Arts & Culture
South Houston Gallery Hopes to Become Cultural Hub
Posted on · The San Jacinto College South Campus Gallery hopes to become a cultural destination between the Museum District and Galveston. And they’re going about it in unique ways.
Visual Art
Arts InSight
WATCH: Interactive Exhibition Explores The History Of Human Knowledge at Rice’s Moody Center
Posted on · Artist Matthew Ritchie conceptualizes human history using multimedia and virtual reality.
Houston Matters
How Do You Perform Music That Doesn’t Look Like Music?
Posted on · In a new series of performances, Houston collective Loop38 interprets visual art as music.
Arts & Culture
WATCH: A Look Back at 25 Years of Project Row Houses
Posted on · The community-based organization celebrates a milestone.
News
Is Houston’s Cultural Community Ready for the Next Storm?
Posted on · Workshops aim to help post-Harvey arts community prepare for disasters
Arts & Culture
Rarely Loaned Van Gogh Masterpieces Will Travel to Houston
Posted on · This spring, Houstonians will have a chance to view several Van Gogh paintings and drawings, which they might otherwise have to travel to the Netherlands to see in person.
Houston Matters
Photography Book Gives Houston’s Homeless a Face — and a Voice
Posted on · Photographer Ricky Molnar discusses his book, Homeless of Houston.
Transportation
PARK(ing) Day Brings Out Houstonians’ Creativity as They Imagine New Uses for Urban Spaces
Posted on · The Houston event was part of a worldwide effort that illustrates the amount of space used for vehicles.
Arts & Culture
Perfect Again: The Menil Collection Readies for The Next 30 Years
Posted on · If you were lucky enough to be around in 1987 when The Menil Collection opened its doors as a “gift to the people of Houston,” you may remember the exhilaration that event inspired.
Arts InSight
WATCH: Pay Phones Re-Appear As Third-Ward Time Capsules
Posted on · The nearly obsolete devices have been re-purposed as interactive historical markers.
Houston Matters
Viewing The Sky Through A Work of Art
Posted on · The Twilight Epiphany Skyspace by artist James Turrell at Rice University is a piece of art that makes use of the natural sky above it.
Arts InSight
WATCH: A Houston Artist Re-Casts Famous Figures Of Art History And Literature
Posted on · Noted authors and artists inspire and inform the paintings of David McGee.
Houston Matters
Up Close With An Icon: Warhol Photographs Available For Public Viewing At UH
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.
Houston Matters
Stolen Paintings From Nazi Germany Reinterpreted As Body Art
Posted on · The latest Artwork collaboration from Laura Spector and Chadwick Gray involves Spector reimagining pre-19th century paintings onto the human body,
Arts & Culture
The Amazing Art of Speed Painting
Posted on · Houston artist Dan Dunn talks about taking up a new career to pay of his credit card debt -- becoming a speed painter.