East End Houston

Cian Dayrit: Liberties Were Taken
2024-07-03 12:00 - 17:00, 2024-07-02 12:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, 4401 University Oaks Blvd, Houston, TX, United States
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.

Gabriel Lester: Odeon
2024-07-03 12:00 - 17:00, 2024-07-02 12:00 - 17:00 | Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, 4401 University Oaks Blvd, Houston, TX, United States
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.
In 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.

Through Time
2024-07-03 11:00 - 18:00 | Andrew Durham Gallery, 1821 W Alabama St, Houston, TX, United States
Andrew Durham Gallery is thrilled to announce the opening of its upcoming art exhibition, “Through Time”, a collective show featuring works by artists Jill Bedgood, Carter Ernst, Bill Haveron, Jeff Jennings, Kelli Scott Kelly, Scott Madison, Steve Murphy, Becky Newsom, Ann Stautberg, Bob Russell and Frank X. Tolbert 2. The exhibition’s opening reception will be held June 22 from 6-8pm.
The “Through Time” exhibition will showcase how the artists’ individual perspectives and techniques have evolved over the years. This includes contemporary paintings, sculptures, photography, installations, and more. The diversity in medium and style reflects the myriad ways in which time has influenced and shaped artistic expression.
Jill Bedgood draws inspiration from her life experiences and places a strong emphasis on preserving objects through memorialization. By exploring the cyclical nature of life in her art, she evokes nostalgic sentiments that prompt viewers to reflect on their memories and contemplate their mortality.
Carter Ernst finds comfort in the immediacy of clay, Ernst uses her sculpture creations to convey the beauty and urgency of nature while injecting a sense of humor necessary as a coping mechanism for navigating the complexities of the world.
Bill Haveron develops stories that draw from his imagination and contain subtle moral lessons. His art transports audiences to a fantastical realm where animals and plants possess human-like qualities and profound insights. Haveron’s pieces encourage viewers to engage with the alternate reality he has crafted, offering both entertainment and opportunities for reflection.
Jeff Jennings’ work seamlessly integrates architectural elements and geometric shapes, resulting in playful compositions that captivate the viewers’ eye. Through his use of color, Jennings creates visually striking pieces that are dynamic and evoke intrigue.
Kelli Scott Kelley has been painting and collaging, using vintage linens and other repurposed fabric supports, which allows for a more ecological art making practice. Her pieces are inspired by the personal, psychological and the sociopolitical. Kelley is moved by the exquisite beauty in the world, as well as the absurdity and ugliness. Her art practice is a means to mine and express deep truths about the impending demise of the natural world.
Scott Madison is a sculptor who makes custom boxes, furniture and lamps from various metals including aluminum, brass, bronze and stainless steel. He meticulously constructs his sculptures, paying careful consideration to the texture, shape, and composition of each piece.
Steve Murphy engages in the classical elements of sculpture, form, volume, surface and edge. His body of work is the result of a continued reductive investigation of those sculptural elements.
Becky Newsom creates sculpted painted canvases that result in intricate and delicate works of art that capture the essence of organic forms.
Ann Stautberg photography largely stems from her home, she photographs the sky and botanical silhouetted shapes as her garden is an ongoing source of inspiration. Each photograph is printed with archival inks onto stretched canvas, she then tints the pieces with translucent photographic oils by hand.
Bob Russell is fascinated with the complex issues that make up one’s everyday life, and the simple beauty one finds in nature when the time is taken to observe these things. Whether it’s a daunting cloud formation before a spring storm, or an autumnal field of rust-colored grasses that line the highway blowing in the wind, the intricate patterns on the backs of dragonfly larvae, or errant marks made on freeway exits by truckers, as the tires try to stay the course.
Frank X. Tolbert 2 artistic career is marked by his ability to mix various mediums, techniques, and themes seamlessly. His works often delve into the intersection of nature, culture, and human experiences, resulting in visually stunning and thought provoking pieces. Through his art, Tolbert has consistently pushed boundaries, challenging conventional norms and inviting viewers to engage in a deeper dialogue.
The opening reception on June 22 will offer attendees a first look at the exhibition, an opportunity to meet the artists, and engage in enlightening conversations about the works on display. Complimentary refreshments will be served during the event.
The “Through Time” exhibition will run from June 22 to August 18 at Andrew Durham Gallery. The gallery is open from Wednesday to Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm.

