This week's FRESH Art on Tap: November 13

2018

NOVEMBER

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WHAM!
Winter Holiday Art Market!

@ Winter Street Studios

November 16 - Preview Party!

November 17 - FREE 11a - 8p

November 18 - FREE 11a-4p

ARTS DISTRICT EVENT

FRESH ARTS EVENT

Over the last decade, WHAM has become a citywide tradition, bringing together Houston's small business, local artists and people of all ages to kick off the holiday season. This is the LAST WHAM hosted by Fresh Arts so be sure not to miss out and come to the Preview Party on Friday from 6p - 11p... more details

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NOV 13

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NOV 14

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NOV 15

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NOV 16

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NOV 17

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NOV 18

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NOV 19

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NOV 20

TUESDAY , NOVEMBER 13

Sketch Social

@ Honey Art Cafe

November 13 // 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Join VAA for a low-key coffee social and round table discussion of Texas art, at Honey Art Cafe, 3516 So. Shepherd Drive at Richmond. .. more details

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14

Visual Arts Alliance 36th Juried Membership Exhibition @ Silver Street Studios November 14 // 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ARTS DISTRICT EVENT This fall, the Visual Arts Alliance continues a tradition of bringing individual artists and collectors into the studios of working artists in the Houston area... more details
Special Presentations: My Art @ Museum of Fine Arts \| Brown Auditorium November 14 // 7:00 PM // Varies About the Filmmaker: Laurie Simmons is an internationally recognized artist whose work is included in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim Museum, and Whitney Museum, among others... more details
Guest Recital: Gila Goldstein @ University of Houston \| Dudley Recital Hall November 14 // 7:30 PM // Free The Moores School of Music presents a recital by Gila Goldstein, chair of Boston University's Piano Department, featuring works by Bach, Chopin, Liszt and Schumann... more details

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15

Cultured Cocktails with Patti Lennon @ Boheme Cafe and Wine Bar November 15 // 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM // Free FRESH ARTS EVENT Please join us for drinks and conversation when a portion of the proceeds from all drink sales during happy hour will support Patti Lennon... more details
ArCH Film Festival Double Feature: Aquarius & Unknown New York @ University of Houston November 15 // 6:45 PM // $10 General - $5 Members & Students In conjunction with the Houston Cinema Arts Festival, ArCH Film Festival presents a cohesive series of screenings that highlights themes and issues within architectural discourse... more details
34th Annual Houston Interfaith Thanksgiving Service @ Rothko Chapel November 15 // 7:00 PM // Free The Rothko Chapel will host the 34th Annual Houston Interfaith Thanksgiving Service. In advance of the Chapel's scheduled 2019 Symposium, "Toward a Better Future: Transforming the Climate Crisis," the theme of this service will be "care for creation."... more details
Urban Ballet @ Dance City Studio November 15 // 7:30 PM // $25 Inspired by the music of 2Pac, Sherese Campbell's Urban Ballet returns with new choreography by Elijah Gibson and the spoken word poetry of Tiffany Scales, a.k.a. The Wordmatician... more details
Houston Grand Opera Presents Studio Recitals at Rienzi @ Museum of Fine Arts \| Rienzi November 15 - 18 // Varies // See website HGO's popular Studio Recital series is back with artists of the Houston Grand Opera Studio performing an intimate program of classical works in the European decorative arts arm of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston... more details
First Suburb @ MATCH \| Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston November 15 - December 9 // Varies // Pay-what-you-can Catastrophic favorite Chana Porter takes us back to the early '90s in a suburban planned community, the first of its kind in America, for a subversive, mischievous, and oh-so-familiar (or is it?) look at childhood... more details

