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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-15/
LOCATION:Koslov Larsen\, 4411 Montrose Blvd Suite C\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240523T180000
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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-24/
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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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240523T180000
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SUMMARY:Theaster Gates: The Gift and The Renege
DESCRIPTION:Theaster Gates: The Gift and The Renege presents work by the acclaimed Chicago-based artist\, featuring large-scale paintings\, sculptures\, and installations that highlight the seen and unseen dynamics of Freedmen’s Town in Houston’s Fourth Ward. Throughout his career\, Theaster Gates has soulfully elevated our understanding of Black labor\, materials\, place\, and community to revitalize underrecognized neighborhoods by combining urban planning and a multifaceted art practice. His work powerfully highlights the true value Black spaces hold—although often devalued—as sites of American resilience\, liberation\, and redemption. Gates is a shape-shifter\, a world-builder\, and an artist who singularly connects the dots in both poetic and pragmatic ways. For over 20 years he has worked to transform the Southside of Chicago through various initiatives aimed at preserving and continuing the neighborhood’s vital role as a site for Black creativity. His multifaceted practice\, which demonstrates the dual importance of building community and exposing power structures\, has made him one of the most significant artists working in our time.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/theaster-gates-the-gift-and-the-renege-5/
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240523T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240523T190000
DTSTAMP:20260409T170128
CREATED:20240523T015232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240523T235256Z
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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-43/
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:20240523T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240523T190000
DTSTAMP:20260409T170128
CREATED:20240523T025132Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240523T235256Z
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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-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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240523T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240523T190000
DTSTAMP:20260409T170128
CREATED:20240523T025132Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240523T235256Z
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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-36/
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:20240523T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240523T170000
DTSTAMP:20260409T170128
CREATED:20240523T035203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240523T213623Z
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SUMMARY:Unearthing: Black Porosity – Open Studio Hours
DESCRIPTION:Unearthing: Black Porosities by artist-in-residence Rian Crane (he/they) will be open for public viewing in tandem with Sawyer Yards’ Second Saturdays!\nUnearthing: Black Porosity is an amalgamation of works exploring the ongoing lasting legacies\, histories\, and current relations of Black +/ Indigenous lifeways in the gulf south/ global south. Engaging writings from Black/ Caribbean scholars like the “The Black Shoals”\, by Tiffany Lethabo King and Glissant’s “Poetics of Relations\,” Imageries of Black life physically antithesis Blackness and colonial enclosure: Indigeneity and extraction: land and water relations. Unearthing: Black Porosities materializes as performance\, sculpture\, cyanotype\, soundscapes\, and cinema.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/unearthing-black-porosity-open-studio-hours-11/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Fresh Arts":MAILTO:marketing@fresharts.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240523T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240523T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T170128
CREATED:20240523T213623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240523T235243Z
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SUMMARY:What Is A Ward?
DESCRIPTION:What defines a Ward\, or in a more modern sense of the word\, a neighborhood? Sabine Street Studios is located in Houston’s historic First Ward\, meaning the first developed in Houston. As artists and creatives we all come from different backgrounds and heritages\, as does our practice. But this practice has a shared sense of personal belonging\, of representing us and ourselves. Can a neighborhood have an identity when it is made up of diverse peoples and backgrounds? Or is it just a geographic definition\, delineated by streets and bayous?\nFor this tenant exhibition\, artists were asked: “How does your Ward fit within your studio practice? Is the idea of “home” something which inspires you creatively\, or a place of rest and comfort?” The exhibition is on view in the South Gallery through July 14.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/what-is-a-ward-8/
LOCATION:Sabine Street Studios\, 1907 Sabine Street Studios\, Houston\, TX\, 77007\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sawyer Yards Houston":MAILTO:events@sawyeryards.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240523T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240523T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T170128
CREATED:20240523T213650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240524T010637Z
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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-11/
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:20240523T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240523T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T170128
CREATED:20240523T213650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240523T235243Z
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SUMMARY:The Modern Art Notes Podcast Live on “Janet Sobel: All-Over”
DESCRIPTION:Natalie Dupêcher\, Associate Curator\, and Tyler Green of “The Modern Art Notes Podcast” engage in a discussion about artist Janet Sobel and the exhibition “Janet Sobel: All-Over”. This public conversation will be recorded live at the Menil with an audience and available on the podcast at a later date.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/the-modern-art-notes-podcast-live-on-janet-sobel-all-over/
LOCATION:Menil Collection\, 1515 Sul Ross\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Literature + Lectures,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Menil Collection":MAILTO:info@menil.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240523T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240523T220000
DTSTAMP:20260409T170128
CREATED:20240523T225151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240524T020626Z
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SUMMARY:HAAPIFEST Pre-Screening Event at Axelrad Beer Garden
DESCRIPTION:Get ready for a thrilling cinematic adventure at our Prescreening Events. Come see a glimpse of what types of films we will be screening on Thursday\, May 23rd. All Screenings are free but seating is limited. Join us at the vibrant Axelrad Beer Garden located at 1517 Alabama St\, Houston\, TX 77004\, where the atmosphere is electric and the excitement is palpable. Don’t miss out on this exhilarating opportunity to immerse yourself in the magic of cinema and kick off the festival in style!\nFilms: SO THAT HAPPENED\, DREGS\, THE LAST QUEEN
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/haapifest-pre-screening-event-at-axelrad-beer-garden/
LOCATION:AXELRAD\, 1517 Alabama street\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festivals,Film,Free Events,Seasonal,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240524T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240524T170000
DTSTAMP:20260409T170128
CREATED:20240523T235257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240524T210704Z
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SUMMARY:What Is A Ward?
