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THIS WEEK IN HOUSTON

April 23–27, 2025


Celebrate creativity and community all week long with events that blend visual art, performance, music, wellness, and thought-provoking dialogue.


🏛️ Big News! The new Surls + Locke Museum of Texas Art opens to the public on Saturday with its inaugural exhibition, Heard of G.O.A.T.s, featuring work by 21 of the state’s most acclaimed artists, many with deep Houston roots. Don’t miss this milestone moment for Texas art! 



🎨 Artist Talk: Artist Melody Locke speaks about her camera-less photography, featured in The Garden of Your Mind at The Jung Center. Her ethereal, light-sensitive works were recently featured in a story on my website—read it HERE.


THROUGHOUT APRIL: Don't miss these events!

– 2025 Houston Bookstore Crawl

– Dollar Rides on the Carousel at Hermann Park

– The Great Elephant Migration at Hermann Park 


🎉 Looking Ahead: I’m hosting an intimate art salon in May to thank those who’ve supported this newsletter over the past year. Want an invite? Show your support by giving what you can HERE.


Melissa Richardson Banks

Founder, Publisher & Editor

MUSED HOUSTON

www.musedhouston.com

WEDNESDAY 04.23.2025


6–8 PM OPENING RECEPTION Juried Student Exhibition | Spring 2025 at Houston Community College, Central Campus | Fine Arts Center Gallery, Room 118


6–8:30 PM COMMUNITY EVENT Buffalo Bayou Wellness Walk with Urban Paths near The Cistern


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THURSDAY 04.24.2025


2–5:30 PM ART EVENTS Gather Public Art at KGMCA => Celebrate art, community, and wellness at UH with sound baths, hands-on crafting, and artist-led experiences inspired by Gabrielle Constantine’s A Home Built of Lace. Free - RSVP to secure your spot.


6–8 PM ARTIST RECEPTION Estoy: Tatiana Escallon and Fond Memories: Miguel Angel Avila at Art Museum TX in Sugar Land


8–10 PM ART EVENT Find Your Way Back at Axelrad => Dance, music, visual art, theatrical performance, film, and education on about House music with DJ Yung Chris, Bradley Atuba, and UH students.


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FRIDAY 04.25.2025


6–8 PM ART EVENT 2025 Montrose Art Party (MARTY): A Night at the Movies: Dress as Your Favorite Movie Character at Art League Houston => While admission is free, donations, artwork purchases, and silent art auction bids are encouraged.


7–10 PM ART EVENT The Happening XXVII at The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art => Brio Kids, Love Sponge, Julia Wallace, Jen Free, Patrick Doyle, and David LeJeune featuring Houston's own Pretty Dad


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SATURDAY 04.26.2025


11 AM–1 PM OPENING RECEPTION Chang Sujung: Alteration at Laura the Gallery 


11 AM–6 PM PUBLIC RECEPTION Opening of Heard of G.O.A.T.s and Closing of A Gift from the Bower at Surls Locke Museum of Texas Art


2–3:30 PM AFTERNOON ARTIST TALKS Melody Locke for The Garden of Your Mind and Stephanie Gonzalez for Energetic Landscapes: The Art of Consciousness at the Jung Center


2–4 PM BOOK SIGNING & PRINT SALE Howard Sherman at Reeves Art + Design


2–5 PM OPENING RECEPTION Daniel Rios Rodriguez: Sweet Fire at Seven Sisters Gallery


2–6 PM CLOSING RECEPTION SCARLET at Op Gallery => Don’t miss Brent Fogt’s immersive scarlet canopy installation and participate in a community clothing swap at this "by-appointment-only" gallery.

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5–7 PM CLOSING RECEPTION New Visions, New Voices: Inspiring Connections Through Art at Archway Gallery


5–9 PM PUBLIC OPENING The Color of Expression: Gary T. Murphy at Reeves Art + Design


6–9 PM ART EVENT Contained & Arranged at Foelber Pottery Gallery & Studio (also on Sunday, April 27, 12–3 PM)


8:30 PM to 10:30 PM ART EVENT Bring Your Own Beamer (B.Y.O.B.) at The Menil Collection


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SUNDAY 04.27.2025


11 AM–2 PM ART EVENT Texas Contemporary Art Brunch: Lucinda Cobley (1310 Kipling St., Houston 77006) RSVP by texting (832) 767-8370


12–3 PM OPENING RECEPTION Meredith Pardue: The Spirit of Savage Spaces at Laura Rathe Fine Art (River Oaks District)


1–7 PM ART EVENT Segundo Barrio Block Party in Houston's East End (4400 Canal St., Houston 77011)


2–7 PM ARTIST OPEN HOUSE Show & Sell with Jesse Sifuentes (also on Saturday, April 26, 2–7 PM)


4–7 PM COMMUNITY READING + CLOSING RECEPTION Triage: Heather L. Johnson and Ellen H. Ray at Throughline Collective. See the exhibit and hear Houstonians tell stories inspired by industrial pollution. (Dirty cocktails will be served.)


5–7 PM MUSIC EVENT Jazzy Sundays: Diunna Greenleaf and Laura Walls at Discovery Green

All events are subject to change without notice. Please check with the venue or the organizer to ensure that their event is taking place as promoted and scheduled. And, if you miss an opening, plan to visit during a venue's regular operating hours.

VISIT MY ONLINE EVENTS CALENDAR

SHOW & SELL

Mosaic Storyteller Jesse Sifuentes Opens his Art Studio on Saturday & Sunday, April 26–27, 2025 | 2–7 PM (1902 Alta Vista St., Houston, TX 77023)

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