Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a Mexican holiday where families and friends gather to celebrate, remember and prepare special foods in honor of those who are no longer living. Families will enjoy hands-on art activities, artist demos, vendors and more. Expect cultural performances and music by Houston’s own Nick Gaitan, […]
About the Festival: Rivkah French Choreography presents a dynamic and thought-provoking weekend of dance performances and workshops, with the central theme of post-pandemic recovery and our shared liberation. The weekend features a series of dance performances by renowned Houston-based artists - each expressing their unique interpretation of post-pandemic life and freedom through various dance styles […]
Bring your poems focusing on contemporary events and social justice causes! Followed by a general open mic. This event promises to be fun, engaging, and a learning experience for people across political groups.
The Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts invites the community to its fourth annual Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) event and Artisan Market from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, November 2 at the museum. Admission is free. This family-friendly event will include a public ofrenda, dance performances by Ballet Folklorico and […]
This Fall, the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts is honored to present “Roots & Reverence: Exploring Indigenous Perspectives on Art, Culture, and Identity.” Discover the vibrant tapestry of Native American cultures through this immersive exhibition, which showcases the artistic legacy and profound narratives of tribes across North America. Visitors will experience traditions that have […]
Anya Tish Gallery is thrilled to present "Moving Boxes", the second solo exhibition by Dutch American artist Hedwige Jacobs. This highly anticipated show brings together a new collection of whimsical, interactive animations, intricate drawings, and an immersive installation. This latest body of work expands on the artist’s ongoing investigation of isolation and togetherness and is […]
This year, our fall festival celebrates HCCC’s Artist Residency Program through hands-on activities and craft demonstrations led by current and former resident artists. The event is free, and all ages are welcome! At the festival, visitors can enjoy the following activities: **Create a mixed-media house collage with Perata Bradley **Make a Day of the Dead […]
Koslov Larsen is pleased to present Sun to Earth, the gallery’s third solo presentation by artist Brenda Biondo. Combining several series of Biondo’s works, Sun to Earth introduces new ways of looking at common subjects while challenging viewers' perception of color and three-dimensional space. The works explored throughout the show focus on atmospheric phenomena and […]
"Out of Thin Air: Emerging Forms" examines drawing as a meditative process that invites the gradual appearance of indeterminate images. Selected from the Menil Collection’s permanent collection, this display of twenty-nine drawings dating from the late 1930s to the present share a visual language of emerging forms. On view September 20, 2024 through January 26, […]
"Fragments of Memory", a selection of works from the Menil Collection’s permanent collection, explores the ways in which the past imbues present experiences. In their drawings, the featured artists take up commonplace embodiments of personal and collective memory, such as scrapbooks, snapshots, notes, relics, and odes, to reimagine how we might access fraught memories and […]
Wall Drawing Series: Ronny Quevedo features a site-specific work by New York-based artist Ronny Quevedo (b. 1981). The 36-foot triptych, C A R A A C A R A, 2024, explores the relationship between origin, transfer, and translation, with each panel of the composition indicating a different step in the artist’s process.
"Tacita Dean: Blind Folly" is the first major museum survey in the United States of work by British European visual artist Tacita Dean (b. 1965). The exhibition, organized in close collaboration with Dean, spotlights her career-defining approach to creating art through unmediated and chance-based drawing processes across a variety of mediums, from film to printmaking.
