i>(last entry at 4 pm) </i>Tuesday: 9 am - 8 pm <i>(last entry at 7 pm</i>) &nbsp;

The Houston Museum of Natural Sciencel hosts Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition during the 100th anniversary year of the Ship's sinking The blockbuster exhibition will open March 16, 2012 and be on view for six months Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition allows guests to experience the legend of Titanic like never before "This year marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic and we are thrilled that the over two million visitors who visit the museum each year will have the opportunity to experience this compelling human story as best told through authentic artifacts," said Amanda Norris, Director of Youth Education Sales "These are real objects and stories that resonate and touch everyone" On April 15, 1912, Titanic , the world's largest ship, sank after colliding with an iceberg claiming for than 1,500 lives and subsequently alerting the world's confidence in modern technology 100 years later, the story of Titanic still resonates and Houstonians will have the opportunity to pay tribute to the tragedy through Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition , where more than 250 authentic artifacts conserved from the Ship's debris field are showcased, offering visitors a poignant look at this iconic Ship and its passengers Visitors are quickly drawn back in time to 1912 upon entrance, as each receives a replica boarding pass of an actual passenger aboard Titanic They then begin their chronological journey through the life of the Titanic , moving through the ship's construction, to life on board, to the ill-fated sinking and amazing artifact rescue efforts They will marvel at the re-created First Class stateroom and Third Class cabin, and press their palms against an iceberg while learning of countless stories of heroism and humanity Over the past 15 years, more than 25 million people have seen this powerful Exhibition in major museums worldwide, but never has there been a more important time in the story and history of Titanic than now - the Centennial commemoration of this great Ship and all who sailed with her Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition is presented by RMS Titanic, Inc which is the only company permitted by law to recover objects from the wreck of the Titanic The Company was granted Salvor-in-Possession rights to the wreck site of Titanic by a United States federal court in 1994 and has conducted eight research and recovery expeditions to the Titanic rescuing more than 5,500 artifacts Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition runs from March 16 through Sept 3, 2012 Tickets for the special exhibition are now on sale and may be purchased online, which is recommended due to the popularity of this exhibit For more information, visit the museum's web site at wwwhmnsorg  or call (713) 639-4629]]>

Warriors, Tombs, and Temples: China's Enduring Legacy

03-30-2012 - 09-03-2012

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org/

Houston Museum of Natural Science - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: <strong>Public Pricing </strong>TBA <strong>Membership Pricing</strong> TBA

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): Monday &amp; Wednesday - Sunday: 9 am - 5 pm <i>(last entry at 4 pm) </i>Tuesday: 9 am - 8 pm <i>(last entry at 7 pm</i>) &nbsp;

New Terra Cotta Warriors Exhibit Opens March 30, 2012! Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China’s First Emperor, declared one of the top 10 museum exhibitions by TIME Magazine, set attendance records during its stint in the US, including a blockbuster stop at the Houston Museum of Natural Science Over 1 million viewed the extraordinary archaeological find, deemed the Eighth Wonder of the Ancient World The Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California and The Houston Museum of Natural Science have marshaled a new army for display Warriors, Tombs, and Temples: China’s Enduring Legacy opens at the Bowers Museum in celebration of Chinese National Day on Oct 1, 2011 The exhibition will make its second and final stop at the Houston Museum of Natural Science March 30, 2012 through September 3, 2012 Warriors, Tombs, and Temples includes 200 incredibly preserved ancient works of art featuring newly-discovered artifacts unearthed from imperial, royal and elite tombs and from beneath Buddhist monasteries in and around the capital cities of three great dynasties, all located near the modern city of Xi’an in Shaanxi Province These are Xianyang, the capital city during the Qin dynasty (221 – 206 BCE), Chang’an, the capital city during the Western or Former Han (206 BCE – 8 CE) and the Tang (618 – 907 CE) dynasties New Warriors The exhibition features four of the famous life-size Terra Cotta Warriors, protectors of China’s First Emperor Qin Shihuang, whose mausoleum complex is considered the eighth wonder of the world Thanks to new conservation techniques, the paint on the warriors’ garments and armor is now clearly visible and there are unexpected touches—premiering in this exhibition is the strangest of all—a Terra Cotta Warrior whose face is painted green Smaller in scale but equally impressive, are the terra cotta warriors from the imperial tomb complex of a famous Han rebel-turned-emperor Jingdi Like the Qin army of warriors, they have individualized features and are completely outfitted for battle—only their expressions are peaceful—perhaps, because they are presented in combination with concubines, animals and other necessities’ required for a prosperous and comfortable afterlife Exquisite Artifacts Precious objects include gold dragons, fine ornaments, an exquisite tomb demon and other luxuries A rare and important painting of a polo game between royals illustrates the adoption of Western influences by the East Sacred objects including the reliquary that held the historic Buddha’s finger bone from the Famen Temple are displayed for the first time outside of China, illustrating the widespread acceptance of Buddhist beliefs among commoners and elites alike Explore Daily Life In Ancient China Aside from their striking artistic beauty, the objects on display also inform visitors about aspects of daily life and values in the Capital cities of ancient China: how people made a living, worshipped, traded, and buried their dead Discover the daily and ritual lives of the elites, including the royal families, of each era Along with what elites wore, rode on, ate from, and took to their tombs, the extraordinary works of art reveal tensions, controversies, and plots at court Almost all of the material comes from imperial and royal tombs Warriors, Tombs and Temples: China’s Enduring Legacy is organized by the Bowers Museum and the Houston Museum of Natural Science in association with the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, the Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau, the Famen Temple Museum, the Han Yangling Mausoleum Museum, the Lin Yu County Museum, the Museum of the Terracotta Warrior and Horses of Qin Shi Huang, the Shaanxi Archaeology Institute, the Shaanxi History Museum, the Xi’an Museum, the Xianyang Museum, and the Xixiang County Museum]]>

Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London

06-03-2012 - 09-03-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building - 5601 Main Street Houston TX 77005

Admission: <strong>Admission:</strong> Adult: $10 Senior (65+): $5 Youth (6&ndash;18): $5 Student (with ID): $5 Member: FREE Free admission on Thursdays <i>Children (18 and under) with a Houston Public Library PowerCard or any Public Library card receive free general admission on Saturday and Sunday </i>

713-639-7300

Start Time(s): <b>Regular Exhibition Hours:</b> Monday 10 am &ndash; 5 pm (<i>Law Building only</i>) Tuesday&ndash;Wednesday 10 am &ndash; 5 pm Thursday&ndash;Saturday 10 am &ndash; 9 pm Sunday 12:15 &ndash; 7 pm Closed Monday, except Monday holidays Closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

On June 3, 2012, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will debut the exhibition Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London, whose three-venue national tour was announced by the American Federation of Arts in New York An exhibition of forty-eight masterpieces, this will be the first tour of this important group of works from the Iveagh Bequest and will provide a unique opportunity to see these superb paintings outside the United Kingdom Most of these paintings have never traveled to the States before, and many of them have rarely been seen outside Kenwood Donated to the nation by Edward Cecil Guinness (1847–1927), 1st Earl of Iveagh and heir to the world’s most successful brewery, the Iveagh Bequest resides at Kenwood House, a neoclassical villa in London that was remodeled by Robert Adam in the eighteenth century The collection was shaped by the tastes of the Belle Epoque— Europe’s equivalent to America’s Gilded Age—when the earl shared the cultural stage and art market with other industry titans such as the Rothschilds, J Pierpont Morgan and Henry Clay Frick Acquired mainly from 1887 to 1891, the earl’s purchases reveal a penchant for the portraiture, landscape and seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish works typically found in English aristocratic collections While the majority of the paintings in the exhibition are from the Iveagh Bequest, several are drawn from the works acquired specifically for display at Kenwood Pauline Willis, AFA’s Chief Operating Officer, remarked, “We are extremely proud to be able to give greater exposure to this magnificent selection of paintings while Kenwood undergoes a major refurbishment” Simon Thurley, Chief Executive for English Heritage, commented, “The collection of works of art on display at Kenwood is one of the most important in England, and we are thrilled that works from this collection will travel across the Atlantic for the first time and find new audiences in the United States” The collection is particularly strong in works by such Golden Age eighteenth-century English portraitists as Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough and George Romney, whose depictions of society beauties of the Georgian era, also known as England’s “Age of Aristocracy,” held a great appeal for Lord Iveagh Among the several fine Gainsboroughs in the exhibition is the sumptuous full-length portrait Mary, Countess Howe (c 1764), an image of both aristocratic elegance and of a landowner among her properties Such full-length portraits of ladies in nature were very popular during this period, owing to a great admiration for the aristocratic portraits of Van Dyck Along with such aristocratic women, the collection’s “virtual harem” of English portraits features celebrity demimondes, among them Emma Hart—later Lady Hamilton—who served as Romney’s muse, and Kitty Fisher—one of the most celebrated courtesans in London society Among the works by Dutch and Flemish masters in the exhibition is Rembrandt's sublime Portrait of the Artist (c 1665), one of the artist’s last self-portraits and one of only a few of his many self-portraits that show him in the act of painting Fifty-two years old when he created it, he found little reason to dress formally or pretend to be something other than the great painter that he was The several paintings of children purchased by Lord Iveagh often served as vanitas-like reminders of the fleeting innocence of youth When painting Miss Murray (1824–26), a portrait of a three-year-old girl gathering flowers, Thomas Lawrence wrote to his patron, Miss Murray’s father, “All I can do is snatch (and I hope for some century or so secure) this fleeting beauty and expression so singular in the child before the change takes place that some few months may bring” The taste for Dutch and Italian landscapes and seascapes among English eighteenth-century collectors was inspired by their travels in Europe on the Grand Tour The influx of such works into England influenced a number of English painters, including Reynolds and Gainsborough, both of whom collected Dutch landscape paintings Joseph Mallord William Turner’s particular interest in Dutch Old Master seascapes is exemplified in A Coast Scene with Fishermen Hauling a Boat Ashore (1803–04) Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London presents a selection of exceptional paintings, among them some of the world’s great masterpieces Prior to the opening of the exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Rembrandt’s haunting masterpiece Portrait of the Artist will be on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (early April–late May 2012) It will hang near the museum’s own Self-portrait by Rembrandt (1660), providing a rare opportunity to compare the two works, which, although close in date, are very different in scale, format and expression The exhibition is organized by the American Federation of Arts and English Heritage with support from the Samuel H Kress Foundation Generous funding for the MFAH presentation is provided by Mr and Mrs Rodney H Margolis and Mr and Mrs Melvyn L Wolff Guest Curator: The guest curator is Susan Jenkins, a curator at English Heritage who selected the works in the exhibition in tandem with other English Heritage curators Pictured: Rembrandt van Rijn, Portrait of the Artist, c 1665 Oil on canvas, 45 x 47 in Kenwood House, English Heritage; Iveagh Bequest, 1927 (88028836), Courtesy American Federation of Arts]]>

Contemporary Handweavers of Houston Artisans Market

09-06-2012 - 09-08-2012

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Contemporary Handweavers of Houston

http://www.weavehouston.org

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft - 4848 Main Street Houston Tx 77002

Admission: Free

281-403-0506 or 7135294848

information@weavehouston.org

Start Time(s): Thurs, Sept 6, 6pm - 9pm (<i>A reception and preview sale will be held Thurday evening</i>) Fri, Sept 7, 10am - 5pm Sat, &nbsp;Sept 8, 10am - 5pm

Contemporary Handweavers of Houston (CHH) presents the Contemporary Handweavers of Houston Artisans Market, Thursday-Saturday, September 6 through September 8 at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft This 28th Annual Sale event features unique hand crafted works for sale, including hand woven, hand spun, hand dyed and hand felted fashions, linens, baskets, rugs, jewlry, and more! All items are made by CHH members who use the finest materials such as silk, wool, cotton, linen, bamboo and wire A reception and preview sale will be held Thurday evening Demonstrations of weaving, spinning and other fiber crafts will take place Friday and Saturday Free to the public Artist work pictured by Charlene Kolb, Olga Tarasova, and Carole Huebig  Photos courtesy of Jack Zilker ]]>

Bodies Revealed

02-11-2012 - 09-09-2012

Moody Gardens

http://www.moodygardens.com/

Moody Gardens - One Hope Boulevard Galveston TX 77554

Admission: <strong>Moody Gardens Discovery Pyramid</strong> $1495 Adults; $1195 Seniors; $895 children; ages 3 and under are free Group rates available (20 or more) Multi-Attraction value packages are also available

800-582-4673

http://www.moodygardens.com/plan_your_visit/

Start Time(s): FEBRUARY 11 - SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 Moody Gardens&reg; is open 365 days a year <strong>WINTER HOURS:</strong> 10 am - 6 pm *Last ticket sold 1 hour before closing; Last entry 45 minutes before closing Call for seasonal updates

Moody Gardens and Premier Exhibitions present Bodies Revealed in the Discovery Pyramid in Spring 2012, on view February 11 through September 9, 2012 Bodies Revealed will provide the public with an opportunity to see inside carefully preserved real anatomical specimens and learn the detailed structure and function of the human body The exhibition takes visitors through galleries providing an up-close look inside the skeletal, muscular, reproductive, respiratory, circulatory and other systems of the human body Many of the whole body specimens are dissected in vivid athletic poses, allowing the visitor to relate to everyday activities In addition, authentic human specimens illustrate the damage caused to organs by over-eating and lack of exercise A healthy lung is featured next to a black lung ravaged by smoking in a vivid comparison more powerful than any textbook image The human body specimens, which can take more than a year to prepare, are preserved through a revolutionary technique called polymer preservation In this process, human tissue is permanently preserved using liquid silicone rubber that is treated and hardened The end result is a rubberized specimen, preserved to the cellular level, showcasing the complexity of the body's many bones, muscles, nerves, blood vessels and organs “Bodies Revealed gives a unique perspective of the human body unlike anything that has come to Galveston Island before,” said Moody Gardens President and CEO John Zendt who added the exhibit is an ideal complement to the Moody Gardens educational mission “We are excited to share this exhibit with our guests at Moody Gardens and bring biology to life” For more information call 800-582-4673 or visit wwwmoodygardensorg Moody Gardens® is a public, non-profit, educational destination utilizing nature in the advancement of rehabilitation, conservation, recreation, and research]]>

Duncan Phyfe, Master Cabinetmaker in New York

06-24-2012 - 09-09-2012

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building - 5601 Main Street Houston TX 77005

Admission: <strong>Admission:</strong> Adult: $10 Senior (65+): $5 Youth (6&ndash;18): $5 Student (with ID): $5 Member: FREE Free admission on Thursdays <i>Children (18 and under) with a Houston Public Library PowerCard or any Public Library card receive free general admission on Saturday and Sunday </i>

