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Discarded 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 MoreThe first time I came across an origami sculpture from artists Jennifer and Kevin Box was on vacation in Vail, Colorado. The sculpture was one of the Box’s famous Rock Paper Scissors. I was smitten. The next time was during a rain storm in Santa …
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 MoreThis fall, several must-see art exhibits are coming to Dallas making it a prime time to go museum hopping in the city. Locals and visitors alike can look forward to historic exploration at the Dallas Museum of Art, the female perspective on Land Art at…
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…
Read MoreThough Pride Month has ended, the celebration of Houston’s LGBTQ+ community continues this with “The Immersion,” an exclusive, one-day-only art exhibition — set to take place this Saturday, July 15. Powered by Lululemon’s Proud, Present + Future Initi…
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