DESCRIPTION:What defines a Ward\, or in a more modern sense of the word\, a neighborhood? Sabine Street Studios is located in Houston’s historic First Ward\, meaning the first developed in Houston. As artists and creatives we all come from different backgrounds and heritages\, as does our practice. But this practice has a shared sense of personal belonging\, of representing us and ourselves. Can a neighborhood have an identity when it is made up of diverse peoples and backgrounds? Or is it just a geographic definition\, delineated by streets and bayous?\nFor this tenant exhibition\, artists were asked: “How does your Ward fit within your studio practice? Is the idea of “home” something which inspires you creatively\, or a place of rest and comfort?” The exhibition is on view in the South Gallery through July 14.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/what-is-a-ward-9/
LOCATION:Sabine Street Studios\, 1907 Sabine Street Studios\, Houston\, TX\, 77007\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sawyer Yards Houston":MAILTO:events@sawyeryards.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240524T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240524T100000
DTSTAMP:20260409T170128
CREATED:20240524T010650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240524T140652Z
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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-67/
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:20240524T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240528T170000
DTSTAMP:20260409T170128
CREATED:20240524T040637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240528T210628Z
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SUMMARY:IVO MORRISON | THE INTRODUCTION
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the Opening Reception on May 16\, 6-9pm\nExhibition on through May 17-21\nBlue is the colour of dreams. Orange\, red and white are the colours of summertime. In ‘The Introduction’\, Ivo Morrison tells you a story about the memory of summer. But it’s not about his summers. It’s about yours. And how you remember them. And how the memory of them keeps you warm when it’s cold and dark.\nIvo Morrison\, born 1990\, is a self-taught British artist currently based in London. His work is hand drawn with shellac ink on paper. His primary ambition is to tell stories in his pictures; his work is exciting\, silly\, and a bit mysterious.\nHe has exhibited at multiple British galleries\, including with Rebecca Hossack and the British Art Portfolio\, as well as internationally\, most notably at Art Basel Miami Beach\, Art on Paper in New York\, Ink Asia in Hong Kong\, and the International Art Festival of São Paolo\, among others.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/ivo-morrison-the-introduction-8/
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240524T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240524T170000
DTSTAMP:20260409T170128
CREATED:20240524T040637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240524T210704Z
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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-16/
LOCATION:Koslov Larsen\, 4411 Montrose Blvd Suite C\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Koslov Larsen":MAILTO:info@koslovlarsen.gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240524T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240524T180000
DTSTAMP:20260409T170128
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240524T220633Z
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SUMMARY:Theaster Gates: The Gift and The Renege
DESCRIPTION:Theaster Gates: The Gift and The Renege presents work by the acclaimed Chicago-based artist\, featuring large-scale paintings\, sculptures\, and installations that highlight the seen and unseen dynamics of Freedmen’s Town in Houston’s Fourth Ward. Throughout his career\, Theaster Gates has soulfully elevated our understanding of Black labor\, materials\, place\, and community to revitalize underrecognized neighborhoods by combining urban planning and a multifaceted art practice. His work powerfully highlights the true value Black spaces hold—although often devalued—as sites of American resilience\, liberation\, and redemption. Gates is a shape-shifter\, a world-builder\, and an artist who singularly connects the dots in both poetic and pragmatic ways. For over 20 years he has worked to transform the Southside of Chicago through various initiatives aimed at preserving and continuing the neighborhood’s vital role as a site for Black creativity. His multifaceted practice\, which demonstrates the dual importance of building community and exposing power structures\, has made him one of the most significant artists working in our time.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/theaster-gates-the-gift-and-the-renege-6/
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:20240524T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240524T180000
DTSTAMP:20260409T170128
CREATED:20240524T040637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240524T220634Z
UID:219240-1716548400-1716573600@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-25/
