BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//East End Houston - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:East End Houston X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://eastendhouston.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for East End Houston REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240222T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240222T170000 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240222T023912Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240222T202209Z UID:215647-1708596000-1708621200@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection DESCRIPTION:“The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection” celebrates the achievements and contributions of Black Americans from 1595 to present day. Considered one of the most comprehensive surveys of African American history and culture outside the Smithsonian Institution\, the exhibition of the same name features the shared treasures amassed by Shirley and Bernard Kinsey during their five decades of marriage. The collection includes masterful paintings and sculpture\, photographs\, rare books\, letters\, manuscripts and more that offer a well-rounded look at the African American experience and provide new perspectives on the nation’s history and culture.\nThe Kinsey African American Art & History Collection\nOrganized by – The Bernard & Shirley Kinsey Foundation for Arts & Education and KBK Enterprises\, Incorporated URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/the-kinsey-african-american-art-history-collection-4/ LOCATION:Holocaust Museum Houston\, 5401 Caroline St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77004-6804\, United States CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/004-dunson-the-cultivators-1mb-oTkkmI.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Holocaust Museum Houston":MAILTO:info@hmh.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240222T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240222T170000 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240222T023909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240222T202209Z UID:215645-1708596000-1708621200@eastendhouston.com 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/ LOCATION:Asia Society Texas Center\, 1370 Southmore Blvd.\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/01_magic-carpet-T5impc.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Asia Society Texas Center":MAILTO:txcenter@asiasociety.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240222T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240222T160000 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240222T023912Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240222T202113Z UID:215648-1708596000-1708617600@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Buffalo Soldiers National Museum ‘The Blue Helmets in Action” Rotating Exhibit DESCRIPTION: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.\nThe 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. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/buffalo-soldiers-national-museum-the-blue-helmets-in-action-rotating-exhibit-4/ LOCATION:Buffalo Soldiers National Museum\, 3816 Caroline \, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums ORGANIZER;CN="Midtown Cultural Arts and Entertainment District":MAILTO:calvarado@midtownhouston.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240222T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240222T100000 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240222T023912Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240222T150640Z UID:215649-1708596000-1708596000@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-4/ LOCATION:Asia Society Texas Center\, 1370 Southmore Blvd.\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/event-featured-rafael-domenech-and-tomas-vu-heat-silhouette-1697751613-ZVcLnx.tmp_-Tp18AU.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Asia Society Texas Center":MAILTO:txcenter@asiasociety.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240222T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240222T100000 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240222T023853Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240222T150653Z UID:215635-1708596000-1708596000@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Timothy McCoy Beyond My Lens art exhibit DESCRIPTION:Timothy McCoy creates images in order to transform the “reality” seen through the camera lens into an expression of the oneness and wonder found in Taoist/Buddhist philosophy. These photographs are meditations on the constant and inevitable change in nature. The flow of water is one object of this contemplation. The flow of water and the human journey have parallels. According to Eastern philosophy\, mankind’s resistance to transformation leads to suffering.\nSelected photographs from three bodies of his work emphasize “alternative” photographic processes Tongues Turned to Stone (photogravure on gamphi-shi paper)\, Sanctuary (palladium on translucent vellum)\, and Long\, Long Journey to the Sea (gold-toned albumen). He chose these historical printing processes to evoke the timelessness of his content and his interpretive rather than documentary intent. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/timothy-mccoy-beyond-my-lens-art-exhibit-3/ LOCATION:The Jung Center of Houston\, 5200 Montrose Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/event-featured-timothy-mccoy-beyond-my-lens-art-exhibit-1694803024-zBMPYm.tmp_-kzCd3d.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Jung Center of Houston":MAILTO:feedback@junghouston.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240222T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240222T183000 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240221T161249Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240222T202209Z UID:215633-1708592400-1708626600@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Register for UHCL Art School for Children and Young Adults Spring Art Classes! DESCRIPTION:The UHCL Art School for Children and Young Adults will be hosting Spring 2024 art classes for students K-12! Our classes will range in content and medium including classes with a focus on art history\, pop culture\, and fine art skills. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/register-for-uhcl-art-school-for-children-and-young-adults-spring-art-classes-3/ LOCATION:UHCL Art School for Children and Young Adults\, Arbor Building 1315\, 2700 Bay Area Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, 77058\, United States CATEGORIES:Classes + Workshops,Kids + Families,Literature + Lectures,Special Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/corrected-spring-2024-flyer-eAQzhl.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="UHCL Art School for Children &%3B Young Adults":MAILTO:childrensart@uhcl.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240222T060000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240222T200000 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240221T161247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240222T202225Z UID:215631-1708581600-1708632000@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:The Voices of People. The Stories of Place. The Politics of Power. DESCRIPTION:Architecture Center Houston is proud to announce their upcoming exhibition The Voices of People. The Stories of Place. The Politics of Power.\, opening Thursday\, February 22\, 6-8pm\, and on view through April 26\, 2024. Curated by Susan Rogers and José Mario López\, the exhibition amplifies and centers the voices and visions of twelve Houston communities and their leaders\, through video\, stories\, maps and photographs.\nThe Voices of the People. mediates and disrupts the relationships between public and private\, fast and slow\, the privileged and the overlooked\, the beautiful and the ordinary\, through a curated collection of visual\, text\, and audio storytelling focused on twelve Houston neighborhoods. The layered stories\, intertwined across mediums\, celebrate the power of people and the significance of place. Pasadena-based photographer Joe Robles IV worked with the curators\, Susan Rogers and Mario Lopez\, to develop life size portraits of community leaders\, standing firm in place. The portraits are a celebration of strength and resilience—of what it means to stand up to power\, to stand for rights\, to fight for change\, and embrace a different future.\nDialogue and conversations\, listening and sharing\, are critical components of the exhibit\, disrupting who makes and sits at the table\, and organized through a series of public events that privilege\, respect\, and promote community voice over those of experts. This dialogue is intended to explore intersectionality as it relates to people\, the places they call home\, and the power to imagine and achieve a new system with new values. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/the-voices-of-people-the-stories-of-place-the-politics-of-power/ LOCATION:Architecture Center Houston\, 315 Capitol\, Suite 120\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ivy_5x5-euPlnx.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240222T060000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240222T180000 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240221T161247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240222T202226Z UID:215629-1708581600-1708624800@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Dark Matter\, Dark Energy\, Dark Imaginarence Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Nathaniel Donnett\nDark Matter\, Dark Energy\, Dark Imaginarence\nSolo Exhibition\n“For them\, as for me\, imagining is not merely looking or looking at; nor is it\ntaking oneself intact into the other. It is\, for the purposes of the work\, becoming.”\nToni Morrison\nThe University Museum is pleased to present Dark Matter\, Dark Energy\, Dark Imaginarence\, Nathaniel Donnett’s solo exhibition at Texas Southern University. The artist’s multimedia works consider how people navigate space and time through nonlinear trajectories and ask how abstraction reflects our realities while offering multiple ways to perceive them. Donnett examines the role imagination plays in contending with obstacles in our lives that manifest as systemic limitations and constitute nuanced moments of discovery.\nThe exhibition takes inspiration from the life of Ed Dwight\, an ex-Navy pilot who almost became the first Black astronaut to enter outer space but was denied because of sociopolitical interference and racial hostility. He later reimagined himself and became a sculptor. Following that path\, Donnett’s works—textiles\, sculpture\, installation\, sound\, video\, and\, importantly\, community engagement in the form of a backpack exchange with students from historic Black neighborhoods in Houston (Third Ward\, Sunnyside\, Acres Homes\, Fifth Ward)—combine the unknown and the embodied to search out Black cosmologies and material constellations that act as poetics\, prompts\, processes\, and presentations for lived transformation.\nDonnett approaches his practice through the lens of Dark Imaginarence\, a concept of art\, everyday aesthetic theory\, and notion(s) of Blackness. The exhibition also reflects on theories concerned with fugitivity\, spatial understanding\, and becoming: Gaston Bachelard’s The Poetics of Space\, which describes the house as a shelter and universe allowing for dreaming and protection; Fred Moten’s notion of enclosure\, a psychological entrapment caused by social precarity; and Michel Foucault’s concept of heterotopias\, an engagement with the plurality of space and time.\nFor example\, the centerpiece of the exhibition\, Staring at infinity through the corners of asymmetry (2023)\, uses reclaimed materials to recreate a geometric form shotgun house that references histories embedded within architecture\, and expansive galactic dreams.\nDonnett’s process is as much philosophical as it is musical—and concerned with how everyday actions and common materials hold memories and serve as witnesses to\nlived experiences. His recent works investigate tensions between the rational and the irrational as a route for accessing generative ways of moving\, thinking\, and living hidden within our subconscious that might help us reframe and redefine ourselves—and negotiate life’s constraints. Dark Matter\, Dark Energy\, Dark Imaginarence asks: What could happen if we changed our questions from “What is the sum of two plus two?” to “What is the sum of two plus a spaceship\, divided by Earth\, Wind & Fire’s song’ Devotion\,’ multiplied by the first half of Andrei Tarkovsky’s film Solaris?”\nThis project is supported by the Guggenheim Foundation\, Houston Arts Alliance\, and the University Museum at Texas Southern University.\nNathaniel Donnett was born in Houston\, Texas. Donnett received his B.A. in Fine Arts from Texas Southern University\, and his MFA from Yale University School of Art. Nathaniel received the 2024 American Academy of Rome Affiliated Fellowship\, a 2022 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship\, a 2022 Houston Arts Alliance Individual Artist Grant\, a Dean’s Critical Practice Research Grant from Yale\, and an Art and Social Justice Initiative Grant from Yale (2020)\, among others.\nHis work has been exhibited nationally at The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art\, Bentonville\, AK; the Virginia Museum of Fine Art\, Richmond\, VA; the Mennello Museum\, Orlando\, FL; the Ulrich Museum\, Wichita\, KS; Project Row Houses\, Houston\, TX\, The Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art\, Virginia Beach\, VA\, The American Museum\, Washington D.C.\, The University Museum\, Houston\, TX\, The Kemper Contemporary Arts Museum\, Kansas City\, MO\, The Mattatuck Museum\, Waterbury CT\, The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston\, Houston\, TX\, and The New Museum\, New York\, NY. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/dark-matter-dark-energy-dark-imaginarence-exhibition-4/ CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/02a.-Light-41-Z6HTA0.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240222 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240404 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240221T161206Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T204714Z UID:215602-1708560000-1712188799@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Motus Anima: Lauren E. Allen DESCRIPTION:Motus Anima is an art exhibit exploring emotional responses to moments and memories influenced by Lauren’s experience as a neurodivergent person. Through their conception\, she creates tangible objects to dissect and reflect on in an attempt to accept her unresolved identity. The artist’s reception is Saturday February 17th 5 – 7pm. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/motus-anima-lauren-e-allen-5/ LOCATION:The Jung Center of Houston\, 5200 Montrose Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/lauren_allen_01-sm-itCrGw.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Jung Center of Houston":MAILTO:feedback@junghouston.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240222 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240223 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240221T161207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240222T202225Z UID:215603-1708560000-1708646399@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Chryssa and New York DESCRIPTION:This exhibition presents the innovative art made by the Greek-born artist Chryssa (1933–2013) while she was living in New York City from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. Renowned for her adoption of industrial process\, found commercial materials and early work with neon light\, she stands at the forefront of American art in the wake of World War II. Responding to her urban environment\, she was particularly interested in the intersection of art and everyday life. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/chryssa-and-new-york-2/ LOCATION:Menil Collection\, 1515 Sul Ross\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/event-featured-chryssa-new-york-1693238567-CLQbSH.tmp_-qzvCBY.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Menil Collection":MAILTO:info@menil.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T210000 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240221T161245Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240222T023853Z UID:215627-1708542000-1708549200@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:ReelAbilities Houston Presents ReelFilm “No Ordinary Campaign” DESCRIPTION:Join ReelAbilities Houston for an in-depth view of the healthcare system fight led by power couple Sandra and Brian Abrevaya.\nWhite House power couple Brian Wallach and Sandra Abrevaya found their world upended by Brian’s diagnosis of ALS at 37\, on the same day they brought their second daughter home from the hospital. In the face of a brutal disease that threatens to take everything from them\, Brian and Sandra embark on a journey to reclaim their future and make a difference for millions seeking a voice in a broken healthcare system.\nThis event is free. Registration is required: https://www.reelabilitieshouston.org/events/reelfilm-no-ordinary-campaign?date=2024-02-22T01:00:00.000Z.\nTo learn more about ReelAbilities Houston and all upcoming events\, please visit www.reelabilitieshouston.org. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/reelabilities-houston-presents-reelfilm-no-ordinary-campaign/ LOCATION:TX CATEGORIES:Festivals,Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/copy-of-no-ordinary-campaign-key-still-Eo7bBC.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="ReelAbilities Houston":MAILTO:reelabilities@alexanderjfs.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T213000 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240221T161243Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240222T023852Z UID:215625-1708540200-1708551000@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Italian Contemporary Film Series: LUBO DESCRIPTION:Franz Rogowski delivers a heart wrenching performance as Lubo\, a humble street performer in World War II-era Switzerland. When he learns that his wife has been killed in her attempt to stop the gendarmes from taking away their three small children\, who\, as Jenisch\, have been removed from their family under the national program of re-education for “children of the road” (Hilfswerk für die Kinder der Landstrasse)\, Lubo sets out on an epic quest to find his children and exact his revenge.\nDon’t miss LUBO\, screening for one night only on Wednesday\, February 21 at 6:30 p.m. at the Italian Cultural & Community Center.\nThis event is funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/italian-contemporary-film-series-lubo/ LOCATION:Italian Cultural Center – Milford House\, 1101 Milford Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/lubo-eblast-01-W2VjYm.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Italian Cultural &%3B Community Center":MAILTO:info@iccchouston.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T203000 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240221T161242Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T161242Z UID:215621-1708540200-1708547400@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:BTS - Sharks! The Meg\, The Monsters & the Myths DESCRIPTION:Dive in with master docents for an after-hours tour of Sharks! The Meg\, The Monsters & The Myths.\nDiscover the intricacies of the shark world\, as you observe these remarkable and tenacious creatures\, which play a vital role in our ecosystem. Gain a deeper understanding of their significance\, while marveling at the power and grace of these majestic predators. Additionally\, witness the presence of smaller sharks and rays in the primary tank\, and invertebrates in the tide pool tank.\nEligible for CPE credit. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/bts-sharks-the-meg-the-monsters-the-myths/ LOCATION:Houston Museum of Natural Science\, 5555 Hermann Park Drive\, Houston\, TX\, 77030\, United States CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/hmns-5-NdW8Rr.tmp_.png ORGANIZER;CN="Houston Museum of Natural Science":MAILTO:webmaster@hmns.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T174500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T191500 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240221T161207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T161207Z UID:215604-1708537500-1708542900@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Relational Mindfulness (Hybrid) DESCRIPTION:How can we bring a more grounded and mindful version of ourselves to friends\, work colleagues\, and family members? This class will provide training in practices aimed at setting clear intentions\, learning to pause in conversation\, and listening deeply for feelings and needs. Through experiential exercises\, we’ll learn to question our thoughts and to see more clearly\, to turn towards rather than away from relational pain and challenges\, to be more transparent in how we communicate\, and to engage in more compassionate action. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/relational-mindfulness-hybrid/ LOCATION:The Jung Center of Houston\, 5200 Montrose Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Classes + Workshops,Professional Development ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/creating-your-life-2-mN5HhP.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Jung Center of Houston":MAILTO:feedback@junghouston.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T200000 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240221T161208Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T161208Z UID:215608-1708534800-1708545600@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Laura Rathe Fine Art Houston presents Man Made\, a Dual-Exhibition Featuring Paul Rousso and Matt Devine DESCRIPTION:Laura Rathe Fine Art (LRFA) is proud to announce Man Made\, a dual-exhibition of renowned artists Paul Rousso and Matt Devine. The opening reception will be held Wednesday\, February 21st from 5-8pm at our River Oaks District gallery (4444 Westheimer Rd). Paul Rousso and Matt Devine will be in attendance.\nMan Made serves as a celebration of the artistic prowess of both Paul Rousso and Matt Devine\, two visionaries who bring unique perspectives to the world of contemporary art. The utilization of heat and physicality to manipulate raw materials being fundamental to their practices. The exhibition explores the intersection of nature and human innovation\, creating a dialogue between the organic and the crafted.\nPaul Rousso\, recognized for his mastery of manipulating polystyrene into three-dimensional artworks\, presents a series of works that challenge perceptions of materiality. The works debuted in this exhibition showcase Rousso’s latest development – mirrored color abstracts. The mirrored coating resembles that of a kaleidoscope\, appearing glass-like upon first look. They invite the viewers to explore the depth and complexity of everyday objects\, transforming the mundane into the extraordinary.\nIn contrast\, Matt Devine’s metal sculptures convey a harmonious balance between strength and grace. Devine’s creations\, often characterized by fluid lines and geometric precision\, evoke a sense of movement and transformation. His sculptures\, though made from powerful\, organic materials\, appear weightless in any environment\, as if they could float away.\nThe exhibition will be on display through March 31st\, 2024. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/laura-rathe-fine-art-houston-presents-man-made-a-dual-exhibition-featuring-paul-rousso-and-matt-devine/ LOCATION:Laura Rathe Fine Art River Oaks\, 4444 Westheimer Road \, Houston\, TX\, 77027\, United States CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/itsjustyouandme-close2-fRRfCW.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Laura Rathe Fine Art":MAILTO:info@laurarathe.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T170000 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240221T161211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T161211Z UID:215610-1708516800-1708534800@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Reynier Leyva Novo: Former Present Today DESCRIPTION:The Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston is proud to present the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of Cuban conceptual artist Reynier Leyva Novo. Former Present Today presents a newly realized installation and painting series to simultaneously reveal and conceal monuments\, structures\, and figureheads which manifest revolution and tyranny. The works are created through research on icons and memorialization and how the prestige of nation established through revolution utilizes both facts and myths as a means of propaganda. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/reynier-leyva-novo-former-present-today-2/ LOCATION:Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston\, 4173 Elgin St The University of Houston\, Fine Arts Building\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/novo_ig_4_1000x1000-vkC45E.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Blaffer Art Museum":MAILTO:infoblaffer@uh.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T120000 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240221T161211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T161211Z UID:215611-1708516800-1708516800@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Intimate confession is a project DESCRIPTION:Intimate confession is a project is a group exhibition that considers transmission\, intergenerational life\, and cultural inheritance through the prism of intimacy and infrastructure. Through the work of eleven artists spanning generations and geographies\, the exhibition thinks through infrastructure as an intimate holding cell\, capable of affective and affirmative power.\nThe title is borrowed from a sonnet line by poet Juliana Spahr\, and is recast to reflect on the relational infrastructures of cultural material. In recent years\, a surge of scholarship on the built and unbuilt environments has emerged contrasting “humans\, things\, words\, and non-humans into patterned conjunctures\,” to quote feminist theorist Michelle Murphy. This exhibition examines how infrastructures can be understood as “affective” in their varied expressions of movement and imprint on cultural life.\nThe exhibition includes commissions and site-specific projects that expand on material and immaterial histories of Houston. At times they refer to the unique context of the Blaffer\, connecting art to other fields of knowledge and experience.\nIntimate confession is a project is accompanied by a rich public program featuring talks\, readings\, concerts\, and performances in connection with a range of citywide and institutional partners across the exhibition’s six-month run\, including Basket Books & Art\, the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation Collection\, Institute for Global Engagement\, Institute for Research on Women\, Gender & Sexuality\, Project Row Houses\, and UH School of Art.\nThe Intimate confession is a project exhibition and programs are organized by guest curator Jennifer Teets URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/intimate-confession-is-a-project-2/ LOCATION:Blaffer Art Museum\, 120 Fine Arts Building\, Houston\, TX\, 77204 CATEGORIES:Free Events,Kids + Families,Music,Performance Art,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/event-featured-intimate-confession-is-a-project-1696972007-R8so2O.tmp_-D1Ntwj.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Blaffer Art Museum":MAILTO:infoblaffer@uh.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T180000 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240221T161227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T161227Z UID:215618-1708513200-1708538400@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Six Scenes From Our Future DESCRIPTION:Presented in coordination with Contemporary Arts Museum Houston’s (CAMH) 75th anniversary\, Six Scenes From Our Future features the work of six artists who were invited to respond to the institution’s inaugural exhibition\, This Is Contemporary Art (1948). This first show proposed a radical approach to the presentation of art. Offering unexpected pairings—like a Jacob Lawrence painting alongside a cheese slicer\, or an Alexander Calder mobile in dialogue with Eames screens and a Sunbeam coffeemaker—the exhibition merged museological and domestic contexts while also challenging entrenched hierarchies between the fine arts and design. This Is Contemporary Art set the stage for CAMH as a site of experimentation and play\, while announcing the Museum as a forward-thinking space centered around a belief in the transformational power of art and artists. So\, too\, did the inaugural exhibition position artists as uniquely capable of addressing and reflecting upon a constantly changing world\, asserting art and life as inseparable.\nSix Scenes From Our Future continues CAMH’s longstanding commitment to centering the visions and voices of artists. Working across sculpture\, photography\, video\, and painting\, the six selected artists will mine CAMH’s history to create new work or reframe extant work\, highlighting the institution’s ongoing commitment to commissioning artwork. The participating artists are either from or currently based in Texas\, with many located in Houston\, or have a deep connection to the Museum. Six Scenes From Our Future provides an opportunity to honor CAMH’s past while emphasizing the central role that artists have played and will continue to play in envisioning its future.\nParticipating Artists\nMel Chin\, JooYoung Choi\, Leslie Hewitt\, Lisa Lapinski\, Jill Magid\, and Leslie Martinez\nSupport\nSix Scenes From Our Future has been made possible by the patrons\, benefactors and donors to CAMH’s Major Exhibition Fund: Chinhui Juhn and Eddie Allen\, Sissy and Denny Kempner\, Dillon Kyle and Sam Lasseter\, MD Anderson Foundation\, Rea Charitable Trust\, Louisa Stude Sarofim\, The Sarofim Foundation\, and the Texas Commission on the Arts.\nContemporary Arts Museum Houston is funded in part by the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/six-scenes-from-our-future/ LOCATION:Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)\, 5216 Montrose \, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Kids + Families,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/scenesfromourfuture_camh_web-32-GTpJzi.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)":MAILTO:info@camh.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T180000 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240221T161211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T161211Z UID:215614-1708513200-1708538400@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:THIS WAY: A Houston Group Show DESCRIPTION:THIS WAY: A Houston Group Show showcases new work from Black artists who are invited to examine innovative ways of participating in the storytelling of their legacy and heritage of Houston Freedmen’s Town.\nEach artist in THIS WAY: A Houston Group Show has demonstrated unique approaches that have inspired the momentum of Houston’s Black art community since 2020\, distinctly connecting Black millennials and Gen Z artists and audiences. The artists will center their work around the histories and present realities of the historic Houston Freedmen’s Town. To support their innovative works\, artists were paired with research fellows who will assist their navigation of the historic archives at the African American History Research Center at the Gregory School in Freedmen’s Town containing ephemera\, images and information resources. This demonstration of collaborative efforts through innovative practice and historical research aims to inspire current and future generations for a new way to share Black histories in Houston\, Texas.\nTHIS WAY: A Houston Group Show showcases new work from Imhotep Blot by way of Amaechina Blot and Studio KER led by Michael Bennett; Colby Deal\, Nahtan (Nate Edwards)\, Dom Elam\, Amarie Gipson\, Priscilla T. Graham\, Gem Hale\, Charonda Johnson\, Berlin\, Jaylen Pigford\, Irene Antonia Diane Reece\, and Jason Woods (Flash Gordon Parks). They were invited to examine innovative ways to participate in the storytelling of Black legacy and heritage in Houston Freedmen’s Town.\nTHIS WAY: A Houston Group Show is curated by Mich Stevenson\, Project Manager – Partnerships\, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston and Houston Freedmen’s Town Conservancy.\nAbout Houston Freedmen’s Town Conservancy\nThe Houston Freedmen’s Town Conservancy is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that protects and preserves the history of Freedmen’s Town for the benefit of future generations. We support community engagement\, re-education\, and heritage tourism.\nSupport\nMajor support for THIS WAY: A Houston Group Show is provided by the Mellon Foundation.\nThis project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.\nTHIS WAY: A Houston Group Show has been made possible by the patrons\, benefactors\, and donors to CAMH’s Major Exhibition Fund: Chinhui Juhn and Eddie Allen\, Louise Jamail\, Sissy and Denny Kempner\, Dillon Kyle and Sam Lasseter\, MD Anderson Foundation\, Rea Charitable Trust\, The Sarofim Foundation\, The Stolbun Family\, Louisa Stude Sarofim\, and the Texas Commission on the 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/this-way-a-houston-group-show/ LOCATION:Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)\, 5216 Montrose \, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Kids + Families,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/this-way-2-qjuU2D.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)":MAILTO:info@camh.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T170000 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240221T161227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T161227Z UID:215617-1708513200-1708534800@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:COLORS IN BLOOM DESCRIPTION:Spring into COLORS IN BLOOM at Color Factory! Leave your winter blues behind and take a stroll through its newly refreshed\, blossoming Confetti Accumulation. Houstonians will be immersed in larger-than-life bluebonnets inspired by Houston’s iconic first sign of spring. And\, of course\, Color Factory will have a few surprises budding\, too! Tickets are available for purchase at colorfactory.co/houston. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/colors-in-bloom/ LOCATION:Color Factory\, 3303 Kirby Dr\, Houston\, TX\, 77098\, United States CATEGORIES:Kids + Families,Visual Arts + Museums END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T170000 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240221T161206Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T161206Z UID:215601-1708509600-1708534800@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection DESCRIPTION:“The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection” celebrates the achievements and contributions of Black Americans from 1595 to present day. Considered one of the most comprehensive surveys of African American history and culture outside the Smithsonian Institution\, the exhibition of the same name features the shared treasures amassed by Shirley and Bernard Kinsey during their five decades of marriage. The collection includes masterful paintings and sculpture\, photographs\, rare books\, letters\, manuscripts and more that offer a well-rounded look at the African American experience and provide new perspectives on the nation’s history and culture.\nThe Kinsey African American Art & History Collection\nOrganized by – The Bernard & Shirley Kinsey Foundation for Arts & Education and KBK Enterprises\, Incorporated URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/the-kinsey-african-american-art-history-collection-3/ LOCATION:Holocaust Museum Houston\, 5401 Caroline St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77004-6804\, United States CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/004-dunson-the-cultivators-1mb-oTkkmI.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Holocaust Museum Houston":MAILTO:info@hmh.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T160000 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240221T161229Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T161229Z UID:215620-1708509600-1708531200@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Buffalo Soldiers National Museum ‘The Blue Helmets in Action” Rotating Exhibit DESCRIPTION: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.\nThe 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. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/buffalo-soldiers-national-museum-the-blue-helmets-in-action-rotating-exhibit-3/ LOCATION:Buffalo Soldiers National Museum\, 3816 Caroline \, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums ORGANIZER;CN="Midtown Cultural Arts and Entertainment District":MAILTO:calvarado@midtownhouston.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T100000 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240220T035650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T161525Z UID:215587-1708509600-1708509600@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Timothy McCoy Beyond My Lens art exhibit DESCRIPTION:Timothy McCoy creates images in order to transform the “reality” seen through the camera lens into an expression of the oneness and wonder found in Taoist/Buddhist philosophy. These photographs are meditations on the constant and inevitable change in nature. The flow of water is one object of this contemplation. The flow of water and the human journey have parallels. According to Eastern philosophy\, mankind’s resistance to transformation leads to suffering.\nSelected photographs from three bodies of his work emphasize “alternative” photographic processes Tongues Turned to Stone (photogravure on gamphi-shi paper)\, Sanctuary (palladium on translucent vellum)\, and Long\, Long Journey to the Sea (gold-toned albumen). He chose these historical printing processes to evoke the timelessness of his content and his interpretive rather than documentary intent. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/timothy-mccoy-beyond-my-lens-art-exhibit-2/ LOCATION:The Jung Center of Houston\, 5200 Montrose Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/event-featured-timothy-mccoy-beyond-my-lens-art-exhibit-1694803024-zBMPYm.tmp_-kzCd3d.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Jung Center of Houston":MAILTO:feedback@junghouston.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T100000 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240220T035650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T161526Z UID:215588-1708509600-1708509600@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-3/ LOCATION:Asia Society Texas Center\, 1370 Southmore Blvd.\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/event-featured-rafael-domenech-and-tomas-vu-heat-silhouette-1697751613-ZVcLnx.tmp_-Tp18AU.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Asia Society Texas Center":MAILTO:txcenter@asiasociety.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T183000 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240220T031248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T161229Z UID:215578-1708506000-1708540200@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Register for UHCL Art School for Children and Young Adults Spring Art Classes! DESCRIPTION:The UHCL Art School for Children and Young Adults will be hosting Spring 2024 art classes for students K-12! Our classes will range in content and medium including classes with a focus on art history\, pop culture\, and fine art skills. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/register-for-uhcl-art-school-for-children-and-young-adults-spring-art-classes-2/ LOCATION:UHCL Art School for Children and Young Adults\, Arbor Building 1315\, 2700 Bay Area Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, 77058\, United States CATEGORIES:Classes + Workshops,Kids + Families,Literature + Lectures,Special Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/corrected-spring-2024-flyer-eAQzhl.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="UHCL Art School for Children &%3B Young Adults":MAILTO:childrensart@uhcl.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T060000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T180000 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240220T031248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T161229Z UID:215577-1708495200-1708538400@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Dark Matter\, Dark Energy\, Dark Imaginarence Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Nathaniel Donnett\nDark Matter\, Dark Energy\, Dark Imaginarence\nSolo Exhibition\n“For them\, as for me\, imagining is not merely looking or looking at; nor is it\ntaking oneself intact into the other. It is\, for the purposes of the work\, becoming.”\nToni Morrison\nThe University Museum is pleased to present Dark Matter\, Dark Energy\, Dark Imaginarence\, Nathaniel Donnett’s solo exhibition at Texas Southern University. The artist’s multimedia works consider how people navigate space and time through nonlinear trajectories and ask how abstraction reflects our realities while offering multiple ways to perceive them. Donnett examines the role imagination plays in contending with obstacles in our lives that manifest as systemic limitations and constitute nuanced moments of discovery.\nThe exhibition takes inspiration from the life of Ed Dwight\, an ex-Navy pilot who almost became the first Black astronaut to enter outer space but was denied because of sociopolitical interference and racial hostility. He later reimagined himself and became a sculptor. Following that path\, Donnett’s works—textiles\, sculpture\, installation\, sound\, video\, and\, importantly\, community engagement in the form of a backpack exchange with students from historic Black neighborhoods in Houston (Third Ward\, Sunnyside\, Acres Homes\, Fifth Ward)—combine the unknown and the embodied to search out Black cosmologies and material constellations that act as poetics\, prompts\, processes\, and presentations for lived transformation.\nDonnett approaches his practice through the lens of Dark Imaginarence\, a concept of art\, everyday aesthetic theory\, and notion(s) of Blackness. The exhibition also reflects on theories concerned with fugitivity\, spatial understanding\, and becoming: Gaston Bachelard’s The Poetics of Space\, which describes the house as a shelter and universe allowing for dreaming and protection; Fred Moten’s notion of enclosure\, a psychological entrapment caused by social precarity; and Michel Foucault’s concept of heterotopias\, an engagement with the plurality of space and time.\nFor example\, the centerpiece of the exhibition\, Staring at infinity through the corners of asymmetry (2023)\, uses reclaimed materials to recreate a geometric form shotgun house that references histories embedded within architecture\, and expansive galactic dreams.\nDonnett’s process is as much philosophical as it is musical—and concerned with how everyday actions and common materials hold memories and serve as witnesses to\nlived experiences. His recent works investigate tensions between the rational and the irrational as a route for accessing generative ways of moving\, thinking\, and living hidden within our subconscious that might help us reframe and redefine ourselves—and negotiate life’s constraints. Dark Matter\, Dark Energy\, Dark Imaginarence asks: What could happen if we changed our questions from “What is the sum of two plus two?” to “What is the sum of two plus a spaceship\, divided by Earth\, Wind & Fire’s song’ Devotion\,’ multiplied by the first half of Andrei Tarkovsky’s film Solaris?”\nThis project is supported by the Guggenheim Foundation\, Houston Arts Alliance\, and the University Museum at Texas Southern University.\nNathaniel Donnett was born in Houston\, Texas. Donnett received his B.A. in Fine Arts from Texas Southern University\, and his MFA from Yale University School of Art. Nathaniel received the 2024 American Academy of Rome Affiliated Fellowship\, a 2022 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship\, a 2022 Houston Arts Alliance Individual Artist Grant\, a Dean’s Critical Practice Research Grant from Yale\, and an Art and Social Justice Initiative Grant from Yale (2020)\, among others.\nHis work has been exhibited nationally at The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art\, Bentonville\, AK; the Virginia Museum of Fine Art\, Richmond\, VA; the Mennello Museum\, Orlando\, FL; the Ulrich Museum\, Wichita\, KS; Project Row Houses\, Houston\, TX\, The Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art\, Virginia Beach\, VA\, The American Museum\, Washington D.C.\, The University Museum\, Houston\, TX\, The Kemper Contemporary Arts Museum\, Kansas City\, MO\, The Mattatuck Museum\, Waterbury CT\, The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston\, Houston\, TX\, and The New Museum\, New York\, NY. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/dark-matter-dark-energy-dark-imaginarence-exhibition-3/ CATEGORIES:Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/02a.-Light-41-Z6HTA0.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240221 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240403 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240220T031233Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T204714Z UID:215535-1708473600-1712102399@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Motus Anima: Lauren E. Allen DESCRIPTION:Motus Anima is an art exhibit exploring emotional responses to moments and memories influenced by Lauren’s experience as a neurodivergent person. Through their conception\, she creates tangible objects to dissect and reflect on in an attempt to accept her unresolved identity. The artist’s reception is Saturday February 17th 5 – 7pm. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/motus-anima-lauren-e-allen/ LOCATION:The Jung Center of Houston\, 5200 Montrose Blvd\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/lauren_allen_01-sm-itCrGw.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Jung Center of Houston":MAILTO:feedback@junghouston.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240221 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240222 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240220T031233Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T161229Z UID:215539-1708473600-1708559999@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Chryssa and New York DESCRIPTION:This exhibition presents the innovative art made by the Greek-born artist Chryssa (1933–2013) while she was living in New York City from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. Renowned for her adoption of industrial process\, found commercial materials and early work with neon light\, she stands at the forefront of American art in the wake of World War II. Responding to her urban environment\, she was particularly interested in the intersection of art and everyday life. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/chryssa-and-new-york/ LOCATION:Menil Collection\, 1515 Sul Ross\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States CATEGORIES:Free Events,Visual Arts + Museums ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/event-featured-chryssa-new-york-1693238567-CLQbSH.tmp_-qzvCBY.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Menil Collection":MAILTO:info@menil.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T210000 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240220T031234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T161525Z UID:215543-1708459200-1708462800@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Boleros: Songs from Latin America DESCRIPTION:Latin American romantic songs of the 20th Century featuring the beautiful voice of Cecilia Duarte. URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/boleros-songs-from-latin-america/ LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts – Audrey Jones Beck Building\, 5601 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77005\, United States CATEGORIES:Acoustic | Folk | World,Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ashkan-image-AGcWRj.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mercury Chamber Orchestra":MAILTO:info@mercuryhouston.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240220T210000 DTSTAMP:20260615T130822 CREATED:20240220T031236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T161456Z UID:215547-1708457400-1708462800@eastendhouston.com SUMMARY:Creative Pianist Competition Winners' Concert DESCRIPTION:Moores School of Music Presents: Creative Pianist Competition Winners’ Concert URL:https://eastendhouston.com/event/creative-pianist-competition-winners-concert/ LOCATION:University of Houston – Moores Opera House\, 3800 Cullen Blvd.\, Houston\, TX\, 77204-0001 CATEGORIES:Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://eastendhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/thumbnail_moores_event_image-0KIZ6E.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="University of Houston - Moores School of Music":MAILTO:musicinfo@uh.edu END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR