Culture Wire
Aug 5, 2010
Beginning August 28, Spacetaker will host Thrice Removed, a solo exhibition by multi-media artist Lovie Olivia, as a part of its new ARC Exhibition series. A play on the phrase “twice removed” denoting familial relations through a system of “removals,” Olivia re-contextualizes this terminology to imply separation from African traditions and customs, male authority, and heterosexual privilege in this new solo show. Her work explores the multi-dimensionality of women of African...
Aug 2, 2010
White Linen Night Expands to Woodland Heights
HOUSTON, TX – July 28, 2010 -- Dee Dillman is thrilled to hang the White Linen Night banner in front of her shop, Kaboom Books. “White Linen Night is coming to the Woodlands Heights,” she exclaims. She positions the flag perfectly so passing cars on Houston Avenue will see, and greets customers with, “So, do you have any plans for August 7?”
According to Mitch Cohen, the event’s coordinator, this is the first year businesses in...
Aug 2, 2010
Artist Michel Muylle to be featured during White Linen Night August 7
(HOUSTON -- July 29, 2010) Michel Muylle has always loved art. Most of his closest friends are artists, and he has been an avid art collector for several years. Only recently, Muylle realized that he also enjoys creating art.
After studying to be an engineer, obtaining a management degree and building a career in a multinational oil and gas company, the Belgium native decided to explore his...
Jul 26, 2010
HOUSTON (July 26, 2010) – Spacetaker is pleased to announce the call for entries for its 5th annual Winter Holiday Art Market (WHAM), a three-day art sale and celebration of Houston’s diverse creative community that draws crowds of up to 2,500 interested art-buyers. Artists of all genres are encouraged to submit entries for participation. This year, WHAM will kick off with an exclusive Preview Party on Friday, November 19 (6 – 10 p.m.) and the regular market will take...
Jul 12, 2010
Please join us for a screening of the PBS documentary, Living with the Trinity. The Emmy Award winning director Rob Tranchin will be in attendance for both a pre-screening reception and post screening Q&A. The film examines the battle to save Texas's Trinity River from a plan by power brokers in Dallas who wished to convert it to a barge canal that would transform Dallas/Ft/ Worth into "port" cities. Only through grass roots efforts by citizens organizations was this ecologically...
Jul 8, 2010
Pretention-free art featured at Winter Street Studios July 24
(HOUSTON) This is not your mother’s art show. Shorts and flip-flops are not only welcomed, but preferred. Instead of wine and cheese, hot dogs and beer will be served. Instead of expensive paintings hung precisely on gallery walls, affordable art will be strung on a clothesline.
“Strung Out,” a summer art sale and backyard party, will be held in the great indoors, from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, July 24...
Jun 24, 2010
Creature Comforts
Curated by Jennifer Nuttall
Reception for the Artists Friday, July 9, 6 to 9 pm 2010.
Reception for ArtsHouston Saturday, July 10, 11 to 5pm.
Exhibition on view July 9 – August 6, 2010
Anya Tish Gallery is proud to present Creature Comforts, a group exhibit of regional and international artists whose works in sculpture, collage, ceramics, and on paper challenge the uncomfortable yet engaging archetypal characteristics buried within the rich history of...
Jun 23, 2010
Houston, TX — Nearly 800 students across Houston are taking a break from the formulaic writing suited for standardized testing to write for pleasure instead through Writers in the Schools (WITS) Summer Creative Writing Workshops offered June 7 – 25th at Annunciation Orthodox School, Bellaire High School, Nottingham Elementary, and The Shlenker School. For 20 years, WITS and Rice University’s School Literacy and Culture Project (SLC) have enriched children with a qualitative program that...
Jun 3, 2010
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13 CELSIUS' THIRD ANNUAL PINK PARTY TO BENEFIT LEGACY COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES BREAST CANCER PROGRAMS
WHAT: Third Annual Pink Party at 13 celsius benefiting Legacy Community Health Services breast cancer programs.
June is National Cancer Survivors' Month so sport your pink attire and take off with 13 celsius on a special three-day virtual world tour of Rosé wine. Travel through three select regions featuring a unique menu of...
May 25, 2010
Press Release
Auditions are being held for performers to be part of a scripted VAUDEVILLE review. All performers must have some dance and singing ability. If you can move without falling down and can hold a note without negatively affecting animals within a 1 mile radius, then congratulations; you have some dance and singing ability! A first run performance will be on July 16th and 17th.
We are looking for 4 males and 4 female: all shapes and sizes! We need...