Theaster Gates: The Gift and The Renege
2024-07-03 11:00 - 18:00 | Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH), 5216 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX, United States
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.

Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow
2024-07-03 11:00 - 18:00 | Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH), 5216 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX, United States
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.
At 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.
The 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.
Olivia 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.
Support
Major support for Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow is provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston is funded in part by the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.

Brenda Biondo: Sun to Earth
2024-07-03 11:00 - 17:00, 2024-07-02 11:00 - 17:00 | Koslov Larsen, 4411 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX, United States
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.
Sun to Earth will be on view at Koslov Larsen from May 3 – June 21, 2024.

Explore Your Mind at The Health Museum with the U.S. Premiere of MindWorks
2024-07-03 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-07-02 10:00 - 17:00 | The Health Museum, 1515 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX, United States
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.
MindWorks 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.
Researched, 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.

Cian Dayrit: Liberties Were Taken
2024-07-03 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-07-02 10:00 - 17:00 | Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, 4401 University Oaks Blvd, Houston, TX, United States
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.

“The Toy Canvas”: Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts
2024-07-03 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-07-02 10:00 - 17:00 | Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, 6815 Cypresswood Dr, Spring, TX, United States
It’s going to be another fantastic summer at the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts!
This summer, the Pearl has curated a one-of-a-kind exhibition that features toys as contemporary art. “The Toy Canvas: Artists at Play” features toys in photography, sculpture, mixed media and more.
This engaging exhibition explores the theme of play, with art by FriendsWithYou, Mitchel Wu, Herb Williams, Michelle Brooks and Tim Howell from FOX’s LEGO® Masters, Madame Alexander dolls, and many more!
Included in the exhibition is an interactive play zone where visitors can discover their own creativity. The makerspace will have a variety of STEAM activities such as building challenges with LEGO® bricks and MAGNA-TILES®, art activities inspired by the exhibition, digital drawing tools, and a literacy zone.
“The Toy Canvas: Artists at Play” opens Saturday, June 1 and continues through August 31, 2024. For special Opening Day festivities, Wild Art Wednesdays, and more, visit pearlmfa.org.
Admission is free, but donations are appreciated to help support the work of the museum.
Located at 6815 Cypresswood Drive in Spring, TX, the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, visit pearlmfa.org.

Xu Bing: Word Alchemy
2024-07-03 10:00 - 17:00 | Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore Blvd, Houston, TX, United States
‘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.
Born 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.
Highlights 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.
On 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.

