Culture Wire
Feb 8, 2010
McWhorter Gallery gets “branded”
(HOUSTON) McWhorter Gallery has made several changes for the new year.
Foremost among them, the gallery shortened its name (from Taft McWhorter Fine Art), moved to a new downtown location at 2219 Canal Street, which offers more wall space and parking and added to its roster of Houston’s impressive contemporary artists.
Gallery owner Taft McWhorter and gallery director Lindsay Peyton are particularly excited about their new logo, which...
Feb 4, 2010
University of St. Thomas to host Fifth Annual Lois Alba Aria Competition
May 1-2, 2010
Soma International Foundation, Inc., in collaboration with co-sponsor University of St. Thomas, presents the Fifth Annual Lois Alba Aria Competition on May 1-2, at Cullen Hall, University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas.
Lois Alba, a soprano with an international career, founded the competition to offer aspiring opera singers the opportunity to be heard by distinguished musicians, to...
Feb 1, 2010
Youth Development Center’s REALCITY : LITERACY Event to Benefit Disadvantaged Youth in Houston’s Greater Fifth Ward
HOUSTON, TEXAS - February 1, 2010 – Houston's hottest young executives and professionals have teamed up to host REALCITY : LITERACY, a fundraising event for the Youth Development Center (YDC). YDC is a Houston-based, non-profit organization that addresses literacy development by operating an after-school remediation program for underprivileged children in the city's...
Jan 30, 2010
Houston, TX – The Board of Directors of the Houston Center for Photography are delighted to announce the selection of Bevin Bering Dubrowski as Executive Director. Mrs. Dubrowski accepted the position as HCP's Interim Executive Director upon the resignation of HCP's former Executive Director and Curator, Ms. Madeline Yale, who stepped aside from her role as Executive Director in September 2009 to pursue a Ph.D. and act as HCP's adjunct curator. While serving as Interim Executive Director, Mrs...
Jan 28, 2010
The creation of The Methodist Hospital Center for Performing Arts Medicine (CPAM) in 2000, by Dr. Richard Stasney, was inspired by the desire to foster a mutually beneficial relationship between Houston’s Texas Medical Center, the world’s largest concentration of medical institutions and programs, and Houston’s arts community, the third largest home to working artists in the nation. The Mission CPAM is to deliver specialized health care and wellness...
Jan 25, 2010
January 2010 MFA HOUSTON’S BAYOU BEND COLLECTION AND GARDENS BEGINS DYNAMIC NEW CHAPTER IN FALL 2010
Lora Jean Kilroy Visitor and Education Center to open in September, fulfilling the vision of founder Miss Ima Hogg
Modern, 18,000-square-foot building adds new library, new programming, and new public spaces; two acres of landscaped grounds extend existing urban park
Rooms in the house museum to be restored and reinstalled, making more of the collection...
Jan 20, 2010
HOUSTON MET DANCE PRESENTS STILL CONFRONTING THE GROUND
January 21-24, 2010 at Barnevelder
Houston, Texas – January 13, 2010 – Houston Metropolitan Dance Company, in collaboration with choreographer jhon r. stronks revisits his 2009 work, Not Yet Soaring, to develop a new full-length evening performance, Still Confronting the Ground, an evening in honor of growing up and what it takes to get there. The dance theater work featuring live sound design by Jeremiah DiMatteo will be...
Jan 19, 2010
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Houston Artist Jonathan Leach Paints Mural at 13 celsius Wine Bar
Houston, Texas - January 19, 2010 - In celebration of the holiday season and new year, 13 celsius commissioned Houston artist Jonathan Leach to create an artistic response on the bar's walls. The temporary mural, titled "Unwrapped," energizes the space with bright colors and zig-zag lines and is inspired by the cautionary and directional signs that simplify and control our travel through the city. The work...
Jan 18, 2010
HOUSTON (January 8, 2010) Art League Houston (ALH) proudly announced today the selections of Joseph Havel as the 2010 Texas Artist of the Year and Leslie and Brad Bucher, as Texas Patrons of the Year. Each year, Art League Houston honors those whose work or patronage has had a significant and positive impact on contemporary visual art in Texas.
“I can’t tell you how excited we are at the Art League to honor Joseph Havel and the Buchers as our 2010 Texas Artist and Patrons of the Year,”...
Jan 15, 2010
Elder Street Gallery Presents for Fotofest: The Change We Play: Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Shannon Brinkman and Eve Abrams seven year study in the home of New Orleans Jazz -- Preservation Hall -- intertwines the kinesthetic magic of live performance with the offstage words, voices, and images of some of New Orleans' most esteemed culture bearers. Eve Abrams is the audio collaborator for this project.Date: March 20, 5:00-10:00 PM.
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