BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//East End Houston - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://eastendhouston.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for East End Houston REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240503T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240503T190000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240503T015203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240503T232139Z UID:218010-1714734000-1714762800@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Ruth Asawa Through Line DESCRIPTION:Ruth Asawa Through Line is the first exhibition to focus on the artist’s lifelong drawing practice. The exhibition presents drawings\, collages\, & sketchbooks alongside stamped prints\, paperfolds\, & more\, showing the breadth of Asawa’s innovative practice. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/ruth-asawa-through-line-22/ LOCATION:The Menil Drawing Institute\, 1412 W. Main St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/untitled-bmc.128-study-in-repeated-vertical-angular-lines-triangles-ca.-1948-49-78NvfT.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240503T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240503T190000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240503T035142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240503T232139Z UID:218020-1714734000-1714762800@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Abstraction after Modernism: Recent Acquisitions DESCRIPTION:“Abstraction after Modernism: Recent Acquisitions” highlights work made by succeeding generations of artists who forged new paths in their approaches to non-representational art. The exhibition brings together acquisitions made by the Menil over the past fifteen years\, including work by Agnes Denes\, Suzan Frecon\, Sam Gilliam\, Ellsworth Kelly\, Rick Lowe\, and Richard Serra. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/abstraction-after-modernism-recent-acquisitions-6/ LOCATION:The Menil Collection\, 1533 Sul Ross Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2021_10_v01_m-press-67BBce.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Menil Collection":MAILTO:info@menil.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240503T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240503T180000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240503T035142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240503T222123Z UID:218018-1714737600-1714759200@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Potentia // Actualitas DESCRIPTION:Potentia // Actualitas is a collaborative\, immersive installation that explores the potential and actualized complexities of natural intelligence through lens-based media\, found objects and ready-mades in a site-specific installation. The lens-based works record iterations of light\, space and water surrounding a central structure created from organic matter\, rusted artifacts\, glass\, and construction materials. Running throughout is a neon line that connects these varying attributes into a systemic relationship. Together\, Cindee Travis Klement and JR Roykovich build a world that investigates the balance of opposing dichotomies and subsequent freedom from dualistic constraints. They advocate for a wild and intuitive response to a possible future of unbound potential. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/potentia-actualitas-5/ LOCATION:Throughline\, 3909 Main St\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mothers-day-red-aberration-tbbOoF.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Throughline":MAILTO:throughlinecollective@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240503T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240503T193000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240503T035207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240504T002125Z UID:218021-1714762800-1714764600@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Level 0 – FREE Intro to Improv Class DESCRIPTION:Our FREE Level 0 class is a fun\, no-pressure way to try improv! This weekly 30-minute class lets you get a taste of Station’s improv training program\, and it’s a great way to spend a Friday night! Level 0 students will receive a $25 discount code for our nine-week Level 1 – Fundamentals of Improv class and are invited to stay for the 8:00 pm show on us!\nFree 8:00 pm show tickets are only available at the door and are based on ticket availability at showtime. Special events are excluded from the free ticket offer. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/level-0-free-intro-to-improv-class-4/ LOCATION:Station Theater\, 2219 Crockett St #C2\, Houston\, 77007\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Performance Art,Theatre + Comedy ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/student-image-gLLG8v.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Station Theater":MAILTO:info@stationtheater.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240503T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240503T223000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240503T170657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240504T023628Z UID:218047-1714766400-1714775400@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Wells Fargo Presents Cinco de Mayo At Miller ¡Viva Mexico¡ Viva America! DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Cinco at Miller! Cinco de Mayo at Miller is a longstanding tradition presented in partnership with the Consulado General de México en Houston. We are pleased to present for our 2024 season Ballet Folklorico de Los Angeles!\nFounded in 2011 by Kareli Montoya\, Ballet Folklorico de Los Angeles (BFLA) has distinguished itself as the leading Mexican folk dance company in the United States of America. Its cast has graced world-class venues such as the Hollywood Bowl\, SoFi Stadium\, Anaheim Convention Center\, Orpheum Theatre\, Nokia Theatre\, Greek Theatre\, John Anson Ford Amphitheater\, Santa Barbara Bowl\, Soraya Theatre\, Staples Center\, Tempe Center and the Rady Shell in Jacobs Park.\nSince its inception\, BFLA has worked with the industry’s top Grammy Award-winning artists\, including Lila Downs\, Pepe Aguilar\, Mariachi Divas and Mariachi Los Camperos. They have also accompanied great mariachis such as Mariachi Nuevo Tecalitlan and the internationally renowned Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan. He has also worked with music celebrities such as Ana Bárbara\, Morrissey\, Ruben (Café Tacuba)\, Las Cafeteras\, Beatriz Adriana\, Banda El Recodo\, Paquita la del Barrio and Armenian pop star Lilit Hovhannisyan.