Words have histories, and they are also dangerous. In some cases, they can be so dangerous that their history is also a story of how their meaning has been manipulated or even hidden by those in positions of power. Join us for this examination of the language related to the social justice and racial equity […]
Using the world’s most beautiful moths as inspiration, you will create a fabric collage in class. Your artwork can be taken home as-is in an embroidery hoop for instant display or incorporated into a larger textile piece later. Learn how to create repositionable fabric "stickers", how to arrange your fabric using values, and how to […]
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, […]
Opening Reception for “Window Dressings” from Joe Baraban will be Saturday, June 3 from 4-7pm. Photographer, Joe Baraban, will be in attendance during the reception. The exhibit, which includes three images in the permanent photography collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, will remain available for viewing in person and online through September 30. "Joe Baraban is a legend […]
Archway Gallery presents Look Closer, featuring new works by Denise Giordano and guest artist Fatima Donaldson, on view from September 2 through October 5, 2023. The artists will be available to visit with guests during the opening reception on Saturday, September 9, from 5 – 8 p.m. with an Artist Talk at 6 30 p.m. […]
The Negro Motorist Green Book, a new exhibition developed by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) in collaboration with award-winning author, photographer and cultural documentarian, Candacy Taylor will be on display in Holocaust Museum Houston’s Josef and Edith Mincberg Gallery Sept. 1 through Nov. 26, 2023. The Green Book provided critical, life-saving information on […]
Foto Relevance is pleased to present With Hands Clasped Tightly, the gallery's first solo show from multidisciplinary artist Daisy Patton. The works presented in the exhibition are an extension of Forgetting is so long, an ongoing series regarding memory, identity, and loss which explores the family portrait to reveal generational time. Throughout Patton’s work, the use of abandoned […]
This exhibition presents more than one hundred portraits made over the past twenty years by Houston-based artist Nestor Topchy (b. 1963). The small paintings, with their gold backgrounds, resemble Byzantine icons; however, rather than representing religious figures, Topchy depicts friends and colleagues in the art community.
The black cat’s out of the bag—HAUNTED HUES arrives at Color Factory this fall! Celebrating all the colors and creatures of the season, this exclusive Halloween experience features special treats, spellbinding photo opps, a monstrously fun scavenger hunt and a pumpkin patch like you’ve never seen before. Grab your costumes and your tickets and join […]
Collectively we are united by a passion to create, but we are each ignited by different forces. Saran Alderson is inspired by the human body, with all of its eccentricities and fabulocities. Through the lens of portraiture, Sarah Fisher records the human need to be authentically seen. Liz Gates is driven by a desire to […]
Gazukin’s art was an embodiment of the bliss of color, light, and space. His unique model of the world eliminated all the unnecessary elements, focusing solely on the essence of harmony. Throughout his illustrious career, Valery Gazukin’s artworks found a home in various prominent locations, including the Orenburg Museum of Fine Arts, museums, and galleries […]
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 […]
