MUSED HOUSTON ART EVENTS | November 19

THIS WEEK IN HOUSTON

November 19–23, 2025

This week in Houston, the arts deliver something special each day.

Thursday brings a fun, surprise-filled double-book celebration at Hotel Saint Augustine with Jack Massing and Hank Schyma.

Friday’s highlight is a performance of sacred and opera arias at All Saints Catholic Church — and trust me, internationally acclaimed tenor Angelo Ferrari’s voice is one of an angel; everyone should go. And, don't miss the opening of the two-days-only pop-up exhibition After Goya: Edwin Smalling at Garage Montrose (email me for the address or send a DM to @garagemontrose).

On Saturday, the city’s Warehouse District comes alive with the 33rd Annual ArtCrawl Houston, a full day of open studios and site-specific discoveries.

And on Sunday, MFAH’s Bayou Bend hosts the Makers Market Festival, a perfect fall afternoon of local arts and crafts.

👉 CHECK IT OUT! Writer Jef Rouner wrote a great story about artist Gary T. Murphy and his work!

As always, there are even more events published on my website for you to check out.

Melissa Richardson Banks

Founder, Publisher & Editor

MUSED HOUSTON

www.musedhouston.com

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WEDNESDAY 11.19.2025

6–7 PM ART TALK Glassell Lecture | Gordon Hall at MFAH's Glassell School of Art

6–8 PM ARTIST TALK Kindred Stories presents Faith in Bloom: Sankofa Emancipation Project at Community Artists’ Collective – Kristi Rangel, Brittney Mayfield, Tamirah Collins and April M. Frazier reflect on how faith continues to guide art, community, and self.

THURSDAY 11.20.2025

12–1:15 PM ART TALK Creators in Conversation: The Art of Entrepreneurship at Houston City College’s Idea Studio Makerspace – free; RSVP required; speakers are author and business owner Jordyn Wright, artist and professor Kelley Devine, and arts & philanthropy consultant Carrie Ermler

5:30–8 PM ARTIST PANEL + OPENING RECEPTION HCP Fellowship Exhibitions and Fractured Sublime at Houston Center for Photography

6–7 PM TALK + BOOK SIGNING Conversations with the Director: Rainey Knudson at MFAH – Houston-based writer and Glasstire founder sits down with Gary Tinterow for a conversation about her new book, The MFAH 100. $10 tickets ($5 museum members)

6–8 PM RECEPTION Creative Careers Mentorship Showcase in the Community Gallery at Project Row Houses

6–8 PM READING + BOOK SIGNING Jack Massing: Thanks a Million and Hank Schyma: Storm | Chasing Nature's Wildest Weather at Hotel Saint Augustine

6–9 PM OPENING RECEPTION Back in Black at Laura Rathe Fine Art (Gallery Row-Colquitt)

7–8 PM PANEL DISCUSSION Evolving Landscapes of Time-Based Media at The Menil

7–8 PM ART PERFORMANCE Land-escape: A Sonic Invocation by Jeanette Degollado and Adrián Suárez at Smither Park

7–9 PM LITERARY EVENT Lola Lafon | When You Listen to This Song at Basket Books & Art

FRIDAY 11.21.2025

4–7 PM OPENING RECEPTION The Cacophony: MK Graham at Bisong Art Gallery

5–8 PM OPENING NIGHT After Goya: Edwin Smalling at Garage Montrose – email me or send a DM @garagemontrose for the address!

6–8 PM GAME NIGHT Cabinet of Curiosity: Sylvie Hanna at Artique in the Heights

7–9 PM PERFORMANCE An Evening of Sacred & Opera Arias: Angelo Ferrari, Meaghan Heath & Shawn Heller at All Saints Catholic Church – free, donations requested

7:30–9 PM OPENING RECEPTION When Lights Speak in Color at Our Texas Cultural Center

SATURDAY 11.22.2025

9–11:30 AM CLOSING EVENT Buffalo Bayou Partnership presents The Witness Series: With Gratitude: Pop-Up Community Art Show and Artist Talk by Kristi Rangel at Yolanda Black Navarro Buffalo Bend Nature Park

10 AM–8 PM ART EVENT Open House at Mother Dog Studios

10 AM–8 PM ART EVENT 33rd Annual ArtCrawl Houston in the Warehouse District – various locations

12–2 PM ART PERFORMANCE PRESS: Britt Thomas at The Jack

1–3 PM ART TALK Michael Roque Collins on Lowell Daunt Collins at Foltz Fine Art

2–3 PM GALLERY TOUR Sculpture Month Houston presents Re-Figurations at SITE Gallery in The Silos at Sawyer Yards

2–5 PM CLOSING DAY After Goya: Edwin Smalling at Garage Montrose – email me or send a DM @garagemontrose for the address!

2–5 PM ARTIST TALK + CLOSING RECEPTION What Would I Not Give: Jean Shon at Community Artists' Collective

4–6 PM CLOSING RECEPTION + GALLERY WALKTHROUGH Wayward Lines: Jonas Criscoe & Trent Teinert at Throughline Collective

5–7 PM OPENING RECEPTIONS Francisco Pereira | Bipeds: Mirrors of the Psyche + Kirk & David: Damon Thomas at The Jung Center

7–9 PM ARTIST TALK Time Stamp at Sanman Studios

7:30–9 PM PERFORMANCE Musiqa presents Music in Midtown at Lawndale Art Center

SUNDAY 11.23.2025

1–5 PM ART EVENT Makers Market Festival at MFAH's Bayou Bend

HOUSTON ART NEWS

👉 Jef Rouner | "The Caged Chaos of Gary T. Murphy" (MUSED Houston ): Learn more about the artist and his abstract paintings.

👉 Mitch Cohen | "ArtCrawl Houston Enters a New Era" (Art Valet in The Leader ): For the first time in its 33-year history, the free event is steered by a new coalition.

👉 Michael McFadden | "From Pop to Pokémon: The House of Pikochu at Asia Society Texas Center" (Arts and Culture Texas ): Twenty-five artists from Japan, China, Brazil, Mexico, Côte d’Ivoire, the United States, and beyond trace anime’s transformation.

Enjoy reading these? Let me know. And, if you write art reviews or publish local arts coverage, send me a link for consideration in future issues.

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