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Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts - UH

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The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts is dedicated to ground-breaking, transformative collaborations across the performing, visual, and literary arts.

Based at the University of Houston, the Mitchell Center commissions and produces new works, presents public performances and exhibitions, offers curriculum and scholarships, and hosts residencies with renowned visiting artists from throughout the world.

The Mitchell Center forms an alliance among five departments at UH:  the School of Art, Moores School of Music, School of Theatre and Dance, Creative Writing Program, and Blaffer Art Museum.

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    Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts - UH

    University of Houston,
    209 CWM Center
    Houston, TX 77204-4016

    Phone: 713.743.5749   |   Email   |   Official Website

  • Current Events

    02/09/12

    Communograph Sidewalk Talk: Compositions of Comparisons and Contrasts Project Row Houses Communograph Sidewalk Talk: Compositions of Comparisons and Contrasts Presented by Project Row Houses and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts - UH at Project Row Houses February 9, 2012 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts - UH and Project Row Houses present Communograph Sidewalk Talk: Compositions of Comparisons and Contrasts, Thursday, February 9, 6pm-8pm. LOCATION: Communograph House (PRH), 2505 Holman. Hosted by artist Ifeanyi Okoro II. “All roads lead to home.” – Compositions of Comparison and Contrasts. This talk will consist of area and out-of-state implants, be they artists, community...

    10/15/11- 03/04/12

    Round 35 & Communograph Project Row Houses Round 35 & Communograph Presented by Project Row Houses and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts - UH at Project Row Houses October 15, 2011-March 4, 2012 Project Row Houses is pleased to announce the opening of seven new projects in the art houses on Saturday, October 15, 2011 from 4.00pm - 7:00pm (2505-2521 Holman Street). Round 35 will be on view from October 15 through March 4, 2012, and is free and open to the public. There will be an Artist/Community Talk on Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in our main building at 2521 Holman Street.

  • Upcoming Events

    02/23/12	Communograph Sidewalk Talk: What’s Going On: educational opportunities for our children Project Row Houses Communograph Sidewalk Talk: What’s Going On: educational opportunities for our children Presented by Project Row Houses and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts - UH at Project Row Houses February 23, 2012 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts - UH and Project Row Houses present Communograph Sidewalk Talk: What’s Going On: educational opportunities for our children, Thursday, February 23, 6pm-8pm. LOCATION: Communograph House (PRH), 2505 Holman. Hosted by Sister Hamdiya. This sidewalk talk examines the educational environments within the Third Ward and includes speakers from various schools within the area There will be a brief opening...
    03/10/12	The Spirituality of Stewardship, Sustainability and Food Rothko Chapel The Spirituality of Stewardship, Sustainability and Food Presented by Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts - UH and Rothko Chapel at Rothko Chapel March 10, 2012 In conjunction with Shrimp Boat Projects, the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts - UH presents The Spirituality of Stewardship, Sustainability and Food, featuring special guest Norman Wirzba, (pictured) Research Professor of Theology, Ecology and Rural Life at Duke University’s Divinity School. The afternoon will include a...
    03/27/12- 03/28/12	Awready! The Houston Hip Hop Conference Various locations around Houston Awready! The Houston Hip Hop Conference Presented by Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts - UH and Rice University - Houston Enriches Rice Education (HERE) Project at Various locations around Houston March 27-March 28, 2012 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts - UH presents Awready! The Houston Hip Hop Conference, March 27 and 28, on the University of Houston Central Campus and other select locations. The Awready! Hip Hop Conference explores the unique music and culture of Houston hip hop. This conference introduces the Houston Hip Hop Archives Network, a partnership developed by the HERE...

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  Upcoming Events

  • Current Events

    02/09/12

    Communograph Sidewalk Talk: Compositions of Comparisons and Contrasts Project Row Houses Communograph Sidewalk Talk: Compositions of Comparisons and Contrasts Presented by Project Row Houses and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts - UH at Project Row Houses February 9, 2012 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts - UH and Project Row Houses present Communograph Sidewalk Talk: Compositions of Comparisons and Contrasts, Thursday, February 9, 6pm-8pm. LOCATION: Communograph House (PRH), 2505 Holman. Hosted by artist Ifeanyi Okoro II. “All roads lead to home.” – Compositions of Comparison and Contrasts. This talk will consist of area and out-of-state implants, be they artists, community...

