The holidays aren’t over yet! Let’s keep it going because now we’re in the midst of Kwanzaa (December 26 to January 1), an African American and Pan-African holiday that celebrates…
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The Houston Cinema Arts Festival (HCAF) is returning with its usual explosion of films, lectures, and performances. This year, HCAF will present 50 programs in five days (November 12-16), plus…
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Houston artist Rick Lowe, founder of Project Row Houses (PRH), has been named a 2014 MacArthur Fellow. The program awards unrestricted $625,000 fellowships “to talented individuals who have shown extraordinary…
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Houston’s Project Row Houses (PRH) announced that it has launched a search for a new executive director. The current executive director, Linda Shearer, has decided to step down at the…
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There are some smart Houstonians over at Project Row Houses (PRH). They hold a monthly outdoor “Third Ward Community Market and Talent Showcase” but, in the summer months, they don’t…
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Rick Lowe’s “social sculpture” Trans.lation, initiated as part of the Nasher Sculpture Center’s 10th anniversary exhibition Nasher XChange, has been a success so far. There have been workshops, three free-standing…
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Houston Art Collective to Unveil Mural and Public Health Program
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonTomorrow evening, the Houston art collective Otabenga Jones & Associates (OJ&A) will officially unveil a new mural at Lawndale Art Center. A project of Creative Capital, the mural kicks off…
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Social Practice Makes Perfect: PRH to Host Symposium on Artists and Community Engagement
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThe term “social practice” has been getting more and more popular among artists in the past few years, although it still seems only slightly more defined (but definitely more user-friendly)…
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The Idea Fund has announced its ten 2014 grantees! The following Texas-based artists and artist collectives will each receive $4,000 to create and showcase innovative artistic projects in the coming…
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Those who happened to catch Theaster Gates’ performance at the Houston Museum of African American Culture, presented in conjunction with his work in the 2010 CAMH show Hand+Made: The Performative…
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The New York-based nonprofit organization Creative Time commissions and presents ambitious public art projects in New York and elsewhere. They also host the Creative Time Summit every year, inviting innovative…
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U.S. Senate Names Project Row Houses Founder to National Council on the Arts
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonLest you think that Congress did nothing else on Wednesday besides ending the government shutdown, take a look at October 16th’s “Senate Floor Wrap Up” for some extra good news.…
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As a participant, and now manager, of Project Row Houses' Young Mothers Program, City Council Candidate Assata Richards considers the mothers as artists-in-residence. Each is an artist and what they are creating is their life.
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Project Row Houses (PRH) is celebrating its twentieth anniversary with a block party this Saturday from 11 am-7 pm. Okay, it will be more than a block and Saturday is…
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The Art League of Houston hosted a kickoff celebration for Studio Enertia’s Inaugural Residency featuring an artist talk, viewing and reception for Ghanaian painter Nii Narku, Studio Enertia’s first Artist…
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After 80 years, 16 of Project Row Houses original row houses have shiny new metal roofs, replacing their rusty old ones. Some house families in the Young Mothers Residential Program…
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Here they are, sorted by city, our picks for the best shows in Texas this fall! ALBANY Eric Zimmerman: Sixteen Tons The Old Jail Art Center September 24, 2011 –…
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Ever since the mid-1970s, I’ve traveled to Houston whenever it was time for a good art fix. Back then, there were just a handful of fine art galleries to visit.…
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The Houston Fine Art Fair and The Texas Contemporary Fair: Twice the fairs equals twice the drama
So you may have heard, Houston is getting an art fair. Um, actually two art fairs. There has been a ridiculous amount of controversy surrounding these fairs, a classic tempest…
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One of the potential hazards of moving to a small town is that you may end up the Mayor. Such is the case with Travis Whitfield, an artist who was…