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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-10/
LOCATION:The Menil Drawing Institute\, 1412 W. Main St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240418T143647Z
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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-29/
LOCATION:Asia Society Texas Center\, 1370 Southmore Blvd.\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Asia Society Texas Center":MAILTO:txcenter@asiasociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240418T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240418T180000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214751
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SUMMARY:Critical Geography – FotoFest Biennial 2024
DESCRIPTION:The FotoFest Biennial 2024 central exhibition\, “Critical Geography”\, reexamines traditional Western and historical understandings of geography while expanding these investigations to new realms. Borrowing its name from the subdiscipline of geography that questions and challenges power structures\, inequality\, and the dominant ideologies shaping physical space\, Critical Geography explores how space\, place\, and communities are influenced by social\, economic\, ecological\, and political forces. By critically analyzing these dynamics\, the works in the exhibition provoke conversations around social justice\, environmental sustainability\, and transformative change.\n“Our intent is that the 2024 Biennial\, featuring both existing and newly commissioned works from local and international artists\, will allow viewers to engage in important dialogues around the social dimensions of space and our shared planet\,” says Steven Evans\, Executive Director of FotoFest. “We look forward to once again celebrating Houston’s vibrant art and photo community while embracing these new perspectives around place-making\, the image\, and geography.”\n“Critical Geography” features a diverse range of image-based practices\, representing artists from photographers and storytellers whose works shed light on systemic oppression\, violence\, and urgent environmental concerns to image-makers who appropriate mapping\, social media\, and technology in order to explore inequality in colonial and post-colonial contexts. The exhibition highlights a range of unorthodox strategies employed to construct new narratives around place and community while imagining alternative organizations of social space. The Biennial exhibition includes several site-specific works and new commissions by FotoFest.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/critical-geography-fotofest-biennial-2024-14/
LOCATION:FotoFest at Silver Street Studios\, 2000 Edwards Street (Silver Street Studios Building C\, Suite 2)\, Houston\, TX\, 77007\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="FotoFest International":MAILTO:info@fotofest.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240418T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240418T190000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214751
CREATED:20240417T223707Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240418T232151Z
UID:217041-1713438000-1713466800@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-11/
LOCATION:The Menil Drawing Institute\, 1412 W. Main St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240418T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240418T190000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214751
CREATED:20240417T223707Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240418T232136Z
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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-18/
LOCATION:The Menil Collection\, 1533 Sul Ross Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Menil Collection":MAILTO:info@menil.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240418T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240418T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214751
CREATED:20240417T223722Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240419T003707Z
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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/
LOCATION:Lawndale Art Center\, 4912 Main St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240418T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240418T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214751
CREATED:20240417T223725Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240419T013631Z
UID:217048-1713465000-1713474000@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:Houston reVision CommUnity Night
DESCRIPTION:reVision’s CommUnity Night is a weekly get together for a hot meal\, music\, dancing\, and celebration. While primarily focused on school-aged children and youth\, and young adults\, reVision’s CommUnity Night is open to the public. The musical focus is on hiphop\, a live DJ plays music\, and children and youth can learn the fundamentals of breakdancing and other dance styles.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/houston-revision-community-night-6/
LOCATION:Houston reVision Community Center\, 6856 Bellaire Blvd.\, Houston\, TX\, 77074\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dance,Free Events,Kids + Families,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240419T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240419T074500
DTSTAMP:20260409T214751
CREATED:20240418T045154Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240419T123624Z
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SUMMARY:Mindful Moments (Online)
DESCRIPTION:Mornings are a special time. When our brains have not yet started to make the connections that will eventually lead us to identify with our roles in the world\, we are simply mindful beings. Join us early on Friday mornings for a quick moment of mindfulness with Michele Pola\, and explore how we can carry the ease of the morning into the busier parts of the day. Additionally\, once a month\, you can join us for a quick mindfulness tip\, and learn tools for creating more mindful moments\, every day.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/mindful-moments-online-4/
LOCATION:Online/Virtual Space
CATEGORIES:Classes + Workshops,Free Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jung Center of Houston":MAILTO:feedback@junghouston.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240419T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240419T100000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214751
CREATED:20240418T212153Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240419T143828Z
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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-30/
LOCATION:Asia Society Texas Center\, 1370 Southmore Blvd.\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Asia Society Texas Center":MAILTO:txcenter@asiasociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240419T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240419T180000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214751
CREATED:20240418T232136Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240419T222409Z
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SUMMARY:Critical Geography – FotoFest Biennial 2024