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16

Dunhuang Imagined: An Evening with Composer Tan Dun @ Asia Society Texas Center November 16 // 6:00 PM // $5 Members - $10 General Enjoy this rare opportunity to hear Academy Award-winning composer Tan Dun (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) discuss his creative process as a musician and composer, as well as a musical performance featuring inspirations and demonstrations of his research... more details
Silos @ Art League Houston November 16 // 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM // Free This exhibition, Silos, presents artists of color who examine the silos, otherness, and the cultural and social ramifications of marginalization based on one's identity, whether self-defined or inscribed... more details
I ♥ 3rd Ward by Marc Newsome @ Art League Houston November 16 // 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM // Free Art League Houston (ALH) is proud to present I ♥ 3rd Ward, a photo, video, and soundscape exhibition by Marc Newsome. The exhibition features a series of documentary style photographs depicting 3rd Ward, a historically African American neighborhood located in Houston, Texas... more details
Everyday Sorcery Exhibition \| Opening Reception @ Cindy Licisa Gallery November 16 // 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM // Free Cindy Lisica Gallery presents the newest paintings by the celebrated Houston artist Catherine Colangelo. "Everyday Sorcery" refers to her roles of artist and mother, and this body of work was created during an especially tumultuous time... more details
Shayne Murphy: Ignis Fatuus @ 4411 Montrose November 16 // 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM // Free Murphy's latest body of work, inspired by Judeo-Christian mythology and its iconography, entices the viewer to contemplate the alluring yet deceptive realm of evil... more details
Data Breach by Susannah Mira @ Art League Houston November 16 // 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM // Free The installation incorporates thousands of discarded sheets of microfiche film, creating a physical metaphor reflecting the millions of information disclosures shaping our world today... more details
MARCI'S STAFF PICK Nuit Blanche Movie Night at Axelrad @ Axelrad Beer Gardens November 16 // 6:30 PM - 11:00 // Free Enjoy drinks & movie night with the Nuit Blanche Houston team at the Axelrad bar. We will screen "Faces Places", a documentary on French new wave director Agnes Varda and JR's travel across France, plastering giant portrait of people they photograph.... more details
Discovering the Passionate Films of Luchino Visconti: Rocco and His Brothers @ Museum of Fine Arts \| Brown Auditorium November 16 // 7:00 PM // Free A truly epic sweep is achieved for this story of a mother (Katina Paxinou) and her grown sons who head north from Lucania in search of work and new lives during Italy's economic boom following World War II... more details
AURA Contemporary Ensemble: Montague @ 75 @ Moores Opera Center November 16 // 7:30 PM // Varies Moores School of Music's "Fridays at Moores" series continues with AURA Contemporary Ensemble's "Montague @ 75" performance, featuring music by guest composer Stephen Montague and other special guests... more details
Theta Charity Antiques Show @ George R. Brown Convention Center November 16 - 18 // Varies // $20 Advance - $25 At door Now in its 66th year, the Theta Charity Antiques Show is one of the preeminent charity antiques shows in the country, with proceeds benefiting deserving local charities... more details
Artist for Artists - ArtCrawl Group Show @ Hardy & Nance Street Studios November 16 -18 // Varies // Free Come to Hardy & Nance Studios to see a selection of Houston's top artists that have come together to help fellow artists during times of need... more details

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17

MICAH'S STAFF PICK ArtCrawl at Elder street Artist Loft @ Elder Street Artist Lofts November 17 // 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM // Free ARTS DISTRICT EVENT Elder Street Artists open their doors for a once-a-year art show and open studios day. FREE and open to the public.... more details
JoMar Visions ArtCrawl 2018 @ JoMar Visions Studios at Northwest Crossing November 17 - 18 // 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM // Free JoMar Visions is Back at ArtCrawl this year... more details
JESSICA'S STAFF PICK Zine Fest Houston 2018 @ Lawndale Art Center November 17 // 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM // Free FRESH ARTS ORG. EVENT Zine Fest Houston (ZFH) is an annual free, all-ages festival dedicated to promoting zines (self-published magazines), mini-comics, and other forms of small press, alternative and underground DIY media and art. This year's theme: WRESTLING... more details

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18

Reel Royals: The Madness of King George

@ Museum of Fine Arts | Brown Auditorium

November 18 // 5:00 PM // Varies

The Madness of King George follows the growing insanity of England's George III (Nigel Hawthorne) in the 1780s, and the intricate power play set in motion by the royal court to contain the possible damage. Rupert Everett, Ian Holm, and Helen Mirren costar in the Oscar-winning film... more details

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19

Aurora Award 2018 honoring Pipilotti Rist

@ Aurora Picture Show

November 19 // 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Each year, Aurora Picture Show honors an artist who has exhibited extraordinary originality in the field of moving image art. The honoree of the 18th annual Aurora Award is acclaimed Swiss video artist Pipilotti Rist, who will be in attendance for the evening's cocktails, dinner, screening, and award presentation... more details

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20

ANGELA'S STAFF PICK

GUST: Celebrating a Decade of Discovery

@ Discovery Green

November 20 // All Day // Free

GUST: Celebrating a Decade of Discovery is an interactive art installation that the Discovery Green Conservancy commissioned from Cocolab, a Mexico City-based studio...

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