\nBFLA was the first folkloric company in the country to accompany symphony orchestras such as the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra and the Marina del Rey Symphony\, both conducted by Maestro Frank Fetta. Media coverage has made BFLA internationally recognized\, especially after appearing in the 2016 issue of National Geographic Traveler UK and with their collaboration with Mitu Network on a new Mariachi version of “A Tale as Old as Time ” from Beauty and the Beast\, being viral on Facebook with more than 15 million views.\nBFLA collaborated with Disney Studios during 2017-2019 to launch “Coco” at events such as D23 Expo\, the premiere of Coco at the El Capitan Theatre\, Dancing With The Stars\, “Disney Night\,” and the 90th Annual Disney Awards. the Oscar Awards alongside Natalia Lafourcade\, Gael García Bernal and Miguel with a performance of the Oscar Award-winning song\, “Recuérdame.” They have also collaborated with sports teams such as the Rams where they performed at a halftime show in 2022\, and with the Dodgers during season games.\nMariachi Garibaldi de Jaime Cuéllar Biography\nJaime Cuéllar’s Mariachi Garibaldi has enchanted audiences with his dynamic musical talent and joyful stage presence for more than 25 years. Founded in 1994 by Jaime Cuéllar\, Mariachi Garibaldi’s dedication to high quality representation of the mariachi genre has propelled them to be one of the most recognized mariachis in Los Angeles and arguably in California.\nUnder the direction of Jimmy “El Pollo” Cuéllar\, Mariachi Garibaldi is considered one of the most prominent mariachi ensembles\, regularly coming to share the stage with some of Mexico’s most beloved artists\, such as the Aguilar family: Pepe\, Angela and Leonardo\, Juan Gabriel (RIP)\, Alejandro Fernández\, Pedro Fernández\, Espinoza Paz\, Paquita del Barrio\, Aida Cuevas\, Ana Barbara\, Steeven Sandoval\, Graciela Beltrán\, María Elena Beltrán\, Yolanda del Rio\, Pablo Montero\, Mercedes Castro\, Humberto Herrera\, Beatriz Adriana\, the Empress of Armenia and fellow Armenian pop sensation Lilit Hovhannisyan Most recently were featured artists at Camila Cabello’s Tiny Desk concert\, where they performed the song “La Buena Vida\,” truly showing that mariachi music transcends across all platforms\nMariachi Garibaldi enjoys a professional collaboration with the Los Angeles Folkloric Ballet and together they have entertained thousands of people in highly successful venues. The two collaborated with the Mitú network to recreate the “Tale As Old As Time” dance from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast\, which launched their professional careers and resulted in a viral video with more than 15 million views. His flowery mariachi jacket became a marketed commodity when Dodgers pitcher Joe Kelly wore it with great honor at the White House.\nPresented in partnership with the Consulate General of Mexico in Houston\nAll performances at Miller Outdoor Theatre are FREE! URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/wells-fargo-presents-cinco-de-mayo-at-miller-viva-mexico-viva-america/ LOCATION:Miller Outdoor Theatre\, 6000 Hermann Park Dr.\, Houston\, TX\, 77030\, United States CATEGORIES:Dance,Dance | Latin | Urban,Free Events,Kids + Families,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/14.-cinco-2024-web-Yfg8Xq.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Miller Theatre Advisory Board":MAILTO:rdarby@milleroutdoortheatre.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T040000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T140000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240503T212219Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240504T183628Z UID:218054-1714795200-1714831200@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Tay Butler: A Friendly Game of Basketball DESCRIPTION:A Friendly Game of Basketball in John M. O’Quinn Gallery is a solo exhibition by 2023/2024 Artist Studio Program participant Tay Butler. This multi-media exhibition presents Butler’s research of and art engagement with basketball’s racial history and contemporary anti-Black issues. Through various media—including installation\, painting\, drawing\, photography\, collage\, music\, and performance—Butler creates a multi-sensory environment which mirrors basketball’s pre-\, post-\, and in-game play. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/tay-butler-a-friendly-game-of-basketball-10/ LOCATION:Lawndale Art Center\, 4912 Main St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/afgob2-copy-797x1000-1-iLzs7B.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T100000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240503T222149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240504T143720Z UID:218063-1714816800-1714816800@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:'Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette' DESCRIPTION:Asia Society Texas is pleased to present Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette\, the organization’s first public art installation. This collaboration between Cuban American artist Rafael Domenech and Vietnamese American artist Tomas Vu assumes the form of a dynamic outdoor pavilion with two stages\, occupying AST’s 13\,000-square-foot lot at the intersection of Oakdale and Caroline Streets in the heart of Houston’s Museum District. Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette is commissioned in partnership with the University of Houston’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts.\nDescribed by the artists as a form of “urban acupuncture\,” Heat Silhouette is a physical structure designed to welcome the spontaneous circulation of people\, energy\, and events. The outdoor pavilion takes cues from college campuses\, popular culture\, and experimental magazines. Made of wood\, aluminum framing\, and laser-cut construction mesh — the very materials used to build the city of Houston — the pavilion becomes an extension of the museum and a public programming space. The title itself references the most omnipresent weather condition of Houston the summer’s intense heat\, a heat so palpable that it feels as if it occupies actual space\, creating a silhouette or edge.\nFor the artists\, the pavilion resists merely being a form of architecture. Instead\, the pavilion physically operates as an experimental magazine\, referencing the graphic processes seen in radical publications from the 1960s and 1970s like Kontexts\, an important catalyst of avant-garde poetry. Readers do not flip Heat Silhouette’s pages; instead\, they become viewers that are invited to walk in\, around\, and through the publication. Laser-cut texts appropriated from popular science-fiction films\, poetry\, and other sources intermingle to form multiple layers and viewpoints that shift with the sunlight. Heat Silhouette is a space of active production filled with theater-like compartments — a site where text\, image\, and pattern coalesce into a kind of urban camouflage. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/rafael-domenech-and-tomas-vu-heat-silhouette-45/ LOCATION:Asia Society Texas Center\, 1370 Southmore Blvd.\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/event-featured-rafael-domenech-and-tomas-vu-heat-silhouette-1697751613-ZVcLnx.tmp_-Tp18AU.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Asia Society Texas Center":MAILTO:txcenter@asiasociety.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T100000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240503T222149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240504T143720Z UID:218064-1714816800-1714816800@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:'Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette' DESCRIPTION:Asia Society Texas is pleased to present Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette\, the organization’s first public art installation. This collaboration between Cuban American artist Rafael Domenech and Vietnamese American artist Tomas Vu assumes the form of a dynamic outdoor pavilion with two stages\, occupying AST’s 13\,000-square-foot lot at the intersection of Oakdale and Caroline Streets in the heart of Houston’s Museum District. Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette is commissioned in partnership with the University of Houston’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts.\nDescribed by the artists as a form of “urban acupuncture\,” Heat Silhouette is a physical structure designed to welcome the spontaneous circulation of people\, energy\, and events. The outdoor pavilion takes cues from college campuses\, popular culture\, and experimental magazines. Made of wood\, aluminum framing\, and laser-cut construction mesh — the very materials used to build the city of Houston — the pavilion becomes an extension of the museum and a public programming space. The title itself references the most omnipresent weather condition of Houston the summer’s intense heat\, a heat so palpable that it feels as if it occupies actual space\, creating a silhouette or edge.\nFor the artists\, the pavilion resists merely being a form of architecture. Instead\, the pavilion physically operates as an experimental magazine\, referencing the graphic processes seen in radical publications from the 1960s and 1970s like Kontexts\, an important catalyst of avant-garde poetry. Readers do not flip Heat Silhouette’s pages; instead\, they become viewers that are invited to walk in\, around\, and through the publication. Laser-cut texts appropriated from popular science-fiction films\, poetry\, and other sources intermingle to form multiple layers and viewpoints that shift with the sunlight. Heat Silhouette is a space of active production filled with theater-like compartments — a site where text\, image\, and pattern coalesce into a kind of urban camouflage. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/rafael-domenech-and-tomas-vu-heat-silhouette-46/ LOCATION:Asia Society Texas Center\, 1370 Southmore Blvd.\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/event-featured-rafael-domenech-and-tomas-vu-heat-silhouette-1697751613-ZVcLnx.tmp_-Tp18AU.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Asia Society Texas Center":MAILTO:txcenter@asiasociety.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T170000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240504T002139Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240504T215207Z UID:218074-1714820400-1714842000@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Brenda Biondo: Sun to Earth DESCRIPTION:Koslov Larsen is pleased to present Sun to Earth\, the gallery’s third solo presentation by artist Brenda Biondo. Combining several series of Biondo’s works\, Sun to Earth introduces new ways of looking at common subjects while challenging viewers’ perception of color and three-dimensional space. The works explored throughout the show focus on atmospheric phenomena and other ephemeral components of the natural world. Unnatural (Texas Tumbleweeds) and Prairie Wheels study the interconnectedness of humans and flora\, inspired by the iconic tumbleweed\, an invasive species brought inadvertently to the United States in the 1870s by Eastern European settlers. Influenced heavily by James Turrell’s Skyspaces\, Perceptual Skies emphasizes the limitless potential of light as a subject and the subjectivity of perception. Biondo states\, “Using a visual language that deconstructs the sky portion of the landscape helps articulate questions about how we engage with our environment and the emotional and psychological effects natural light has on humans.” The images in the series follow the formal aesthetics of modern painting\, particularly minimalism\, while emphasizing the ambiguity between the real and the reproduced.\nSun to Earth will be on view at Koslov Larsen from May 3 – June 21\, 2024. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/brenda-biondo-sun-to-earth-2/ LOCATION:Koslov Larsen\, 4411 Montrose Blvd Suite C\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/open_skies_brenda-biondo-v272ba.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Koslov Larsen":MAILTO:info@koslovlarsen.gallery END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T180000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240504T002138Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240504T215207Z UID:218073-1714820400-1714845600@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow DESCRIPTION:Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow is the artist’s first solo museum presentation in the United States. Across an installation\, a video\, and a series of commissioned sculptures\, Erlanger continues her decade-long disruption of the “semiotics of suburbia.” In her practice\, Erlanger thinks of the home as a greater ecosystem containing not only houses but also their surrounding infrastructures and interior architectures.\nAt Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)\, massive illuminated planet sculptures map the suburban landscape\, positioning the development of home as an environmental force in itself. These new works explore “speculative memory”—how progress can only be understood through hindsight—and what this psychic limitation implies for the artist. Viewers will then move to new diorama sculptures that play on an institutional language of presentation\, positioning the enclosed scenes as already-past. Here\, Erlanger proposes both impossible architectures and terrestrial forms created using strategies of model-making. These works are each marked by changes in season\, emphasizing receding memories of a once-diverse climate.