DESCRIPTION:The FotoFest Biennial 2024 central exhibition\, “Critical Geography”\, reexamines traditional Western and historical understandings of geography while expanding these investigations to new realms. Borrowing its name from the subdiscipline of geography that questions and challenges power structures\, inequality\, and the dominant ideologies shaping physical space\, Critical Geography explores how space\, place\, and communities are influenced by social\, economic\, ecological\, and political forces. By critically analyzing these dynamics\, the works in the exhibition provoke conversations around social justice\, environmental sustainability\, and transformative change.\n“Our intent is that the 2024 Biennial\, featuring both existing and newly commissioned works from local and international artists\, will allow viewers to engage in important dialogues around the social dimensions of space and our shared planet\,” says Steven Evans\, Executive Director of FotoFest. “We look forward to once again celebrating Houston’s vibrant art and photo community while embracing these new perspectives around place-making\, the image\, and geography.”\n“Critical Geography” features a diverse range of image-based practices\, representing artists from photographers and storytellers whose works shed light on systemic oppression\, violence\, and urgent environmental concerns to image-makers who appropriate mapping\, social media\, and technology in order to explore inequality in colonial and post-colonial contexts. The exhibition highlights a range of unorthodox strategies employed to construct new narratives around place and community while imagining alternative organizations of social space. The Biennial exhibition includes several site-specific works and new commissions by FotoFest.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/critical-geography-fotofest-biennial-2024-15/
LOCATION:FotoFest at Silver Street Studios\, 2000 Edwards Street (Silver Street Studios Building C\, Suite 2)\, Houston\, TX\, 77007\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="FotoFest International":MAILTO:info@fotofest.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240419T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240419T190000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214751
CREATED:20240418T232206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240419T233622Z
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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-19/
LOCATION:The Menil Collection\, 1533 Sul Ross Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Menil Collection":MAILTO:info@menil.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240419T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240419T190000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214751
CREATED:20240419T003707Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240419T233622Z
UID:217104-1713524400-1713553200@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-12/
LOCATION:The Menil Drawing Institute\, 1412 W. Main St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240419T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240419T210000
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CREATED:20240419T023626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240420T013632Z
UID:217114-1713549600-1713560400@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/
LOCATION:Throughline\, 3909 Main St\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Throughline":MAILTO:throughlinecollective@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240419T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240419T193000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214751
CREATED:20240419T023655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240419T233635Z
UID:217119-1713553200-1713555000@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:Level 0 - Intro to Improv Class
DESCRIPTION:Station Theater’s weekly 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! Students are invited to stay for the 8:00 pm show for free\, pending ticket availability\, and will receive a discount code for our nine-week Level 1 class. This class is perfect for those wanting to get a taste of our improv training program before registering – or for those wanting to try something new and have fun!
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/level-0-intro-to-improv-class/
LOCATION:Station Theater\, 2219 Crockett St #C2\, Houston\, 77007\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes + Workshops,Free Events,Theatre + Comedy
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ORGANIZER;CN="Station Theater":MAILTO:info@stationtheater.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240419T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240419T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214751
CREATED:20240419T023657Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240420T013646Z
UID:217123-1713553200-1713560400@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:Public Opening | Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow
DESCRIPTION:Visit the Museum for a public celebration of the exhibition\, Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow\, the artist’s first solo museum presentation in the United States.\nAcross an installation\, video\, and series of commissioned sculptures\, the artist continues her decade-long investigation into what it means to call a planet home.\nDrinks and food will be available for purchase\, with more information to be announced soon!\nSupport\nOlivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow is made possible by Presenting Sponsors: The Stolbun Family and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.\nContemporary Arts Museum Houston exhibitions are made possible by the patrons\, benefactors\, and donors to CAMH’s Major Exhibition Fund: Chinhui Juhn and Eddie Allen\, Louise Jamail\, Sissy and Denny Kempner\, Dillon Kyle and Sam Lasseter\, Cabrina and Steven Owsley\, Elisa and Cris Pye\, Louisa Stude Sarofim\, and Mary Ann and F. Carrington Weems Foundation.\nContemporary Arts Museum Houston is funded in part by the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance and the Texas Commission on the Arts.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/public-opening-olivia-erlanger-if-today-were-tomorrow/
LOCATION:Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)\, 5216 Montrose \, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)":MAILTO:info@camh.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240420T040000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240420T140000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214751
CREATED:20240419T233651Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240420T185125Z
UID:217173-1713585600-1713621600@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-2/
LOCATION:Lawndale Art Center\, 4912 Main St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240420T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240420T100000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214751
CREATED:20240420T003803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240420T143624Z
UID:217178-1713607200-1713607200@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-31/
