Here is my weekly list of key art events happening in and around the Houston cultural scene.


NEW FEATURE ON MY WEBSITE! Submit your Houston art events by visiting melissarichardsonbanks.com/events and clicking "Submit Events."


Approved events will go live on my website calendar. However, if you want your events to also be considered for inclusion in my weekly MUSED Houston e-news, you must submit at least two to four weeks in advance.


Let me know if you have any questions! As always,I appreciate your support.


~ Melissa Richardson Banks

Instagram  Web  Email
SUBSCRIBE HERE IF THIS EMAIL WAS FORWARDED TO YOU

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.

THU 12.07.2023


🎨 ART OPENING 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM “Celea Guevara | Carving Through Identity and Self-Awareness” on view thru January 13, 2024 in the East Corridor Gallery at Sabine Street Studios (1907 Sabine St., Houston 77007). A solo exhibition of linocut relief prints by this Honduran-born, Houston-based artist.


🎨 ART OPENING 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM “The Sabines” on view thru January 13, 2024 in the South Gallery at Sabine Street Studios (1907 Sabine St., Houston 77007). Artworks by tenant artists who explore the idea of passage and what that entails in their respective lives.


🎨 ART OPENING 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM “Jean Shon | Remains” on view thru January 13, 2024 at Sabine Street Studios (1907 Sabine St., Houston 77007). Photographs and mixed-media works explore the politics of land, erasure, loss, memory, and preservation through the lens of The 1867 Settlement in Texas City.


🎨 OPENING RECEPTION 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM “HCP Fellows | Kaima Marie Akarue and Oji Haynes” on view thru January 21, 2024 at Houston Center for Photography (1441 W Alabama St., Houston 77006). HCP’s Fellows Oji Haynes (Brooklyn, NY) and Kaima Marie Akarue (Houston, TX) share works juried by Zora J Murff, an artist, educator, and organizer.


🎨 OPENING RECEPTION 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM “Austin Cullen: dust watching” on view thru January 7, 2024 at Houston Center for Photography (1441 W Alabama St., Houston 77006). Dramatic dioramas, interactive virtual experiences, and miniaturized landscapes depict the life cycle of museum exhibitions.


🎨 PREVIEW 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM “THIS WAY: A Houston Group Show” on view thru March 24, 2024 at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (5216 Montrose Blvd., Houston 77006). New works from Black artists examine innovative ways of storytelling about their legacy and the heritage of Houston Freedmen’s Town.

 

🎨 ARTIST RECEPTION 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM “Mary Broadie Morgan | COMPRESSIONS: An Ever-Changing View” on view thru February 4, 2024 in Monterroso Gallery at Crimson (2220 Westcreek Ln, Penthouse, Houston 77027). Paintings capture life forms through study and observation.


========


FRI 12.08.2023


🎨 ART MARKET 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM “Student Art Sale” for three days only (hours vary) at Glassell Studio School of Art (5101 Montrose Blvd., Houston). Original works of art for sale: jewelry, ceramics, paintings, sculpture, prints, photographs, and more.


🎨 POP-UP ART SHOW 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM “Joan Son: The Clouds Should Know Me by Now” on view two days only (hours vary) at 904 Gallery (904 Welch St., Houston 77006). The artist expands the moment of looking by cutting, folding, unfolding and reconstructing her photos.


🎨 ARTIST RECEPTION 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM “Voices Art Exhibition” on view thru January 8, 2024 in Dent’Art Gallery at West Gray Dental (715 W. Gray St., Houston 77019). Lassaulx Art Studio presents paintings, drawings, and sculptures for sale by 20 artists who work in the studio.


🎨 ART OPENING 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM “Devin T. Mays | Underneath Echoes” on view thru December 30, 2023 at The Car Wash (900 Richmond Ave., Houston 77006 - next door to Echoes). The fragmentation and repetition through readymade objet trouvés, sound, text, and lens-based media conjure memory and possibility.


🎨 ART OPENING 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM “Ruby Fear | Recordari” on view thru December 27, 2023 at Silver Street Studios’ West Gallery (2000 Edwards St., Houston 77007). Layered artworks delve into the profound essence of memory.


🎨 POP-UP ART SHOW 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM “Cheap Date #10” on view one night only at Hardy & Nance Studios (902 Hardy St., Houston 77020). About 400 works of art; each priced at only $25.


========


SAT 12.09.2023


🎨 ART TRUNK SHOW 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM “Little Gems” at Archway Gallery (2305 Dunlavy St., Houston 77006). Holiday shopping of original paintings and handcrafted jewelry by Cindi Hendrickson, Mary Rogers and Vanessa Parker.


🎨 ART SALE 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM “Holiday Jewelry Trunk Show” at Heidi Vaughan Fine Art. Susan Budge, Linda Hofheinz, Tiffany Heng-Hui Lee, and Susan Plum offer unique jewelry, ranging in materials from precious metals and crystals to ceramic to glass.


🎨 ART EVENT 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM “Elevated Intersections | Celebrating the Black and Brown Spirit” for one night only at the DeLUXE Theater (3303 Lyons Ave., Houston 77020). Collaborative paintings by Drea the Artist & Jatziri Barron accompanied by dance performances by Itzcoatl Tezkatlipoka and Nia's Daughters Movement Collective. $15


🎨 ART OPENING 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM “Debbie Gibbs | Hands Talk” on view thru December 30, 2023 in The Silos at Sawyer Yards (1502 Sawyer St., Houston 77007). Composed of paper and acrylic on stretched canvas, mixed-media artworks highlight the role of hands in communicating and connecting. 


🎨 ART OPENING: "El Patio de Mi Casa | Didier Mayés" on view thru February 9, 2024 at Serrano Gallery (2000 Edwards St., Ste. 317, Houston 77007). Colorful, vibrant abstracts and character pieces inspired by the artist’s childhood memories, celebrating life and filled with his past’s rich hues and exuberant energy.


LinkedIn Share This Email
CLICK FOR MORE HOUSTON ART LISTINGS ON MY WEBSITE

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. If you miss an opening at a museum or gallery, please check the calendar on my website at www.melissarichardsonbanks.com to plan your visit during the venue's regular operating hours.

PHOTO OF THE DAY by Melissa Richardson Banks


I love Smither Park! The skies were beautiful in Houston this past Sunday, December 3, 2023 when I visited for one of the fun events presented by the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art.


For more of my photos, follow me on Instagram @downtownmuse and @musedhouston