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WED 03.27.2024
🎨 ART & MUSIC PERFORMANCES 5:30 PM and 7:30 PM (two performances) “Myra Melford’s Fire & Water Quintet in the Cy Twombly Gallery at The Menil (1501 Branard St., Houston 77006). Named after a set of drawings by Cy Twombly, the renowned artist is featured in the company of some of contemporary jazz’s most vibrant creators and instrumentalists.
🎨 PANEL DISCUSSION 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM “The Voices of People. The Stories of Places. The Politics of Power.” at AIA Architecture Center (902 Commerce St. Houston 77002). Moderated by Susan Rogers and Jose Mario Lopez, five of the 12 community activists, artists, and changemakers depicted in this photography exhibition discuss what CHANGE means in the context of their work in their neighborhoods.
🎨 ART & MUSIC PERFORMANCE 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM “Americanism | The Archetype of Modern Man” at Steinway Selection Center (401 Louisiana St., Houston 77002). Pianist and writer Elizabeth Newkirk explores Americanism by performing works that span from the interwar period to a world premiere by composer Stephen Webb.
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THU 03.28.2024
🎨 ARTIST RECEPTIONS 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Sabine Street Studios (1907 Sabine St., Houston 77007):
- "Symbolic Self Portraits" features paintings, paintings, drawings, sculptures and photography by Sabine Street artists on how they might wish to be perceived on view in the South Gallery thru April 13, 2024.
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"Blood Quantum" shares the photography of Cressandra Thibodeaux, the winner of this year's 2024 Texas Photographic Society National Photography Award, on view in the North Gallery thru May 11, 2024.
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Romero C. Robinson has work on view in the East Corridor Gallery.
🎨 ARTIST TALK 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM “Familial Landscapes: (Re)imagined” at Journey HTX (3219 Almeda Genoa Rd., Houston 77047). Artist April M. Frazier talks about her work in this exhibition on view thru April 30, 2024.
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FRI 03.29.2024
🎨 ART EVENT 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM "The Happening” by the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art at Smither Park (2441 Munger St., Houston 77023). Presented on every last Friday of the month, this experimental performance art and open mic showcase changes monthly and now takes place at Smither Park due to renovations at the Orange Show Monument. This month's event features a performance that moves within a “stellar” family system inspired by star gazing.
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SAT 03.30.2024
🎨 ART EVENT 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM "Old, Weird Houston" at Orange Show Center for Visionary Art (2334 Gulf Terminal Dr., Houston 77023). This local alternative history fair and symposium preserves, interprets, and shares the hidden histories of Houston's unusual and creative people, institutions, and events.
🎨 ARTIST TALK 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM "John Dyer: Valor & Swagger (Photographs from Texas and Then Some)" at Heidi Vaughan Fine Art (3510 Lake St., Houston 77098). The artist discusses his photographic retrospective, which closes this day.
🎨 ART OPENING 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM “40 Winks” and “Cherry” at Basket Books + Art (115 Hyde Park Blvd., Houston 77006). On view thru May 12, 2024, "40 Winks" is a site-specific sculptural installation by Jillian Conrad, nylon string and brass rods held in suspension conjure an ephemeral architecture, extending Conrad’s exploration of the unseen. "Cherry" is a series of ten discrete, hybrid works by Fox Hysen, employing painting and collage.
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SUN 03.31.2024
🎨 ART EVENT 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM "Annual Easter Orange Hunt" at Smither Park (2441 Munger St. Houston 77023). The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art presents this annual holiday event for all ages.
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