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240524T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240524T190000
DTSTAMP:20260409T170128
CREATED:20240524T040623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240524T230648Z
UID:219234-1716548400-1716577200@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-21/
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:20240524T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240524T190000
DTSTAMP:20260409T170128
CREATED:20240524T040623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240524T230649Z
UID:219235-1716548400-1716577200@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-37/
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:20240524T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240524T190000
DTSTAMP:20260409T170128
CREATED:20240524T040623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240524T230649Z
UID:219236-1716548400-1716577200@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-44/
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:20240524T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240524T170000
DTSTAMP:20260409T170128
CREATED:20240524T040622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240524T210651Z
UID:219232-1716552000-1716570000@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:Unearthing: Black Porosity – Open Studio Hours
DESCRIPTION:Unearthing: Black Porosities by artist-in-residence Rian Crane (he/they) will be open for public viewing in tandem with Sawyer Yards’ Second Saturdays!\nUnearthing: Black Porosity is an amalgamation of works exploring the ongoing lasting legacies\, histories\, and current relations of Black +/ Indigenous lifeways in the gulf south/ global south. Engaging writings from Black/ Caribbean scholars like the “The Black Shoals”\, by Tiffany Lethabo King and Glissant’s “Poetics of Relations\,” Imageries of Black life physically antithesis Blackness and colonial enclosure: Indigeneity and extraction: land and water relations. Unearthing: Black Porosities materializes as performance\, sculpture\, cyanotype\, soundscapes\, and cinema.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/unearthing-black-porosity-open-studio-hours-12/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Fresh Arts":MAILTO:marketing@fresharts.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240524T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240524T193000
DTSTAMP:20260409T170128
CREATED:20240524T160652Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240525T002151Z
UID:219261-1716577200-1716579000@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-10/
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240524T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240524T193000
DTSTAMP:20260409T170128
CREATED:20240524T220646Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240525T002150Z
UID:219268-1716577200-1716579000@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-2/
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:20240524T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240524T230000
DTSTAMP:20260409T170128
CREATED:20240524T220700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240525T032126Z
UID:219273-1716577200-1716591600@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:Free Salsa Lesson at Latin Beats Downtown Aquarium
DESCRIPTION:Organized by the Texas Salsa Congress & Downtown Aquarium\, this event promises salsa family fun that’s perfect for celebrating the summer vibes. We’re marking our 19th season with the 2024 Season at the Downtown Aquarium! FREE Salsa Lessons at Latin Beats! Whether it’s a romantic date night\, a girls’ night out\, a happy hour with friends\, or a family gathering\, Latin Beats is the perfect event to unite everyone in H-Town for a fantastic time!\nSummer in Houston\, Texas offers so much excitement\, and Latin Beats is a highlight for families. We’re thrilled to announce the return of Latin Beats for a full season of entertainment. Get ready to dance the night away at Latin Beats at the Downtown Aquarium! Bring your friends and family along for an evening of Latin music and fun. This event is free and open to all ages\, running from 7 pm to 11 pm.\nEvery Friday\, Latin Beats hosts music and free salsa lessons by the Texas Salsa Congress! More Information Downtown Aquarium Plaza\nThe location is near Ferris Wheel on the Bayou\n410 Bagby at Memorial Houston\, Texas 713.223.FISH\nFREE\, ALL AGES WELCOME!\nJoin our FAN PAGE https://bit.ly/LatinBeatsHou or our Instagram: www.instagram.com/texassalsacongresstx\n#LatinBeatsHou
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/free-salsa-lesson-at-latin-beats-downtown-aquarium/
LOCATION:Downtown Aquarium\, 410 Bagby St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dance | Latin | Urban,Free Events,Kids + Families,Music,Outdoors
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240525T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240525T170000
DTSTAMP:20260409T170128
CREATED:20240525T002202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240525T213639Z
UID:219291-1716627600-1716656400@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:What Is A Ward?
