Art League Houston

Houston artists should be finishing up their lists of hopes, dreams, and gripes because this evening is the “Artist Town Hall Meeting,” organized by Fresh Arts and Art League Houston.…

Hawk was lying, facedown, on the concrete floor in a pool of clear fluid as if he had passed out on the sidewalk in front of a club, or fallen off his skateboard. Barefoot, he was Everyman, from Brooklyn.

The Art League Houston and Fresh Arts will host an “Artist Town Hall Meeting” to discuss the needs of artists living and working in the Houston area. The meeting will…

Since the Art League Houston (ALH) announced an open call for exhibition proposals for two shows per year, artists will want to make sure that the ALH folks receive a…

Fort Worth-based artist Sedrick Huckaby has an exhibition, Everyday Grace, now on view at the Art League Houston through January 4, as well as Everyday Glory, on view at Dallas’…

Secor uses objects and artifacts that connote her mother's presence. Huckaby sketches more than a hundred portraits of people in his neighborhood in Fort Worth.

Entrenched in the world of pattern, Thorne's paintings mix faux bois, window shades, bricks and tiles. Vidal's tent evokes a dream of an arctic "world saturated in blue."

The Art League Houston (ALH) has announced an open call for exhibition proposals for the spring of 2014, which is kind of a big deal since the last time it…

Houston’s Museum District Business Alliance, which promotes enterprise and the arts in the Montrose/Museum District area, will be handing out the 2013 Community Improvement Awards at its annual luncheon on…

Seventy year old Kermit Oliver is a Texas legend, a self-described “reclusive” artist who kept his night shift job sorting mail at the Waco post office until this August.

Remember when Art League Houston was lame? Kelly Klaasmeyer says it's been getting better for the past decade and the current round of exhibitions is solid proof.

A international survey, four hardworking artists' solo shows, and the irreplaceable Kermit Oliver. Wait — that's six!

Feral hogs nudging and nosing constructivist sculptures as if they were ponderous smartphones for creatures lacking fine manipulative skills.

It’s finished! Patrick Renner’s 180-foot long sculpture of steel and reclaimed wood will be dedicated this evening at the opening reception celebration. With the help of a lot of friends…

So, what is Afrofuturism? The term was coined twenty years ago, but it’s been getting tossed around quite a bit lately, especially in the national press’ current adoration of Robert…

Artist Patrick Renner and the Art League Houston held a “Funnel Tunnel Painting Party” on Saturday and, in spite of some early-day ominous skies, tons of folks showed up to…

On Friday, March 15, The Art League of Houston will celebrate the life of Cholla Kepner with a memorial service from 6-7:30 p.m. Cholla was an instructor at the League…

Art League Houston has named Rachel Hecker as their Texas Artist of the Year for 2013. Leigh and Reggie Smith were named as Texas Patrons of the Year, and, in…

Saw a lot of amazing art this week. Not only were the works themselves curious, mysterious, visceral and fascinating in so many ways, but in every case there was a…

Construction of Patrick Renner’s 185-foot Funnel Tunnel begins on February 1. The public art sculpture/installation will be made of reclaimed wood and will snake through the trees on the Montrose…