The Menil Collection will open "Janet Sobel: All-Over" on February 23, 2024, featuring some thirty paintings and drawings made by artist Janet Sobel (1893–1968). This exhibition, the first to focus on Sobel’s highly accomplished and influential abstract paintings, will explore the artist’s work as one of the first to pioneer a new approach to modern […]
Intimate confession is a project is a group exhibition that considers transmission, intergenerational life, and cultural inheritance through the prism of intimacy and infrastructure. Through the work of eleven artists spanning generations and geographies, the exhibition thinks through infrastructure as an intimate holding cell, capable of affective and affirmative power. The title is borrowed from […]
Motus Anima is an art exhibit exploring emotional responses to moments and memories influenced by Lauren's experience as a neurodivergent person. Through their conception, she creates tangible objects to dissect and reflect on in an attempt to accept her unresolved identity. The artist's reception is Saturday February 17th 5 - 7pm.
These photographs are meditations on the constant and inevitable change in nature. The flow of water is one object of this contemplation. The flow of water and the human journey have parallels. According to Eastern philosophy, mankind’s resistance to transformation leads to suffering. Selected photographs from three bodies of Timothy's work emphasize “alternative” photographic processes: […]
The Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston is proud to present the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of Cuban conceptual artist Reynier Leyva Novo. Former Present Today presents a newly realized installation and painting series to simultaneously reveal and conceal monuments, structures, and figureheads which manifest revolution and tyranny. The […]
“Here and Now: Cultural Expressions,” an exhibition celebrating Black History Month, opens Thursday, February 1, at the Community Artists’ Collective, 4101 San Jacinto at Cleburne, Suite 116. The exhibition showcases art from The Collective’s permanent collection and includes works by contemporary artists Ann Johnson, Gail P. Mallory, Shani Crowe, Earlie Hudnall, Delita P. Martin, Aesha […]
Leonardo is a terrible monster. He tries so hard to be scary, but he just...isn’t. Then Leonardo finds Sam, the most scaredy-cat kid in the world. Will Leonardo finally get to scare the tuna salad out of someone? Or will it be the start of an unlikely friendship? The plot thickens when this pair meets […]
Friday, Feb. 23; 4 – 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24; 1 – 10 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25; 1 – 9 p.m. Everybody's Favorite BBQ & Hot Sauce Festival highlights the aroma of America’s best barbecue in a multi-cultural outdoor setting. The experience is sure to evoke a spirit of love, unity and memories among all […]
INSTRUCTOR: Brenda Preuss TIME: Saturday, February 24, 1:00–4:00 p.m. CST PRICE: Early bird price: $45 for members, $60 for nonmembers. The deadline for early bird pricing is Sunday, February 18. After Sunday, February 18: $55 for members, $70 for nonmembers. Become a member here. Apply for a scholarship here. LOCATION: Writespace, 1907 Sabine Street, #125, […]
Directed by Elizabeth Bunch One of Shakespeare’s greatest comedies, Twelfth Night ponders love lost and found. A shipwreck separates twins Viola and Sebastian, but tragedy quickly turns to comedy when they wash up in a land turned upside-down by love. Mistaken identities and role reversals abound in one of Shakespeare’s most inventive romantic romps.
View the nominated short films in the Documentary category from this year’s Academy Awards, and see if your favorite wins when the Oscars are presented on March 10!
Vitacca Ballet presents WOVEN, a program featuring premieres from Tina Kay Bohnstedt and Alana Jones, Hélène Simoneau’s Lighthouse, and Sean Aaron Carmon’s Overlap. In our most ambitious season yet, Vitacca Ballet brings to the stage five world premieres, two unique Houston premieres, and a dance film throughout the 2023/2024 Season.