Latino cARTographies Digital Board Exhibit of Houston Artists
2024-07-03 10:00 - 16:00 | The Heritage Society, 1100 Bagby St, Houston, TX, United States
We are featuring an exhibit with the University of Houston that features Latin artists through an art digital board that also features our mural. Under the leadership of Dr. Pamela Anne Quiroz, Director of the University of Houston’s (UH) Center for Mexican American and Latino Studies (CMALS) launched the groundbreaking digital board, Latino cARTographies: Mapping the Past, Present, and Future of Houston’s Latino Visual Art. The exhibit is on display from Friday, April 26 to December 31, 2024.
This portable, bilingual, and interactive digital board funded by the University of Houston is the result of a three-year collaboration led by Dr. Pamela Anne Quiroz, with the curatorial leadership of former vice president of the National Mexican Museum of Art in Chicago, Juana Guzman, the CMALS Research Team, and the International Gibson Group.
Tickets at the door are only $5 and include two other exhibits!
Click HERE to read an article about the exhibit in Houston History Magazine.
The idea for Latino cARTographies began when Dr. Quiroz organized the city of Houston to host the country’s premier Latino art event, Latino Art Now! Dr. Quiroz conceived the idea for the digital board and viewed it as a way to create a dynamic but permanent tribute to the Latino artists of Houston. She then persuaded the Gibson Group to collaborate with CMALS to achieve this goal. The result is a twenty-first-century mode to access the arts and experience culture – Latino cARTographies – that maps the past, present, and future of Houston’s Latino art. By utilizing technology that preserves, represents, and promotes Houston’s Latino visual arts and communities in an equitable and inclusive manner, CMALS is transforming how we experience art in the twenty-first century.
Latino cARTographies features our commissioned a mural to celebrate the many contributions of our city’s Mexican-American community. In the spirit of the great Mexican muralists, this vibrant collective artwork, Mexican-American History & Culture in 20th Century Houston, highlights the places, personalities, concepts and events that shaped the Mexican-American community and laid the foundation for the multicultural city we live in today. Set in Connally Plaza against a dramatic backdrop of City Hall and the downtown skyline, the mural is a cultural landmark in the historic heart of Houston. This mural spotlights 38 places, personalities, and events that played a key role in the growth of this community and provides recognition for the countless and essential contributions of Mexican Americans to the economy, culture, and vitality of our city in the 1900s. Mural artists Laura López Cano and Jesse Sifuentes, along with key fundraisers and government officials celebrated the unveiling to Houstonians in September 2018 for National Hispanic Heritage Month. Since then, we have several outdoor activities being celebrated around the mural for National Hispanic Heritage Month and host field trips telling the stories behind the mural. The vibrant mural, located at 1100 Bagby Street, is now complemented by the interactive, digital board that is inside our museum gallery.
About the Exhibitor: Center for Mexican American and Latino Studies, University of Houston
The Center for Mexican American and Latino/a Studies (CMALS) at the University of Houston was established in 1972 as an interdisciplinary academic program encompassing the liberal arts, education and social sciences focusing on the Mexican American and broader Latino experience in the U.S. Its mission is to advance knowledge, promote critical thinking and foster the value of service to the community. This involves designing a broad spectrum of public and scholarly programs. Located within the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, CMALS has evolved into an academic unit with several major components: teaching, research and publications, recruitment and retention, leadership training, academic advising and community service.
Thank you to the following:
Marisela Martinez, Ed.D. Associate Director
Debbie Z. Harwell, Ph.D. Editor, Houston History https://houstonhistorymagazine.org/
IG: @latinocart_uhcmals FB: @UHCMAS Website: www.class.uh.edu/cmas

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum ‘The Blue Helmets in Action” Rotating Exhibit
2024-07-03 10:00 - 16:00, 2024-07-02 10:00 - 16:00 | Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, 3816 Caroline St, Houston, TX, United States
Buffalo Soldiers National Museum’s new rotating exhibition, The Blue Helmets in Action, focuses on the 93rd Infantry Division, the first African American combat division to be activated during World War II.
The purpose of the exhibition is to educate visitors about this historically overlooked Army division. The exhibition follows the formation of The Blue Helmets, their early history, training, service in the Pacific theater, and occupation duties through to deactivation.

