Unearthing: Black Porosity – Open Studio Hours

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

Unearthing: Black Porosities by artist-in-residence Rian Crane (he/they) will be open for public viewing in tandem with Sawyer Yards’ Second Saturdays! Unearthing: Black Porosity is an amalgamation of works exploring the ongoing lasting legacies, histories, and current relations of Black +/ Indigenous lifeways in the gulf south/ global south. Engaging writings from Black/ Caribbean scholars […]

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Unearthing: Black Porosity – Open Studio Hours

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

Unearthing: Black Porosity is an amalgamation of works exploring the ongoing lasting legacies, histories, and current relations of Black +/ Indigenous lifeways in the gulf south/ global south. Engaging writings from Black/ Caribbean scholars like the “The Black Shoals”, by Tiffany Lethabo King and Glissant’s “Poetics of Relations,” Imageries of Black life physically antithesis Blackness […]

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Unearthing: Black Porosities – Closing Reception

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

Join Fresh Arts in celebrating the closing of artist in residence Rian Crane’s exhibition Unearthing: Black Porosities.

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Opening Reception

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

The Opening Reception of UNBOUND invites the community to see art and to be art. A fine art photography exhibit, multi-disciplinary performances, film screening, and community discussion set the stage for viewers to challenge themselves and add their UNBOUND proclamations to a Community Art Wall that will remain on display for the duration of the […]

Community As Art, Part I

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

Community As Art, Part I invites viewers to become a part of the UNBOUND project through still and moving images. Community portraits that explore the emotional range of humanity will be captured, printed and displayed in the residency space. Attendees will also film moving portraits and short spoken segments expressing the ways in which they […]

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Behind Creation

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

Behind Creation is a peek behind the curtain of the inner workings of a styled, themed photo session. Viewers will observe how hair and fashion stylists work with a model to prepare them to be photographed. They will then witness the live photo session and editing of select images. All artists will share their processes […]

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Community As Art, Part II

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

Community As Art, Part II invites viewers to become a part of the UNBOUND project through portraits and performance. Phase one of this night welcomes attendees to be photographed in a luxe setting - select images will be displayed in the residency space. Phase two consists of an Open Stage/Open Mic that gives attendees space […]

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Collaborative Art & Wellness Session

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

The Collaborative Art & Wellness Session encourages attendees to explore the ways that UNBOUND living can positively affect them in a wholistic way. In phase one, all will be welcomed to use art tools to add their UNBOUND expressions (words, poems, prose, drawings) to a larger art piece. Once complete, contributors will gather and share […]

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.

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Open Studio & Artist Market

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

The fully evolved UNBOUND space will be available for viewers to experience as the residency comes to a close. An artist market consisting of products & services offered by collaborating artists will be available for viewers to shop.

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Closing Reception

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

The fully evolved UNBOUND space will be available for viewers to experience as the residency comes to a close. The UNBOUND Outro film, including works from throughout the project, will also be screened.

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Louisiana in Texas

Miller Outdoor Theatre 6000 Hermann Park Dr., Houston, TX, United States

Full Gallop Presents Louisiana in Texas, a celebration of music and culture, featuring an all-female lineup including Grammy Nominated Marcia Ball, the return of Houston zydeco star Adoria & Zydeco Entourage and the Lafayette-based Cajun group the Babineaux Sisters Band.

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