Ericka Schiche - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/ericka-schiche/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Fri, 06 Sep 2024 01:52:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Ericka Schiche - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/ericka-schiche/ 32 32 103504436 Conceptual Artist Thomas Demand Turns Cardboard Into Revelations — His MFAH Show Challenges Conventional History https://houstonnewmedia.org/conceptual-artist-thomas-demand-turns-cardboard-into-revelations-his-mfah-show-challenges-conventional-history/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=conceptual-artist-thomas-demand-turns-cardboard-into-revelations-his-mfah-show-challenges-conventional-history Fri, 06 Sep 2024 01:52:11 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=539396 The 21st century is already marked by questions about artificial intelligence, algorithms and the nature of reality versus irreality. Conceptual artist Thomas Demand’s work navigates these themes as an exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ...

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Remembering a True Houston Art Legend — Floyd Newsum, a Visionary Painter Who Taught For Nearly 50 Years at UHD https://houstonnewmedia.org/remembering-a-true-houston-art-legend-floyd-newsum-a-visionary-painter-who-taught-for-nearly-50-years-at-uhd/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=remembering-a-true-houston-art-legend-floyd-newsum-a-visionary-painter-who-taught-for-nearly-50-years-at-uhd Wed, 04 Sep 2024 16:43:18 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=539366 A Houston art legend, the inimitable and trailblazing Floyd Newsum, passed away at the age of 73 this summer. He leaves behind an inspiring and incredible collection of work encompassing drawings, sculptures and paintings. As an artist, Newsum made his...

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Move Over Pollock, It’s Time to Embrace an Overlooked Woman Artist — The Menil Boldly Paints Janet Sobel as a Hidden Influence and Power of Her Own https://houstonnewmedia.org/move-over-pollock-its-time-to-embrace-an-overlooked-woman-artist-the-menil-boldly-paints-janet-sobel-as-a-hidden-influence-and-power-of-her-own/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=move-over-pollock-its-time-to-embrace-an-overlooked-woman-artist-the-menil-boldly-paints-janet-sobel-as-a-hidden-influence-and-power-of-her-own Wed, 07 Aug 2024 01:57:25 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=506535 For decades, works by women artists have been relegated to the margins of art history. One such artist is Janet Sobel, an innovative Ukrainian-American painter who pioneered the use of all-over and drip painting techniques. Although her work pre-dated ...

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Proud Detroit Artist Embraces Houston, Tells Stories Of Young Black Women Who Are Survivors — Alexis Pye’s The Girls Brigade https://houstonnewmedia.org/proud-detroit-artist-embraces-houston-tells-stories-of-young-black-women-who-are-survivors-alexis-pyes-the-girls-brigade/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=proud-detroit-artist-embraces-houston-tells-stories-of-young-black-women-who-are-survivors-alexis-pyes-the-girls-brigade Wed, 03 Jul 2024 21:24:12 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=532819 The Great Fire of 1805 almost completely destroyed the city of Detroit. As a result, the city adopted a motto that highlights resilience, adaptability and transition: Speramus meliora; Resurget cineribus — We hope for better things, It shall rise from ...

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This Fourth Generation Houston Artist Captures Nature In Enchanting Oil Paintings — Terrell James On View https://houstonnewmedia.org/this-fourth-generation-houston-artist-captures-nature-in-enchanting-oil-paintings-terrell-james-on-view/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-fourth-generation-houston-artist-captures-nature-in-enchanting-oil-paintings-terrell-james-on-view Sat, 22 Jun 2024 00:10:16 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=524948 Terrell James has loved art since the age of four while studying at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s then Museum School, now the Glassell School of Art. A fourth generation Houstonian and seventh generation Texan, James’ family has a rich conne...

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Hidden In Plain Sight — The Kinsey Collection Unearths America’s Erased Black History at Houston’s Holocaust Museum https://houstonnewmedia.org/hidden-in-plain-sight-the-kinsey-collection-unearths-americas-erased-black-history-at-houstons-holocaust-museum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hidden-in-plain-sight-the-kinsey-collection-unearths-americas-erased-black-history-at-houstons-holocaust-museum Sun, 16 Jun 2024 13:41:17 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=499247 In 1945, Black soldiers from the 761st Battalion encountered a pile of bodies in a concentration camp in Buchenwald. As they confronted the aftermath of the Holocaust, their dejection and helplessness was captured in a black-and-white photograph. This ...

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Black Collage Artists Showcased In MFAH’s Groundbreaking Multiplicity — With New Talents Given Their Due https://houstonnewmedia.org/black-collage-artists-showcased-in-mfahs-groundbreaking-multiplicity-with-new-talents-given-their-due/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=black-collage-artists-showcased-in-mfahs-groundbreaking-multiplicity-with-new-talents-given-their-due Thu, 02 May 2024 03:32:18 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=504974 Reflecting on the complexity of reality, artist Radcliffe Bailey once stated: “I always thought the surreal was real to Black people.” Throughout his career, Bailey developed a fusion of collective memory, familial history, narrative, deep ...

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Chicago’s Wild 1970s Night Life, Beautiful Plant Paintings and Geometric Art Come to Life in Houston https://houstonnewmedia.org/chicagos-wild-1970s-night-life-beautiful-plant-paintings-and-geometric-art-come-to-life-in-houston/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chicagos-wild-1970s-night-life-beautiful-plant-paintings-and-geometric-art-come-to-life-in-houston Thu, 28 Mar 2024 04:39:05 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=507794 Spring introduces a time of blossoming, reawakening and milder weather. Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt created a beautiful visual ode to the season with his flower and greenery-inspired Italian Garden (1913) painting. But spring also invites us to disc...

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A Pianist Takes On Prison Reform, Police Brutality and More Injustices — How Samora Pinderhughes Makes His Music Matter https://houstonnewmedia.org/a-pianist-takes-on-prison-reform-police-brutality-and-more-injustices-how-samora-pinderhughes-makes-his-music-matter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-pianist-takes-on-prison-reform-police-brutality-and-more-injustices-how-samora-pinderhughes-makes-his-music-matter Wed, 20 Mar 2024 00:47:36 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=507719 Pianist-composer Samora Pinderhughes embodies the idea of speaking truth to power through his open-minded, unapologetically conscious approach to music. He embraces the idea of music that transcends structure and aural soundscapes to become a safe harb...

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Pioneering Neon Artist Chryssa Gets Reintroduced to the World by an Enthralling Menil Exhibition — A True Pioneer Rises Out of Obscurity https://houstonnewmedia.org/pioneering-neon-artist-chryssa-gets-reintroduced-to-the-world-by-an-enthralling-menil-exhibition-a-true-pioneer-rises-out-of-obscurity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pioneering-neon-artist-chryssa-gets-reintroduced-to-the-world-by-an-enthralling-menil-exhibition-a-true-pioneer-rises-out-of-obscurity Sat, 09 Mar 2024 11:11:04 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=479783 The Menil Collection’s “Chryssa & New York” exhibit has lifted neon art pioneer Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali, known simply as Chryssa, out of obscurity. Showing through this Sunday, March 10, the comprehensive survey introduces vie...

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Houston’s Ion Building Transformed by Local Artist’s Thought-Provoking Windows — Christopher Blay & Kill Joy Keep It Innovative https://houstonnewmedia.org/houstons-ion-building-transformed-by-local-artists-thought-provoking-windows-christopher-blay-kill-joy-keep-it-innovative/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houstons-ion-building-transformed-by-local-artists-thought-provoking-windows-christopher-blay-kill-joy-keep-it-innovative Tue, 27 Feb 2024 21:40:45 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=503290 The beauty of complex art which challenges us is simple. It changes how we see and experience the world. Two Houston artists who embody this idea are Christopher Blay and Kill Joy. Their thought-provoking art installations, situated within window displ...

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The Best Valentine’s Day Gifts For Art Lovers — Creative Presents That Touch the Heart https://houstonnewmedia.org/the-best-valentines-day-gifts-for-art-lovers-creative-presents-that-touch-the-heart/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-valentines-day-gifts-for-art-lovers-creative-presents-that-touch-the-heart Wed, 07 Feb 2024 01:58:39 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=495866 PaperCity contributing writer Ericka Schiche is contemplating Valentine’s Day and gifts that go beyond the expected flowers, candy and teddy bears. As an added bonus, your love shopping may just support a few of Houston’s most important mus...

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Photographers Traveling Across America and a Tibetan Buddhist Painter Give the Houston Art Scene Serious Momentum https://houstonnewmedia.org/photographers-traveling-across-america-and-a-tibetan-buddhist-painter-give-the-houston-art-scene-serious-momentum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photographers-traveling-across-america-and-a-tibetan-buddhist-painter-give-the-houston-art-scene-serious-momentum Sat, 06 Jan 2024 11:21:00 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=498278 Two photographers, unknown to each other, traveled across the United States searching for myth-challenging realities at the mid-century. Both lensmen received a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship. Each photographer’s objective was the same: to docu...