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (HLSR) History Exhibit
2024-07-03 10:00 - 16:00, 2024-07-02 10:00 - 16:00 | The Heritage Society, 1100 Bagby St, Houston, TX, United States
February 1, 2024 – July 31, 2024
From award-winning paintings to vintage bronco bull riding photos, this HLSR exhibit complements the rodeo season in February and the Texas History Month in March.
This exhibit represents the cowboy spirit across Houston’s main heritages and is a big part of Houston history! Rodeo culture brings nearly all Texans together through food, skills competitions, music, parades, fundraisers, the carnival, vendors/exhibitors, and family entertainment.
“This exhibit portrays decades of the legendary organization and makes people realize the journey of how the food on their plate arrived and how important it is to support education for today’s agricultural and livestock industries.” says Alison Bell, Executive Director of The Heritage Society.
Some of the artifacts include-
George Bush Presidential Library Foundation saddle holder
Black and Hispanic Cowboy Heritage
Taylor Swift, Dolly Parton, Cody Johnson, Alabama, plus more signed guitars showcase (#swifties)
Photography, paintings, collectibles, costumery, and memorabilia of all the competitions
The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™ promotes agriculture by hosting an annual, family-friendly experience that educates and entertains the public, supports Texas youth, showcases Western heritage and provides year-round educational support within the community. Since its beginning in 1932, the Rodeo has committed more than $575 million to Texas youth and education.
About the Exhibitor: The Western Art Committee focuses on bringing important memorabilia and Western art, including monumental bronzes, to Show offices and facilities. Additionally, the committee archives Show history, along with Western art, for display during the annual event. Their first exhibit with The Heritage Society ran from February 18, 2023 to January 31, 2024.
Museum Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday; 10 a.m.– 4 p.m.
Admission: $5 for ages 6 and up. Free for ages 5 and under. Members receive free entry as a benefit.

Big, Hot & Sticky
2024-07-03 09:00 - 17:00 | Architecture Center Houston, 315 Capitol St, Houston, TX, United States
Architecture Center Houston is proud to announce their upcoming exhibition Big, Hot, and Sticky, opening Thursday, June 27, 5:30-7:30pm, and on view through April 23, 2024. Curated by Dalia Munenzon and Maggie Tsang, the exhibition commissions seven architects and artist to respond to Houston’s built and natural environment.
Houston is Big, Hot, and Sticky. The metropolitan region is roughly 640 square miles, and from east of Galveston Bay to west of Katy, it is comparable in width to the State of Connecticut. For nearly one third of the year, the city’s temperature climbs to at least 90 °F; and 2,500 miles of slow moving, flat waterways crisscross the city creating a swamp-like environment.
Houston’s emergence as a metropolis, like many American cities, has been shaped by its defiance of the environment. From climate control to flood control, the city is a hyper-engineered, constructed landscape designed to resist the natural world. As Houston grows, however, so too does this tension between the natural and the human-made: from the shock of hurricanes and tropical storms to the chronic stresses of urban heat and nuisance flooding. In the face of these environmental challenges, engineered and technological solutions have a limited impact, and historically, have also been sources of inequality. Instead, what is needed is a more radical social, cultural, and ecological imaginary that recasts the city’s relationship to nature.
Big, Hot, and Sticky, spotlights Houston as a novel urban ecosystem: a constellation of highways, waterways, air-conditioned buildings, remnant prairies, and possums. This exhibition invites seven designers to respond to Houston’s provocation through critical histories, design research, and speculative projects rooted in the city’s urban landscape: How are environments, climates, and cultures co-constructed? What is the future of this notoriously air-conditioned, car-centered, energy capital? What does it look like to thrive in a city that is Big, Hot, and Sticky?
Contributors:
Cadaster
Lola Ben-Alon and The Natural Materials Lab
Dept.
Departamento del Distrito
Dalia Munenzon
Jess Myers
Fei Zhou
This exhibition is generously supported by:
Diluvial Houston Initiative, an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-supported project; Rice School of Architecture, Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design at the University of Houston, and Rice University Office of Research. Architecture Center Houston is funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.

What Is A Ward?
2024-07-03 09:00 - 17:00 | Sabine Street Studios, 1907 Sabine St, Houston, TX, United States
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?
For 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.

2024 Culture Camp: Rising Artists: The Nature of Symbols
2024-07-03 09:00 - 15:00 | Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore Blvd, Houston, TX, United States
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.
Recommended for students ages 9–12.