\nThe exhibition culminates in a sitcom set\, riffing on the psychology of interiors as well as acting as a platform to watch Erlanger’s new short film Appliance. The film dovetails recent research into the history and cultural significance of domestic technologies\, such as the shower or washing machine\, with a specific focus on how their operations have been considered interchangeably with human bodily functions. In our age of “polycrisis\,” wherein multiple seismic events occur simultaneously\, If Today Were Tomorrow provides a framework for thinking about the porousness of interior and exterior\, self and non-self\, body and home.\nOlivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow will be accompanied by a catalogue published by Hatje Cantz containing newly commissioned texts about the artist’s practice\, as well as contributions focusing on the interplay between architecture\, psychology\, and science fiction.\nSupport\nMajor support for Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow is provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.\nContemporary Arts Museum of Houston is funded in part by the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/olivia-erlanger-if-today-were-tomorrow-11/ LOCATION:Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)\, 5216 Montrose \, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Kids + Families,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2-v6a8279-hdr-1ypjHv.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)":MAILTO:info@camh.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T190000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240504T012216Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240504T230629Z UID:218078-1714820400-1714849200@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Janet Sobel: All-Over DESCRIPTION:The Menil Collection will open “Janet Sobel: All-Over” on February 23\, 2024\, featuring some thirty paintings and drawings made by artist Janet Sobel (1893–1968). This exhibition\, the first to focus on Sobel’s highly accomplished and influential abstract paintings\, will explore the artist’s work as one of the first to pioneer a new approach to modern abstraction known as “all-over” painting. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/janet-sobel-all-over-30/ LOCATION:The Menil Collection\, 1533 Sul Ross Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/janet-sobel-untitled-ca.-1946-48_small-frrejz.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Menil Collection":MAILTO:info@menil.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T190000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240504T012217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240504T230629Z UID:218080-1714820400-1714849200@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Abstraction after Modernism: Recent Acquisitions DESCRIPTION:“Abstraction after Modernism: Recent Acquisitions” highlights work made by succeeding generations of artists who forged new paths in their approaches to non-representational art. The exhibition brings together acquisitions made by the Menil over the past fifteen years\, including work by Agnes Denes\, Suzan Frecon\, Sam Gilliam\, Ellsworth Kelly\, Rick Lowe\, and Richard Serra. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/abstraction-after-modernism-recent-acquisitions-7/ LOCATION:The Menil Collection\, 1533 Sul Ross Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2021_10_v01_m-press-67BBce.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Menil Collection":MAILTO:info@menil.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T190000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240504T012217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240504T230630Z UID:218081-1714820400-1714849200@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Ruth Asawa Through Line DESCRIPTION:Ruth Asawa Through Line is the first exhibition to focus on the artist’s lifelong drawing practice. The exhibition presents drawings\, collages\, & sketchbooks alongside stamped prints\, paperfolds\, & more\, showing the breadth of Asawa’s innovative practice. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/ruth-asawa-through-line-23/ LOCATION:The Menil Drawing Institute\, 1412 W. Main St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/untitled-bmc.128-study-in-repeated-vertical-angular-lines-triangles-ca.-1948-49-78NvfT.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T180000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240504T023628Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240504T215154Z UID:218084-1714824000-1714845600@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Potentia // Actualitas DESCRIPTION:Potentia // Actualitas is a collaborative\, immersive installation that explores the potential and actualized complexities of natural intelligence through lens-based media\, found objects and ready-mades in a site-specific installation. The lens-based works record iterations of light\, space and water surrounding a central structure created from organic matter\, rusted artifacts\, glass\, and construction materials. Running throughout is a neon line that connects these varying attributes into a systemic relationship. Together\, Cindee Travis Klement and JR Roykovich build a world that investigates the balance of opposing dichotomies and subsequent freedom from dualistic constraints. They advocate for a wild and intuitive response to a possible future of unbound potential. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/potentia-actualitas-6/ LOCATION:Throughline\, 3909 Main St\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mothers-day-red-aberration-tbbOoF.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Throughline":MAILTO:throughlinecollective@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T180000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240504T023654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240504T215154Z UID:218088-1714824000-1714845600@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:East End Street Fest DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Cinco de Mayo weekend at the East End Street Fest.\nThe 2024 East End Street Fest\, set in East End Houston during Cinco de Mayo week\, is a FREE\, vibrant celebration of Mexican and Chicano arts\, music\, and heritage. From 12pm to 6pm\, visitors can enjoy diverse performances\, with dance showcases from Mexico at Plaza de Piñata and Plaza de Luchas\, and a dedicated kids’ area at Plaza de los Niños. Car and art enthusiasts are in for a treat with the Show & Shine exhibit on Chicano Boulevard. It’s a day of cultural immersion\, fun\, and community spirit for friends and families alike.\nThe EESF is organized by The East End Improvement Corporation (501c3) and the East End Houston Cultural District. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/east-end-street-fest/ LOCATION:Esplanade on Navigation\, 2600 Navigation Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, 77003\, United States CATEGORIES:Dance | Latin | Urban,Festivals,Free Events,Kids + Families,Music,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/426514406_985187246504343_6456265930615699510_n-v9M2uO.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="East End Houston Cultural District":MAILTO:culture@eastendhouston.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T220000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240504T033625Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240505T022204Z UID:218093-1714825800-1714860000@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:SpringStock Music Fest '24 DESCRIPTION:SpringStock Music Fest is a free all ages-music festival featuring live music\, food\, vendors\, and more! SpringStock ’24 will be on Saturday\, May 4th at Saint Arnold Brewing Company in Houston\, TX. This year’s lineup includes: Elevator Days\, Deniz Love\, Honeycutt Southern\, The Turnaways\, Blush\, Mars Alva\, Billboard Baba\, Mother Ghost\, Bipolar Joyride\, Thrower\, JAID\, and Slime Pilgrim. Come jam with us for a night to remember! URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/springstock-music-fest-24/ LOCATION:Saint Arnold Brewery\, 2000 Lyons Avenue \, Houston\, TX\, 77020\, United States CATEGORIES:Festivals,Free Events,Kids + Families,Music,Outdoors,Pop | Rock,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/turnaways-P91W9R.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="5th Ward Cultural Arts District":MAILTO:events@thedeluxetheater.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T160000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240504T153723Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240504T203631Z UID:218115-1714831200-1714838400@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:2D Diorama DESCRIPTION:Create your own 2D diorama\, inspired by Olivia Erlanger’s dioramas of off-world landscapes and planet sculptures. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/2d-diorama/ LOCATION:Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)\, 5216 Montrose \, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Kids + Families,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/oliviaerlangeritwt_header_courtesysoftopening_1400x875-bYw73s.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)":MAILTO:info@camh.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T160000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240504T153750Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240504T203631Z UID:218117-1714831200-1714838400@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Open Studio | 2D Diorama DESCRIPTION:Create your own 2D diorama\, inspired by Olivia Erlanger’s dioramas of off-world landscapes and planet sculptures. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/open-studio-2d-diorama/ LOCATION:Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)\, 5216 Montrose \, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Kids + Families,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/dropinexperience_imagininghome_april_2024_photocourtesysoftopening_2000x1250-03q1Ej.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)":MAILTO:info@camh.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T210000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240504T193623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240505T012207Z UID:218130-1714845600-1714856400@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Jungseok Oh “Records” Opening Reception at Redbud Arts Center\, West Gallery DESCRIPTION:Redbud Arts Center is pleased to present the body of steel wire sculptures by Korean artist Jungseok Oh.\nArtist Statement:\n“I usually create sculptures inspired by my daily life. My “Records” series started with my personal experience which was extremely tough. These works of art are a kind of recording of the species which are facing the risk of extinction. The sculptures capture and highlight these disappearing lives. I weld steel wires\, which are very strong and indestructible\, and this reflects my obsession and fear of the loss of life. All living things share a connection. The creatures are part of Nature. It’s time to be aware that selfish and reckless destruction of other’s lives by us will eventually lead to our own demise because we humans are part of Nature as well.” URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/jungseok-oh-records-opening-reception-at-redbud-arts-center-west-gallery/ LOCATION:Redbud Arts Center\, 303 East 11th Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77008\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/this-is-an-awesome-houston-cultural-event-gMeAZ5.tmp_.png ORGANIZER;CN="Redbud Arts Center":MAILTO:gakopriva@aol.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T193000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240504T193648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240505T002208Z UID:218131-1714849200-1714851000@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Level 0 – FREE Intro to Improv Class DESCRIPTION:Our FREE Level 0 class is a fun\, no-pressure way to try improv! This weekly 30-minute class lets you get a taste of Station’s improv training program\, and it’s a great way to spend a Friday night! Level 0 students will receive a $25 discount code for our nine-week Level 1 – Fundamentals of Improv class and are invited to stay for the 8:00 pm show on us!\nFree 8:00 pm show tickets are only available at the door and are based on ticket availability at showtime. Special events are excluded from the free ticket offer. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/level-0-free-intro-to-improv-class-5/ LOCATION:Station Theater\, 2219 Crockett St #C2\, Houston\, 77007\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Performance Art,Theatre + Comedy ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/student-image-gLLG8v.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Station Theater":MAILTO:info@stationtheater.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240505T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240505T100000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240504T230659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240505T145130Z UID:218153-1714903200-1714903200@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:'Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette' DESCRIPTION:Asia Society Texas is pleased to present Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette\, the organization’s first public art installation. This collaboration between Cuban American artist Rafael Domenech and Vietnamese American artist Tomas Vu assumes the form of a dynamic outdoor pavilion with two stages\, occupying AST’s 13\,000-square-foot lot at the intersection of Oakdale and Caroline Streets in the heart of Houston’s Museum District. Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette is commissioned in partnership with the University of Houston’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts.\nDescribed by the artists as a form of “urban acupuncture\,” Heat Silhouette is a physical structure designed to welcome the spontaneous circulation of people\, energy\, and events. The outdoor pavilion takes cues from college campuses\, popular culture\, and experimental magazines. Made of wood\, aluminum framing\, and laser-cut construction mesh — the very materials used to build the city of Houston — the pavilion becomes an extension of the museum and a public programming space. The title itself references the most omnipresent weather condition of Houston the summer’s intense heat\, a heat so palpable that it feels as if it occupies actual space\, creating a silhouette or edge.\nFor the artists\, the pavilion resists merely being a form of architecture. Instead\, the pavilion physically operates as an experimental magazine\, referencing the graphic processes seen in radical publications from the 1960s and 1970s like Kontexts\, an important catalyst of avant-garde poetry. Readers do not flip Heat Silhouette’s pages; instead\, they become viewers that are invited to walk in\, around\, and through the publication. Laser-cut texts appropriated from popular science-fiction films\, poetry\, and other sources intermingle to form multiple layers and viewpoints that shift with the sunlight. Heat Silhouette is a space of active production filled with theater-like compartments — a site where text\, image\, and pattern coalesce into a kind of urban camouflage. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/rafael-domenech-and-tomas-vu-heat-silhouette-47/ LOCATION:Asia Society Texas Center\, 1370 Southmore Blvd.\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/event-featured-rafael-domenech-and-tomas-vu-heat-silhouette-1697751613-ZVcLnx.tmp_-Tp18AU.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Asia Society Texas Center":MAILTO:txcenter@asiasociety.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240505T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240505T100000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240504T230700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240505T145130Z UID:218154-1714903200-1714903200@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:'Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette' DESCRIPTION:Asia Society Texas is pleased to present Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette\, the organization’s first public art installation. This collaboration between Cuban American artist Rafael Domenech and Vietnamese American artist Tomas Vu assumes the form of a dynamic outdoor pavilion with two stages\, occupying AST’s 13\,000-square-foot lot at the intersection of Oakdale and Caroline Streets in the heart of Houston’s Museum District. Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette is commissioned in partnership with the University of Houston’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts.\nDescribed by the artists as a form of “urban acupuncture\,” Heat Silhouette is a physical structure designed to welcome the spontaneous circulation of people\, energy\, and events. The outdoor pavilion takes cues from college campuses\, popular culture\, and experimental magazines. Made of wood\, aluminum framing\, and laser-cut construction mesh — the very materials used to build the city of Houston — the pavilion becomes an extension of the museum and a public programming space. The title itself references the most omnipresent weather condition of Houston the summer’s intense heat\, a heat so palpable that it feels as if it occupies actual space\, creating a silhouette or edge.\nFor the artists\, the pavilion resists merely being a form of architecture. Instead\, the pavilion physically operates as an experimental magazine\, referencing the graphic processes seen in radical publications from the 1960s and 1970s like Kontexts\, an important catalyst of avant-garde poetry. Readers do not flip Heat Silhouette’s pages; instead\, they become viewers that are invited to walk in\, around\, and through the publication. Laser-cut texts appropriated from popular science-fiction films\, poetry\, and other sources intermingle to form multiple layers and viewpoints that shift with the sunlight. Heat Silhouette is a space of active production filled with theater-like compartments — a site where text\, image\, and pattern coalesce into a kind of urban camouflage. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/rafael-domenech-and-tomas-vu-heat-silhouette-48/ LOCATION:Asia Society Texas Center\, 1370 Southmore Blvd.\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/event-featured-rafael-domenech-and-tomas-vu-heat-silhouette-1697751613-ZVcLnx.tmp_-Tp18AU.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Asia Society Texas Center":MAILTO:txcenter@asiasociety.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240505T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240505T180000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240505T002222Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240505T220637Z UID:218159-1714906800-1714932000@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow DESCRIPTION:Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow is the artist’s first solo museum presentation in the United States. Across an installation\, a video\, and a series of commissioned sculptures\, Erlanger continues her decade-long disruption of the “semiotics of suburbia.” In her practice\, Erlanger thinks of the home as a greater ecosystem containing not only houses but also their surrounding infrastructures and interior architectures.\nAt Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)\, massive illuminated planet sculptures map the suburban landscape\, positioning the development of home as an environmental force in itself. These new works explore “speculative memory”—how progress can only be understood through hindsight—and what this psychic limitation implies for the artist. Viewers will then move to new diorama sculptures that play on an institutional language of presentation\, positioning the enclosed scenes as already-past. Here\, Erlanger proposes both impossible architectures and terrestrial forms created using strategies of model-making. These works are each marked by changes in season\, emphasizing receding memories of a once-diverse climate.