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SUMMARY:JOURNEY THROUGH COLOR
DESCRIPTION:Prepare for a vibrant journey of artistic expression with us. We proudly present “Journey Through Color”\, new art exhibition showcasing oil pastel works of locally acclaimed artist Irina Zamotorina. The exhibition opens its doors on June 14\, at 7:30 pm and will be on view till July 31\, 2024. All works of art will be for sale.\nKnown for her mastery of the oil pastel technique\, Irina brings a unique vision to life on paper\, weaving together rich textures and colors to create compositions that are as mesmerizing as they are thought-provoking. From lush\, dreamlike landscapes to bold still lives\, full of light and multicolored harmony\, each artwork invites viewers to lose themselves in a symphony of color and form.\nMost landscapes depict the beauty of Texas nature – the expanses of the prairies\, the power weather phenomena\, the charm of the forested areas of our neighborhoods.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/journey-through-color/
LOCATION:Russian Cultural Center “Our Texas”\, 2337 Bissonnet St\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums
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SUMMARY:JOURNEY THROUGH COLOR
DESCRIPTION:Prepare for a vibrant journey of artistic expression with us. We proudly present “Journey Through Color”\, new art exhibition showcasing oil pastel works of locally acclaimed artist Irina Zamotorina. The exhibition opens its doors on June 14\, at 7:30 pm and will be on view till July 31\, 2024. All works of art will be for sale.\nKnown for her mastery of the oil pastel technique\, Irina brings a unique vision to life on paper\, weaving together rich textures and colors to create compositions that are as mesmerizing as they are thought-provoking. From lush\, dreamlike landscapes to bold still lives\, full of light and multicolored harmony\, each artwork invites viewers to lose themselves in a symphony of color and form.\nMost landscapes depict the beauty of Texas nature – the expanses of the prairies\, the power weather phenomena\, the charm of the forested areas of our neighborhoods.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/journey-through-color-2/
LOCATION:Russian Cultural Center “Our Texas”\, 2337 Bissonnet St\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240815T000000
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SUMMARY:Texas Arts Teachers Encouraged to Apply For First Year Teacher Grants
DESCRIPTION:The Texas Cultural Trust has opened applications for the 2024 – 2025 First Year Teacher Grants. These grants are designed to support highly qualified arts teachers in providing quality arts education to Title I\, rural\, low arts access communities throughout Texas\, as part of the nonprofit’s Arts Access program.\nThe First Year Teacher Grant will award grantees a one-time grant in the amount of $1\,500. This grant is intended to help alleviate costs associated with completing the first year as an arts teacher. This funding can be applied to professional development\, classroom enrichment\, school supplies\, field trips\, and additional resources to enhance the quality of arts education.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/texas-arts-teachers-encouraged-to-apply-for-first-year-teacher-grants/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240707T150000
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SUMMARY:2024 Culture Camp: Rising Artists: The Nature of Symbols
DESCRIPTION:Dive into calligraphy traditions and learn how nature has influenced this art form across Asia and beyond. Campers will be introduced to different techniques\, scripts\, and tools to create their own expressive artwork. No prior calligraphy or brushwork experience needed.\nRecommended for students ages 9–12.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/2024-culture-camp-rising-artists-the-nature-of-symbols-21/
LOCATION:Asia Society Texas Center\, 1370 Southmore Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Kids + Families,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:20240707T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240707T170000
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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-53/
LOCATION:Sabine Street Studios\, 1907 Sabine St\, Houston\, TX\, 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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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240707T150000
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SUMMARY:TECHNE GALLERY @ TXRX LABS :: WOODSHOP GROUP SHOW
DESCRIPTION:From June 15 to August 18\, 2024 Please join TXRX Labs in the Techne Gallery for a talented membership showcase of our woodworking community.\nObjects will include furniture\, Maloof inspired chairs\, hand turned bowls\, cutting boards and decorative inlay applications through VCarve\, CNC work\, live edge work\, wood turning and various hand finishing techniques.\nCome opening weekend to engage directly with the craftsmen behind the creations to learn more about woodworking processes and their lifestyle insights\, inspirations and techniques. Stay to explore further collaborative opportunities with the artisans and fellow members.\nSelect pieces will be available for purchase\, providing an opportunity to bring home a piece of our vibrant community’s artistic expression.\nEvent Opening : Saturday June 15th 10am-3pm\nArtist Talks will be scheduled on our open house days\, given the 1st Friday of each month. Dive deeper into the world of woodworking by learning about our state-of-the-art tools and equipment\, enrolling in offered classes\, and tapping into the expertise of our dedicated shop manager and skilled volunteers with 30+ years of experience. Don’t miss this chance to ignite your creativity and appreciation for the artistry of woodworking.\nArtists Talk 1 : July 5th 6:30 pm. Facility tours @ 7 and 8pm.\nArtists Talk 2 : August 2nd 6 :30 pm. Facility tours @ 7 and 8pm.\nLocation: 6501 Navigation BLVD Houston TX 77011\nThe Techne Gallery is located inside the TXRX Labs lobby. TXRX Labs is located in the East End Maker Hub. Please look for the brightly colored permanently installed EEMH fabricated sign next to the very long driveway. We are past Centerpoints last driveway and our facility cannot be seen from the road. When you do find us\, the facility has a brightly colored mural of orange\, blue and gray squares on it. TXRX Lab’s front door is to the left of the loading docks.\nGallery hours : Mon-Fri 12-8 pm. Sat/Sun 10-3pm.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/techne-gallery-txrx-labs-woodshop-group-show-23/
