In this issue

Save the Date! FestEve!

The Legacy Project and Black Stereo Exhibit

Leonian Foundation Photography Grant

Sketch Pad: News & Notes

July Calendar

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The Collective's Gift Shop

Jubilee Quilt Circle

Save the date for our upcoming FestEve! 2024 Gala at Hobby Center on Saturday, September 28, as we celebrate 37 magical years of the Community Artists’ Collective! FestEve! is an eclectic celebration that brings together local contemporary artists, city leaders and the community to further enrich Houston’s culture! The evening will feature local works of art, performing artists, a silent auction, a buffet dinner and cocktails. Proceeds of this event will go towards the development of future education, exhibition and entrepreneurship programming at the Community Artists’ Collective.

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Honorary Chair Sylvester Turner; Co-Chairs Winell Herron Ann Johnson

“The Legacy Project and Black Stereo” exhibit, honoring Third Ward’s musical legacy, continues through August 11. Artist Tierney Malone, The Collective and Community Music Center give tribute at Hogan Brown Gallery

Community Artists’ Collective, Community Music Center of Houston and Hogan Brown Gallery are proud to announce the Annual Legacy Project, a month-long celebration of Black Music Month. The Legacy Project honors local and national individuals' contributions to music.

“BLACK STEREO,” a collaboration between artist Tierney Malone, Community Artists’ Collective, and Community Music Center of Houston (CMCH), opened in June, designated as Black Music Month, at Hogan Brown Gallery, 2310 Elgin.

The event celebrates the many musical artists who have come from or have ties to Houston’s Third Ward. The Legacy Project celebrates musicians and music educators.

Robert Hodge, curator at Hogan Brown Gallery, and Michelle Barnes, executive director of the Community Artists’ Collective, are co-curators of the exhibit.

More about Tierney Malone and BLACK STEREO

Top photo: At the Black Stereo artist talk at the Eldorado Ballroom, Tierney Malone described how the Third Ward has been at the crossroads of Black music for many years. His artwork at the Legacy Project and Black Stereo exhibition showcases the local artists who have been pioneers in the music world. Second photo: The Legacy Project is organized by the Community Music Center of Houston and the Community Artists' Collective and is on exhibit through August 11. Second photo: Horace Grigsby, right, a jazz legend and Houston treasure, performed at the artist talk, accompanied by Bob Henschen, right.

Photography Grant

The Community Artists’ Collective is honored to receive a grant from the Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation for an archiving project of our photography collection. The Collective has amassed a significant collection of photographic prints and images created by participants of the photography program facilitated in the early 90s, and are also honored to hold a portion of Louise Martin’s photographic works in our collection. We plan to use this grant to digitize and archive selected works from these collections and make them available for public viewing.

Louise Martin was an African American photographer from Brenham, Texas, who ran her own photography studio in Houston during the late 1940s for nearly 45 years. She was known for tinting her portraits by hand, a notable skill that added a special touch to portraits before color photography.

We look forward to embarking on this project and sharing the collection with our community!

Pictured: Michelle Barnes, executive director, and April M. Frazier, assistant director of Community Artists' Collective; Louise Martin portrait; photos and participants of The Collective's Photography Program in the early '90s and present day.

Sketch Pad: News and Notes

These are some of the children we are currently working with at the Julia C. Hester House. We are offering enriching learning opportunities for youth this summer at 

SHAPE Community Center, the Hester House and the Mickey Leland Preparatory Academy. Participants enjoying learning new 

techniques and confronting new challenges as facilitated by Theresa Graham, Michelle Barnes and Richard Williams.

Below: Part of the team working on the artwork destined for the Park at Palm Center.

Above: We are helping artists sustain themselves through their provision of arts-related services and creating mechanisms for organizational sustainability. 

July Calendar



July 14, 19-21, 26-28 The Legacy Project and Black Stereo exhibit continues. at Hogan Brown Gallery, 2310 Elgin. 

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Featuring works by artists:

Leslie Abrams, Lee Ann Carrier,

Dominic Clay,

Ava Cosey, Carolyn Crump, Laura Fagbemi

Workshops and demonstrations are offered at The Collective,

4101 San Jacinto, Suite 116, on Thursdays

from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. and Fridays from 1 to 3 p.m.

The Community Artists' Collective invites you to learn about and to

work on textiles, including quilting, knitting, crochet and embroidering. 

Supplies provided. Suggested donation is $30 per month.