DESCRIPTION:What defines a Ward\, or in a more modern sense of the word\, a neighborhood? Sabine Street Studios is located in Houston’s historic First Ward\, meaning the first developed in Houston. As artists and creatives we all come from different backgrounds and heritages\, as does our practice. But this practice has a shared sense of personal belonging\, of representing us and ourselves. Can a neighborhood have an identity when it is made up of diverse peoples and backgrounds? Or is it just a geographic definition\, delineated by streets and bayous?\nFor this tenant exhibition\, artists were asked: “How does your Ward fit within your studio practice? Is the idea of “home” something which inspires you creatively\, or a place of rest and comfort?” The exhibition is on view in the South Gallery through July 14.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/what-is-a-ward-10/
LOCATION:Sabine Street Studios\, 1907 Sabine Street Studios\, Houston\, TX\, 77007\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sawyer Yards Houston":MAILTO:events@sawyeryards.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240525T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240525T100000
DTSTAMP:20260409T170128
CREATED:20240525T002203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240525T142147Z
UID:219292-1716631200-1716631200@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-68/
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:20240525T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240529T170000
DTSTAMP:20260409T170128
CREATED:20240525T012134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240529T210709Z
UID:219296-1716631200-1717002000@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:IVO MORRISON | THE INTRODUCTION
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the Opening Reception on May 16\, 6-9pm\nExhibition on through May 17-21\nBlue is the colour of dreams. Orange\, red and white are the colours of summertime. In ‘The Introduction’\, Ivo Morrison tells you a story about the memory of summer. But it’s not about his summers. It’s about yours. And how you remember them. And how the memory of them keeps you warm when it’s cold and dark.\nIvo Morrison\, born 1990\, is a self-taught British artist currently based in London. His work is hand drawn with shellac ink on paper. His primary ambition is to tell stories in his pictures; his work is exciting\, silly\, and a bit mysterious.\nHe has exhibited at multiple British galleries\, including with Rebecca Hossack and the British Art Portfolio\, as well as internationally\, most notably at Art Basel Miami Beach\, Art on Paper in New York\, Ink Asia in Hong Kong\, and the International Art Festival of São Paolo\, among others.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/ivo-morrison-the-introduction-9/
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240525T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240525T170000
DTSTAMP:20260409T170128
CREATED:20240525T012151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240525T213625Z
UID:219303-1716634800-1716656400@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-17/
LOCATION:Koslov Larsen\, 4411 Montrose Blvd Suite C\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Koslov Larsen":MAILTO:info@koslovlarsen.gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240525T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240525T170000
DTSTAMP:20260409T170128
CREATED:20240525T032142Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240525T213639Z
UID:219313-1716634800-1716656400@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:SHAPE's 45th Annual Pan-African Cultural Festival
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to SHAPE’s 45th Annual Pan African Cultural Festival! Join us at the S.H.A.P.E. Community Center for a day filled with vibrant performances\, delicious food\, and the celebration of culture. Immerse yourself in traditional dances\, music\, and art from various countries. This FREE in-person event is a fantastic opportunity to connect with the community and experience the rich heritage of our people. Don’t miss out on this exciting cultural extravaganza!\nFeaturing\nKoumanKe’le\, Journi Anjel\, M3CCA\, Calmecac Tonantzin Yolilitzyotl\, Urban Souls\, Nicotine & The Warmtones\, All Real Radio\, & MORE!
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/shapes-45th-annual-pan-african-cultural-festival/
LOCATION:S.H.A.P.E. Community Center\, 3815 Live Oak\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dance,Festivals,Free Events,Kids + Families,Music,Outdoors,Performance Art,Special Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="S.H.A.P.E. Community Center":MAILTO:smuhammad@shape.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240525T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240525T180000
DTSTAMP:20260409T170128
CREATED:20240525T032126Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240525T223714Z
UID:219306-1716634800-1716660000@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:Theaster Gates: The Gift and The Renege
DESCRIPTION:Theaster Gates: The Gift and The Renege presents work by the acclaimed Chicago-based artist\, featuring large-scale paintings\, sculptures\, and installations that highlight the seen and unseen dynamics of Freedmen’s Town in Houston’s Fourth Ward. Throughout his career\, Theaster Gates has soulfully elevated our understanding of Black labor\, materials\, place\, and community to revitalize underrecognized neighborhoods by combining urban planning and a multifaceted art practice. His work powerfully highlights the true value Black spaces hold—although often devalued—as sites of American resilience\, liberation\, and redemption. Gates is a shape-shifter\, a world-builder\, and an artist who singularly connects the dots in both poetic and pragmatic ways. For over 20 years he has worked to transform the Southside of Chicago through various initiatives aimed at preserving and continuing the neighborhood’s vital role as a site for Black creativity. His multifaceted practice\, which demonstrates the dual importance of building community and exposing power structures\, has made him one of the most significant artists working in our time.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/theaster-gates-the-gift-and-the-renege-7/
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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