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, […]
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.