LOCATION:Asia Society Texas Center\, 1370 Southmore Blvd.\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Asia Society Texas Center":MAILTO:txcenter@asiasociety.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240420T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240420T190000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214751
CREATED:20240420T013647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240420T230626Z
UID:217186-1713607200-1713639600@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:Coffee\, Cameras\, and Community: UNITING HOUSTON’S 3RD WARD THROUGH ART\, COFFEE\, EQUITY\, AND INCLUSION
DESCRIPTION:The Color of Coffee Collective is hosting a Diversity\, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) focused photo walk in Houston’s 3rd Ward this April 2024. The event will include a photo walk and Diversity\, Equity and Inclusion conversation through Houston’s 3rd ward culminating at a gallery at Doshi House which will highlight local artists\, offer free coffee.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/coffee-cameras-and-community-uniting-houstons-3rd-ward-through-art-coffee-equity-and-inclusion/
LOCATION:Doshi House\, 3419 Emancipation Ave\, Houston\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Special Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Color of Coffee Collective":MAILTO:erica@colorofcoffeecollective.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240420T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240420T180000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214751
CREATED:20240420T033636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240420T215200Z
UID:217201-1713610800-1713636000@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:Critical Geography – FotoFest Biennial 2024
DESCRIPTION:The FotoFest Biennial 2024 central exhibition\, “Critical Geography”\, reexamines traditional Western and historical understandings of geography while expanding these investigations to new realms. Borrowing its name from the subdiscipline of geography that questions and challenges power structures\, inequality\, and the dominant ideologies shaping physical space\, Critical Geography explores how space\, place\, and communities are influenced by social\, economic\, ecological\, and political forces. By critically analyzing these dynamics\, the works in the exhibition provoke conversations around social justice\, environmental sustainability\, and transformative change.\n“Our intent is that the 2024 Biennial\, featuring both existing and newly commissioned works from local and international artists\, will allow viewers to engage in important dialogues around the social dimensions of space and our shared planet\,” says Steven Evans\, Executive Director of FotoFest. “We look forward to once again celebrating Houston’s vibrant art and photo community while embracing these new perspectives around place-making\, the image\, and geography.”\n“Critical Geography” features a diverse range of image-based practices\, representing artists from photographers and storytellers whose works shed light on systemic oppression\, violence\, and urgent environmental concerns to image-makers who appropriate mapping\, social media\, and technology in order to explore inequality in colonial and post-colonial contexts. The exhibition highlights a range of unorthodox strategies employed to construct new narratives around place and community while imagining alternative organizations of social space. The Biennial exhibition includes several site-specific works and new commissions by FotoFest.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/critical-geography-fotofest-biennial-2024-16/
LOCATION:FotoFest at Silver Street Studios\, 2000 Edwards Street (Silver Street Studios Building C\, Suite 2)\, Houston\, TX\, 77007\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="FotoFest International":MAILTO:info@fotofest.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240420T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240420T180000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214751
CREATED:20240420T033648Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240420T215147Z
UID:217202-1713610800-1713636000@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/
LOCATION:Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)\, 5216 Montrose \, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Kids + Families,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)":MAILTO:info@camh.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240420T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240420T190000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214751
CREATED:20240420T033635Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240420T230626Z
UID:217199-1713610800-1713639600@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-13/
LOCATION:The Menil Drawing Institute\, 1412 W. Main St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240420T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240420T190000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214751
CREATED:20240420T033636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240420T230626Z
UID:217200-1713610800-1713639600@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-20/
LOCATION:The Menil Collection\, 1533 Sul Ross Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Menil Collection":MAILTO:info@menil.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240420T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240420T180000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214751
CREATED:20240420T033634Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240420T215133Z
UID:217193-1713614400-1713636000@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-2/
LOCATION:Throughline\, 3909 Main St\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Throughline":MAILTO:throughlinecollective@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240420T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240420T190000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214751
CREATED:20240420T033703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240420T230627Z
UID:217206-1713614400-1713639600@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:PURANAVA Indian Art & Culture Fest
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a vibrant celebration of Indian art and culture at the Puranava Indian Art & Culture Fest! Immerse yourself in a colorful extravaganza that showcases the rich traditional heritage of India. From mesmerizing classical and folk dance performances from various regions of India having very distinct cultures\, to art exhibitions\, delectable street food from all corners of India\, a bazaar with vendors selling ethnic wear\, jewelry\, handicrafts and more\, a kids art-making zone… this event promises an unforgettable experience.\nMark your calendars for this in-person event\, happening at the Pearland Town Center.\nExplore vibrant India! Engage with diverse India! Experience traditional India!\nWhether you are an art enthusiast\, a food lover\, or simply curious about Indian culture\, this fest has something for everyone. Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to immerse yourself in the vibrant tapestry of Indian traditions!
