Are you new to my weekly MUSED Houston Art Events newsletter? If so, welcome -- and encourage your friends to subscribe, too! If you have been with me for the past six months or so since I've gone public, I am grateful for your support! I hope to see you all out and about this week in the Houston art scene!

P.S. There are MANY MORE art events listed this week on my website!

~ Melissa Richardson Banks

NEW FEATURE ON MY WEBSITE! Submit your Houston art events by visiting melissarichardsonbanks.com/events and clicking "Submit Events."

All events are subject to change without notice. Please check with the venue or the organizer of an event to ensure that it is taking place as promoted and scheduled.

WED 01.31.2024

🎨 ART PROGRAM 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM “Self-Reliance | The Archetype of Modern Man” at Steinway Selection Center (401 Louisiana St., Houston 77002). One-night only performances by violinist Antonio Cevallos and pianist Elizabeth Newkirk with philosopher David Liakos.

=====

THU 02.01.2024

🎨 ART EVENT 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM "MetalMorphosis 1.1" by Moon Papas Art at East River (park at 2940 Riverby Rd., Houston 77020 - walk to 2927 Riverby Rd.). Check out the ephemeral installation of Moon Papas Art's "MetalMorphosis 1.1" in its liminal space at East River.

🎨 ART OPENING 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM "2024 Print Auction Exhibition" at Houston Center for Photography (1441 W. Alabama St., Houston 77006). On view thru February 11, 2024, works by 75 photographers and lens-based artists from this year's live and silent auctions. Viewers can bid on the 50+ prints from the silent auction during the exhibition's run, but must attend the ticketed dinner at Hotel ZaZa on February 15 to bid on the 26 live auction prints.

🎨 ARTIST RECEPTION 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM "Steamrolled IX | PrintHouston" at Sabine Street Studios - East Corridor Gallery (1907 Sabine St., Houston 77007). On view thru March 9, 2024, oversized woodblock prints by artists from Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, New York, and London were created last fall during PrintHouston's annual "Rockin' Rollin' Prints" event.

=====

FRI 02.02.2024

🎨 ART OPENING 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM “I Love You | Karla Modesto and Sebastien ‘Mr. D 1987’ Boileau” at Artique Gallery (1024 Studewood St., Houston 77008). On view thru February 29, 2024, this collaborative floral and art experience features works by Modesto of Babe City Blooms and Boileau of Eyeful Art.

🎨 ART OPENINGS 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Houston Museum of African American Culture (4807 Caroline St, Houston 77004). On view thru March 30, 2024: "Pervs, Peppers and High Chaparral: Michael Abramson's South Side Photographs" captures the social scene of Chicago in 1970s. The “Bert Long, Jr. Gallery Spring Survey Exhibition” features Houston-area emerging artists in this annual show curated by Christopher Blay. "One Nation One Groove: African American Music as the Story of American History" is curated by museum director John Guess, Jr.

🎨 ART EVENT 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM "Dance Party at the Menil Drawing Institute (1412 W. Main St., Houston 77006). Performances, deejay music and outdoor video projections celebrate Queer histories and are in conversation with artist Marc Bauer's wall drawing.

=====

SAT 02.03.2024

🎨 OPENING RECEPTION 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM "Persian Gardens | New Paintings and Sculptures by Maryam Laval" at Archway Gallery (2305 Dunlavy St., Houston 77006). On view thru February 29, 2024, an abstracted conception of nature encourages viewers to connect while feeling the sense of nature within themselves.

🎨 TICKETED ART EVENT 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM “Winter Nights at the MFAH" (1001 Bissonnet St., Houston 77005). Every Saturday in February, visit all of the galleries and exhibitions after hours. Free for members, tickets are $40 for nonmembers and include one complimentary drink plus museum admission.

🎨 OPENING RECEPTION “Macrocosm | NEGRASSO” at Art Is Bond Gallery (4411 Montrose Blvd., Ste. E, Houston 77006). On view thru March 3, 2024: A collection of textured abstract works crafted by the artist NEGRASSO are influenced by the rhythms of music, the organic beauty of nature, and the interplay of waves and light.

🎨 ART EVENT 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM Grand Opening of Southern Kindness Gallery (2005 Commerce St., Houston 77002). An exhibition of ten artists launches this new space.

🎨 ART EVENT 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM (Stay for the Late Night After Party, which STARTS @ 10:00 PM) “Four Degrees of Art & Style” at Segovia Studios (3420 Rusk St., Houston 77003). New artwork by John Paul Segovia demonstrate the artist's use of differing styles and mediums: charcoal, abstract, mid-century modern, and portraits.

=====

SUN 02.04.2024

🎨 ART EVENT 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM “Open Studios” at Art Square Studios on Almeda (5301 Almeda Rd., Houston 77004). Over 20 working studios and residencies for artists, photographers, fashion designers, graphic artists and other creatives -- are open to the public for this annual art sale themed this year as "love."

This weekly e-newsletter is solely a passion project for me as I like to keep a list of what I really want to see. If you miss an opening at a museum or gallery, please check the calendar on my website at www.melissarichardsonbanks.com to plan your visit during the venue's regular operating hours.

TWO-DAY SYMPOSIUM "MIGRATION & THE CLIMATE



In the context of climate migration, "is Houston a city in Texas, or something else entirely?" From the organizers' standpoint, Houston is imagined as a convergence zone with a tangled and frayed history; a confluence of colonization, land rights, war, water, ecological precarity, histories of museums, state policy, and fossil capitalism.

Join organizers Air Alliance Houston, Rice Center for Environmental Studies, and the Houston Climate Justice Museum for a two-day convening of artists, scholars, and community leaders to explore the intersection of the climate crisis and migration.

Day One at Rice University focuses on the Mexico-US border and the policies, institutions, and histories that have led to the ongoing border crisis.

Day Two at POST Houston looks to the global and the local, untangling migration and the climate crisis through understanding foodways and colonial histories in Texas and beyond.

Throughout the event, participants will be asked how dominant visions, stories, and histories of Houston can be remade through stories of migration and transition.

Discussions on the U.S.-Mexico Border

Friday, February 2, 2024 @ 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Rice University, Glasscock School of Continuing Studies

6100 Main St., Houston 77005

Participants: Christina Morales, Ana Martín Gil, Fernando Riosmena, Weston Twardowski, Eddie Canales, Cesar Espinoza

Climate Migrations and Climate Crisis

Saturday, February 3, 2024 @ 11:30 AM to 4:00 PM

POST Houston, X-Atrium

401 Franklin St., Houston 77201

Participants: Matt Manalo, Kairn Klieman, Juan Mancias, Alden Sajor Marte-Wood, Materanya ‘Pierre’ Ruchinagiza, Anita Jaisinghani, Roy V, Jonny Rhodes, Karen Reichler