Culture Wire
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.
For more information on "The Change We Play:...
Jan 15, 2010
Houston TX. Theatre Under The Stars' Miss Saigon, at the Hobby Center for Performing Arts from February 9 - 21, 2010, announces a tenured cast of actors and actresses, many of whom have played their roles on Broadway and to international audiences around the world.
Set in the days before Saigon's fall to Communist forces at the end of the Vietnam War, Miss Saigon is the dramatic love-story of an American GI, Chris, played by Eric Kunze who performed the role on Broadway and was seen at...
Jan 15, 2010
Houston, TX, January 15, 2010 –Da Camera of Houston continues its 2009/2010 jazz series on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 8:00 PM in the Cullen Theater of the Wortham Theater Center with the first Houston performance by bassist Ben Allison and Man Size Safe. Ben Allison is a “visionary composer, adventurous improviser, and strong organizational force on the New York City jazz scene, [and] has emerged as a rising star over the past decade” (JazzTimes). Cited in the “Best Bassist” category...
Jan 6, 2010
Divergence Vocal Theater Presents: Selkie Project: gestation.
A mythical half-seal, half-human creature bobs her beckoning head: seduction to dive below the waves...
Divergence Vocal Theater collaborates to create a cross-disciplinary installation environment for multimedia, performance, opera and new music-theater: Selkie Project: gestation. Voice, text, sound design by Misha Penton; multimedia, lighting/theatrical design by Megan M. Reilly. Performance: music of James Norman, Elliot...
Jan 3, 2010
The Glassell Studio School is pleased to introduce JEFF FORSTER as new faculty in the Ceramics Department. Jeff comes to Glassell with over ten years of teaching experience, most recently with Lone Star College in Montgomery County and North Harris College, and is currently an artist-in-residence with the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Jeff has a BA in Art Education from Saint John´s University and a MFA in Ceramics from Southern Illinois University.
Jeff is on the National Council for...