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/puranava-indian-art-culture-fest/
LOCATION:Pearland Town Center Mall\, 11200 Broadway St\, Pearland\, TX\, 77584\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festivals,Free Events,Kids + Families,Outdoors,Performance Art,Special Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Global Organization for Divinity":MAILTO:houston.god@godivinity.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240420T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240420T160000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214751
CREATED:20240420T043643Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240420T205124Z
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SUMMARY:Paper Landscapes
DESCRIPTION:Inspired by the exhibition\, Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow\, create a surreal landscape layering paper shapes and tape.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/paper-landscapes/
LOCATION:Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)\, 5216 Montrose \, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Kids + Families,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)":MAILTO:info@camh.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240420T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240420T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214751
CREATED:20240420T043645Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240421T012124Z
UID:217218-1713636000-1713646800@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:5 Simultaneous Solo Shows at Reeves Art + Design
DESCRIPTION:Reeves Art + Design is excited to announce their upcoming simultaneous solo show lineup for April. The exhibitions will be on view April 20th\, 2024 through May 4th\, 2024. The opening reception will take place on Saturday\, April 20th\, 2024\, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Admission is free and open to the public.\nBAKERZDUZEN: Alter Ego\nAlter Ego is a show created by Justin\, an artist better known as Bakerzduzen\, who has been creating art for the last 11 years. He has always imagined that Bakerzduzen was sort of his secret identity\, and that he is like a super villain with the sole purpose of melting minds with his creations. Each character\, creature\, or ghoul that he brings to life is a different part of himself. A small glimpse into who he is as a human being.\nThe pieces for Alter Ego were created over the last year or so with the inspiration of building a unique world. Justin describes his goal best: “Hopefully it inspires you\, or makes you feel weird. Maybe it’ll even get you to laugh a little\, but most of all I hope you just simply enjoy the experience.”\nAlex Paulus: All I have to do is live until I die\nAll I have to do is live until I die is a show by Memphis-based artist Alex Paulus designed around the idea of scale and proportion. The size of an object can make it seem important or unimportant. And we all measure things according to the size of ourselves. Things that are smaller than us can seem trivial\, while larger objects can feel overwhelming. Yet\, when considering the vastness of the universe\, our planet seems tiny and inconsequential.\nHis current series focuses on small figures within expansive landscapes. By placing tiny people within large areas\, it creates a sense of insignificance. This can be frightening to think about\, but it can also be comforting. Knowing that we are so small\, no matter what we do\, it ultimately doesn’t impact the universe on a grand scale.\nIn All I have to do is live until I die\, Alex asks the viewer to think about how humans fit into this world and how small we actually are compared to the rest of the universe. He is interested in the purpose of human existence\, but it seems like we do a lot of weird things for no reason. Through his work\, he’d like to learn as much as he can with his time here on Earth.\nEvan Pardue: Warnings\nEvan Pardue’s first solo show with Reeves\, Warnings\, will spotlight a series of smaller paintings executed over the past five years. Primarily featuring animals\, the small works are distinct in Pardue’s oeuvre for their ambitious execution and distinct narratives. Known for his large-scale figurative paintings\, these works explore an underrepresented part of his studio practice not seen by Houston audiences.\n“It’s an honor to show at Reeves\,” says Pardue. “After seeing the first Mark Flood show\, I knew I wanted to work with a gallery like Reeves. They take risks\, believe in their artists\, and bring a refreshing perspective to our arts scene.”\nKevin Gilmore: Lonely Family Reunion\nIn Lonely Family Reunion\, local Houston artist Kevin Gilmore embarks on a poignant exploration of the profound solitude experienced by individuals amidst our current bustling world. Each brushstroke delicately unveils the nuanced emotions of those grappling with social awkwardness\, inviting viewers to empathize with their inner struggles. Embracing the rich heritage of Aboriginal art\, he infuses his creations with intricate dots\, symbolizing not only the beauty of indigenous culture but also serving as a powerful metaphor for the interconnectedness of human experiences within the vast canvas of loneliness.