LOCATION:The Techne Gallery @ TXRX LABS\, 4366 Navigation Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes + Workshops,Free Events,Kids + Families,Visual Arts + Museums
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240707T170000
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SUMMARY:Xu Bing: Word Alchemy
DESCRIPTION:‘Xu Bing: Word Alchemy’ assembles more than 50 of Xu Bing’s most important woodcut prints\, videos\, drawings\, installations\, and other ephemera representing almost 50 years of the artist’s creative output. Starting with Xu’s early engagements with social realism and Western art historical traditions alike\, the exhibition charts the evolution of the artist’s linguistic experiments which challenge and expand not only the history of Chinese landscape painting\, but the canons of contemporary art.\nBorn in China and now working in both Brooklyn and Beijing\, artist Xu Bing (b. 1955) is widely considered to be one of the most important artists to emerge from China in the 20th century. Focusing on the artist’s longstanding engagement with words and language\, ‘Word Alchemy’ is the most comprehensive exhibition on this theme so far\, and around one-third of the objects in the exhibition are being shown in the U.S. for the first time.\nHighlights of the exhibition include Xu Bing’s early works\, his private never-before-seen notebook\, landmark prints including the Series of Repetitions handscroll\, a new Background Story with a connection to Zhao Mengfu’s famous ‘Autumn Colors on the Qiao and Hua Mountains’ handscroll\, a new Texas-themed ‘Square Word Calligraphy\,’ and a new installation of ‘Monkeys Grasp for the Moon’ in Asia Society Texas’ Fayez Sarofim Grand Hall.\nOn the occasion of the exhibition\, Asia Society Texas will publish a full-color exhibition catalogue and host a symposium on Xu Bing’s art on February 23\, 2024.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/xu-bing-word-alchemy-78/
LOCATION:Asia Society Texas Center\, 1370 Southmore Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Asia Society Texas Center":MAILTO:txcenter@asiasociety.org
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SUMMARY:Explore Your Mind at The Health Museum with the U.S. Premiere of MindWorks
DESCRIPTION:Ever wonder what is going on in your head? Now\, you can find out! Opening on June 15\, 2024\, The Health Museum will debut the U.S. premiere of MindWorks\, a hands-on\, bodies-on psychology exhibition on loan from the Ontario Science Centre.\nMindWorks brings ideas like decision-making\, memory\, and emotions to life through playful\, interactive exhibits based on cognitive psychology. MindWorks will encourage visitors to step into their own mind and explore how they think\, feel\, and react in a playful and exciting new way.\nResearched\, designed\, and fabricated by the Ontario Science Centre\, MindWorks lets visitors explore and learn through a fully immersive experience – from writing a song with building blocks to understanding personality traits. Visitors can try their negotiation skills to play the world’s largest Pac-Man game and engage in critical thinking as they squeeze through unusual shapes and explore consciousness with help from a humanoid robot.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/explore-your-mind-at-the-health-museum-with-the-u-s-premiere-of-mindworks-23/
LOCATION:The Health Museum\, 1515 Hermann Dr\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Kids + Families,Special Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Health Museum":MAILTO:info@thehealthmuseum.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240707T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240707T180000
DTSTAMP:20260413T152850
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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-54/
LOCATION:Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)\, 5216 Montrose Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, 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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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240707T180000
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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-36/
LOCATION:Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)\, 5216 Montrose Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Kids + Families,Visual Arts + Museums
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240707T190000
DTSTAMP:20260413T152850
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240707T230626Z
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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-74/
LOCATION:The Menil Collection\, 1533 Sul Ross St\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Menil Collection":MAILTO:info@menil.org
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240707T190000
DTSTAMP:20260413T152850
CREATED:20240707T005232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240707T230626Z
UID:221801-1720350000-1720378800@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-52/
LOCATION:The Menil Collection\, 1533 Sul Ross St\, Houston\, TX\, 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:20240707T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240707T190000
DTSTAMP:20260413T152850
CREATED:20240707T005232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240707T230626Z
UID:221802-1720350000-1720378800@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-68/
LOCATION:The Menil Drawing Institute\, 1500 W Main St\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240707T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240707T170000
DTSTAMP:20260413T152850
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240707T210641Z
UID:221796-1720353600-1720371600@eastendhouston.com
SUMMARY:Cian Dayrit: Liberties Were Taken
DESCRIPTION:The Blaffer Art Museum is proud to present Liberties Were Taken the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of works by Manila-based artist Cian Dayrit. Known globally for cartographic artworks\, Dayrit investigates notions of power and identity represented and reproduced in monuments\, museums\, and maps. The exhibition brings together site-specific installations\, embroidered textiles\, and elaborate paintings created over a decade of participatory actions and solidarity work in the Philippines and around the world. Deploying visual tools\, such as written text\, graphs\, and symbols\, the artist positions land as a site of struggle through archival references\, protest imagery\, and grassroots counter-mapping.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/cian-dayrit-liberties-were-taken-62/
LOCATION:Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston\, 4401 University Oaks Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Blaffer Art Museum":MAILTO:infoblaffer@uh.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240707T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240707T170000
DTSTAMP:20260413T152850
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SUMMARY:Cian Dayrit: Liberties Were Taken
DESCRIPTION:The phrase “counter-cartographies” describes Manila-based artist Cian Dayrit interdisciplinary practice of transforming historic maps into portraits of contemporary social conditions. Employing counter- cartography as an approach\, Dayrit charts histories of imperialism\, industrialization\, and systems of subjugation that shape geographical boundaries and cultural narratives around the world. In Summer 2024\, Blaffer will present Dayrit’s first solo museum exhibition in the United States with embroidered tapestries\, paintings\, and sculpture. The exhibition will be accompanied by Countermapping Workshops in Houston to excavate histories of imperialism\, extraction\, and displacement among historically marginalized people\, while summoning new imaginaries that recognize the overlapping global struggles and resistance.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/cian-dayrit-liberties-were-taken-63/
LOCATION:Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston\, 4401 University Oaks Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Blaffer Art Museum":MAILTO:infoblaffer@uh.edu
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240707T170000
DTSTAMP:20260413T152850
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SUMMARY:Gabriel Lester: Odeon
DESCRIPTION:The Blaffer Art Museum is proud to present the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of preeminent European artist Gabriel Lester\, who has gained an international standing for his art\, performance\, and film as well as his dynamic public art installations. Across his now decades-long career\, Lester has developed a captivating cinematic lens through which to see and imagine the world – consistently locating wonder in the seemingly stolid and mundane. For this exhibition Lester is most interested in the interplay between light and shadow\, as well as the seen and unseen\, as he responds to Houston and the fossil fuel industry that so deeply sheathes the region.\nIn the title installation StarStruck\, a dark\, viscous pool of oil is continually interrupted by droplets of water and corresponding flares of brilliant light – piercing a thick chamber of shadow with illuminating transmission. This waking effect is further articulated in the neighboring video sculpture Cosmic Call\, where the artist chases amorphous scenes of the universe through effervescent\, yet ultra low-resolution LED monitors to create a mesmerizing\, if highly elusive display. The capacity for light to simultaneously lead and lose us is expanded in the charmingly immersive installation How to Act as flickering colors surround us – pulsing to the soundtracks of various genres of film and television. The result is familiar and uncanny at once\, evoking the abstract languages of televisual entertainment while also making them strange and disorienting. Early modes of cinema flash before our eyes in the adjacent series Jump Cut\, where methodically rotating cubes house a variety of laser cut tableaux – coming into focus just long enough to dance away\, over and over again. Persistence of vision and retinal residue accumulates here\, propelling the art to work as much before your eyes\, as within and behind them. The final installation marries optical with environmental effect as rays of sun shine through the increasingly perforated ebony towers of Bambaataa\, projecting floating holo-graphic cubes that speak to the fleetingness of so-called structure. Taken and received as a whole\, this exhibition pierces heavy\, weighted geometries and their absolutes with the delightful\, if perplexing magic of discovery.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/gabriel-lester-odeon-44/
LOCATION:Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston\, 4401 University Oaks Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Blaffer Art Museum":MAILTO:infoblaffer@uh.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240707T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240707T163000
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SUMMARY:The Boy and the Heron (Kimitachi wa dô ikiru ka)
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Hayao Miyazaki\n(Japan\, 2023\, 124 min.\, digital)\nFriday-Saturday\, July 5-6\, 7:00 p.m. (B) (in Japanese with English subtitles)\nSunday\, July 7\, 2:00 p.m. (B) (dubbed in English)\nThursday\, July 11\, 7:00 p.m. (B) (in Japanese with English subtitles)\nNot recommended for children\nWinner of the 2024 Oscar for Best Animated Film and over a dozen international awards\, this latest film from Studio Ghibli follows young Mahito\, after losing his mother\, as he moves to his family’s estate in the countryside. There\, a series of mysterious events lead him to a secluded and ancient tower\, home to a mischievous gray heron. When Mahito’s new stepmother disappears\, he follows the gray heron into the tower\, and enters a fantastic world shared by the living and the dead. As he embarks on an epic journey with the heron as his guide\, Mahito must uncover the secrets of this world\, and the truth about himself.
URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/the-boy-and-the-heron-kimitachi-wa-do-ikiru-ka-3/
LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts – Caroline Wiess Law Building\, 1001 Bissonnet St\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festivals,Film,Special Events,Visual Arts + Museums
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ORGANIZER;CN="Museum of Fine Arts%2C Houston":MAILTO:visitorservices@mfah.org
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