713-639-7300

Start Time(s): <b>Regular Exhibition Hours:</b> Monday 10 am &ndash; 5 pm (<i>Law Building only</i>) Tuesday&ndash;Wednesday 10 am &ndash; 5 pm Thursday&ndash;Saturday 10 am &ndash; 9 pm Sunday 12:15 &ndash; 7 pm Closed Monday, except Monday holidays Closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the exhibition Duncan Phyfe, Master Cabinetmaker in New York on view June 24, 2012-September 9, 2012, in the Audrey Jones Beck Building Renowned in his lifetime for his elegant designs and superior craftsmanship, Duncan Phyfe (1770–1854) remains to this day America’s most famous cabinetmaker In the early 1800s, furniture from his New York City workshop was in such demand that he was dubbed the "United States Rage" This exhibition—the first retrospective on Phyfe in 90 years—reintroduces the artistic and influential master cabinetmaker to a contemporary audience Duncan Phyfe, Master Cabinetmaker in New York showcases the full chronological sweep of Phyfe's distinguished career Included are examples of his best-known furniture based on the English Regency designs of Thomas Sheraton; work from the middle and later stages of Phyfe's career, when he adopted the richer "archaeological" antique style of the 1820s; and a highly refined, plain Grecian style based on French Restoration prototypes The exhibition brings together nearly 100 works from private and public collections throughout the United States Among the highlights are never-before-seen documented masterpieces and furniture descended directly in the Phyfe family, as well as the cabinetmaker's own tool chest Organized chronologically, the exhibition presents the cabinetmaker's life and work through drawings, documents, personal possession, and furniture Portraits of his clients, and contemporary depictions of New York City street scenes and domestic interiors, provide a glimpse into Phyfe's milieu Pictured: Duncan Phyfe, Scroll-Back Armchair, 1807, mahogany, ash, and cherry, Winterthur Museum, bequest of Henry Francis DuPont]]>

HMNS Sugar Land - Animal Secrets Exhibition

05-19-2012 - 09-09-2012

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Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org/

Houston Museum of Natural Science at Sugar Land - 13016 University Blvd (at the corner of University and New Territory Blvds) Sugar Land TX 77478

Admission: Members FREE Adults $12 Children (3 - 11), Seniors (62+) and College Students $9 Groups (20+) $5 School Groups $250

(713) 639-4629

sugarlandprograms@hmns.org

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): <strong>Normal Hours-&nbsp;</strong> Thursday &ndash; Friday, 9 am &ndash; 3 pm Saturday, 9 am &ndash; 5 pm Sunday, Noon &ndash; 5 pm Monday - Wednesday - Closed <strong>Summer Hours-May 28-August 26, 2012</strong> Monday - Saturday 9 am - 5 pm Sunday Noon - 5 pm

Houston Museum of Natural Science at the Sugar Land location presents the Animal Secrets Exhibition May 19th-September 9th Where does a chipmunk sleep? What does an eagle feed its young? How do mother bats find their babies in a cave? In Animal Secrets, open May 19 through September 9 visitors to HMNS Sugar Land will learn the answers to these questions and more as they explore the hidden habitats and secret lives of forest animals Animal Secrets is specially designed for children ages 3 through 8, preschool to third grade school groups, and has English and Spanish text panels In Animal Secrets, visitors discover nature from an animal’s point of view as they explore a stream, meadow, woodland, cave and naturalists’ tent Visitors see the world from an eagle’s nest, pretend to be a chipmunk and gather food for the winter, and help a raccoon family escape from a hungry fox! Then, visitors can play the role of a naturalist and discover more about the animals that live in the woods by examining tracks, skulls, fur, bones and other real specimens Using imaginative role-play and hands-on activities, visitors can explore Animal Secrets in five naturalistic environments: stream, woodland, meadow, cave and naturalists’ tent Animal Secrets was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland, Oregon The exhibit was made possible with funds provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Additional support provided by the Collins Foundation and Meyer Memorial Trust]]>

Contemporary Asian Art: Texas Connections

04-14-2012 - 09-16-2012

Asia Society Texas Center

http://asiasociety.org/texas

Asia Society Texas Center - 1370 Southmore Houston TX 77004

Admission: Admission to the building is free <strong>Exhibition Admission</strong> Free for Asia Society members; $500 for nonmembers

713-496-9910

txcenter@asiasociety.org

Start Time(s): Tuesday - Sunday, 11:00 am &ndash; 6:00 pm Closed Mondays and major holidays

Contemporary Asian Art: Texas Connections, the inaugural exhibition in Asia Society Texas Center’s Fayez Sarofim Grand Hall, showcases work by Asian and Asian American artists who have lived in Texas or whose work is held in private or public collections in the state Guest curated by Kimberly Davenport, Director of Rice University Art Gallery, the exhibition features an outstanding selection of work by some of the foremost artists working today The participating artists employ a wide range of media and techniques, and the objects on view include painting, sculpture, and photography Many of the artists exhibited in Contemporary Asian Art: Texas Connections reflect upon their experiences as immigrants Indian-born Priya Kambli, for example, speaks to her split cultural identity in a striking photograph (above) that consists of two digital prints combined to make a single image Dinh Q Le takes a similar approach, using a traditional Vietnamese weaving technique to interlace personal photographs from his native Vietnam with mass media pictures of consumer products and popular culture from the United States The longer one looks at his powerful woven photograph, the more images come into view The work of Shahzia Sikander, who was born in Pakistan and now lives in New York, also invites extended viewing Her detailed drawing teems with animals, people, and a variety of objects and shapes combined with calligraphic script Other artists in the exhibition incorporate text into their work as well, among them Pakistani-born Simeen Ishaque Farhat, whose lively wall-mounted sculpture portrays words from Urdu and Farsi poetry Siah Armajani and Shao Fan translate familiar, everyday objects into a vocabulary of abstraction Iranian American Armajani combines architectural elements such as doors and windows to make his engaging freestanding sculpture, while Chinese artist and designer Shao Fan deconstructs a Ming style chair in his explosive work At once meditative and mesmerizing, Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama further explores abstraction, repetition, and pattern Whimsy and play are apparent in Yoshitomo Nara’s work, which is inspired by anime and manga comics from his home country of Japan Japanese artist Yasumasa Morimura’s photographic self-portrait is similarly playful and humorous in style Morimura’s photograph of himself dressed as Marlene Dietrich blurs the boundaries of gender and of Eastern and Western culture Houston-born artist Mel Chin likewise addresses transnational exchange His monumental sculpture of a spider, which is both comical and frightening, includes a porcelain teapot that references the trade of tea and other goods between England and China Rirkrit Tiravanija and Surasi Kusolwong, both of Thai origin, also take up the subject of cultural interaction Tiravanija’s sculpture is about sharing meals, and Kusolwong’s photograph of a traditional Thai floating market depicts the social aspects of economic exchange Coming from diverse backgrounds and presenting a variety of artistic materials and interests, these artists are brought together in the Asia Society’s compelling exhibition Contemporary Asian Art: Texas Connections in order to highlight the relationships formed between people, places, and things Also on view: Treasures of Asian Art: A Rockefeller Legacy, an exhibition of 60 works from one of the finest collections of Asian art in the United States, inaugurates Asia Society Texas Center’s new Louisa Stude Sarofim Gallery Pictured: Priya Kambli (b India, 1975), Me (Flour), 2009, Inkjet print, ed #1/10, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase with funds provided by Photo Forum 2010 (Detail above, full image below)]]>

Treasures of Asian Art: A Rockefeller Legacy

04-14-2012 - 09-16-2012

Asia Society Texas Center

http://asiasociety.org/texas

Asia Society Texas Center - 1370 Southmore Houston TX 77004

Admission: Admission to the building is free <strong>Exhibition Admission</strong> Free for Asia Society members; $500 for nonmembers

713-496-9910

txcenter@asiasociety.org

Start Time(s): Tuesday - Sunday, 11:00 am &ndash; 6:00 pm Closed Mondays and major holidays

Treasures of Asian Art: A Rockefeller Legacy, an exhibition of 60 works from one of the finest collections of Asian art in the United States, inaugurates Asia Society Texas Center’s new Louisa Stude Sarofim Gallery Selected from the Mr and Mrs John D Rockefeller 3rd Collection of traditional Asian art of the Asia Society Museum in New York, the exhibition, which opens April 14, 2012, includes outstanding examples of bronze and stone sculpture from South and Southeast Asia and exquisite ceramics from China, Korea and Japan Treasures of Asian Art explores these stunning works by placing them in the context of American collecting of Asian art in the post-World War II period, specifically the collecting practice of Asia Society's founder, John D Rockefeller 3rd, and his wife, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller The son of collectors John D Rockefeller Jr and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, John D Rockefeller 3rd grew up surrounded by his parents’ collection of Chinese and Japanese ceramics, Japanese prints, and Buddhist sculpture But his tastes and interests in and motivations for collecting Asian art extended beyond those of his parents, in part because of his experiences serving on the post-World War II peace mission to Japan led by John Foster Dulles Fostering international relations - The optimistic program of rebuilding international relations after August 1945 coincided with a new generation of art collectors, some of whom had lived and worked in Asia during and after the war These collectors understood what was at stake if citizens of diverse countries were not educated about each others’ cultures, histories, and achievements John D Rockefeller 3rd and his wife hoped to directly impact international relations and ultimately improve understanding between Americans and Asians using Asian arts and culture as a means of promoting understanding As Rockefeller stated when announcing the gift of the Mr and Mrs John D Rockefeller 3rd Collection to Asia Society in 1974, "My own experience tells me that anyone who becomes acquainted with the arts and cultures of Asia acquires a greatly augmented sense of appreciation and respect for its peoples We hope that the collection, integrated into Asia Society programs, can help instill in Asian-American relations an added sense of importance and opportunity" About the Exhibition - Treasures of Asian Art: A Rockefeller Legacy features Indian bronze sculpture from the Chola period (9th – 13th centuries), for which the Rockefeller Collection is particularly well known, as well as noted Buddhist sculpture from India, Nepal, Tibet and Southeast Asia, and exquisite ceramics from China and Japan Highlights of Chola sculpture include Krishna Dancing on Kaliya, showing the popular Indian deity in triumph over the serpent-demon, and Shiva and Parvati, a warm domestic portrait of the divine couple Other sculpture vividly illustrates the evolution of Buddha imagery as Buddhism spread from India through Nepal and Tibet and into East and Southeast Asia Chinese ceramics range from a brilliantly colored 8th century tomb sculpture of a court lady to a Ming-era ewer whose elegant shapes show the influence of Middle Eastern forms Other highlights of the exhibition include 16th- and 17th-century Japanese screens Adriana Proser, the John H Foster Curator for Traditional Asian Art at the Asia Society Museum in New York, curated the exhibition, which remains on display through September 16, 2012 Asian Art, Texas Connections - Treasures of Asian Art will be joined by two other installations opening on April 14 Contemporary Asian Art: Texas Connections comprises works of art on loan from Texas collectors Curated by Kimberly Davenport, Director of Rice University Art Gallery, it will be installed in the Fayez Sarofim Grand Hall Korean-born artist Lee Ufan’s site-specific sculpture Relatum – signal, inaugurates the Center’s Allen Sculpture Garden adjoining the Sarofim Gallery Pictured:  DETAIL Shiva and Parvati (Somaskanda); India, Tamil Nadu; Chola period, 12th century; Copper alloy; H 19 in (483 cm); W 23 3/4 in (603 cm); D 11 in (cm); Asia Society, New York: Mr and Mrs John D Rockefeller 3rd Collection, 1979028]]>

Houston Fine Art Fair 2012

09-13-2012 - 09-16-2012

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Hamptons Expo Group - HEG (Houston Fine Art Fair)

http://www.houstonfineartfair.com

Reliant Center - One Reliant Park Houston TX 77054

Admission: Day pass: $20 VIP pass: $100 (<i>opening preview party, all three days of the fair, access to VIP events and VIP lounge</i>) &nbsp;

631-283-5505

info@hegshows.com

Start Time(s): Thursday, September 13, 6 - 7:30pm <strong><i>Opening Preview Party</i></strong> Friday, September 14, 11am - 7pm Saturday, September 15, 11am - 7pm Sunday, September 16, 11am - 6pm

September 14-16, 2012, marks Houston Fine Art Fair’s (HFAF) return for a second spectacular year! Last September, 10,000 patrons visited HFAF in Houston’s George R Brown Convention Center, exploring art from over 90 galleries and cultural institutions This year, MKG Art Management is working to make Houston Fine Art Fair 2012 into a major US art fair in one of the most exciting, sophisticated, and fastest growing art centers in the country We will be taking the fair to a new level The venue is Reliant Center and it will be surrounded by exclusive VIP programming, glamorous events, engaging panels and tours, and, of course, more great art from around the world The VIP gala preview will be held on September 13, and will again benefit The Core Program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) Glassell School of Art The Core Program has awarded residence fellowships and cultivated the early careers of many artists who now enjoy international recognition HFAF is pleased to continue supporting this important art incubator HFAF has the full support of the Houston art community As part of HFAF ARTWEEK, we will be partnering with museums and non-profits throughout Texas, the Southwest region, and beyond, to attract collectors’ groups and to host special events at the fair Our event list is growing, and we will offer programming that will feature important curators and thought leaders from throughout the world Twitter: @HouFineArtFair FACEBOOK]]>

DJ Screw and the Rise of Houston Hip Hop

03-19-2012 - 09-21-2012

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University of Houston - Central Campus

http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections/library-exhibits/djscrew-and-houston-hip-hop

University of Houston - MD Anderson Library - 4800 Calhoun Road Houston TX 77004

Admission: Free and open to the public

713-743-1050

Start Time(s): <strong>On view:</strong> Monday-Friday 9am-5pm Closed Sundays Also on view Saturdays 9am-4pm through May 11 Closed Memorial&nbsp;Day, and July 4th

The University of Houston presents DJ Screw and the Rise of Houston Hip Hop The exhibit will run from March 19 - September 21, 2012 in the MD Anderson Library This collection includes photographs, handwritten rap lyrics and song lists for “screw tapes,” and flyers related to the late DJ Screw and his rap collective the Screwed Up Click These materials document how DJ Screw developed the production technique known as “chopped and screwed,” which is closely associated with Houston hip hop DJ Screw (Robert Earl Davis Jr, 1971-2000) was the originator of the "chopped and screwed" genre of production that helped define the Houston hip hop sound On hundreds of thousands of underground mixtapes distributed throughout Houston and the South in the 1990s, he slowed down tracks, repeated key words and phrases, and showcased some of Houston's best freestylers Rappers including the Botany Boys, Fat Pat, Lil' Keke, HAWK, ESG, Big Moe, and Big Pokey all got their starts on "screw tapes" This exhibition tells the story of DJ Screw and the loose collective of rappers and friends known as the Screwed Up Click (SUC) But it also explores the larger context of a music scene that has been independent, entrepreneurial, and rough-edged from its beginnings in the 1980s From pioneers such as Geto Boys, K-Rino, and Street Military to more recent breakthrough artists such as Paul Wall, Z-Ro, and Chingo Bling, Houston hip hop has carved out its own distinctive path It is estimated that DJ Screw sold hundreds of thousands of mixtapes throughout Houston and the South He also released four studio albums on Bigtyme Recordz: “All Screwed Up,” “3 'N The Mornin' (Part One),” “3 'N The Mornin' (Part Two),” and “I Wanna Get High with Da Blanksta” As a member of Dead End Alliance (DEA) with Fat Pat, HAWK and Kay-K, he appeared on the album “Screwed for Life” In 1998, he opened Screwed Up Records and Tapes, a shop that sold only his mixtapes On November 16, 2000, DJ Screw was found dead in his recording studio at the age of 29, his death ruled an overdose of codeine and other drugs His legacy continues to be honored by Houston rappers and fans from around the world Although the exhibition will only be on display for six months, the materials on display are being preserved for future generations as part of the Houston Hip Hop collections at the University of Houston Libraries These collections include the DJ Screw Papers, the DJ Screw Sound Recordings, the HAWK Papers, and the Pen and Pixel Graphics, Inc Collection In the future, once they have been cleaned, boxed, and cataloged, these rare materials will be available to scholars, students, and the general public by request in the Special Collections reading room Pictured: Houston rapper HAWK is seen with his back to the camera, wearing a jersey honoring his friend DJ Screw and the city which brought them together]]>