\nTyra J: Celestial Origins- A Multiverse of Worlds and Souls\nCelestial Origins\, an exhibition by the multidisciplinary artist and designer\, Tyra J\, invites attendees to step into a multiverse where worlds are in constant continental drift\, rendering permanent shelter unnecessary. Nomadic existence becomes the norm\, prompting a reconsideration of our fundamental understanding of home and belonging. If souls inhabit non-human forms\, how would they describe themselves? The exhibition encourages a departure from traditional labels like ‘artists’ in favor of the more inclusive term ‘storytellers\,’ where core characteristics stand as the only meaningful traits.\nCentral to Celestial Origins is the interactive viewing of sculptures\, each accompanied by messages detailing the unique operations of each world and the captivating journey each soul has undertaken. This approach invites attendees to actively engage with the exhibit\, fostering a deeper understanding of the intricate narratives woven into the fabric of each creation.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/5-simultaneous-solo-shows-at-reeves-art-design/
LOCATION:Reeves Art + Design\, 2415 Taft St\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reeves Art + Design":MAILTO:midtownmodern@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240420T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240420T193000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214751
CREATED:20240420T055157Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240421T000624Z
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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/
LOCATION:Station Theater\, 2219 Crockett St #C2\, Houston\, 77007\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Performance Art,Theatre + Comedy
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ORGANIZER;CN="Station Theater":MAILTO:info@stationtheater.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240421T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240421T100000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214751
CREATED:20240420T230656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240421T145123Z
UID:217259-1713693600-1713693600@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-32/
LOCATION:Asia Society Texas Center\, 1370 Southmore Blvd.\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Asia Society Texas Center":MAILTO:txcenter@asiasociety.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240421T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240421T180000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214751
CREATED:20240420T230657Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240421T222347Z
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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-2/
LOCATION:Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)\, 5216 Montrose \, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Kids + Families,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)":MAILTO:info@camh.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240421T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240421T180000
DTSTAMP:20260409T214751
CREATED:20240421T000653Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240421T222347Z
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SUMMARY:Critical Geography – FotoFest Biennial 2024
DESCRIPTION:The FotoFest Biennial 2024 central exhibition\, “Critical Geography”\, reexamines traditional Western and historical understandings of geography while expanding these investigations to new realms. Borrowing its name from the subdiscipline of geography that questions and challenges power structures\, inequality\, and the dominant ideologies shaping physical space\, Critical Geography explores how space\, place\, and communities are influenced by social\, economic\, ecological\, and political forces. By critically analyzing these dynamics\, the works in the exhibition provoke conversations around social justice\, environmental sustainability\, and transformative change.\n“Our intent is that the 2024 Biennial\, featuring both existing and newly commissioned works from local and international artists\, will allow viewers to engage in important dialogues around the social dimensions of space and our shared planet\,” says Steven Evans\, Executive Director of FotoFest. “We look forward to once again celebrating Houston’s vibrant art and photo community while embracing these new perspectives around place-making\, the image\, and geography.”\n“Critical Geography” features a diverse range of image-based practices\, representing artists from photographers and storytellers whose works shed light on systemic oppression\, violence\, and urgent environmental concerns to image-makers who appropriate mapping\, social media\, and technology in order to explore inequality in colonial and post-colonial contexts. The exhibition highlights a range of unorthodox strategies employed to construct new narratives around place and community while imagining alternative organizations of social space. The Biennial exhibition includes several site-specific works and new commissions by FotoFest.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/critical-geography-fotofest-biennial-2024-17/
LOCATION:FotoFest at Silver Street Studios\, 2000 Edwards Street (Silver Street Studios Building C\, Suite 2)\, Houston\, TX\, 77007\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="FotoFest International":MAILTO:info@fotofest.org
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