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Event Series Brenda Biondo: Sun to Earth

Brenda Biondo: Sun to Earth

Koslov Larsen 4411 Montrose Blvd Suite C, Houston, TX, United States

Koslov Larsen is pleased to present Sun to Earth, the gallery’s third solo presentation by artist Brenda Biondo. Combining several series of Biondo’s works, Sun to Earth introduces new ways of looking at common subjects while challenging viewers' perception of color and three-dimensional space. The works explored throughout the show focus on atmospheric phenomena and […]

Free

Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) 5216 Montrose, Houston, TX, United States

Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow is the artist’s first solo museum presentation in the United States. Across an installation, a video, and a series of commissioned sculptures, Erlanger continues her decade-long disruption of the “semiotics of suburbia.” In her practice, Erlanger thinks of the home as a greater ecosystem containing not only houses but […]

Free

Theaster Gates: The Gift and The Renege

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) 5216 Montrose, Houston, TX, United States

Theaster Gates: The Gift and The Renege presents work by the acclaimed Chicago-based artist, featuring large-scale paintings, sculptures, and installations that highlight the seen and unseen dynamics of Freedmen’s Town in Houston’s Fourth Ward. Throughout his career, Theaster Gates has soulfully elevated our understanding of Black labor, materials, place, and community to revitalize underrecognized neighborhoods […]

Free

Abstraction after Modernism: Recent Acquisitions

The Menil Collection 1533 Sul Ross Street, Houston, TX, United States

"Abstraction after Modernism: Recent Acquisitions" highlights work made by succeeding generations of artists who forged new paths in their approaches to non-representational art. The exhibition brings together acquisitions made by the Menil over the past fifteen years, including work by Agnes Denes, Suzan Frecon, Sam Gilliam, Ellsworth Kelly, Rick Lowe, and Richard Serra.

Free

Online Quiet Write-In

Writespace 1907 Sabine Street Ste 125, Houston, TX

TIME: Friday, August 23, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.CDT PRICE: Free. $5.00 for nonmembers. Become a member here. LOCATION: Online via Zoom Whether you are hard at work revising poems for a chapbook, pantsing your way through the first draft of your novel, or outlining an essay, we made a date to do the work of […]

Free – $5

Big, Hot & Sticky: Contributor Talks + Closing Party

Architecture Center Houston 315 Capitol, Suite 120, Houston, TX, United States

Join Architecture Center Houston as we celebrate the final days of Big, Hot & Sticky. Exhibition curators Maggie Tsang and Dalia Munenzon will engage in conversation with contributors Cadaster and Departamento del Distrito on their practices. Reception sponsored by Rice School of Architecture. About the exhibition: Houston is Big, Hot, and Sticky. The metropolitan region […]

Free

When You Invent the Ship, You Also Invent the Shipwreck

Throughline 3909 Main St, Houston, TX, United States

Throughline is pleased to present its fourth two-person collective member exhibition, “When You Invent the Ship, You Also Invent the Shipwreck,” with new work by artists Garland Fielder and Gabriel Martinez, opening Friday August 23, on view through September 21, 2024. Paintings, drawings, photography, and sculpture address threats humanity faces and the fear they engender. […]

Free

Level 0 – FREE Intro to Improv Class

Station Theater 2219 Crockett St #C2, Houston, United States

Our FREE Level 0 class is a fun, no-pressure way to try improv! This weekly 30-minute class lets you get a taste of Station’s improv training program, and it’s a great way to spend a Friday night! Level 0 students will receive a $25 discount code for our nine-week Level 1 - Fundamentals of Improv […]

Free

Level 0 – Intro to Improv Class

Station Theater 2219 Crockett St #C2, Houston, United States

Station Theater's weekly FREE Level 0 class is a fun, no-pressure way to try improv! This weekly 30-minute class lets you get a taste of Station's improv training program, and it's a great way to spend a Friday night! Students are invited to stay for the 8:00 pm show for free, pending ticket availability, and […]

Free
Event Series STALACTITES

STALACTITES

MATCH Houston (Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston) 3400 Main St., Houston, TX, United States

NobleMotion Spelunks into Industrial Cave World Throughout time, the cave has been a mystical place, an opening into earth where humans have found shelter, given birth, performed rituals and burial rites, and told stories. Set in a futuristic primal society, Stalactites draws inspiration from Plato’s allegory of the cave as a response to current advances […]

Best of the 2023 Ottawa International Animation Festival

Museum of Fine Arts - Caroline Wiess Law Building 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX, United States

Directed by various directors (Various countries, 2023, 71 minutes, in original languages with English subtitles) Brown Auditorium Theater, digital For adult audiences The annual Ottawa International Animation Festival curates a selection of short films, both award winners and audience favorites, for the touring Best of Ottawa Program. The lineup of 10 short films highlights cutting-edge […]

$7 – $9

Breaking Community Limitations

MEIVE - Gallery & Studio 1520 Center St #1, Houston, TX, United States

A screening of the short documentary "Life in the Nickel" invites attendees to examine the difference between how communities are viewed from the outside looking in and by those who experience it firsthand. A talkback will be led by a panel of community advocates.

Free