7th Annual Art4Life Exhibition and Auction

09-22-2012 - 09-22-2012

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Aids Foundation Houston

http://aidshelp.org

Station Museum of Contemporary Art - 1502 Alabama Houston TX 77004

Admission: $17500 Patron tickets $10000 General Admission

713-623-6796 x240

http://aidshelp.org

Start Time(s): Silent art auction will begin at 7:00pm and end at 9:00pm with the event running until 10:00pm

AIDS Foundation Houston presents the 7th Annual Art4Life Exhibition and Auction, Saturday, September 22, at the Station Museum of Contemporary Art Art4Life showcases the work of many talented artists, whose generosity brings increased visibility to HIV/AIDS prevention In its seventh season, it is an innovative series that creatively mobilizes local and national artists to spotlight critical HIV/AIDS issues and raises money for prevention and services The series enlightens, educates and entertains audiences through visual and literary arts It is estimated that nearly 1 in 93 Houstonians is living with HIV/AIDS and there is one new HIV diagnosis in Harris County every seven hours Revenue raised will help AIDS Foundation Houston provide housing, testing, food medical care, prevention education, counseling, pediatric programs and job training to thousands of Houstonians living with or at risk for HIV/AIDS]]>

Unrivaled Splendor: The Kimiko and John Powers Collection of Japanese Art

06-10-2012 - 09-23-2012

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building - 5601 Main Street Houston TX 77005

Admission: <strong>Admission:</strong> Adult: $10 Senior (65+): $5 Youth (6&ndash;18): $5 Student (with ID): $5 Member: FREE Free admission on Thursdays <i>Children (18 and under) with a Houston Public Library PowerCard or any Public Library card receive free general admission on Saturday and Sunday </i>

713-639-7300

Start Time(s): <b>Regular Exhibition Hours:</b> Monday 10 am &ndash; 5 pm (<i>Law Building only</i>) Tuesday&ndash;Wednesday 10 am &ndash; 5 pm Thursday&ndash;Saturday 10 am &ndash; 9 pm Sunday 12:15 &ndash; 7 pm Closed Monday, except Monday holidays Closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

Collectors Kimiko and John Powers began buying Japanese artwork in the 1960s Over the next four decades they amassed 300 objects, building one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of Japanese art outside of Japan This summer, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), will present selections from their holdings in Unrivaled Splendor: The Kimiko and John Powers Collection of Japanese Art, showcasing 85 works from June 10 to September 23 The last exceptional collection of Japanese art in private hands, the Powers Collection is renowned for its extraordinary scale and quality, and the exhibition provides a rare chance to see these remarkable examples in the Houston region “To have a selection of major masterworks from the Powers collection on view at the MFAH, just months after our new, permanent Arts of Japan gallery has opened, offers a wonderful opportunity for audiences in Houston to learn about and appreciate Japanese culture,” said MFAH director Gary Tinterow “The Powers collection is one of the three most important collections of Japanese art in the United States, with the Sackler and Freer Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,” added Christine Starkman, MFAH Curator of Ancient to Contemporary Asian Art “Kimiko and John Powers demonstrated a singular vision of excellence as they built their collection, which is of the highest level of quality and importance” Unrivaled Splendor will exhibit some of the earliest known examples of Buddhist art in Japan; narrative scroll paintings; beautiful examples of calligraphy; screens embellished with gold and silver; sketches; sculptures; and objects of lacquer, pearl, and silver This wide array, from courtly to popular works of art, reveals overlapping themes in Japanese art About the Exhibition Unrivaled Splendor: The Kimiko and John Powers Collection of Japanese Art is organized along eight thematic sections The first, “Early and Medieval Buddhist Art,” demonstrates the influence of Buddhist ideas and their impact on art through breathtaking works, including one of the earliest examples of Buddhist art in Japan: an eighth-century sculpture of a Bodhisattva “Guilded Verses: A Poetic Renaissance in Kyoto” features painted hand-scrolls, folding screens and other works created in the 1600s, when both classical court poetry and indigenous art forms were revived in Kyoto, the capital of Japan at the time In addition to the re-birth of classical poetry, two important schools of painting also flourished in 17th-century Kyoto: the Tosa and Kano schools In “Laying the Foundations: Tosa and Kano,” beautiful examples of hand-scrolls, hanging scrolls and folding screens will be on view to explore the importance of these two schools and the work created for patrons Major Japanese artists who merged Tosa and Kano school influences with other styles, such as Soga Sh?haku (1730–1781), It? Jakuch? (1716–1800) and Maruyama ?ky? (1733–1795)–and his student Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754–1799)–are showcased in “Revitalizing the Atelier System” “The Scholarly Ideal” explores the Scholar-Amateur movement that came about in the 18th century Inspired by a similar development in China, this group shunned academic painting Instead, artists such as Ike no Taiga (1723–1776) and Yosa Buson (1716–1783) painted flora, fauna and calligraphies in a looser and more expressive style that drew upon past Chinese literati traditions “Later Buddhist Art” revisits the influence of Buddhism in Japan since its introduction around 552; particularly, the ink paintings and calligraphic scrolls produced by Zen monks The exhibition also showcases the work of artisans In “The Popular Arts,” paintings include a pilgrimage mandala and humorous anecdotes or lighthearted portrayals of ukiyo (“the floating world”) The exhibition concludes with an examination of the impact of Western trade on Japanese art “The Western World through a Japanese Lens” showcases representations of Westerners and their ships, as well as Japanese works influenced by Western forms of representation and perspective About the Powers Collection John Powers (1916–1999) was a publishing executive until he retired, in his 40s, and devoted himself to collecting art with his wife, Kimiko Their collections of Japanese antiquities and contemporary American Pop are widely recognized The Powers discovered Japanese art by chance On a stopover flight en route to India, John Powers visited the Tokyo National Museum and was stunned by what he saw Thereafter, he and Kimiko spent some three months each year in Japan throughout the 1960s and ’70s, building their collection The timing was ideal The Japanese economy had not recovered from the war years, making the art more affordable, and the couple bought carefully Their collection is now recognized as the most significant private collection of Japanese art in the Western world Kimiko Powers celebrates John Powers’ legacy by continuing to share the collection with the public She writes in the exhibition catalogue: “John Powers’ passion, enthusiasm, and learning resulted in a collection of the highest quality I do not think it would be possible to make a collection of this caliber today It is my pleasure to share the beauty of these historical treasures with the people of Houston” In addition, part of the Powers’ contemporary art collection will be on view this fall when the Powers Art Center—a memorial to the life of John Powers—opens in Carbondale, Colorado The inaugural exhibition will showcase Jasper Johns’ limited edition works on paper Pictured: Japanese, Esoteric Buddhist Bodhisattva, c 1131–74, color and ink on paper, the Kimiko and John Powers Collection of Japanese Art Hester + Hardaway Photographers]]>

The Art of Exaggeration

07-01-2012 - 09-23-2012

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building - 5601 Main Street Houston TX 77005

Admission: <strong>Admission:</strong> Adult: $10 Senior (65+): $5 Youth (6&ndash;18): $5 Student (with ID): $5 Member: FREE Free admission on Thursdays <i>Children (18 and under) with a Houston Public Library PowerCard or any Public Library card receive free general admission on Saturday and Sunday </i>

713-639-7300

Start Time(s): <b>Regular Exhibition Hours:</b> Monday 10 am &ndash; 5 pm (<i>Law Building only</i>) Tuesday&ndash;Wednesday 10 am &ndash; 5 pm Thursday&ndash;Saturday 10 am &ndash; 9 pm Sunday 12:15 &ndash; 7 pm Closed Monday, except Monday holidays Closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents the exhibition The Art of Exaggeration on view July 1 through September 23, in the Audrey Jones Beck Building Focusing on the artistic impulse to exaggerate and distort realistic features, characteristics, and situations, this exhibition encompasses images of the grotesque, caricature, and satire Such artistic devices take on many forms: the tragic and comic, the ridiculous and sublime, the horrible and ludicrous, and the realistic and fantastic Whereas some scenes of exaggeration focus solely on the distortion of facial features, others parody specific people and character types, often as commentaries on the political, social, or moral foibles of society The Art of Exaggeration comprises works on paper spanning the 16th to 20th centuries, with examples by artists from Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Jusepe de Ribera to Francisco de Goya, René Magritte, and Pablo Picasso The exhibition also highlights major artists from the genre's heyday in the 18th and early 19th centuries, such as Honoré Daumier, James Gillray, and William Hogarth The graphic works on view are drawn primarily from the collections of the MFAH and Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation Pictured: James Gillray, A Peep at Christies; or Tally-ho, & His Nimeney-Pimmeney Taking the Morning Lounge, 1796, etching and aquatint, hand colored, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston]]>

Daryl Thetford: Seven Questions

09-01-2012 - 09-28-2012

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Jung Center of Houston

http://www.cgjunghouston.org/

Jung Center of Houston - 5200 Montrose Houston TX 77006

Admission: Free and open to the public

713-524-8253

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening reception:</strong> TBA <strong>Regular Gallery Hours:</strong> Mon&ndash;Thu 9am-8pm Fri 9am&ndash;5pm Sat 10am&ndash;4pm

Jung Center of Houston presents the exhibition Daryl Thetford: Seven Questions The show runs from September 1st through September 28th Daryl Thetford's photo collage work, seen in his "Seven Questions" show, is inspired by chaos and fragmentation in our society He uses multiple photographs, with subjects including graffiti, signs, urban walls, and media, to reflect the tension and disorder of our culture and to articulate the beauty that can emerge from this disarray Daryl Thetford’s work has been featured in exhibitions, museums and galleries throughout the United States, including the Knoxville Museum of Art, the Mobile Museum of Art in Alabama; the Museum of Anthropology of the University of California-Chico; the Hunter Museum in Chattanooga, CreateHere, Art Dallas and Art Chicago represented by Tanner Hill Gallery; the San Diego Art Institute; The Center for Fine Art Photography in Ft Collins, Colorado; and Urban Art Works in Alpharetta, Georgia In addition, his work is in private, public, corporate collections, including those of Winnow Press and the Texas Office of Tourism in Austin; Hotel Red in Madison, Wisconsin; Dorsey and Whitney in Denver; the National Security Agency in Collierville, and Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa]]>

MFAH Fine Art + Food Trucks

03-12-2012 - 09-30-2012

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts - Cullen Sculpture Garden - 1001 Bissonnet Houston TX 77005

Admission: No entry fee&nbsp; Costs for food items varies

713-639-7300

Start Time(s): Every day 11 am &ndash; 3 pm

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents MFAH Fine Art + Food Trucks Beginning Monday, March 12, restaurants on wheels become regular fixtures at  the museum Monday through Sunday, the MFAH Fine Art + Food Trucks program, a curated selection of Houston’s finest mobile food sources will park in the lot adjacent to the entrance to the Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden, 11 am – 3 pm Limited seating will be available inside the sculpture garden The first truck to be featured is the Ladybird Food Truck (pictured) – a little converted school bus offering tasty, creative food inspired by familiar local and greenmarket favorites The Daily Schedule of Food Trucks after the launch week: MONDAY: Bare Bowls Kitchen (real simple fresh ) – beginning March 19 TUESDAY: Phamily Bites (Vietnamese) WEDNESDAY: No Border’s (Sylvia’s street tacos) THURSDAY: Waffle Bus (gourmet waffle creations) FRIDAY: Ladybird (gourmet comfort food) SATURDAY: Bernie’s Burger Bus (gourmet Black Angus burgers) SUNDAY: The Rice Box (Chinese classics to go)]]>

Silence

07-27-2012 - 10-21-2012

Menil Collection

http://menil.org/

Menil Collection - 1515 Sul Ross Houston TX 77006

Admission: Free event

(713) 525-9400

Start Time(s): Wednesday-Sunday 11am-7pm &nbsp;

The Menil Collection presents the exhibition Silence On view July 27, 2012 - October 21, 2012 Silence is a powerful force It can produce profound emotions or conjure startling sensory experiences, and it seems inextricably linked to the passage of time A prerequisite for contemplative thought, silence has become a scarce commodity in today’s media-saturated world The exhibition and catalogue project Silence considers this important and little-examined subject in modern and contemporary art Ranging from uncanny to incantatory to experiential, its broad range of works are not all without sound, but all reflect the many ways artists invoke silence to shape space and consciousness Organized by the Menil Collection and the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Silence features paintings and sculptures from the Menil’s permanent collection as well as works by an international group of artists Additionally, it includes a film and video series on the subject under development by curators at the Pacific Film Archive Artists featured in Silence include Joseph Beuys, Marcel Broodthaers, John Cage, Marcel Duchamp, David Hammons, Tehching Hsieh, Jennie C Jones, Jacob Kirkegaard, René Magritte, Mark Manders, Christian Marclay, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Max Neuhaus, Robert Rauschenberg, Doris Salcedo, Tino Sehgal, and others An original score for 4’33” (1952) by John Cage will be a central element of the exhibition This three-part composition for the piano first performed by David Tudor contains no actual playing or music Instead, it calls attention to the ambient sounds surrounding the audience and corroborates Cage’s famous assertion that there is no such thing as silence Also featured is White Painting (1951) by Robert Rauschenberg, a flat white canvas from a series that Cage cited as a prime inspiration for 4’33” and called “airports for the lights, shadows and particles” The works in Silence explore spiritual, existential, and political aspects of the absence of noise or speech Among the approximately 32 paintings, sculptures, performances, and sound and video works in the exhibition are the icon of Minimal and Conceptual Art Box With the Sound of Its Own Making (1961) by Robert Morris, a small wooden cube containing a three-and-one-half-hour audio recording of its fabrication; a neon work of 1981–82, Violence Violins Silence, by Bruce Nauman that flashes the words of its title; and documentation of One Year Performance (1978–79) by Tehching Hsieh, in which the artist spent a year in a cage without speaking, reading, writing, or listening to radio or TV In Houston, special consideration will be given to two buildings on the Menil campus: the Rothko Chapel (1971), a world-renowned place of silent meditation containing large panel paintings by Abstract Expressionist Mark Rothko, and the 1987 Renzo Piano-designed Menil Collection building itself, which was conceived by the architect and Dominique de Menil to be a quiet “place apart” for contemplating art Silence will be accompanied by a comprehensive exhibition catalogue containing interpretive essays by Toby Kamps, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Menil Collection, Steve Seid, Video Curator at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and Jenni Sorkin, Assistant Professor of contemporary art history at the University of Houston, as well as comprehensive information on the represented works and artists The exhibition will be on view in Houston and,  following its presentation in Berkeley in early 2013, be available to travel This exhibition is generously supported by Leslie and Shannon Sasser, Lea Weingarten, and the City of Houston Pictured: Giorgio de Chirico, Melancholia, 1916 The Menil Collection, Houston Photo: Hickey-Robertson, Houston (Detail above, full image below)]]>