\nThe exhibition culminates in a sitcom set\, riffing on the psychology of interiors as well as acting as a platform to watch Erlanger’s new short film Appliance. The film dovetails recent research into the history and cultural significance of domestic technologies\, such as the shower or washing machine\, with a specific focus on how their operations have been considered interchangeably with human bodily functions. In our age of “polycrisis\,” wherein multiple seismic events occur simultaneously\, If Today Were Tomorrow provides a framework for thinking about the porousness of interior and exterior\, self and non-self\, body and home.\nOlivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow will be accompanied by a catalogue published by Hatje Cantz containing newly commissioned texts about the artist’s practice\, as well as contributions focusing on the interplay between architecture\, psychology\, and science fiction.\nSupport\nMajor support for Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow is provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.\nContemporary Arts Museum of Houston is funded in part by the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/olivia-erlanger-if-today-were-tomorrow-12/ LOCATION:Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)\, 5216 Montrose \, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Kids + Families,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2-v6a8279-hdr-1ypjHv.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)":MAILTO:info@camh.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240505T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240505T190000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240505T002224Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240505T230632Z UID:218163-1714906800-1714935600@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Abstraction after Modernism: Recent Acquisitions DESCRIPTION:“Abstraction after Modernism: Recent Acquisitions” highlights work made by succeeding generations of artists who forged new paths in their approaches to non-representational art. The exhibition brings together acquisitions made by the Menil over the past fifteen years\, including work by Agnes Denes\, Suzan Frecon\, Sam Gilliam\, Ellsworth Kelly\, Rick Lowe\, and Richard Serra. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/abstraction-after-modernism-recent-acquisitions-8/ LOCATION:The Menil Collection\, 1533 Sul Ross Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2021_10_v01_m-press-67BBce.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Menil Collection":MAILTO:info@menil.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240505T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240505T190000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240505T002237Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240505T230632Z UID:218164-1714906800-1714935600@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Ruth Asawa Through Line DESCRIPTION:Ruth Asawa Through Line is the first exhibition to focus on the artist’s lifelong drawing practice. The exhibition presents drawings\, collages\, & sketchbooks alongside stamped prints\, paperfolds\, & more\, showing the breadth of Asawa’s innovative practice. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/ruth-asawa-through-line-24/ LOCATION:The Menil Drawing Institute\, 1412 W. Main St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/untitled-bmc.128-study-in-repeated-vertical-angular-lines-triangles-ca.-1948-49-78NvfT.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240505T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240505T190000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240505T002237Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240505T230632Z UID:218165-1714906800-1714935600@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Janet Sobel: All-Over DESCRIPTION:The Menil Collection will open “Janet Sobel: All-Over” on February 23\, 2024\, featuring some thirty paintings and drawings made by artist Janet Sobel (1893–1968). This exhibition\, the first to focus on Sobel’s highly accomplished and influential abstract paintings\, will explore the artist’s work as one of the first to pioneer a new approach to modern abstraction known as “all-over” painting. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/janet-sobel-all-over-31/ LOCATION:The Menil Collection\, 1533 Sul Ross Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/janet-sobel-untitled-ca.-1946-48_small-frrejz.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Menil Collection":MAILTO:info@menil.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240506T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240506T100000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240505T210704Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240506T140919Z UID:218215-1714989600-1714989600@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:'Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette' DESCRIPTION:Asia Society Texas is pleased to present Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette\, the organization’s first public art installation. This collaboration between Cuban American artist Rafael Domenech and Vietnamese American artist Tomas Vu assumes the form of a dynamic outdoor pavilion with two stages\, occupying AST’s 13\,000-square-foot lot at the intersection of Oakdale and Caroline Streets in the heart of Houston’s Museum District. Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette is commissioned in partnership with the University of Houston’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts.\nDescribed by the artists as a form of “urban acupuncture\,” Heat Silhouette is a physical structure designed to welcome the spontaneous circulation of people\, energy\, and events. The outdoor pavilion takes cues from college campuses\, popular culture\, and experimental magazines. Made of wood\, aluminum framing\, and laser-cut construction mesh — the very materials used to build the city of Houston — the pavilion becomes an extension of the museum and a public programming space. The title itself references the most omnipresent weather condition of Houston the summer’s intense heat\, a heat so palpable that it feels as if it occupies actual space\, creating a silhouette or edge.\nFor the artists\, the pavilion resists merely being a form of architecture. Instead\, the pavilion physically operates as an experimental magazine\, referencing the graphic processes seen in radical publications from the 1960s and 1970s like Kontexts\, an important catalyst of avant-garde poetry. Readers do not flip Heat Silhouette’s pages; instead\, they become viewers that are invited to walk in\, around\, and through the publication. Laser-cut texts appropriated from popular science-fiction films\, poetry\, and other sources intermingle to form multiple layers and viewpoints that shift with the sunlight. Heat Silhouette is a space of active production filled with theater-like compartments — a site where text\, image\, and pattern coalesce into a kind of urban camouflage. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/rafael-domenech-and-tomas-vu-heat-silhouette-49/ LOCATION:Asia Society Texas Center\, 1370 Southmore Blvd.\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/event-featured-rafael-domenech-and-tomas-vu-heat-silhouette-1697751613-ZVcLnx.tmp_-Tp18AU.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Asia Society Texas Center":MAILTO:txcenter@asiasociety.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240507T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240507T100000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240505T230659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240507T143623Z UID:218231-1715076000-1715076000@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:'Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette' DESCRIPTION:Asia Society Texas is pleased to present Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette\, the organization’s first public art installation. This collaboration between Cuban American artist Rafael Domenech and Vietnamese American artist Tomas Vu assumes the form of a dynamic outdoor pavilion with two stages\, occupying AST’s 13\,000-square-foot lot at the intersection of Oakdale and Caroline Streets in the heart of Houston’s Museum District. Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu Heat Silhouette is commissioned in partnership with the University of Houston’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts.\nDescribed by the artists as a form of “urban acupuncture\,” Heat Silhouette is a physical structure designed to welcome the spontaneous circulation of people\, energy\, and events. The outdoor pavilion takes cues from college campuses\, popular culture\, and experimental magazines. Made of wood\, aluminum framing\, and laser-cut construction mesh — the very materials used to build the city of Houston — the pavilion becomes an extension of the museum and a public programming space. The title itself references the most omnipresent weather condition of Houston the summer’s intense heat\, a heat so palpable that it feels as if it occupies actual space\, creating a silhouette or edge.\nFor the artists\, the pavilion resists merely being a form of architecture. Instead\, the pavilion physically operates as an experimental magazine\, referencing the graphic processes seen in radical publications from the 1960s and 1970s like Kontexts\, an important catalyst of avant-garde poetry. Readers do not flip Heat Silhouette’s pages; instead\, they become viewers that are invited to walk in\, around\, and through the publication. Laser-cut texts appropriated from popular science-fiction films\, poetry\, and other sources intermingle to form multiple layers and viewpoints that shift with the sunlight. Heat Silhouette is a space of active production filled with theater-like compartments — a site where text\, image\, and pattern coalesce into a kind of urban camouflage. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/rafael-domenech-and-tomas-vu-heat-silhouette-50/ LOCATION:Asia Society Texas Center\, 1370 Southmore Blvd.\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/event-featured-rafael-domenech-and-tomas-vu-heat-silhouette-1697751613-ZVcLnx.tmp_-Tp18AU.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Asia Society Texas Center":MAILTO:txcenter@asiasociety.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240507T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240507T170000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240506T002243Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240507T213648Z UID:218235-1715079600-1715101200@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Brenda Biondo: Sun to Earth DESCRIPTION:Koslov Larsen is pleased to present Sun to Earth\, the gallery’s third solo presentation by artist Brenda Biondo. Combining several series of Biondo’s works\, Sun to Earth introduces new ways of looking at common subjects while challenging viewers’ perception of color and three-dimensional space. The works explored throughout the show focus on atmospheric phenomena and other ephemeral components of the natural world. Unnatural (Texas Tumbleweeds) and Prairie Wheels study the interconnectedness of humans and flora\, inspired by the iconic tumbleweed\, an invasive species brought inadvertently to the United States in the 1870s by Eastern European settlers. Influenced heavily by James Turrell’s Skyspaces\, Perceptual Skies emphasizes the limitless potential of light as a subject and the subjectivity of perception. Biondo states\, “Using a visual language that deconstructs the sky portion of the landscape helps articulate questions about how we engage with our environment and the emotional and psychological effects natural light has on humans.” The images in the series follow the formal aesthetics of modern painting\, particularly minimalism\, while emphasizing the ambiguity between the real and the reproduced.\nSun to Earth will be on view at Koslov Larsen from May 3 – June 21\, 2024. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/brenda-biondo-sun-to-earth-3/ LOCATION:Koslov Larsen\, 4411 Montrose Blvd Suite C\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/open_skies_brenda-biondo-v272ba.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Koslov Larsen":MAILTO:info@koslovlarsen.gallery END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240507T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240507T210000 DTSTAMP:20260412T101318 CREATED:20240506T002256Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240508T013633Z UID:218240-1715104800-1715115600@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:reVision Tuesday Night Sessions DESCRIPTION:Tuesday Night reVision Sessions is a community-focused event that aims to promote exercise\, dance\, and unity while shaping young minds. The night includes various activities such as educational workshops\, mentorship\, and interactive sessions in breakdancing\, basketball\, and DJing. By fostering creativity\, critical thinking\, and personal development among the youth and young adults\, the event serves as a platform for the community to come together and support each other. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/revision-tuesday-night-sessions-11/ LOCATION:Houston reVision Community Center\, 6856 Bellaire Blvd.\, Houston\, TX\, 77074\, United States CATEGORIES:Dance | Latin | Urban,Free Events,Kids + Families,Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/d7ba7219-646c-4be0-a985-d1488b7f6a0f-L1fAjk.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR