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On the side of the building housing Houston’s Redbud Arts Center lies a new art gem and homage to one of Texas’ most influential — and sometimes controversial — artists. Hidden behind an unlocked fence and guarded by a tutu-clad Humpty Dumpty sculpture…
Read More“Do not touch” are not words you’ll hear at one Houston art exhibition. The Alta Arts is home to “Multi-Zen-Sery,” an inclusive show for kids with disabilities on view through this Saturday, August 5th. “Multi-Zen-Sery,” a proje…
Read MoreCraft and ceramics made by female artists are getting a new spotlight at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. “The Land of the Flowers” from San Marcos-based artist Gabo Martinez and “Smokey Memory” from Dallas-based Nadia Rosales are two special…
Read MoreDiscarded building materials, an old TV, and collected wasp nests all get a new life at the Architecture Center Houston’s (ArCH) newest installation by Houston artist Patrick Renner, who is being honored as AIA Houston Artisan of the Year. The exhibit…
Read More“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” – Maya Angelou It can be daunting to write about so towering a cultural icon as Dr. Maya Angelou. For more than four decades, she has …
Read MoreHouston’s abstract art landmarks include French artist Jean Dubuffet’s Monument au Fantôme and Barnett Newman’s Broken Obelisk. The Philip Johnson and Gene Aubry-designed Rothko Chapel, a tribute to Mark Rothko’s work, is anothe…
Read More“I think it’s good for the system to change over every 20 years. It’s really healthy. The world changes so rapidly and art has to be vibrant. The status quo is deadly for art.” So says Kenn McLaughlin the longtime artistic director of Houston’s Stages …
Read MoreHouston has gained another contemporary art gem. Located at an up-and-coming artistic hub the Silos at Sawyer Yards, “I, Ruby: Vol. 1” features new and established artists, many of them showing in Houston for the first time. These are fresh evocative w…
Read MoreHouston’s thriving classical music scene was on full display at the University of Houston’s annual Texas Music Festival, which gathered young musicians from all over the world to train and perform with some of the most notable names in the music world …
Read MoreWhen Keith Glover’s Thunder Knocking on the Door opened in 1996 at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, before going to Yale Repertory Theater the following year, a Variety reviewer noted its descriptive subtitle: “A Bluesical Tale of Rhythm and the Blues…
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