Barkitecture Houston 2012 and Yappy Hour

10-26-2012 - 10-27-2012

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Houston Pavilions

http://barkitecturehouston.com

Houston Pavilions - 1201 Fannin St Houston TX 77002

Admission: This event is free and open to the public and your pets are also welcome All pups in attendance must be kept on a leash at all times &nbsp;

8323201201

Start Time(s): <strong>Friday,&nbsp;October 26: </strong>Yappy Hour 5pm-9pm <strong>Saturday, October 27:</strong> Dog houses on Display and silent auction Noon-5pm

Houston Pavilions presents Barkitecture Houston 2012 and Yappy Hour, Friday and Saturday, October 26 and 27 Barkitecture Houston is an artful exhibit and silent auction of whimsical, funky, chic and one-of-a-kind doghouses built by Houston’s most creative dog lovers The doghouses are for sale in a silent auction to benefit Pup Squad, an animal rescue group whose goal is to rescue orphaned puppies, kittens and nursing litters from the streets and other life-threatening situations and match them with adoptive homes, as well as to provide support and education to these adopters and the community at large Yappy Hour kicks off festivities to the two-day Barkitecture Houston event Enjoy cocktails to celebrate the end to another workweek with your best pal at your side Yes, dogs are welcome, but must remain on a leash There will also be a silent auction of various items with proceeds benefiting Pup Squad Animal Rescue Come join the fun the following day, October 27, and vote on your favorite unique doghouse Barkitecture Houston is a free public event that gives local organizations and designers a chance to use their talents to design and build functional, yet creative doghouses to raise funds for charity The doghouses will be placed on public display at Houston Pavilions during the event and then auctioned off in a silent auction to raise funds for Pup Squad Animal Rescue All four-legged friends are welcome on a leash!]]>

Prints from a Collection

10-02-2012 - 10-29-2012

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Jung Center of Houston

http://www.cgjunghouston.org/

Jung Center of Houston - 5200 Montrose Houston TX 77006

Admission: Free and open to the public

713-524-8253

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening reception:</strong> TBA <strong>Regular Gallery Hours:</strong> Mon&ndash;Thu 9am-8pm Fri 9am&ndash;5pm Sat 10am&ndash;4pm

Jung Center of Houston presents the exhibition Prints from a Collection The show runs from October 2nd through October 29th  The Jung Center is pleased to present prints from the collection of David Brauer These works highlight the explosion of printmaking in the emergent Pop Art moments in Britain and America in the early 1960s]]>

Postcards from Houston

10-11-2011 - 11-01-2012

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Postcards from Houston

http://www.postcardsfromhouston.com

Admission: $180

832-660-8522

info@postcardsfromhouston.com

http://www.postcardsfromhouston.com

Start Time(s): 5:30-7:30PM (Tuesdays)

Postcards from Houston invites city residents and enthusiasts to participate in the ultimate city-wide urban artistic adventure From start to finish, participants will experience hidden metropolitan pockets of the city and become captivated with the history, inspiration and motivation behind works small and large From access to local artists, to hands-on studio time and guidance each class member touches, investigates and visualizes different parts of the Houston landscape - culminating in a personal portrayal through postcard art For more information on joining the panorama of Houston stories waiting to be discovered and commemorated, contact Postcards from Houston at wwwpostcardsfromhoustoncom]]>

Dora Dillistone: Paradigm Shifts and Other Cliches

11-01-2012 - 11-28-2012

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Jung Center of Houston

http://www.cgjunghouston.org/

Jung Center of Houston - 5200 Montrose Houston TX 77006

Admission: Free and open to the public

713-524-8253

Start Time(s): <strong>Opening reception:</strong> TBA <strong>Regular Gallery Hours:</strong> Mon&ndash;Thu 9am-8pm Fri 9am&ndash;5pm Sat 10am&ndash;4pm

Jung Center of Houston presents the exhibition Dora Dillistone: Paradigm Shifts and Other Clichés The show runs from November 1st through November 28th  Ancient Eastern materials provide the means to a contemporary expression based on events in the artist's personal history that caused a shift in thinking Layering, light, and space are the threads that connect the progression of Dillistone's work Dillstone has exhibited in numerous shows including juried exhibitions at the Blaffer Gallery, Glassell School of Art, The Jung Center, and the University of New Mexico]]>

Dear John & Dominique : Letters and Drawings from the Menil Archives

08-10-2012 - 01-06-2013

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Menil Collection

http://menil.org/

Menil Collection - 1515 Sul Ross Houston TX 77006

Admission: Free event

(713) 525-9400

Start Time(s): Wednesday-Sunday 11am-7pm &nbsp;

The Menil Collection presents the exhibition Dear John & Dominique : Letters and Drawings from the Menil Archives On view August 10, 2012 - January 6, 2013 This exhibition commemorates the Menil’s 25th anniversary It celebrates the founders of the Menil Collection, John and Dominique de Menil, through the words and images in the letters and drawings sent to them by their friends: artists, curators, museum directors, architects, family members and intellectuals In gratitude, awe and delight the assembled exchanges penned in the collected correspondence from the Menil Archives provides a unique and intimate look at the pioneering ideas that helped form the museum long before the building opened in 1987 The exhibited letters will be displayed in the gallery, turned into an archival reading room Here museum guests will be able to comfortably spend time with the letters, which will be augmented by a selection of photography and ephemera also pulled from the archive Together the materials reveal the complexity and pleasure of the swirling art world the de Menil’s inhabited, as well as the profundity and conviction of their project, and the magnitude of their patronage of living artists This is expressed in the simple eloquence of a letter from Robert Rauschenberg to Dominique de Menil from 1996 that will be included in the exhibition It reads: “Dear Dominique, I personally, and the world specifically, will and do celebrate your devotions, dedication and accomplishments I am grateful that your acceptance of my artwork— marking your unique contributions—can be a contract to our future services to continue our unveering care Let’s get on with our joyous work We are needed as never before—again Thank you from the depths of my mind, body and heart Robert Rauschenberg” As a component of the exhibition, the Menil Collection will launch an interactive cell-phone tour of the Menil campus, compiled of rare audio recordings from the Menil archives, including the voices of John and Dominique de Menil It will also feature the perspective of those who have impacted—and are continuing to impact—the formation of the museum and the neighborhood Dear John and Dominique: Letters and Drawings from the Menil Archives is organized by Michelle White, curator, with Geraldine Aramanda, Menil Collection archivist This exhibition is supported by the City of Houston Pictured above: Alexander Calder’s sketch caricature of Dominique de Menil, 1964; credit: © 2010 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, The Menil Archives, The Menil Collection]]>

WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath

11-11-2012 - 02-03-2013

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://www.mfah.org/

Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building - 5601 Main Street Houston TX 77005

Admission: <strong>Admission:</strong> Adult: $10 Senior (65+): $5 Youth (6&ndash;18): $5 Student (with ID): $5 Member: FREE Free admission on Thursdays <i>Children (18 and under) with a Houston Public Library PowerCard or any Public Library card receive free general admission on Saturday and Sunday </i>

713-639-7300

Start Time(s): <b>Regular Exhibition Hours:</b> Monday 10 am &ndash; 5 pm (<i>Law Building only</i>) Tuesday&ndash;Wednesday 10 am &ndash; 5 pm Thursday&ndash;Saturday 10 am &ndash; 9 pm Sunday 12:15 &ndash; 7 pm Closed Monday, except Monday holidays Closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

On Veterans Day 2012, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will debut an unprecedented exhibition exploring the experience of war through the eyes of photographers WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath includes nearly 500 objects, including photographs, books, magazines, albums and photographic equipment The exhibition is on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 11, 2012–February 3, 2013 The photographs were made by over 280 photographers from 28 nations who have covered conflict on six continents over 165 years, from the Mexican-American War in 1846 through present-day conflicts Organized by a curatorial team consisting of Anne Wilkes Tucker, Gus and Lyndall Wortham Curator of Photography, Will Michels, photographer and Glassell School of Art instructor, and Natalie Zelt, MFAH curatorial assistant for photography, the exhibition will travel to the Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles; the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; and the Brooklyn Museum The exhibition is accompanied by a 600-page catalogue of the same title, with interviews and essays by the curators, contributing scholars and military historians The exhibition takes a critical look at the relationship between war and photography, exploring what types of photographs are, and are not, made, and by whom and for whom, during wartime Rather than presenting a chronological survey of wartime photographs or a survey of “greatest hits,” the curators have identified types of photographs repeatedly made during the many phases of war—regardless of the size or cause of the conflict, the photographers’ or subjects’ culture or the era in which the pictures were made The images in the exhibition will be organized according to the progression of war, from the acts that instigate armed conflict to “the fight,” to victory and defeat, and images that memorialize a war, its combatants and its victims Both iconic and unknown images will be on view, taken by military photographers, commercial photographers (portrait and photojournalist), amateurs and artists “WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY promises to be another pioneering exhibition, following other landmark MFAH photography exhibitions such as Czech Modernism: 1900-1945 (1989) and The History of Japanese Photography (2003),” said Gary Tinterow, MFAH director “Anne Tucker, along with her co-curators Natalie Zelt and Will Michels, have spent a decade in preparing this unprecedented exploration of the complex and profound relationship between war and photography” “Photographs serve the public as a collective memory of the experience of war,” commented Tucker “Yet most presentations that deal with the material are organized chronologically or focus on one photographer, or a specific war We believe WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY is unique in its scope, exploring conflict and its consequences across the globe and over time, analyzing this complex and unrelenting phenomenon” The earliest works in the exhibition is from 1847, taken from the first photographed conflict: the Mexican-American War Other early examples include photographs from the Crimean War, including Roger Fenton’s iconic The Valley of the Shadow of Death (1855) and Felice Beato’s photograph of the devastated interior of Fort Taku in India during the Second Opium War (1860) Among the most recent images is a 2008 photograph of the Battle Company of the 173rd Airborne Brigade in the remote Korengal Valley of Eastern Afghanistan by Tim Hetherington, who was killed in April 2011 while covering the civil war in Libya Also represented with two photographs in the exhibition is Chris Hondros, who was killed with Hetherington While the exhibition is organized according to the phases of war, portraits of servicemen, military and political leaders and civilians are a consistent presence throughout the exhibition, including Yusuf Karsh’s classic image of Winston Churchill and the Marlboro Marine (2004), taken by embedded Los Angeles Times photographer Luis Sinco of soldier James Blake Miller after an assault in Fallujah (Iraq), published worldwide on the cover of 150 publications, and a 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist A symposium and additional events will take place opening weekend in Houston In addition, related exhibitions will be presented throughout the city of Houston, including at the Houston Center for Photography (HCP), as well as collaborations with Houston Grand Opera and other community partners (to be announced) At the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles, the exhibit will include an original documentary film produced exclusively for the gallery’s high-resolution 4K screens The exhibition was initiated in 2002, when the museum acquired what is purported to be the first print made from Joe Rosenthal’s negative of Old Glory Goes Up on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima (1945) From this initial acquisition, the curators decided to organize an exhibition that would focus on war photography as a genre During the evolution of the project, the museum acquired over a third of the prints in the exhibition The curators have been joined on this ambitious project by an international advisory committee: Hilary V Roberts, Head of Collections Management, Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive, London; Dr John Stauffer, Chair of the History of American Civilization and Professor of English and African and African American Studies at Harvard University; Dr William Sheldon Dudley, former director of Naval History for the US Navy Department and retired director of the Naval Historical Center, DC; Jeffrey William Hunt, Director of the Texas Military Forces Museum in Austin; Dr Xavia Karner, Chair, Sociology department at the University of Houston; and Captain Paul J Matthews, founder and chairman of the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum in Houston Dr Bodo von Dewitz, Senior Chief Curator, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany, and Liam Kennedy, Director of the Clinton Institute for American Studies, University College, Dublin, also contributed essays to the catalogue The exhibition curators reviewed over one million photographs in 17 countries, locating pictures in archives, military libraries, museums, private collections, historical societies, news agencies and the personal files of photographers and service personnel, as well as at the annual photojournalism festivals: World Press Photo (Amsterdam) and Visa pour l’ Image (Perpignan, France) In their appraisals, they sought images for the clarity of their observation as well as their capacity to make memorable and striking pictures that have lasting relevance The pictures were made by some of the most celebrated conflict photographers, and many who remain anonymous Almost every photographic process is included, ranging from daguerreotypes to inkjet prints, digital captures and cell-phone shots Following the Houston presentation, WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY travels to the Annenberg Space for Photography (Los Angeles, CA), March 3–May 26, 2013; the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington DC), June 29–September 29, 2013; and the Brooklyn Museum, November 8, 2013–February 2, 2014 Pictured: Joe Rosenthal, Old Glory Goes Up on Mt Suribachi, Iwo Jima, 1945, gelatin silver print, the MFAH, Manfred Heiting Collection, gift of the Kevin and Lesley Lilly Family © AP / Wide World Photos (Detail above, full image below)]]>

Lisa Rosowsky - Blood Memory: a view from the second generation

09-13-2012 - 03-24-2013

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Holocaust Museum Houston

http://www.hmh.org

Holocaust Museum Houston - 5401 Caroline St Houston TX 77004-6804

Admission: The Museum is open to the public seven days a week General admission is free &nbsp;

713-942-8000

exhibits@hmh.org

Start Time(s): The public is invited to a free preview reception from 6 to 8 pm Thursday, Sept 13, 2012 Admission is free, but advance registration is required for this reception Visit <a href="http://wwwhmhorg/RegisterEventaspx">http://wwwhmhorg/RegisterEventaspx</a> &nbsp;to RSVP online <strong>Regular Museum Hours: </strong>Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm Saturday and Sunday, Noon to 5 pm First Thursday of each month, 5 to 8 pm The Museum is closed for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year&rsquo;s Day For other holiday hours, visit the &quot;Events&quot; tab on the Museum&rsquo;s Web site at <a href="http://wwwhmhorg">wwwhmhorg</a>

In the national premiere retrospective of her work,  Blood Memory: a view from the second generation, artist Lisa Rosowsky explores the "second generation" experience as the daughter of a hidden child and refugee from the Holocaust Themes of repression and loss emerge, as do memories and stories about a family decimated by war Her new exhibit at Holocaust Museum Houston opens Sept 14, 2012 and runs through March 24, 2013 in the Museum’s Mincberg Gallery at the Morgan Family Center, 5401 Caroline St, in Houston’s Museum District The public is invited to a free preview reception from 6 to 8 pm Thursday, Sept 13, 2012 Admission is free, but advance registration is required for this reception Visit http://wwwhmhorg/RegisterEventaspx  to RSVP online Rosowsky, a Massachusetts-based artist, works in a variety of media, but is especially attracted to fabric The translucency of silk, voile or gauze —and the images seen both on or through the cloth — is for her like the transience of memory, and the fading into history of the few remaining relatives who can speak of these memories Rosowsky writes that “blood memory” is “the knowledge that cannot possibly be handed down, but is, and it lies at the heart of my work as a visual artist” In her exhibition, this knowledge is represented through a variety of media, including quilting, sculpture, printmaking and installation One compelling piece, “The Raitzyns” (2004), is a hand-made quilt of 11 family photographs juxtaposed with a selection from Raya Raitzyn’s antique glove collection The white gloves indicate who survived the war, and the black gloves, those who did not Rosowsky’s paternal family lived in France during World War II As Jews, they became the targets of the Nazis, who invaded Paris in 1940 In July 1942, Rosowsky’s paternal grandparents, Vladimir and Tamara, were arrested as a part of La Grande Rafle (The Great Raid), sent to the Drancy internment camp and later to Auschwitz, where they were murdered Before their arrest, Vladimir and Tamara were able to secure hiding for their son, André, in the area of France then not occupied Their selfless sacrifice – what one Holocaust scholar calls a “choiceless choice” – led to their son's survival Rosowsky says, “I did not directly suffer or even witness the horrors of the Holocaust, but they live on in me nonetheless They live on in a lifetime of terrifying dreams; in the nameless fears of my childhood” More than simply "Holocaust art," Rosowsky's work is about what it is like to inherit a legacy of silence and absence, and to transform it through art that is both personal and universal Rosowsky is a member of the faculty at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, where she teaches typography and book design She holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and an master’s degree in graphic design from Yale University Her studio is in a converted hat factory in Framingham, MA Pictured: "Angel of Auschwitz," by Lisa Rosowsky Plaster, silk, barbed wire - body approximately 66" tall; wingspan approximately 12']]>

Visit the Houston Museum of Natural Science

10-14-2011 - 01-01-2037

Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org/

Houston Museum of Natural Science - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: Public - Adult $1500 Public - Child $1000 Public - College (with ID) $1000 Public - Senior (62+) $1000 Members Free! Admission to the Permanent Exhibits is free from 2 - 8 pm on Tuesdays!

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): Monday &amp; Wednesday - Sunday: 9 am - 5 pm <i>(last entry at 4 pm</i>) Tuesday: 9 am - 8 pm (<i>last entry at 7 pm</i>)

Roam the Serengeti, walk with dinosaurs and discover the world's mineral wonders - all at the Houston Mueum of Natural Science Permanent Exhibits: Paleontology - More than 450 fossils and fossil replicas provide a vivid glimpse into the incredible 35-billion-year story of life on Earth Gems & Minerals - See more than 750 beautifully crystallized mineral specimens, including some of the world's rarest and most beautiful examples Energy Hall - Explore the entire process of energy development, from how oil and natural gas are formed to the ways in which various types of energy are used Gem Vault - Thousands of hours of meticulous design and superb craftsmanship went into creating this stunning jewelry collection The Americas - A magnificent collection of rugs, pottery, bead work, kachina dolls, pre-Columbian gold, and more from 50 diverse cultures from Alaska to Peru African Wildlife - Explore well-integrated themes of African wildlife ecology and conservation through interactives and video films Chemistry - Discover how elements are the building blocks of all matter, including our own bodies, and see how chemistry innovations have changed the world Earth Forum - An engaging arrangement of 11 interrelated workstations, each focusing on a different area of dynamic and gradual change on the Earth Egypt - Spanning 4,000 years of Egyptian history, our Egypt gallery provides fascinating insight into this compelling culture Malacology - Malacology is the study of molluscs - invertebrate creatures with soft, unsegmented bodies, many of which house themselves in shells Texas Wildlife - A dramatic overview of the seven biotic provinces within Texas Learn about the plants, animals, and topography of these unique regions]]>

Visit the Cockrell Butterfly Center and Brown Hall of Entomology

10-14-2011 - 01-01-2037

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Houston Museum of Natural Science

http://www.hmns.org/see_do/butterfly_center.asp

Houston Museum of Natural Science-Cockrell Butterfly Center - 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston TX 77030

Admission: $8 Adult $7 Children (3-11), Seniors (62+) and college stidents with valid ID $4 Members $6 Groups of 20 or more $250 Schools

(713) 639-4629

http://store.hmns.org/

Start Time(s): Monday - Sunday: 9 am - 5 pm (<i>last entry at 4 pm</i>)

The Cockrell Butterfly Center and Brown Hall of Entomology provide entertainment and education for the whole family! Walk through a living butterfly habitat and marvel at living examples of some of the world’s largest and weirdest arthropods Discover spectacular preserved specimens and enjoy interactive games and quizzes This stunning living butterfly exhibit showcases hundreds of live butterflies in a naturalistic rainforest setting Home to exotic live butterflies, insects and plants, this walk-through rainforest environment is designed to be an interactive experience and is housed in a three-story glass structure Butterflies flutter among and occasionally land on the visitors During a typical visit, one can expect to see approximately 50 or so of the world s largest and most colorful butterfly species represented by over 1,500 butterflies living in the CenterHighlights: New Corpse Flower - The votes are in! Meet Audrey the Corpse Flower! Rain Forest Conservatory - Enter a stunning, 3-story glass structure built around a 50-foot waterfall! This simulated rain forest is filled with exotic plants and gorgeous, living butterflies Brown Hall of Entomology - Brown Hall of Entomology raises awareness of the amazing, still largely unknown world of insects, and an appreciation of their importance Our Residents - Hundreds of species of exotic butterflies and insects call the Butterfly Center home Discover a few of them here! Julia Butterfly Aroids Giant Prickly Stick Rice Paper Butterfly Blue & Brown Clipper Gingers and Spiral Gingers Green Triangle Kite Butterfly Whipscorpion Thoas Swallowtail Blue Wave Butterfly Pride of Trinidad Owl Butterfly Atlas Beetle Prayer Plants and Heliconias Blue Morpho Giant Long-Legged Katydid Bull Thorn Acacia Longwing Butterfly (pictured above) Bromeliads Eastern Lubber Grasshopper Atlas Moth Orchids Hissing Cockroaches Antilles Pinktoe Cacao, Chocolate Tree Red Peacock Butterfly Praying Mantis Ironwood]]>

Visit the Texas Seaport Museum

09-05-2010 - 01-01-2037

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Galveston Historical Foundation

http://www.galvestonhistory.org/

Texas Seaport Museum - Pier 21, Number 8 Galveston TX 77550

Admission: Adult Age 19 yrs and up $800 Student Age 6 through 18 $500 Child Age 5 and under FREE Galveston Historical Foundation members FREE Discounts are available for advance group tours Call 409-763-1877 for prices and scheduling

409-763-1877

Start Time(s): Open 10am - 5pm daily&nbsp; (last ticket is sold at 4:30pm) Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and during annual Sea Trials &nbsp;

Welcome to Texas Seaport Museum, a project of Galveston Historical Foundation Share the adventure of the high seas at the Texas Seaport Museum, home of the celebrated 1877 tall ship Elissa Explore the decks of this floating National Historic Landmark which has also been designated one of America's Treasures by the National Trust for Historic Preservation Walk Elissa's decks and imagine the days when daring sailors challenged the world's oceans In the adjacent museum and theater, witness the story of Elissa's dramatic rescue from the scrap yard and her meticulous restoration Located in the historic port of Galveston, the Texas Seaport Museum also tells the story of a rich legacy of seaborne commerce and immigration Look for ancestors with a one-of-a-kind computer database containing the names of more than 133,000 immigrants who entered the United States through Galveston, "'The Ellis Island of the West"' Join the Museum's staff and volunteers as they bring the past to life through special exhibits and educational programs All of Elissa and portions of the museum is open to the public at a discounted rate - Film: Passage to Galveston: The Story of Elissa, is presented continuously onboard the Elissa This 17-minute, award-winning documentary beautifully tells the story of Elissa's discovery, purchase and restoration Entrance to the film is included in the Elissa admission price 1937 Shrimp Boat Santa Maria: Gold From the Sea Exhibit The Gold from the Sea exhibit shows the history, industry and ecology of Gulf Coast shrimping The exhibit includes items from the 1937 Santa Maria shrimp boat owned by GHF’s Texas Seaport Museum, as well as a display of early photography of the Galveston shrimping fleet Texas Seaport Museum is open 7 days a week from 10am-5pm Galveston’s the Elissa: Tall Ship of Texas Galveston’s the Elissa: Tall Ship of Texas is a display from Kurt Voss’ book of never before published photographs The images display Elissa’s history from her very early voyages to current programs, events and annual daysails The pictures were chosen not only for their historical significance, but also for the quality and clarity of the photography In conjuncture with the photography exhibit, Jim Brink is making a new suit of sails for Elissa in the main gallery using traditional tools Brink’s mastery of this rare trade has led him to create sails for movie, replica and historical sailing vessels, including 19 new sails for Elissa PIER 21 THEATER - The Great Storm The powerful, panoramic documentary, The Great Storm, recreates the turning point in Galveston history: the 1900 hurricane Experience the devastation of the deadliest natural disaster in United States history through eyewitness accounts, historic photographs and dramatic sound and visual effects A major center of commerce, with a population of 40,000 at the turn of the century, Galveston was the most important seaport in Texas and poised for greatness in the new century Then, on September 8, 1900, came a hurricane of such fury it drove an angry ocean before it, covering the island from Gulf to Bay and laying waste to the city by the sea Now, in an amazing and powerful show, the story of The Great Storm has been captured for all time as a tribute to Galveston’s indomitable spirit Admission includes self-guided tours of the Texas Seaport Museum and Elissa, a theater presentation and access to the Galveston Immigration Database]]>

Visit the Menil Collection

01-01-2006 - 01-01-2037

Menil Collection

http://www.menil.org/collections.html

Menil Collection - Richmond Hall - 1500 Richmond Ave Houston TX 77006

Admission: Free

Start Time(s): 11am-7pmWednesday-Sunday

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Visit the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum

01-01-2006 - 01-01-2037

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Buffalo Soldiers National Museum

http://www.buffalosoldiermuseum.com

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum - 1834 Southmore Houston TX 77004

Admission: <strong>General Admission: </strong>$500 per adult $300 per student The BSNM is also available for hosting meetings, socials and other events &nbsp;

(713) 942-8920

(713) 942-8920

Start Time(s): Monday - Friday: 10:00 am until 5:00 pm Saturday: 10:00 am until 4:00 pm

Visit the Buffalo Soliders Museum and discover more about this fascinating part of American history The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum offers its patrons a complete look at African American military history from 1770 to 2000 (Revolutionary War to the Persian Gulf War) The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum provides fun, interactive, multi-media exhibits for interest and education for its patrons Among its many outreach programs, the museum participates in parades, gives historical lectures, created a youth drill team and a summer high school ROTC internship program The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum is an active participant in National Veteran projects, such as the Veterans' Registry Program  ]]>

Dan Flavin Installation

01-01-2006 - 01-01-2037

Menil Collection

http://www.menil.org/flavin.html

Menil Collection - Richmond Hall - 1500 Richmond Ave Houston TX 77006

Admission: Free

Start Time(s): 11am-7pmWednesday-Sunday

Since November 1998, Richmond Hall has housed the penultimate work by the Minimalist sculptor Dan Flavin (193396), one of the most innovative artists of the second half of the twentieth century Except for an installation in Bridgehampton, New York (created in 1985 by the Dia Art Foundation), Flavins work at Richmond Hall is the artists only permanent installation in the United States Born in New York City, Flavin was virtually self taught as a visual artist With contemporaries such as Carl Andre and Donald Judd, Flavin employed industrial materials to redefine sculpture in the 1960s Flavins first foray into the use of fluorescent light, the diagonal of May 25, 1963 (to Robert Rosenblum) (1963), introduced his mature period in which he explored a new sense of space that, in his words, "could be disrupted and played with by careful, thorough compositions of light" By selecting light as his medium, Flavin connects the viewer to one of the most elemental components of existence Using standard electrical fluorescent tubes, in various combinations of size and color, he investigates the dichotomy between the concrete, revealing the actual tubes and fixtures, and the ethereal, capturing the indefinable dimension of light in space The final commission of Dominique de Menil, Flavins Richmond Hall installation actually consists of three site-specific art works from 1996 Running along the top of the east and west exterior walls of the building (constructed in 1930 as a grocery store) is a "frieze" of green fluorescence Inside, the angled foyer walls hold matching sets of white eight-foot fixtures, mounted diagonally The vast interior is flanked on opposing east and west walls by four-foot fixtures composed of vertically mounted alternating pink, yellow, green, and blue lamps, bisected by a horizontal line of filtered ultraviolet The stark simplicity of the geometric arrangement creates a complex, rhythmic blending of color, light, and perspective]]>

Visit the Museum of Printing History

01-01-2006 - 01-01-2037

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Museum of Printing History

http://www.printingmuseum.org

Museum of Printing History - 1324 West Clay Street Houston TX 77019

Admission: All non-guided tour admissions are free

713-522-4652

713-522-4652

Start Time(s): Tues-Sat10am-5pm

The Museum of Printing History collects and exhibits artifacts pertaining to the history of printing and printmaking as well as publications which influenced history in a significant way We also collect and exhibit representative works by printers and print artists, both historical and contemporary We are unique among printing museums in the US in that our collection is more than antique machinery and equipment Although we have an extensive collection of type, books and ephemera pertaining to the commercial printing industry, and various types of presses and printing equipment, our exhibits emphasize the "democratic art" of printing (popular themes and artists) and the use of printing to preserve knowledge, influence opinion, and spread ideas The scope of our collection is very broad, from antique playing cards and posters to important illustrated books, miniature books, private press books and fine art prints Highlights of the collection include: Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals Ancient Papyrus Fragments Asian Movable Type & early Asian Printing 1450 Gutenberg Press Replica 1453 Gutenberg Bible Facsimile 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle Facsimile 1482 Caxtons Polychronicon Leaf 1517 Complutensian Polyglot Bible Leaf 1536 Tyndales New Testament Leaf 1575 Luthers German New Testament Leaf 1582 Rheims Bible 1604 Douay Bible 1611 King James Bible Leaf 1733 Zengers New York Weekly Journal 1735 Ben Franklins Pennsylvania Gazette 1765 Tax Stamp 1796 Senefelder Litho Press Replica 1830 Oak Litho Press Letter Press & Type Collection Old Master Etchings & Engravings Antique Bookbinding Equipment In addition to exhibit items, the Museum maintains an extensive reference library of books on printing history, including historic publications such as Inland Printer While this library serves primarily as reference for Museum staff, we are exploring ways to make this collection more accessible to the public]]>