COME CELEBRATE WITH US!
2024-07-03 08:00 - 17:00 | Russian Cultural Center “Our Texas”, 2337 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX, United States
Cultural Center “Our Texas” offers its venue for public events – recitals, corporate events, concerts, lectures, and more. The Gallery can seat up to 60 people. Amenities include a/v equipment and sound system, screen and projector, grand piano, stage and backstage, chairs and tables.
AMENITIES & DECOR
A/V equipment and sound system
Big Screen and projector
Baby piano
Stage, backstage, and backroom
Kitchen (only for serving)
Chairs and tables
Call us: 713-395-3301
$250 for 4 hours

THE CHER SHOW at Theatre Under The Stars
2024-07-02 19:30 - 22:00 | Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby St, Houston, TX, United States
THE TONY AWARD®-WINNING MUSICAL! HER LIFE. THE STORY. THE LEGEND.
Superstars come and go. Cher is forever. For six decades, only one unstoppable force has flat-out dominated popular culture — breaking down barriers, pushing boundaries, and letting nothing and no one stand in her way. This is her story, and it’s packed with so much Cher that it takes three women to play her.
This show also features every one of those amazing Bob Mackie costumes that Cher wore. This production features all of them! It will blow your mind.
This is an unabashedly fabulous new musical that will have you dancing in the aisles!
“Slyly fabulous” Hollywood Reporter

Beetlejuice
2024-07-02 19:30 - 22:00 | Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby St, Houston, TX, United States
He earned his stripes on Broadway… now the ghost-with-the-most is coming to Austin.
It’s showtime! Based on Tim Burton’s dearly beloved film, this hilarious musical tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose whole life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and a demon with a thing for stripes. With an irreverent book, an astonishing set, and a score that’s out of this Netherworld, BEETLEJUICE is “SCREAMINGLY GOOD FUN!” (Variety). And under its uproarious surface (six feet under, to be exact), it’s a remarkably touching show about family, love, and making the most of every Day-O!
Beetlejuice contains strong language, mature references, and a lot of the crazy, inappropriate stuff you would expect from a deranged demon. Recommended for ages 13 and up.
Presented by the Memorial Hermann Broadway at the Hobby Center

Beyond Broadway Series: Alan Cumming Is Not Acting His Age
2024-07-02 19:00 - 21:30 | Hobby Center – Zilkha Hall, 800 Bagby St, Houston, TX, United States
In Alan Cumming Is Not Acting His Age, he covers all the bases: sex, death and bacchanalia, with a set list as eclectic as the man himself. Songs from Cabaret authors Kander and Ebb blend with contemporary favourites and even a self-penned paean against plastic surgery. ‘I am literally the only person on American TV who has not had botox!’ he quips. He also discusses the effects of gravity, the time the mum from the Brady Bunch punched him, and what his dog taught him about the quality of life.

Mindful Sitting in the Five Chairs (Hybrid)
2024-07-02 17:30 - 19:30 | The Jung Center of Houston, 5200 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX, United States
Explore how to release the difficult thinking and challenging emotions which hold us in unhelpful perspectives.
In 2017, behavioral coach Louise Evans released her book, The Five Chairs, based on Dr. Marshall Rosenberg’s process of Non-Violent Communication. She describes a powerful method which can help us master our own behaviors and address the behaviors of others in a compassionate way. In this 5-week course you will explore The Five Chairs alongside complementary mindfulness practices to release the difficult thinking and challenging emotions which keep us seated in unhelpful chairs.

TECHNE GALLERY @ TXRX LABS :: WOODSHOP GROUP SHOW
2024-07-02 12:00 - 20:00 | The Techne Gallery @ TXRX LABS, 4366 Navigation Blvd, Houston, TX, United States
From June 15 to August 18, 2024 Please join TXRX Labs in the Techne Gallery for a talented membership showcase of our woodworking community.
Objects 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.
Come 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.
Select pieces will be available for purchase, providing an opportunity to bring home a piece of our vibrant community’s artistic expression.
Event Opening : Saturday June 15th 10am-3pm
Artist 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.
Artists Talk 1 : July 5th 6:30 pm. Facility tours @ 7 and 8pm.
Artists Talk 2 : August 2nd 6 :30 pm. Facility tours @ 7 and 8pm.
Location: 6501 Navigation BLVD Houston TX 77011
The 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.
Gallery hours : Mon-Fri 12-8 pm. Sat/Sun 10-3pm.