    10/15/11- 03/04/12

    Round 35 & Communograph Project Row Houses Round 35 & Communograph Presented by Project Row Houses and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts - UH at Project Row Houses October 15, 2011-March 4, 2012 Project Row Houses is pleased to announce the opening of seven new projects in the art houses on Saturday, October 15, 2011 from 4.00pm - 7:00pm (2505-2521 Holman Street). Round 35 will be on view from October 15 through March 4, 2012, and is free and open to the public. There will be an Artist/Community Talk on Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in our main building at 2521 Holman Street.

  • Upcoming Events

    02/23/12	Communograph Sidewalk Talk: What’s Going On: educational opportunities for our children Project Row Houses Communograph Sidewalk Talk: What’s Going On: educational opportunities for our children Presented by Project Row Houses and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts - UH at Project Row Houses February 23, 2012 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts - UH and Project Row Houses present Communograph Sidewalk Talk: What’s Going On: educational opportunities for our children, Thursday, February 23, 6pm-8pm. LOCATION: Communograph House (PRH), 2505 Holman. Hosted by Sister Hamdiya. This sidewalk talk examines the educational environments within the Third Ward and includes speakers from various schools within the area There will be a brief opening...
    03/10/12	The Spirituality of Stewardship, Sustainability and Food Rothko Chapel The Spirituality of Stewardship, Sustainability and Food Presented by Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts - UH and Rothko Chapel at Rothko Chapel March 10, 2012 In conjunction with Shrimp Boat Projects, the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts - UH presents The Spirituality of Stewardship, Sustainability and Food, featuring special guest Norman Wirzba, (pictured) Research Professor of Theology, Ecology and Rural Life at Duke University’s Divinity School. The afternoon will include a...
    03/27/12- 03/28/12	Awready! The Houston Hip Hop Conference Various locations around Houston Awready! The Houston Hip Hop Conference Presented by Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts - UH and Rice University - Houston Enriches Rice Education (HERE) Project at Various locations around Houston March 27-March 28, 2012 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts - UH presents Awready! The Houston Hip Hop Conference, March 27 and 28, on the University of Houston Central Campus and other select locations. The Awready! Hip Hop Conference explores the unique music and culture of Houston hip hop. This conference introduces the Houston Hip Hop Archives Network, a partnership developed by the HERE...

