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WED 02.28.2024
🎨 OPENING RECEPTION 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM “Will Bentsen” at Jardín Montrose (next door to Brasil Cafe - 2608 Dunlavy St., Houston 77006). Large abstract paintings by Will Bentsen are on view at Jardín Montrose thru March 31, 2024.
🎨 PANEL DISCUSSION 6:00 PM to 8:45 PM “Intimacy/Infrastructure” at Blaffer Art Museum and Hines College of Architecture Auditorium (4173 Elgin St., Houston 77004). Scholars and poets dive into a discussion of the participatory role of language, affect, and infrastructural studies. The reception takes place at 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM followed by the talk next door to the museum in the auditorium 7:00 PM to 8:45 PM.
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THU 02.29.2024
🎨 OPENING RECEPTION 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM "Light Persists: Selected Works, 2015–2020 by Anton Guatama" at O'Kane Gallery at University of Houston Downtown (201 Girard St., 3rd Fl., Houston 77002). On view thru April 4, 2024, 26 large-scale photographs by this Indonesian artist (1969-2021) draws from his series that documents his home city of Surabaya, Indonesia.
🎨 GRAND OPENING + EXHIBIT 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM "La Donna Foto" at Sabine Street Studios #148 (1907 Sabine St., Houston 77007). On view thru March 15, 2024, this new exhibition features Italian landscape fine art photography by this Houston-based international photographer and celebrates the studio's grand opening with live music, wine, and light bites.
🎨 ARTIST TALK 6:30 PM to 7:45 PM “Lost & New Horizons | Re-Imagining Houston’s New Ecologies” in X-Atrium at POST Houston (401 Franklin St., Houston 77201). Artist Henry G. Sánchez and naturalist Jaime González discuss what is necessary for a healthy biodiverse ecosystem amidst Houston's urban sprawl as part of the "Climate Migrations" exhibition now on view.
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FRI 03.01.2024
🎨 ARTIST RECEPTION 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM "Platform: Martha Tuttle, the bear that longs to touch the ocean” on the lawn adjacent to MD Anderson Biological Laboratories at Rice University (6100 Main St., Houston 77005). On view thru June 30, 2024, this site-specific installation for the campus is inspired by the Ursa Major constellation.
🎨 ARTIST RECEPTION 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM “Wendel A. White: Difficult Histories” at First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston (Medical District, 5200 Fannin St., Houston 77004). Selections from the photographer's "Manifest" and "Red Summer" series are on view thru April 21, 2024 (Room 304).
🎨 OPENING RECEPTION 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM “Hello, My Name Is ___,” at MATCH - Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (3400 Main St., Houston 77002). With evening performances thru March 16, 2024 (Thursday–Saturday 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM), this multi-channel video and sound installation about art and work is by artist and composer Anthony Almendárez.
🎨 ART OPENINGS 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM “Like No Other” | “senseAugment ()” | “The House of Waters” | “Framing Kinship: Perspectives on Domestic Bonds” at BOX13 ArtSpace (6700 Harrisburg Blvd., Houston 77011). Four exhibitions are on view thru March 30 by artists Farima Fooladi, Sydney Parks, Joseph Bui with Keeley Morgan, and Celia Butler.
🎨 OPENING RECEPTION 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM "“Ray Dunlap | Heike Ferrer | Donald Jones” at Khon’s (2808 Milam St. Houston 77006). Three Houston artists have work on view thru March 31, 2024.
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SAT 03.02.2024
🎨 OPENING RECEPTION 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM “Janet Alling | Plant Life” at Seven Sisters Gallery (805 Rhode Pl. Ste 500, Houston 77019). Works are on view thru April 6, 2024 by this modern realist painter who finds the natural world, flora, and plants evermore inspiring, healthy and regenerating.
🎨 GRAND OPENING + ARTIST RECEPTION 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM “Eric Forstmann” and “Works on Paper” at Rudolph Blume Fine Art / Eckert Fine Art (10771 Westpark Dr., Houston 77042). Check out the new location and two shows on view thru April 28, 2024.
🎨 OPENING RECEPTION 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM "Women Who Dare" in 1st Floor Gallery - Central Library of Houston Public Library (500 McKinney St., Houston 77002). The Woman's Caucus of Art–Texas presents artwork by its members thru May 29, 2024.
🎨 OPENING RECEPTION 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM "Rendez-vous a Paris | Photographs by Isabelle Perreau" at Archway Gallery (2305 Dunlavy St., Houston 77006). Thru April 4, 2024, these photographs invite viewers to take a carefree, romantic stroll through picturesque Paris.
🎨 ART EVENT 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM "Spring Fling 2024" at Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University (6100 Main St., Houston 77005). This free outdoor concert is headlined by singer-songwriter Kaitlin Butts with an opening performance by THEBROSFRESH and includes after-hours access to see the exhibition on view "“Hayv Kahraman: The Foreign in Us."
🎨 ART OPENING 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM "Keith Carter | Ghostlight" at Redbud Arts Center (303 East 11th St., Houston 77008). On view thru April 27, 2024, this anthology of otherworldly photographs features southern wetlands with their moss-draped swamps, dark waters, marshes, bogs, baygalls, and bayous … home to ghost stories and haunting, ethereal light.
SUN 03.03.2024
🎨 ART OPENING + BOOK SIGNING 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM “Yes & Amen: A Prayer Collection” at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in the 1st Floor Gallery of the Sanctuary Building (5501 Main St., Houston 77004). Art by artist Ibraim Nascimento inspired by the prayers of author Rev. R. DeAndre Johnson.
🎨 ART EVENT 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM “Collective Sounds” at Throughline Collective (3909 Main St., Houston 77002). Improvised sound performances by gallery artists Garland Fielder and Gabriel Martinez with Masumi Kataoka, Anthony Almendárez, Justin Jones, and Jim Roeber. $10 suggested donation.
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