Broken Obelisk

01-01-2006 - 01-01-2037

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Rothko Chapel

http://www.rothkochapel.org/index.php

Rothko Chapel - 1409 Sul Ross Houston TX 77006

Admission: Free event

713-524-9839

713-524-9839

info@rothkochapel.org

Start Time(s): 24/7

Thirty four years ago Annalee Newman wrote "Dominique and John de Menil have given the people of Houston a glorious gift -- the Rothko Chapel with its penetrating, self-searching beauty and the Broken Obelisk, standing majestically in its pool of golden shadows" Both dedicated in 1971, Barnett Newman's sculpture and the Rothko Chapel have become increasingly intertwined over the years In addition to the Broken Obelisk in front of The Rothko Chapel, Newman constructed two other Broken Obelisks - one is in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the other on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle All are made of Cor-Ten steel, a material that is designed to rust The Broken Obelisk came to Houston as part of a 1967 government program that gave funds for monumental works of contemporary art in public places Four cities, Philadelphia, Grand Rapids (MI), Seattle and Houston, were chosen to receive funds The sculpture that eventually arrived in Houston was first exhibited in front of the Seagram Building in New York City, and then the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC The de Menils then arranged for the transfer of the sculpture to Houston as a part of the cultural enhancement program Providing both funds and interminable conviction, the de Menils worked endlessly to overcome objections to their proposed dedication of the sculpture to Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, and the question of where the Broken Obelisk would be exhibited The masterpiece finally found its home in front of the Rothko Chapel]]>

Visit the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site

09-04-2006 - 01-01-2037

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Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept

http://www.sanjacinto-museum.org/

San Jacinto Museum of History - One Monument Circle La Porte TX 77571

Admission: Texas Parks and Wildlife charges $1 per Adult (age 13+) to enter the Battleground site Once on the battleground site, Entrance to the Museum and wandering the grounds is free <b>Additional Costs:</b> Elevator to Observation Floor Adults (12+) $4 Children $3 Seniors (65+) $350 Battleship Texas Adults (age 13+) $10 Senior Adults (65+) $5 Children 12 and under FREE (When accompanied by a parent) Jesse H Jones Theatre Adults (12+) $450 Children $350 Seniors (65+) $4

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Start Time(s): The San Jacinto Museum of History M-Sun 9AM-5:30pm Jesse H Jones Theatre for Texas Studies M-Sun 10AM-5PM <i>Texas Forever!! the Battle of San Jacinto</i> is presented on the hour, beginning at 10:00 am San Jacinto Battleground State Historical Park M-Sun 9AM&acirc;&euro;&ldquo;6PM Battleship Texas M-Sun 10AM&acirc;&euro;&ldquo;5PM The Albert and Ethel Herzstein Library is open by appointment <i>Closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day</i>

The San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site holds a significant responsibility to preserve the proud history of the State of Texas and the United States The famous Battle of San Jacinto that brought TEXAS its independence was fought on this site Because of the great importance of the Battle to the course of history, the Battleground is of state, national and international significance, a fact that is attested to by the site's National Historic Landmark status The primary purpose of the 1,200-acre site is to commemorate the Battle and to preserve the Battleground on which Texian troops under General Sam Houston achieved the independence of Texas by defeating a Mexican Army led by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna on April 21, 1836 The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site consists of the Battleground, Monument and Battleship TEXAS At the base of the Monument is the San Jacinto Museum of History Visitors to the San Jacinto Museum of History and Monument can begin riding the elevator to the newly renovated Observation Floor And now the permanent exhibit in the Museum gallery, the gift shop, the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Library, and the Jesse H Jones Theatre for Texas Studies that presents Texas Forever!! The Battle of San Jacinto are open for the public to enjoy Thousands of school children visit the San Jacinto Museum of History and Monument each year This is a perfect place for them to learn details about Texas history in a truly hands-on environment and look out from the observation floor of the 567-foot monument - visitors enjoy a view that includes the Houston skyline, the Ship Channel and can look down on the sacred battlefield where soldiers fought for Texas’ independence from Mexico]]>

Sunday Afternoon Art at Super Happy Fun Land

07-30-2006 - 01-01-2037

Super Happy Fun Land

http://www.superhappyfunland.com/index.html

Super Happy Fun Land - 3801 Polk Street (@ Milby) Houston TX 77003

Admission: Free event

(713) 880-2100

(713) 880-2100

Start Time(s): 2pm-6pm

Afternoon Art Workshops Every Sunday! You are welcome to participate in our workshops, work on your own art projects, or just hang out and have fun! Plus, every 1st & 3rd Sundays 2-6pm: Comics Jam Add-On Comics! Draw a panel and pass it to your neighbor And every 2nd and 4th Sundays 3pm-6pm: Screen Printing, Tie Dye, Craft Sewing (Sock Monkeys!), Polymer Clay, Painting, and/or Mosaic Workshops Go with the flow with our hands on DIY art workshops or contact us to host your own art workshop on the 2nd or 4th Sundays of every month]]>

World War II Holocaust Railcar

03-05-2006 - 01-01-2037

Holocaust Museum Houston

http://www.hmh.org/ex_show.asp?id=63

Holocaust Museum Houston - 5401 Caroline St Houston TX 77004-6804

Admission: Free event

713-942-8000

713-942-8000

Start Time(s): Mon-Fri 9am-5pmSat-Sun noon-5pm

One of the most popular exhibits at Holocaust Museum Houston is a 1942 World War II rail car of the type used to carry millions of Jews to their deaths The railcar was formally dedicated and opened to the public during 10th Anniversary ceremonies at Holocaust Museum Houston on Sunday, March 5, 2006 The rare World War II relic, an internationally recognized symbol of evil and oppression, was relocated from Germany to Houston, Texas to be transformed into a monument to hope that humanity may one day be free of hatred, prejudice and discrimination With the acquisition of the genuine World War II-era German railroad cattle car of the type used to carry thousands of Jews and other innocent victims to their deaths during the Holocaust, Holocaust Museum Houston is only one of a handful of museums anywhere in the world that can provide patrons with an authentic physical reference point from which to learn the horrors that victims of Nazi persecution endured The 257-foot-long, 105-metric-ton rail car was located, documented and acquired after an extensive effort spanning several years and was transported from Germany to the United States aboard the world's largest production cargo aircraft, an Antonov AN-124-100F (Ruslan) operated by Polet Airlines, a Russian-based cargo airline under direction and management of EP-Team, Inc, an international logistics management company specializing in providing unique transport and logistics solutions The railcar exhibit is partially enclosed by a concrete wall that bears quotations from Houston survivors of the Holocaust who were transported by rail during their ordeals The car has been refurbished to its original condition, even including its original stenciled markings from the manufacturer, but has been left empty to commemorate the lives lost there and to give visitors a more realistic impression of what it must have been like for up to 200 people to have been forced inside for days at a time with no food, no water and no necessities The car is open for public viewing during normal business hours free of charge, as are all Museum exhibits]]>

Visit Bayou Bend

01-01-2006 - 01-01-2037

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://mfah.org/visit/bayou-bend-collection-and-gardens

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens - 1 Westcott Street Houston TX 77007

Admission: <b>Guided home Tours:</b> $10 Adults $850 Senior adults (65+), and college students with ID $5 Children (10&acirc;&euro;&ldquo;17) MFAH Members receive a $200 discount per admission Guided tours of the house are for ages 10 and over Children 16 and under must be accompanied by an adult Children under the age of 10, including babies, are NOT admitted into the house for Guided tours <i>Note: Guided tours are not available during the month of August</i> <b>Self-Guided Home Tours</b> $10 Adults $850 Senior adults (65+), and college students with ID $5 Children (10&acirc;&euro;&ldquo;17) Free Children (9 and under) MFAH Members receive a $200 discount per admission <i>In August Self-Guided tours are available for the first floor only </i> Special August Admission $750 Adults $500 Senior adults (65+), and college students with ID Free Children (17 and under) <b>Self-Guided Garden Tours</b> $3 Adults Free Children (9 and under) There is no MFAH Member discount for Self-Guided Garden Tours &nbsp;

713-639-7750

713-639-7750

Start Time(s): <b>Guided Home Tours </b>(Reservations Required) Tues-Fri 10am-11:30am Tues-Fri 1pm-2:45pm Sat 10am-11:15am 90-minute tours offered every 15 minutes <i>Note: Guided tours are not available during the month of August</i> <b>Self-Guided Audio Home Tours </b> Sat-Sun 1pm-5pm Last admission, 3:30pm <i>Note: In August Self-Guided tours are available for the first floor only </i> Special August Hours Sundays 1pm-5pm Tues-Sat 10am-5pm <b>Self-Guided Garden Tours</b> Tues-Sat 10am-5pm Sun 1pm-5pm Last admission 4pm

Bayou Bend, the beautiful house with the romantic name, was designed as a private residence for Miss Hogg and her brothers, Will and Mike Although the house was not built until 1928, the room settings faithfully re-create interiors from previous eras Miss Hogg donated Bayou Bend to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in 1957, with the understanding that it would be converted into a house museum Over the next decade, rooms that once served Miss Hogg's personal needs were transformed into period settings to showcase her superb collection Although the house opened to the public in 1966, Miss Hogg continued avidly to collect for her beloved Bayou Bend until her death in 1975 at the age of 93 The Bayou Bend Collection is one of the nation's foremost assemblages of American decorative arts dating from 1620 through 1870 Not only are the objects in the collection fine examples of American design and craftsmanship, but they also reflect the tastes, values, and aspirations of ordinary Americans Today, the collection fulfills Miss Hogg's dream that "Bayou Bend may serve as a bridge to bring us closer to the heart of an American heritage which unites us" The Bayou Bend Gardens were originally, in Miss Hogg's words, "nothing but a dense thicket" Undaunted, she created gracious and beautiful gardens that were intended to be outdoor rooms for living and entertaining, not just views to be admired from within the house But Miss Hogg was also appreciative of the wilder side of nature, and her desire was that the surrounding woodlands remain more or less natural, as they are today]]>

Visit the National Museum of Funeral History

01-01-2006 - 01-01-2037

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National Museum of Funeral History

http://www.nmfh.org/

National Museum of Funeral History - 415 Barren Springs Drive Houston TX 77090

Admission: <strong>Cost of Admission (updated June 2011): </strong>Adults $1000 Seniors/Veterans $900 Children (Under 12) $700 Children (Under 3) Free <i>Group Rates are Available Minimum of 25 guests required $800 per person</i>

281-876-3063

281-876-3063

Start Time(s): Monday - Friday 10 am - 4 pm Saturday 10 am - 5 pm Sunday 12 pm - 5 pm

The National Museum of Funeral History opened its doors on the evening of October 18, 1992 The Museum was founded by Mr Robert L Waltrip after 25 years of dreaming of an institution that would educate the public and preserve the rich heritage of the funeral industry With over 20,000 square feet of exhibition space the National Museum of Funeral History is the largest educational center on Funeral Heritage in the United States and perhaps the world The National Museum of Funeral History Features Artifacts from throughout the United States and the World The Museum is the home of rare artifacts and interesting historical information about one of our most important cultural rituals Exhibits include: 1900's Casket Factory (pictured) Experience the skill and workmanship of 100 years ago as you enter an authentically recreated Casket Factory set in the early 1900's Witness how it was done before modern machines entered the industry Civil War Embalming Enter this exhibit and see how Dr Thomas Holmes conducted embalming on the battlefields of the Civil War Dr Holmes helped introduce embalming as a common practice in America A selection of the thousands of artifacts your may find on the Exhibition Floor: Cruciform Casket and Glass Casket Manufactured specifically by the Cruciform Casket Company of Oswego, New York, this unique casket did not survive the 19th century The solid glass casket made by DeCamp Consolidated Glass Casket Company, Muskogee, Oklahoma, was specially designed to be made airtight 1860 German "Glaswagen" Funeral Coach Constructed in Germany by an unknown coach-builder this type of funeral coach was designated a "glaswagen" because of its use of heavy, beveled, French plate glass windows On this particular example, these windows incorporated an intricate acid-etched cayuse leaf and memorial torch design as additional decoration John F Kennedy's Eternal Flame Originally commissioned in 1963, JFK's Eternal Flame burned bright 24 hours a day,rain or shine, for over 25 years In 1998 the flame was replaced with a newer unit allowing for a longer service life of the flame JFK's Original Eternal Flame was then placed into the National Museum of Funeral History on permanent loan to show the general public not only its glory, but also its general operation And click here for the Fantasy Coffins online exhibit 12 coffins hand carved to resemble forms ranging from animals to objects representative of the life of the deceased]]>

Visit the Houston Police Museum

08-08-2010 - 01-01-2037

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Houston Police Museum

http://www.houstontx.gov/police/museum/index.htm

Houston Police Museum - 1200 Travis Lobby of HPD Headquarters Houston TX 77002

Admission: Free admission All proceeds from the sale of the merchandise benefits the Houston Police Foundation which to date has purchased over one-million dollars worth of much needed equipment for the department For further information please contact the HPD museum at <a href="mailto:HPDMuseum@cityofhoustonnet">HPDMuseum@cityofhoustonnet</a> &nbsp;

(281) 230-2300

HPDMuseum@cityofhouston.net

Start Time(s): Call or email for times/days &nbsp;

Visit the relocated Houston Police Museum, which honors those who serve and protect Badges from different years fill display cases at the new Houston Police Department Museum at 1200 Travis Visitors can see exhibits and buy HPD caps and T-shirts in a gift shop When visitors enter the lobby of Houston police headquarters, the full-size helicopter hovering above a 1950s black-and-white patrol car is hard to miss These real-life artifacts are a dramatic part of the display in the new Houston Police Museum, an eclectic collection of memorabilia and documents spanning more than a century An equal portion of the museum space contains an interactive memorial that eventually will provide details on the lives of each of the 111 police officers killed in the line of duty since the force was started in 1841 The museum's location in the lobby of downtown police headquarters, along with free admission, makes it easy for citizens getting a copy of an accident report to learn about the people and lore of Houston police That was the department's intent when the display was moved to 1200 Travis from the police academy near Bush Intercontinental Airport earlier this year "It just gives us an opportunity to do outreach that we never would have had the opportunity out there,“ said senior officer James Chapman, who has done extensive work helping assemble the exhibits The glass exhibit cases display original HPD uniforms from the late 1800s through today, including a skirt and blouse worn by Harris County District Attorney Patricia Lykos when she was an officer One case holds the 5-shot, 32-caliber revolver carried by officer William A Weiss on the day he was gunned down in July 1901 by an enraged money lender who claimed another officer had robbed him Another contains one of a pair of Thompson submachine guns acquired by Chief Percy Heard in 1931 to combat Prohibition-era gangsters A diorama in one case depicts the city's second, Victorian-style police station built on Caroline Street to replace the first police station on Market Square One eye-catching exhibit is the solid gold badge of Chief Maurice Ray, who ran the department from 1910 to 1911, presented to him by night shift officers who decorated it with a large diamond and two emeralds The museum steers clear of past controversies, including a race riot in 1917 that took the lives of five officers or the death of Joe Campos Torres, a seminal 1977 brutality case that led to the creation of HPD's internal affairs unit A wing of the museum contains a display of the badges of each of the slain officers, the name of each engraved in the surrounding marble "We've incorporated this as sort of a memorial-museum, where it tells the history of the police department and the history of the officers who have gone before,“ Chapman said "Because you can't tell the story of our fallen heros without telling the history of the police department“ In one corner is the same police motorcycle ridden by slain officer James Bruce Irby, who was shot five times on June 27, 1990, by a passenger in a car he had stopped for a minor traffic violation The idea to move the HPD museum to the lobby, and the nearly $265,000 to do it, was approved by former Chief Harold Hurtt, who said he hopes it will serve as a powerful reminder of HPD's effort to honor its slain officers and families "We wanted to really exhibit to people every time they had business in the police department, remind them of the services we provide,“ said Hurtt, who retired in December "As well as remind the families and friends of those killed in the line of duty that we still remember them and we care about their families, and we care about our employees And if, unfortunately, any of them meet the same fate, they know HPD will remember their service and their commitment to Houstonians" By JAMES PINKERTON HOUSTON CHRONICLE Aug 6, 2010, 9:51PM All proceeds from the sale of the merchandise benefits the Houston Police Foundation which to date has purchased over one-million dollars worth of much needed equipment for the department Stop in and take in some of HPD’s rich history! For further information please contact the HPD museum at HPDMuseum@cityofhoustonnet]]>