• Past
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  • Past Events

    01/26/12	Communograph Sidewalk Talk: Parks, green spaces, and abandoned spaces in the Third Ward: Our green spaces, our health Project Row Houses
    01/12/12	Communograph Sidewalk Talk: Entrepreneurship in the Third Ward Project Row Houses
    12/09/11	Film Screening: Untitled by Jim Hodges, Carlos Marques da Cruz, and Encke King Glassell School of Art
    12/03/11	Communograph Tour: Architecture and Community - Bus Tour with Stephen Fox Project Row Houses
    12/01/11	Communograph Sidewalk Talk: Historic Archiving through Art and Performance Project Row Houses
    11/19/11	Communograph Tour: Grassroots Organizing & Community Centers - Walking & Photography Tour with Ray Carrington Project Row Houses
    11/17/11	Communograph Sidewalk Talk: Natural Healing with Dr. Barbara Ellis Project Row Houses
    11/16/11	Communograph Artist Talk: Mierle Laderman Ukeles University of Houston - Dudley Recital Hall
    11/04/11- 11/05/11	red, black and GREEN: a blues University of Houston - Lyndall Finley Wortham Theatre
    11/01/11	When a Priest Marries a Witch Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
    10/24/11	Poetry & Prose: Environmental Writers of Galveston Bay NEW DATE University of Houston - M.D. Anderson Library
    10/20/11- 10/22/11	The Secondary Colors Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
    10/13/11	Round 35 & Communograph - Artists & Community Talk Project Row Houses
    10/12/11	Communograph Artist Talk: Community Based Art Today - A conversation with Rick Lowe and Ashley Hunt University of Houston - Dudley Recital Hall
    10/02/11	Communograph Artist Talk: Mel Chin Eldorado Ballroom
    09/17/11	8th Annual Media Archeology Festival: Wizard Takes All With Eddo Stern Orange Show Center for Visionary Art
    09/16/11	8th Annual Media Archeology Festival: Performing and Playing in Bits With Robert Toth Menil Collection
    09/15/11	8th Annual Media Archeology Festival: Sniff With Karolina Sobecka To Be Announced
    09/10/11	8th Annual Media Archeology Festival: Stop-Motion Animation Inspired by Vintage Video Games IKEA Houston
    08/23/11	UH Arts Open House University of Houston - Central Campus
    05/21/11	Tex Hex Pop Up Cinema: Past Forward
    05/13/11	Graphic Content: Original Comic Book Storytelling Exhibition The Joanna Gallery
    05/06/11	TLC² Artists in Residence Reception University of Houston - Lyndall Finley Wortham Theatre
    04/29/11	Artist Talk with Deborah Stratman University of Houston - Dudley Recital Hall
    04/27/11	Film Screening: Veins in the Gulf Aurora Picture Show Office/Video Library
    04/15/11	AURA Dance Concert: Between the Lines University of Houston - Moores Opera House
    04/06/11	Showing Houston Going Green University of Houston - Lyndall Finley Wortham Theatre
    03/31/11	I AM THE ONE I ALWAYS WANTED TO MARRY: A One-Woman Performance by MilDRED Gerestant University of Houston - Dudley Recital Hall
    03/23/11	Contemporary Salon: Johan Grimonprez Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston
    02/23/11	DATE CHANGE Contemporary Salon: Okay Mountain Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston
    02/21/11	AURA: In Motion University of Houston - Moores Opera House
    02/20/11	AURA: In Motion (at San Jacinto College) San Jacinto College Central: Dr. Monte Blue Music Building
    02/18/11	Choreographer and Composer Exchange University of Houston - Studio 208
    02/17/11	Musiqa Loft Concert: Answers to Questions Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    02/16/11	Shrimp Boat Projects: The Launch Private Home
    11/09/10	UH Lecture: Brent Green
    11/07/10	Life is Living: Houston Day of Service Last Organic Outpost - Emile Street Community Farm
    11/06/10	Life is Living: Houston Emancipation Park
    11/04/10	Preview/Presentation: red, black and GREEN: a blues Houston Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC)
    10/27/10	NEW DATE Contemporary Salon: Amy Patton Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston
    10/20/10	Contemporary Salon: Gabriel Kuri Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston
    10/02/10	Deborah Hay: Lecture on the Performance of Beauty Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    09/30/10	Red Block Bash - UH Arts Open House Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston
    09/22/10	Graphic Novel Workshop Exhibition University of Houston - M.D. Anderson Library
    06/30/10	A Contemporary Salon for Tomás Saraceno: Lighter than Air Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston
    05/12/10	Life Is Living: A performance/presentation by Marc Bamuthi Joseph Eldorado Ballroom
    11/07/09	Life is Living with Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Houston Launch Event Discovery Green
    10/26/09- 11/22/09	Inbound: Houston, Karyn Olivier, Artist-in Residence Various locations around Houston
    10/26/09	Inbound: Houston Launch Party DiverseWorks ArtSpace
    10/01/09	UH Arts Open House University of Houston - Central Campus
    05/08/09- 06/13/09	Final Project Presentations by Collaboration Among the Arts students Lawndale Art Center
    04/09/09- 04/10/09	It Is What It Is: Conversations About Iraq Various locations around Houston
    03/27/09- 03/29/09	Systems of Sustainability: Art, Innovation, Action Various locations around Houston
    02/28/09- 03/29/09	CLUI ( Center for Land Use Interpretation) Boat Tours (select Saturdays and Sundays) Allen's Landing on Buffalo Bayou
    02/26/09	Blue Lias, or The Fish Lizard's Whore University of Houston - Jose Quintero Theatre

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