Plan Your Arts Weekend: Wednesday thru Sunday

Houston's art scene continues to pulse with boundless creativity. Because there are SO MANY cultural events each week, I limit my e-newsletter only 13–15 featured art event listings each week. However, my online calendar has MANY MORE listings for you to check out, so visit my website often!

To promote your event for FREE on my online calendar, you need to submit it through my website at www.melissarichardsonbanks.com. All accepted events are added to my free online calendar, with select ones featured in my curated weekly e-newsletter. Of course, I do offer advertising, which supports my work (contact me for details!).



~ 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 11.13.2024

🎨 BENEFIT ART EVENT “HoUSton: Fighting for US” 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Reeves Art + Design (2415 Taft St., Houston 77006). This evening of art, dialogue, and solidarity supports Texas' social justice movement. Admission is free.

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THU 11.14.2024

🎨 OPENING RECEPTION “Echoes of Tonalism: Michael Dines” 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Dimmitt Contemporary Art (3637 W. Alabama St., Ste. 160, Houston 77027). New landscape paintings by this West Virginia artist.

🎨 ARTIST OPEN HOUSE "Jack Massing: One Man’s Trash” 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Houston Christian University Contemporary Art Gallery (University Academic Center, Bldg.18, 7502 Fondren Rd., Houston 77024)

🎨 PUBLIC OPENING “Vincent Valdez: Just a Dream …” 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (5216 Montrose Blvd., Houston 77006). The artist's first major museum survey includes new and previously-not-exhibited work spanning over two decades, from early career drawings to current allegorical portraits.

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FRI 11.15.2024

🎨 OPENING RECEPTION “Medley of Art: Lassaulx Art Studio” 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Dent’Art Gallery of West Gray Dental (715 West Gray St., Houston 77019). Recent paintings by nearly 30 resident artists -- including MY MOTHER Patti Lou Richardson, ranging from vivid landscapes to abstract compositions.

🎨 OPENING RECEPTION “Grounded in Fragments: Beatriz Bellorin & Caroline Otero” 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Throughline Collective (3909 Main St., Houston 77004).

🎨 OPENING RECEPTION “Jamie Robertson and Alejandra Regalado” 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM at Lanecia Rouse Tinsley Gallery at Holy Family HTX (3719 Navigation Blvd., Houston 77003). This two-person show is presented as part of the 2024 Texas Biennial.

🎨 OPENING RECEPTION “Place of Repose II” 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM at Mitochondria Gallery (2220 Commerce St. #D, Houston 77002). Powerful new works are on view by eight African artists, each contributing to a collective journey celebrating rest and renewal.

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SAT 11.16.2024

🎨 ART EVENT “Zine Fest Houston 2024” 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art (2334 Gulf Terminal Dr., Houston 77023). About 200 vendors will be at Texas's oldest self-publishing festival.

🎨 ARTIST TALKS “41st Juried VAA Membership Exhibition” 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM at Reeves Art + Design (2415 Taft St., Houston 77006).

🎨 OPENING RECEPTION “Sarah Fisher: It’s All -About Separation” 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Hardy & Nance Studios (902 Hardy St., Houston 77020).

🎨 OPENING RECEPTION “Grayson Chandler: Migrations” 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM at The Annex of Deborah Colton Gallery (2442 Bartlett St., Building B, Houston 77098). Vibrant abstract paintings are on view.

🎨 OPENING RECEPTION “Epilogue” 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Deborah Colton Gallery (2445 North Blvd., Houston 77098). A group show presented by Higham & Associates features nearly 20 artists.

🎨 ARTIST RECEPTION “Take Me As I Am: Redemption and Grace for the Discarded” 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Hogan Brown Gallery (2310 Elgin St., Houston 77004). Curated by Robert Hodge, this solo exhibition debuts Lance Flowers’ mixed-media works on the fight to preserve Houston’s historic 3rd Ward. This will be the last exhibition of this gallery.

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SUN 11.17.2024

🎨 OPENING RECEPTION “Eli Greene: Floods” 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM at F Gallery (4225 Gibson St., Houston 77007).

DESIGNING MOTHERHOOD

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

On view through March 15, 2025

“Designing Motherhood” features over 60 craft and design objects and prototypes from the past 50 years and the work of more than 20 contemporary artists (nearly half are from Texas).

HCCC curator Sarah Darro significantly broadened the scope of this nationally touring exhibition for its Houston presentation. In addition to the four artists in the originating presentation—Jess Dugan (St. Louis), Maria Eife (Philadelphia), Ani Liu (Queens), Alison Croney Moses (Boston), Darro has added works by over 20 artists, more than half of whom are based in Texas. This expanded selection not only enriches the exhibition but also tailors it specifically to resonate with local audiences.

ARTISTS WITH WORKS ADDED TO HOUSTON PRESENTATION: Corey Ackelmire (Houston), Cassie Arnold (Denton), Galen Boone (Oakland), Jennifer Ling Datchuk (Phoenix), Madeline Donahue (Brooklyn - former Houstonian), Alicia Eggert (Dallas), Tarina Frank (Houston), Francesca Fuchs (Houston), Kim Harty (Detroit), Home Affairs Collective - Arzu Ozkal, Nanette Yannuzzi (San Diego), Sara Hubbs (Tucson), René Lee Henry (Houston), Liss LaFleur (Dallas), Edward Lane McCartney (Houston), Aaron McIntosh (Montréal, Québec), Cynthia Mulcahy (Dallas - former Houstonian), Patti Lou Richardson (Houston), Jenny Recotta (Strasburg, VA), Gabriela Vainsencher (Montclair, NJ), Deborah Willis (New York), Ger Xiong (Minneapolis-St. Paul)

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.

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