Visit the Beer Can House

03-08-2008 - 01-01-2037

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Orange Show Center for Visionary Art

http://www.orangeshow.org/beercan.html

Beer Can House - 222 Malone Houston TX 77007

Admission: Free event

(713) 926-6368

(713) 926-6368

Start Time(s): Docents will be on hand between noon and 5 pm on Saturdays and Sundays, showcasing what more than 40,000 beer cans and other whimsical additions can do for a house The house will be open by appointment, as well, and available for rental to groups of 25 or fewer

John Milkovisch, a retired upholsterer for the Southern Pacific Railroad, started his project now known as the Beer Can House in 1968 when he began inlaying thousands of marbles, rocks, and metal pieces into concrete and redwood to form unique landscaping features When the entire front and back yard were completely covered because he "got sick of mowing the grass", he turned to the house itself and began adding aluminum siding – aluminum beer can siding, that is Over the next 18 years the house disappeared under a cover of flattened beer cans for both practical and decorative reasons Garlands made of cut beer cans hanging from the roof edges not only made the house sing in the wind, but also lowered the family's energy bills Ripley's Believe It or Not estimated that over 50,000 cans adorn this monument to recycling John considered his work an enjoyable pastime rather than a work of art, but he did enjoy people's reaction to his creations He once said, "It tickles me to watch people screech to a halt They get embarrassed Sometimes they drive around the block a couple of times Later they come back with a car-load of friends" The house and landscape are adorned with many different types of beer that John, himself, drank (though his neighbors and his wife, Mary, were always glad to lend a hand!) Did he prefer one brand to the next? His favorite beer was always "Whatever's on special" Pictured: View of the house from the street (detail of Photo by Kuchta)]]>

Visit the Fort Bend Museum

10-03-2006 - 01-01-2037

Fort Bend County Museum Association

http://www.fortbendmuseum.org/

Fort Bend Museum - 500 Houston Street Richmond TX 77469

Admission: Adults -- $500 Seniors -- $400 (62+) Children -- $300 (5 to 15) Children 4 and younger are free GROUP RATES ARE AVAILABLE MEMBERS RECEIVE FREE ADMISSION

(281) 342-6478

(281) 342-6478

Start Time(s): Tuesday-Friday 9am-5pmSaturday 10am-5pmSunday 1pm-5pmClosed New Year's Day, Easter, Fort Bend County Fair Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas

The Fort Bend Museum portrays Fort Bend County history from Austin's Colony in 1822 to 1945 The Fort Bend Museum Complex includes the Museum, the Long Smith Cottage, the 1883 John M Moore Home, and the McFarlane House At the Fort Bend Museum journey through time and experience life on the Brazos River and the Fort Bend story through dioramas and displays Walk through galleries representing the 1821 settlement of Spanish Texas by Anglo American colonists and the role of Stephen F Austin in that settlement; the Texas Revolution, its causes and the role of Fort Bend County in the encampment of the Mexican Army during the battle at San Jacinto, the plantation period of the 1850s and 1860s and the importance of the thriving sugar and cotton industries; and the Civil War--which centers on the role of B F Terry and Terry's Texas Rangers to the development of Fort Bend County The Long Smith Cottage was built between 1838 and 1840 on property owned by Jane Long, the "Mother of Texas" on Jackson Street in Richmond, and later owned by Goliad survivor Thomas Jefferson Smith (thus named Long-Smith Cottage) This cottage was moved to the museum property in 1987 The Long-Smith Cottage, one of the oldest buildings in Richmond, is furnished to illustrate middle class life in Richmond during the 1840s and 1860s It is built in the Greek Revival Style of braced frame construction Furnishings include many pieces of furniture hand-made in Texas including several articles that belonged to Jane Long The 1883 John M Moore Home was built in 1883 by John M Moore (1862-1940) for his bride, Lottie Dyer A prosperous rancher, Moore served in the state legislature and from 1905 served in the US Congress Following his 1905 election, he remodeled the home from its original Victorian design to a neo-classical style popular in the early 20th century Richmond's First Baptist Church was founded in this house and noted politicians and cattlemen often visited here Architect Thomas Culshaw, a native of Liverpool, England, built the house It is constructed of mortise and pegged heart of pine lumber with cedar siding, pine flooring and foundation blocks of bricks made in Richmond Major remodeling was also done to the house in 1940 The Moore Home has undergone extensive renovations completed in 1997 and is open Tuesday through Sunday for tours The downstairs portion of the Moore Home is a house museum, and the upstairs contains meeting rooms and traveling exhibit space Each December, the Fort Bend Museum Docents host their popular Candlelight Tour in the Moore Home]]>

Visit The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden

09-29-2006 - 01-01-2037

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

http://mfah.org/visit/cullen-sculpture-garden

Museum of Fine Arts - Cullen Sculpture Garden - 1001 Bissonnet Houston TX 77005

Admission: Admission to the Garden is free at all times

(713) 639-7300

(713) 639-7300

Start Time(s): Open Daily from 9am-10pm

The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden is a remarkable work of art itself Spanning slightly more than one acre, the graceful site embodies "a geometry of playfulness," as trees, walls, lawns, and pavers come together to form a brilliant frame for outdoor sculpture New seasons and different times of day make the Cullen Sculpture Garden an ever changing gallery for art and a welcoming destination for visitors Isamu Noguchi (1904 - 1988), architect of the garden, was also active as a sculptor and designer Born in Los Angeles, California, he was raised in the United States and Japan After completing his studies in New York in the mid 1920s, he made extended visits to Paris, Beijing, Tokyo, and Kyoto While New York remained his home base in subsequent years, he continued to travel widely, developing a remarkable body of work which integrated modernist aesthetics with world culture Working with Houston landscape architect Johnny Steele, Isamu Noguchi selected the plants and trees for the garden with care, favoring native species when possible Today the Cullen Sculpture Garden contains over 80 trees, including: Drummond Red Maples, Mimosas, Loblolly Pines, Drake Elms, Bald Cypresses, Southern Magnolias, Crape Myrtles, and Water Oaks Other plantings include: Giant Timber Bamboo, Feather Bamboo, Green Pittosporum, Evergreen Wisteria, and Asian Jasmine Along the garden's outer walls are Live Oaks and Cedar Elms The Cullen Sculpture Garden is home to more than 25 works from the MFAH's collection, as well as selected loans Masterpieces always on view include sculptures by Henri Matisse, Alexander Calder, David Smith, Frank Stella, and Louise Bourgeois Artworks specifically created for the site include Ellsworth Kelly's Houston Triptych and Tony Cragg's New Forms The garden also features works by Texas artists, including Joseph Havel's Exhaling Pearls, Jim Love's Can Johnny Come Out And Play?, and Linda Ridgway's The Dance Pictured: Marino Marini, The Pilgrim (Il pellegrino), 1939, Bronze Gift of the Hobby Foundation]]>

Visit the Houston Fire Museum

01-01-2006 - 01-01-2037

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Houston Fire Museum

http://houstonfiremuseum.org/index.html

Houston Fire Museum - 2403 Milam St Houston TX 77006

Admission: Adults $300 Kids and Students $200 Seniors $200 &nbsp;

(713) 524-2526

(713) 524-2526

Start Time(s): Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm &nbsp;

The Houston Fire Museum, Inc is a non-profit organization educating the community on fire and life safety and the history of the fire service The Houston Fire Museum is an immersing experience, a visual timeline using artifacts, documents and visual arts to interpret the fire service, and a colorful timeline of historical vignettes Featured exhibits include "REMEMBER 9/11"See a piece of structural steel from the Twin Towers; The Hopkins CollectionA prized collection of eighteenth- to twentieth-century fire service artifacts, which was rotated in August; and "The Locker Room"]]>

Visit George Ranch Historical Park

10-03-2006 - 01-01-2037

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Fort Bend County Museum Association

http://www.georgeranch.org/

George Ranch Historical Park - 10215 FM 762 Richmond TX 77469

Admission: $9 adult $8 senior (62+) $5 child (5 to 15 years) children 4 and younger and MEMBERS free &nbsp;

281-343-0218

281-343-0218

Start Time(s): Open Tuesday - Saturday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Closed Sunday &amp; Monday Note: To get the most out of your visit, we recommend arriving by 2:30 pm so you'll have plenty of time to see it all! Programs change every day, so be sure to visit often! (Programs are also subject to change; we'll update the schedule as weather and other variables permit)

The George Ranch Historical Park: One family's remarkable legacy The George Ranch's history follows family lines It all began in 1824 when this was still Mexico and the first American pioneers settled near the Brazos River In the years since, the ranch has passed through four generations and grown into one of Fort Bend County's landmarks Today, the George Ranch is a 23,000-acre working ranch The family's original "home place" is at the core of the George Ranch Historical Park where, every day, the legends and legacies of those who shaped this place come to life Authentic locations, historic homes, costumed presenters and a remarkable story of determination and courage set the stage for trekking through Texas history The 1830s Jones Stockfarm (pictured) Meet the Joneses, the early pioneer family who settled the ranch when this was still part of Mexico Visit pioneers tending to daily life as they work to create a successful ranch on the Texas Gulf Plain The 1890s Davis House Complex Representing the second and third generations, the Davis Mansion (a museum) presents Victorian Texas in all its splendor and the business ventures that sustained that grandeur: The cattle industry is reflected in longhorn pens and an exhibit that guides guests though the process of moving cattle to market and a working chuckwagon; The farming business (after the War Between the States) is reflected in the sharecropper's farm Drop into the blacksmiths shop and see what the smithy is hammering The 1930s George Ranch Complex The fourth generation, Albert and Mamie George, built their home on the foundation of her ancestors' original home place In spite of their great wealth, the Georges' home reflects their humble values and strong work ethic Working cattle was the family's main business and their lives were built around the ranching operations Visit the barn and tack room and be sure to stop by and see what the cowboys are working on Plus The Dry Creek General Store and The Dinner Belle Cafe: Texas road-house food--George Ranch style!]]>

Visit the Lone Star Flight Museum

01-01-2006 - 01-01-2037

Lone Star Flight Museum

http://www.lonestarflight.org/index.php?pgid=1

Lone Star Flight Museum - 2002 Terminal Drive Galveston TX 77554

Admission: Adults (18+) $800Seniors (65+) $500Youth/Students (5-17) $500Children under 5 Free

(409)740-7722

(409)740-7722

Start Time(s): 9am-5pm

The Lone Star Flight Museum is home to one of the finest collections of restored aircraft and aviation exhibits in the nation Over 40 restored aircraft are displayed and most are in working condition The collection includes WWII Fighters, Bombers, Liaison Trainers, and Executive Planes The museum is a volunteer, not-for-profit, tax exempt 501 (c) (3), educational museum, dedicated to the men and women who developed aviation to the science it is today; and, to the memory and spirit of those who flew in the defense of our country and freedom throughout the world This self-supporting membership organization derives funds from admissions, donations and fund raising activities No State or Federal funding is received All donations are tax deductible within IRS guidelines The mission of the Lone Star Flight Museum is to inform and educate the public of their aviation heritage and history by: acquiring, restoring to flying condition and preserving a collection of aircraft representing the evolution of aircraft design and operational capabilities; acquiring, preserving and displaying artifacts and memorabilia depicting the development of aviation; providing a facility for the proper display and preservation of the collection and a suitable setting for aviation memorials; and establishing a membership to support the aviation heritage collection in the highest museum standards]]>

Visit the Texas City Museum

01-01-2006 - 01-01-2037

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Texas City Museum

http://www.texas-city-tx.org/MuseumAbout.htm

Texas City Museum - 409 6th St North Texas City TX 77590

Admission: Adult - $300 Seniors - $200 Children -$100

(409) 643-5799

(409) 643-5799

Start Time(s): Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm(Train exhibit open Saturdays only)

The Texas City Museum encourages the explorer in everyone to experience the past, encounter the present, and discover the future It is a place where both emotions and intellect are challenged as you are invited to touch, explore, and ask questions during your journey through the museum The Texas City Museum is pleased to offer a Children's Discovery Place -- "An Interactive Learning Experience" The Discovery Place features exhibits such as Dinosaur Dig, Whisper Dish, Mexican Mercado, Rubbing Wall, Hoopie's Travels, Interactive Zeotropes and much more The Galveston County Model Railroad Club is pleased to call the Texas City Museum its permanent home The Galveston County Model Railroad Club (GCMRRC) is a non-profit club bringing together modelers of all scales interested in expanding their knowledge and modeling abilities Established in 1989, the GCMRRC board consists of seven officers and committeemen who guide the club in activities and goals]]>

Visit Historic Liendo Plantation

01-01-2006 - 01-01-2037

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Liendo Plantation

http://www.liendo.org/plantation.html

Liendo Plantation - 38653 Wyatt Chapel Rd Hempstead TX 77445

Admission: $700 (seniors, groups, and students $500)

(979) 826-3040

979-826-3126

Start Time(s): Liendo is open for public viewing the first Saturday of most months Tours begin at 10am, 11:30am &amp; 1pm Special group tours are available with some requirements and advance notice (Also box lunches could be provided by local resturaunts that can be enjoyed on the grounds or on the way to their next destination Please ask for details)

