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WED 02.14.2024
🎶 TWO FREE PERFORMANCES 12:00 PM and 4:00 PM "Be My Valentine | Musicians in Medicine" in the Park Atrium at MD Anderson Cancer Center (Main Building, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston 77030). Ravishingly romantic chamber works by Antonín Dvořák, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Ludwig van Beethoven featuring cellist Richard Belcher, violinist Eva Burmeister, oboist Alecia Lawyer, and concert pianist Mei Rui.
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THU 02.15.2024
🎨 ART OPENING 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM "Work from the Pandemic & Beyond | Jack Gron" at Houston Christian University (HCU) Contemporary Art Gallery (University Academic Center, Building 18, 7502 Fondren Rd., Houston 77074). On view thru March 22, 2024, the artists shares his mixed-media paintings, wall sculpture, indoor metal and wood sculptures, and two large outdoor sculptures.
🎨 ART OPENING 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM "Deangelo McMahon Jr.: Hi-Speed Channel Surfing" at Lawndale Art Center (4912 Main St., Houston 77002). On view thru April 6, 2024, still images that emulate classic television by this Houston-based artist explore mass media, shared memory, and censorship.
🎨 ART OPENING 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM "Li(sa E.) Harris | This is the Day" at Lawndale Art Center (4912 Main St., Houston 77002). On view thru April 6, 2024, an assemblage of photography, analog technology, video, and resonant sounds reflect a survey of the artist's past work and of her current artistic practice that focuses on the energetic relationships between body, land, spirit, and place.
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FRI 02.16.2024
🎨 ART OPENING 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM "In Tender Peaks, Grace Unfolds" at Mitochondria Gallery (2220 Commerce St. #D, Houston 77002). On view thru March 15, 2024, paintings, mixed-media works, and photographs by 11 artists (including Houston's Colby Deal and LaMonté French) focus on honoring the unwavering strength developed by experiencing challenging times.
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SAT 02.17.2024
🎨 OPEN STUDIOS 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM "Tay Butler and Sol Diaz" at Lawndale Art Center (4912 Main St., Houston 77002). Visit these "Artist Studio Program" artists in their studios at Lawndale Art Center (also open on Monday, February 19 at the same times).
🎨 ARTIST TALKS 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM "Volume 2: RUN" at Throughline Collective (3909 Main St., Houston 77002). Join the five artists in this group show as they walk through the gallery and talk about their work.
🎨 OPENING RECEPTION 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM "It’s OK To Feel This | Sarah Fisher" at Lanecia Rouse Tinsley Gallery at Holy Family HTX (3719 Navigation Blvd., Houston 77003). On view thru March 22, 2024, the artist's making of her work is a means of survival, protection, healing and transformation. As a multidisciplinary artist and mindfulness student, she learns to sit with all feelings — and gently let them go. Her latest show includes new wood carvings, hand-printed bark, collages, and etched plexiglass.
🎨 ART OPENING 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM "Timothy McCoy: Beyond My Lens" at Jung Center Houston (5200 Montrose Blvd., Houston 77006). On view thru March 29, 2024, the artist's images reference the early days of photography as they are printed using alternative processes and techniques to evoke the timelessness of his content and his interpretive rather than documentary intent.
🎨 ART OPENING 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM "Lauren E. Allen: Motus Anima" at Jung Center Houston (5200 Montrose Blvd., Houston 77006). This exploration of emotional responses to moments and memories is influenced by the artist's experience as a neurodivergent person.
🎨 ART OPENING 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM "Daniel Johnston: I am a Baby in My Universe" at Deborah Colton Gallery (2445 North Blvd., Houston 77098). On view thru March 16, 2024, this comprehensive exhibition features work of all of the characters repeatedly shown in Johnston’s drawings. The reception will also include live music by the band “Kathy McCarty and Speeding Motorcycle,” whose members played with Johnston in the past. 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the Deborah Colton Gallery, a milestone celebrated as part of this event.
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SUN 02.18.2024
🎨 EXHIBITION RECEPTION 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM "Rooted: Immigration, Migration and Greenspaces" at POST Houston (X-Atrium, 401 Franklin St., Houston 77007). The Community Artists' Collective and the Houston Climate Justice Museum display works by artists Amenta B., April M. Frazier, Bennie Flores Ansell, Ibraim Nascimento, Kristi Rangel, and Rev. Vanessa Monroe.
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