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These Married Pottery Artists Prove Opposites Attract in Houston — Judy Adams and John Foelber’s Remarkable Art Journey https://houstonnewmedia.org/these-married-pottery-artists-prove-opposites-attract-in-houston-judy-adams-and-john-foelbers-remarkable-art-journey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=these-married-pottery-artists-prove-opposites-attract-in-houston-judy-adams-and-john-foelbers-remarkable-art-journey Thu, 23 Nov 2023 12:06:03 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=482191 Creating a unique lifestyle in their own free-spirited, inimitable way, artists Judy Adams and John Foelber prove the opposites attract paradox can ring true. The duo has kept kilns firing continuously at Houston’s Foelber Pottery Gallery and Stu...

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Artist Johnny Floyd Brings Reimagined Mythological Figures to Houston https://houstonnewmedia.org/artist-johnny-floyd-brings-reimagined-mythological-figures-to-houston/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=artist-johnny-floyd-brings-reimagined-mythological-figures-to-houston Sat, 18 Nov 2023 21:55:42 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=476873 Detroit-based artist Johnny Floyd constructs an aesthetically fascinating parallel universe in which Greek mythological figures are unapologetically Black. Inspired by Sun Ra’s afrofuturist spiritual jazz, unsung sports icons, and outer space, th...

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Japanese Artist Yuriko Yamaguchi Makes the Trees Hum — Dreamy Sculptures Capture When Nature and Technology Meet https://houstonnewmedia.org/japanese-artist-yuriko-yamaguchi-makes-the-trees-hum-dreamy-sculptures-capture-when-nature-and-technology-meet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japanese-artist-yuriko-yamaguchi-makes-the-trees-hum-dreamy-sculptures-capture-when-nature-and-technology-meet Sat, 11 Nov 2023 02:16:30 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=475373 A beautiful sight in artist Yuriko Yamaguchi’s hometown of Osaka, Japan is the array of golden-hued gingko trees lining Midōsuji Avenue. To many Osakans, the trees symbolize timeless natural grandeur and insinuate nascent autumnal vibes into the ...

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One of Houstons Most Imaginative Artists Gets a Well-Deserved Moment — Nestor Topchy Is Featured In Two Exhibits https://houstonnewmedia.org/one-of-houstons-most-imaginative-artists-gets-a-well-deserved-moment-nestor-topchy-is-featured-in-two-exhibits/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-of-houstons-most-imaginative-artists-gets-a-well-deserved-moment-nestor-topchy-is-featured-in-two-exhibits Fri, 27 Oct 2023 10:34:50 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=485072 To say artist Nestor Topchy has a big imagination would be a major understatement. His unorthodox approach challenges not only the status quo, but conventional ideas about art making. Running concurrently in Houston at Josh Pazda Hiram Butler gallery a...

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Earth-Focused Visionary Artist Otobong Nkanga is Awarded the 2025 Nasher Prize https://houstonnewmedia.org/earth-focused-visionary-artist-otobong-nkanga-is-awarded-the-2025-nasher-prize/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=earth-focused-visionary-artist-otobong-nkanga-is-awarded-the-2025-nasher-prize Wed, 11 Oct 2023 18:08:26 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=480932 Honoring the artist’s expansive vision and brilliant artistry, Dallas’s Nasher Sculpture Center has awarded Otobong Nkanga with its 2025 Nasher Prize. By winning this prestigious sculpture recognition, Nkanga will receive $100,000 and a Renzo Pia...

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Iconic Photographer Ming Smith Brings Invisible Subjects Into the Light With Houston Museum Exhibition, National Tour https://houstonnewmedia.org/iconic-photographer-ming-smith-brings-invisible-subjects-into-the-light-with-houston-museum-exhibition-national-tour/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iconic-photographer-ming-smith-brings-invisible-subjects-into-the-light-with-houston-museum-exhibition-national-tour Sat, 30 Sep 2023 03:44:03 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=464521 Capturing realism and milieus suffused with light while also establishing clarity is the objective of many working photographers. Ming Smith, however, prefers multiple exposures, dark environs, intentional blur and slow shutter speed. Still, the legend...

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William Kentridge Examines the Shadows of South Africa and Takes On Apartheid in a Powerful MFAH Exhibit https://houstonnewmedia.org/william-kentridge-examines-the-shadows-of-south-africa-and-takes-on-apartheid-in-a-powerful-mfah-exhibit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=william-kentridge-examines-the-shadows-of-south-africa-and-takes-on-apartheid-in-a-powerful-mfah-exhibit Fri, 08 Sep 2023 17:36:36 +0000 https://www.papercitymag.com/?p=468227 At times, it becomes almost easy to view South African multidisciplinary artist William Kentridge as an uber-smart, omniscient god-like figure. But the truth is, he is much more down-to-Earth. Kentridge likes the idea of chaos and mess in art. He is so...

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