Liendo Plantation was built in 1853 by Leonard Waller Groce, the son of Jared Groce, who was one of the largest most respected land owners in Texas Originally a Spanish land grant of 67,000 acres assigned to Justo Liendo, the plantation's namesake, Liendo was one of Texas' earliest cotton plantations It was considered the social center of Texas receiving and lavishly entertaining early Texas dignitaries and notorieties Liendo was considered a typical Southern plantation, having over 300 slaves and being itself built by slave labor Sufficient in all its needs; it was a self contained community Like most Southern plantations, however, Liendo fell on hard times after the Civil War and changed owners several times thereafter Liendo had always been recognized for its warm Southern hospitality, but few people know that this same tradition of generosity probably saved it from destruction Among the more notable statesmen and historical figures that have spent time at Liendo was George A Custer At the end of the Civil War, he was stationed at Liendo It is said that both Mr Custer and his wife were so impressed with the plantation and the gracious hospitality shown to them during their stay, that they made sure Liendo was not harmed in way in appreciation Liendo was also occupied by world renowned sculptress Elisabet Ney and her husband Dr Edmond Montgomery from 1873 to 1911 She and her husband had immigrated years before from Europe to the United States but had never found a new home until they found Liendo It is reported that Elisabet, upon arriving at Liendo, walked out on the balcony, threw out her arms and said "This is where I will live and die" She lived out her life at Liendo, commuting to her art studio in Austin She and Dr Montgomery are buried on the Plantation grounds She sculpted many notable works, two of her most recognized pieces being the statues of Stephen F Austin and Sam Houston which now stand in the state capitol In 1960 Carl and Phylis Detering purchased Liendo from Miss Willene Compton and began their 10 year job of restoring the plantation home Traveling throughout the deep South and Europe, the Deterings acquired period furnishings and faithfully restored Liendo to its former glory Liendo is recognized as a Texas historic landmark and is listed on the national register of historic places Today, Will Detering owns and operates Liendo Plantation and continues the work of preserving and sharing this Texas landmark]]>

Visit the Houston Telephone Museum

01-01-2006 - 01-01-2037

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Telephone Museum

http://www.houstontelephonemuseum.com/

Telephone Museum - 1714 Ashland St Houston TX 77008

Admission: Free Event (donations gladly accepted)

713-861-9784

713-861-9784

Start Time(s): Tuesdays 9am-12noonSpecial tours by appointment

The Houston Telephone Museum celebrates the history of telephonic communication in Houston Included in the displays are replicas of Alexander Graham Bell's first telephone, early switchboards from Houston and other Texas cities, poles, lines, tools, advertising materials, and photos and dozens of telephones ranging from crank devices to early cordless models The museum features cases of glass insulators and rows of telephones Inside its galleries, country scenes are recreated complete with telephone poles and virtual spaghetti bowls of wires A vast collection of switchboards, starting with the primitive "drop leaf" models is also on display Included is a Braille switchboard formerly used at Lighthouse for the Blind The Houston Telephone Museum is also one of the few places visitors can view the tools used for all the tasks required over the years to maintain our telephone communications system]]>

Visit the John C Freeman Weather Museum

01-01-2007 - 01-01-2037

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John C Freeman Weather Museum

http://www.wxresearch.org/index.html

John C Freeman Weather Museum - 5104 Caroline St Houston TX 77004

Admission: <strong>Self-Guided Tours:</strong> $5 for Adults $3 for Students and Seniors Free for Children under 3 <b>Guided Tours with a Meteorologist;</b> $8 for Adults $5 for Teachers, Students, and Seniors Tours must be scheduled in advance Guided tours include 45-60 minute tour of the museum

(713) 529-3076

(713) 529-3076

Start Time(s): Monday-Saturday 10am-4pm <strike>Sunday 12noon-4pm</strike>

The goal of the Weather Museum is to make the community weather-wise and to encourage math and science eduation through weather By visiting this unique museum, guests will learn about the many different aspects of weather, including science, history, and safety Exhibits include: Weather Studio Make your own weather forecast at the WRC Weather Studio! Report your forecast from a blizzard, flood, thunderstorm, or hurricane just like the pros! For just $10, you can take home your own DVD to show your family and friends Climates of the World View different climates in our custom built terrariums while you learn about the global cycles of El Nino and La Nina Plus, coloring and cloud picture making for the kids! Hurricanes, Cyclones, & Typhoons View satellite and radar images of hurricanes that have affected the Gulf Coast including Hurricanes Katrina & Rita Also in this exhibit, find out where the storm surge would go along the upper Texas Coast with a Category 5 hurricane Weather Wizard Corner See experiments performed by meteorologists and museum staff demonstrating how Mother Nature works in this interactive section of the museum Tornadoes See a real-life simulation of a tornado, learn how they form and how to stay safe How much do you know about weather? Try your luck at challenging weather trivia! Video Room View current and classic tornado and hurricane footage and learn the basics of weather in the Museum's video room Weather History Understand and learn about the history of meteorology by seeing how weather forecasting techniques and equipment have changed throughout the years Weather Sphere Using this 3D digital globe, view and explore images including satellite loops of past hurricane seasons, plate tectonics, satellite tracking, the solar system, and much more!]]>

Visit the Inspirational Art Garden

07-18-2007 - 01-01-2037

Elegant Old Things

http://elegantoldthings.com/index.html

Elegant Old Things - 1134 Yale Street Houston TX 77008

Admission: Tours are $10 per person Tour minimum of ten persons per groupTour price includes light refreshments, including Fresh Garden SmoothiesCall 832-885-6054 to reserve a tour

7138691993

7138691993

Start Time(s): Store is open Tuesday-Sunday 10am-6pmTours by appointment onlyTours last approximately one hour

The Inspirational Art Garden is located in the Historical Heights Houston This unique Art Garden is a place of wonderment that stirs your creative spirit and inspires you The garden is full of beautiful colored bottles, jars, jugs, balls and uniquely created shapes and figures of glass art sculptures by Erma Lee that jump start the imagination to a new art perspective These three dimensional objects of newfound art in a garden setting takes you to an enchanted land of cleverly designed colored glass to form these beautiful patterns, shapes of sculptures The Bottle Tree Garden is especially exciting Erma Lee folk art bottle trees are unique with hundreds of colored bottles tree limbs These trees by Erma Lee, are the most creative art seen in years Also, there is the metal 1800 bed art fence and 4 x 8 board art Experience this one of a kind whimcical garden of wonderworks creation and you will be inspired]]>

Visit Chung Mei Buddhist Temple (Garden, Museum, & Tea Room)

07-24-2007 - 01-01-2037

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Chung Mei Buddhist Temple

http://houstonbuddhism.org

Chung Mei Buddhist Temple - 12550 Jebbia Lane Stafford TX 77477

Admission: Free Event

281- 495 3100

281- 495 3100

Start Time(s): Tuesday-Sunday10am-5pm

Welcome to Chung Mei Buddhist Temple, Texas The temple was built in the spring of 2001 with blessings from Venerable Master Hsing Yun, the Founder of Fo Guang Shan and the International Buddhist Progress Society (IBPS) Chung Mei Temple is the newest addition to the existing Fo Guang Shan's IBPS Houston branch in Texas The main building complex houses the Main Shrine, a museum and a gift shop, a library, classrooms, Zen meditation rooms, and our newly renovated tea room Surrounding the temple is our peaceful and scenic Ch'an Garden We are also proud to introduce our recently completed IBPS Houston Columbarium, a memorial complex built to cherish the memory of the deceased The Temple houses a museum of international, historic, cultural, and artistic exhibitions Visitors are welcome to visit the museum at any time during normal business hours The exhibitions are rotated throughout all the international Temples several times during the year This is to ensure that everyone is able to enjoy the many different artistic expressions that have made their way to Fo Guang Shan Come and visit us We are pleased to have you as our guest There are many activities organized throughout the year for everyone to participate and enjoy Check out our upcoming activities for more information If you just prefer enjoying the tranquility of the temple's environment, we recommend you stop by our highly praised tea room and the Ch'an Garden Either way, we are glad and looking forward for your presence]]>

Visit the HBU Museum of American Architecture and Decorative Arts

09-05-2007 - 01-01-2037

Houston Baptist University

http://www.hbu.edu/hbu/Museum_of_American_Architecture_and_Decorative_Art.asp?SnID=1690076834

Houston Baptist University - Morris Cultural Arts Center - 7502 Fondren Road Houston TX 77074

Admission: Free Event

(281) 649-3311

(281) 649-3311

Start Time(s): Museum hours: 10 am - 4 pm Tuesday through Friday 2 pm - 5 pm Sunday <b>Closed during the summer except for special events and on school holidays </b>

The period room settings of the Museum of American Architecture and Decorative Arts depict everyday life in early Texas The museum provides a warm, intimate and friendly setting for the household furnishings and decorative arts which help the visitor appreciate the changes that occurred as Houston grew from a frontier settlement to a town The Museum of American Architecture and Decorative Arts contains items relating to the social history and material culture of people settling in Texas between 1830 and 1930 It provides a warm, intimate and friendly setting for the household furnishings and decorative arts which help the visitor appreciate the changes that occurred as Houston grew from a frontier settlement to a town Several room settings depict a lively view of Texas history Old cast iron pots and a 1790 rifle enhance the fireplace wall An old wooden churn and a spinning wheel complete the decor The 1850s vintage pioneer bedroom contains a maple bed overlaid by a hand loomed jacquard spread with the date of 1846 worked into a design of the Capitol in Washington, DC A Victorian bedroom of the elegant 80s is furnished with a massive bed from New Orleans and a ladies needlepoint chair with delicate cabriole legs Sure to enchant the museums visitors, both young and old, are the Theo Redwood Blank doll collection and the Schissler Miniature Furniture collection The doll collection, one of the finest in the country, shows the evolution of play dolls, from a rare Georgian period carved wooden doll, to 19th century paper mache dolls with molded hair, china and bisque dolls with leather bodies, wax over composition, fabric and many examples of 20th century dolls The collection also contains doll-like figures from Egyptian, pre-Columbian, African and Chinese cultures One of the more fascinating items in the doll collection is a vignette which depicts the coronation of Josephine by Napoleon, a re-creation of the painting by David which hangs in the Louve The tiny dolls, or lay figures as they are properly called, were used by artists and are constructed of wood with ball and socket joints so they may be positioned in lifelike attitudes Click here to read a little bit about Doll history The Schissler Miniature Furniture collection consists of 23 pieces of antique miniature furniture dating back to the 1800s Since the Middle Ages, the noblemen of Europe had collected and displayed precious small objects, including furniture These prized objects would became the basis for the earliest museums Before the 17th century Dutch royalty demanded the finest miniatures for their personal treasures Their influence spread to England and then to the colonies In America, artisans produced exquisite examples, both as salesmens samples and for personal pleasure In this antique miniature furniture we see prime examples of unique masterpieces which are revealing portraits of life in the past These works provide excellent social commentary through attention to style, detail, quality and form Each year in December visitors to the museum may experience Christmas around the world Drawing from its collections of Nativities, dolls and toys, Santas and other gift bringing figures, the museum seeks to enlighten its visitors about our own holiday customs as well as those in many other countries]]>

Visit the Houston Maritime Museum

11-01-2007 - 01-01-2037

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Houston Maritime Museum

http://www.houstonmaritimemuseum.org/

Houston Maritime Museum - 2204 Dorrington Houston TX 77030

Admission: Adults: $500 Children 11 and under: $300

713-666-1910

713-666-1910

houstonmaritimemus@sbcglobal.net

Start Time(s): <strong>Houston Maritime Museum Hours:</strong> Tuesday &ndash; Saturday: 9:00 am to 4:30 pm <b>Museum Closure:</b> Thanksgiving Christmas Day New Year's Day

Historic ship models, the Luykx Navigation Instrument Collection, and numerous other nautical items at the Houston Maritime Museum, offer an insite into how maritime history has shaped our world Displays such as these make museums special places in our community They present the public with an opportunity to experience the thrill of personal discovery The Houston Maritime Museum is the first of its kind in Houston Exhibits include over 150 ship models, over 100 types of navigational instruments, and numerous maritime artifacts Lectures on oceans, explorers, cargo ships and fishing vessels provide new and exciting learning experiences for visitors of all ages Some of the focus areas within the Houston Maritime Museum include: Merchant Marine Veterans: This area commemorate the sacrifices that Merchant Marine Veterans made and acknowledges the important roll they played during WWII Luykx Navigation Collection: This collection, which contains over 100 maritime navigation instruments, shows the evolution of navigation tools WWII Naval Models: A collection of ships models that show the various types of vessels used by the Germans, Japanese and Allies during WWII It is this through these models that the HMM can describe naval actions in WWII and relate the importance of a strong navy to our nations security Ship Models: With these models, our maritime history from ancient time to the present, is shown Educational material is presented along with each model to explain why she gained a place in history Maritime Artifacts: On display are items ranging from a 3 BC amphora to modern sextants plus nautical items collected from ports around the world Library: This non-lending library, specializing in maritime books and magazines, is available for patrons wishing to do research Gift Shop: Our gift shop specializes in nautical items ranging from ship models to small gifts Maritime history is important to Houston, the second largest port in the United States; therefore, the purpose of the Houston Maritime Museum is to exhibit and to teach the many ways in which oceans influence not only world history but also every aspect of our daily lives]]>

Visit The Bishop's Palace

03-23-2009 - 01-01-2037

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Galveston Historical Foundation

http://www.galvestonhistory.org/

The Bishop's Palace - 1402 Broadway Galveston TX 77550

Admission: Adults $10 ($<i>2 is donated to Save America's Treasures to restore the roof</i>) Students (6 through18) $7; Children 5 and under, free Adult prearranged group tours 20 or more people $700 per person For ticket and tour information, call 409-762-2475

409-762-2475

Start Time(s): Call for details Hours may vary during holidays&nbsp; Check <a href="http://wwwgalvestonhistoryorg/1892_Bishops_Palaceasp">website</a> or call&nbsp;for updates

The Bishop’s Palace is one of the best known and most widely recognized historic attractions in the country It is listed by the U S Department of the Interior as a National Historic Landmark, and has been named by the American Institute of Architects as the 14th most important Victorian building in America The house was built from 1887 to 1892 for Colonel Walter Gresham and his wife Josephine, with whom he had nine children An attorney and entrepreneur, Gresham came to Galveston from Virginia following his service in the Civil War He was a founder of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad, eventually working to bring about the merger of the Santa Fe with the Atchison and Topeka Railroad He also served in the Texas Legislature In Galveston’s great period of mansion building--the 1870s, 80s and 90s--Gresham’s commission of Nicholas Clayton, Galveston’s premier architect, resulted in Clayton’s most spectacular residential design and arguably the finest of the “Broadway beauties” Constructed of steel and stone (it survived the Great Storm of 1900 virtually unscathed), the Bishop's Palace soars three stories over a raised basement level, with steep roofs and long sculptural chimneys The building is classified as "Chateauesque," a derivative of the French revival style popular in the last quarter of the 19th century It has many distinctive touches, ranging from varicolored stone to round Romanesque and depressed Tudor arches Its facade features highly articulated carvings of plants, animals, people and other creatures The 7,500 square feet of interiors are as lavish, with rare woods and ornate and idiosyncratic details The front parlor boasts a large fireplace mantel made of Santo Domingo mahogany that was a first-place winner of the 1876 World's Fair in Philadelphia In the adjoining music room is a mantel made of onyx, pewter and silver that won a first prize at the New Orleans Exhibition The house is located on Broadway and 14th Street in the East End Historic District of Galveston, Texas The American Institute of Architects has listed the home as one of the 100 most significant buildings in the United States, and the Library of Congress has classified it as one of the fourteen most representative Victorian structures in the nation]]>