"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, […]
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.
Developed over 4 years and across multiple locations in Texas and New York, At the Still Point comprises over 70 sculptural works employing various weave structures. Evolving from an exploration of the canvas – a woven textile - into a study of composition with space, the work contemplates what exists between. At the Still Point will […]
Discover how, despite its relative youth, the influence of the Sikh faith stretches widely throughout India and into the English-speaking world. Sikhism is one of the newest world religions, being only just over 500 years old. Despite its relative youth, however, its influence stretches widely throughout India and into the English-speaking world mainly due to […]
Join us as we discuss how misery really might have something to do with generating love and company. We all know that life has its ups and downs. We know that, some of the time, we're going to experience difficulty and unease, while at other times life will feel easy and natural. Unfortunately, this knowledge […]
Creating Fiction through Generative Revision - Online Workshop Emerging writers are familiar with the experience of a story that starts off strong and is a joy to write, but later becomes a labor that goes unfinished. This workshop will focus on techniques to deal with this loss of momentum. We have this idea that great […]
Conrad Tao is the quintessential 21st century artist. Houston audiences will be among the first to experience Tao’s Carnegie Hall mainstage debut program featuring his work as a composer and Debussy's remarkable Études.
by HAROLD PINTER directed by SOPHIA WATT From the final meeting of two lovers to the inception of an illicit affair, a love triangle unfolds backward as power dynamics shift in exhilarating and unexpected ways in Harold Pinter’s masterpiece. The most fundamental axioms of love and friendship are open for reassessment, as we witness Emma, […]
book and lyric by STEVEN SATER music by DUNCAN SHEIK based on the play by FRANK WEDEKIND directed by MATT HUNE A story of adolescent anarchy, of teenagers silenced and controlled by a censoring society, and the devastating consequences of the freedom students find outside of the classroom. 'Spring Awakening,' the groundbreaking Tony Award-winning musical, […]
This high-flying musical has been thrilling audiences of all ages for close to 70 years and is now being brought back to life in a new adaptation by celebrated playwright Larissa FastHorse, directed by Emmy Award winner Lonny Price and choreography by Lorin Latarro. The adventure begins when PETER PAN and his mischievous sidekick, Tinker […]
THE TONY AWARD®-WINNING MUSICAL! HER LIFE. THE STORY. THE LEGEND. Superstars come and go. Cher is forever. For six decades, only one unstoppable force has flat-out dominated popular culture — breaking down barriers, pushing boundaries, and letting nothing and no one stand in her way. This is her story, and it’s packed with so much […]
BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK by Lynn Nottage Guest Director: ShaWanna Renee Rivon Overview: This witty comedy draws upon the screwball films of the 1930s to take a funny and irreverent look at racial stereotypes in Hollywood. This 70-year journey carries us through the life of Vera Stark, a headstrong African-American maid and budding […]
