This body of work is inspired by mythical creatures, religious objects, funeral jewelry, and anthropomorphic animals, which have symbolic meaning and embody our longing for what we don’t have as well as what we wish did. The work is made from found insect parts assembled chimerically referencing Buddhist and Hindu deities, transformed into copper, then […]
Maknojia utilizes the dichotomy of these two societies to propose global questions about contemporary ethics, values, and power structures in an ever-growing and interconnected world. The viewer will enter Maknojia’s fictional, sublime world of paintings, installation, and animation to learn and discover the intricacies, importance, and ethnology of patterns, emphasizing and identifying their multicultural relationships. […]
Beautiful City—Empty City showcases the architectural photography by Leonid Furmansky shot in downtown Houston during the pandemic. Selected from a portfolio titled Oil Towers, these images depict the city we know so well as a mostly empty and evocative canvas for exploration. The isolation experienced due to COVID-19 is visible in the vacant, frozen quality of the […]
This exhibit, by dyslexic artist Stephanie A Skolik, MD, depicts not only visual representations of what it “feels” like to be dyslexic but presents each work in a five senses manner to enhance the exhibit into a multisensory adventure. The basic premise is that each of us individually experience art in our own manner, the […]
Histories and lives embedded in the land – and particularly the waterways that have alternately built and destroyed Houston over time – will be the subject of a newly commissioned, multi-disciplinary work by Mexican artist Tania Candiani. In her past work, Candiani has worked across a spectrum of media and practices to explore the intersections […]
In his exhibition as the Art League Houston (ALH), 2023 Texas Artist of the Year, Vincent Valdez examines memory and remembrance from both personal and cultural perspectives. His installation piece, Siete Dias/Seven Days, features an installation of twenty-one banners suspended from the gallery's ceiling that showcase a handful of the over 150,000 individuals who have […]
Chinese Brush Painting is a wonderful art form that is positively stimulating and calmly meditative. Whether you're a beginner with no experience, or have had a taste of this ancient art before, you are welcome to join us for this introductory course! Starting with basic techniques – creating simple trees, rocks, and mountains – we'll […]
The Book of Joy by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu was an instant best-seller. This class will reflect on the words and practices, outlined by these two great leaders, that help to bring more joy into our lives. We will explore the nature of joy, the obstacles to joy (including anxiety, loneliness, […]
Tuesdays, through Nov. 7, 6 30–7 30 p.m.Strengthen your body and relax your mind with a flow yoga sequence.
Performing works by Haydn, Paul Ben-Haim, and Debussy, BBC Music Magazine describes Jerusalem as "An absolute triumph. Their playing has absolutely everything you could wish for." PROGRAM HAYDN Quartet E-flat op.76/6 PAUL BEN-HAIM Quartet no.1 op.21 (1937) DEBUSSY […]
Diabelli 200 Explorer is the interactive website accompanying Anthony Brandt’s February 24-25 premiere of Diabelli 200, commissioned by Performing Arts Houston for their New/Now performance series. This virtual component explores the historic and neuroscience inspiration behind this new work, which was developed in collaboration with University of Houston neuroscientist Dr. Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal. In 1819, […]
