Posted on · It's estimated that artist Andy Warhol took more than 66,000 photographs over his lifetime. Nearly 150 of them are now open for the public to view up close at the University of Houston.
Posted on · Gabriel Martinez collects often-overlooked objects like broken glass from the streets of Houston and makes them much harder to overlook.
Posted on · The Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam-based artist collective has its first U.S. exhibition on the University of Houston campus.
Posted on · It’s Claudia Schmuckli’s last week at the Houston art museum before taking a new job on the West Coast.
Posted on · A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week's news, we turn to our rotating panel of "non-experts" to parse The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of it all. This week, we discuss: a feasibility […]
Posted on · Seven existing arts-related schools and programs will be consolidated in the fall.
Posted on · The theory that the brain responds positively to art is not new to science. But researcher Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal at the University of Houston is using a different approach to test that belief. News 88.7 arts and culture reporter Amy Bishop gives us a closer look at the study. (Above: News 88.7’s Amy Bishop has […]
Posted on · An ongoing study at the University of Houston is addressing the effect of creativity on the brain. In Part Two of the story, Amy Bishop decides to donate her mind to science.
Posted on · The theory that the brain has a positive response to art is not new to science. But a researcher at the University of Houston is using a different approach to test that belief.
Posted on · The goal is to understand what goes on inside our heads when doing something creative.
Posted on · A new exhibit at the Blaffer Art Museum titled Buildering: Misbehaving the City is a traveling exhibit that explores using architecture and an urban environment. Buildering is a made up word, with origins in âbuildingâ and âboulderingâ (a type of rock climbing performed without harnesses or ropes).  The idea being that you’re climbing architecture […]
Posted on · Radio waves are passing through you right now, whether you like it or not (sorry). Some are generated by distant stars; others emanate from a nearby cell phone. And, of course, there are all those pesky radio stations. It’s an unseen yet significant part of Houston’s landscape. Capturing that landscape is the goal of a […]
Posted on · February 14th is a day that can divide people. Some love it. Some hate it. Some see it merely as a Hallmark holiday – manufactured to guilt you into buying cards, candy, teddy bears with hearts on them, jewelry and the like. Houston Matters Producer Conner Clifton falls into the hater category, but he has […]