Plan Your Arts Weekend: Wednesday thru Sunday

As I begin my second year of promoting the visual arts in Houston, I reflect on the success of this first anniversary, Did you guess the numbers? I was surprised when I went back and checked my work over the past year:

I promoted 1,000 Houston visual art events featuring more than 5,000 artists that took place at over 300 local venues. Whew! Houston definitely has a rich and vibrant art scene!

If you represent a museum or an art gallery or are an artist who has a show coming up that you'd like specially featured, please place an ad in my weekly newsletter to support my work. Contact me for details! (Otherwise, my calendar listings are free, and my recommendations are curated, not underwritten or sponsored!)

Let me know! And as always, please invite your friends to subscribe to this weekly MUSED Houston Art Events newsletter AND to check out my online calendar for the more complete list of visual art events happening in Houston!

~ Melissa Richardson Banks

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. And, if you miss an opening at a museum or gallery, please check the MUSED Houston art events calendar on my website at www.melissarichardsonbanks.com to plan your visit during a venue's regular operating hours.

WED 07.31.2024

🎶 🎨 MUSIC EVENT "Ice House Radio: A Texas Tradition" 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM at Brasil Houston (2604 Dunlavy St., Houston 77098). Listen live to this new online Houston community radio station while enjoying dinner and drinks every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, rotating each night from its roster of over 50 disc jockeys.

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THU 08.01.2024

🎨 MUSIC EVENT “Las Fenix” 6:15 PM to 8:30 PM at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (4848 Main St., Houston 77002). Attend this free performance in the outdoor Craft Garden by an all-female norteño band of five sisters from Houston, Texas. 

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FRI 08.02.2024

🎨 ART EVENT “Free Lunch First Friday” 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM at Blaffer Art Museum (4173 Elgin St., Houston 77004). Food plus art tours of the exhibitions on view: "Gabriel Lester: Odeon" and "Cian Dayrit: Liberties Were Taken"

🎨 ART EVENT “Admit One: Analog Film Showcase” 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM at The DeLUXE Theater (3303 Lyons Ave., Houston 77020). Join FLATS and Houston Cinema Arts Society for a one-hour tribute showcase on analog film and photography. Doors 6:00 PM with showings at 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM. View a photography exhibition between screenings. $10.

🎨 MUSIC EVENT “Anton Syndrome” 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM at ARC House (1008 Edwards St., Houston 77007). Join Garland Fielder and friends at ARC House for house music performances. $10 donation suggested. BYOB. 

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SAT 08.03.2024

🎨 ART EVENT “Hands-On Houston: Balance Sculptures” 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM at Lawndale Art Center (4912 Main St., Houston 77002). Explore balance and stability by designing whimsical kinetic sculptures using wood and recycled materials in this free workshop.

🎨 ART EVENT "Summer Spritz on Gallery Row" 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM at six Upper Kirby galleries (2635 Colquitt St., Houston 77098). Check out exhibitions on view at Catherine Couturier Gallery, Avant-Art Gallery, Heidi Vaughan Fine Art, and Hooks-Epstein Galleries (plus Dean Day Gallery and Moody Gallery will be open 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM)

🎨 ART EVENT "Mayan Spirit and Tradition in Contemporary Art Quilts: A Lecture by Priscilla Bianchi" 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM at Monterroso Gallery (3911 Main St., Houston 77002). With her work on view as a backdrop, this artist is also a renowned an educator and lecturer on Guatemalan textiles.

🎨 OPENING RECEPTION + COMMUNITY MARKET “Floyd Newsum Summer Studios Program" 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Project Row Houses (2521 Holman St., Houston 77004). Time-based media and digital artists join visual artists and their mentors to install their artwork in the seven row houses in this annual exhibition on view thru September 8, 2024.

🎨 OPENING RECEPTION “Drawn from Life” 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Archway Gallery (2305 Dunlavy St., Houston 77006). On view thru September 5, 2024 are artworks created during -- or inspired from -- the gallery's weekly Sunday morning life drawing sessions.

🎨 ART OPENINGS “2024 ALH Student Exhibition” | “Who Are You, Who Am I?” | “2024 ALH Instructor Exhibition” 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Art League Houston (1953 Montrose Blvd., Houston 77006). A diverse range of work will be on view thru August 31, 2024.

🎨 OPENING RECEPTIONS at Redbud Arts Center (303 East 11th St., Houston 77008);

• "Amanda Barry Jones: Ancestral Reverie" features a captivating collection of ceramics that explore themes of heritage, memory, and identity (on view thru August 31, 2024)
• “Breaking Boundaries” features works by five German artists from Houston's sister city of Leipzig that delve into each place's cultural connections and distinct identities (on view thru August 7, 2024).

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SUN 08.04.2024

🎨 COMMUNITY EVENT "New Moon Yoga and Sound Bath" at Orange Show Center for Visionary Art (7334 Gulf Terminal Dr., Houston 77023). Participate in this yoga event presented by Jim Phelps of Yeauxga4all. $20 suggested donation. Bring your yoga mat.

FREE CALENDAR LISTINGS! Promote your Houston art events by visiting melissarichardsonbanks.com/events and clicking "Submit Events" to enter information about your event.

WANT TO BE INCLUDED IN MY E-NEWSLETTER? To give me time to review and consider for inclusion, you must submit your events through my website two to four weeks in advance AND a representative from your organization must subscribe to my e-newsletter. Please understand that I cannot include every single event at every art venue throughout Houston. I do my best! And, remember, 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.