Culture Wire
Nov 9, 2009
Houston, TX, November 9, 2009 – Da Camera of Houston presents 4-time Grammy winning jazz vocalist Dianne Reeves: Christmas Time Is Here on Friday, December 4, 2009 at 8:00 PM at The Cullen Theater, Wortham Center. Reeves performs music from her newest recording When You Know and from her beloved recording Christmas Time Is Here, which includes her renditions of Carol of the Bells, Let it Snow, Little Drummer Boy, I'll Be Home for Christmas and other holiday favorites. She is joined...
Nov 6, 2009
"We are thrilled that the House of Representatives and the Senate have approved an increase in NEA funding for 2010 and are particularly grateful to Representatives Norm Dicks and Mike Simpson and Senators Dianne Feinstein and Lamar Alexander for their leadership. We are pleased that the 111th Congress has made a commitment to supporting the work of the Arts Endowment that provides vital support to the arts across the nation."
Nov 6, 2009
Washington, D.C. - The National Endowment for the Arts
announced today it is appointing Laura A. Scanlan, principal with
Creative Cultural Strategies and former executive director of the
Delaware Division of the Arts, as the agency's director of state and
regional partnerships. Among her new responsibilities, Scanlan will provide direction
concerning NEA funding and other assistance to the 56 state and
jurisdictional arts agencies and the six regional arts agencies. She
will chair panels that...
Nov 6, 2009
This November, Deborah Colton Gallery launches a new initiative in New York - OUTPOST NYC DCG. Roulette, the first project co-produced by OUTPOST NYC DCG, will take place at Emily Harvey Foundation and is presented in association with Performa 09. RouletteNovember 6 -22, 2009Emily Harvey Foundation, 537 Broadway, New YorkArtists: Michel Auder, Felicia Ballos, Salvador Dalí, Molly Gochman, Amy Granat, George Maciunas, Maripol, Jonas Mekas, Lola Schnabel, Mai Ueda, Ultra VioletCurated by...
Nov 5, 2009
Rice Dance Theatre presents “IN HABIT”, a fall choreography showcase concert for Rice University and the Houston community. Performances will take place over three nights from November 19-21, at 7:30pm. The event will be held in the Barbara and David Gibbs Recreation and Wellness Center Dance Theater Studio, which can be accessed from Entrance 20 off of Rice Boulevard. General admission is $7; student tickets are $5. Dances will be choreographed by guest artist / faculty member, Leslie...
Nov 4, 2009
MaryAnn Lucas, one of 60 artists participating in: WINTER STREET ART FESTIVAL/MARKET, NOV. 20, 6 -10 pm and NOV. 21, 10 AM - 8 PM-- framed and unframed paintings, greeting cards and signed hand painted christmas ornaments
web: http://www.malucasart.com
Nov 4, 2009
At the White House, First Lady Michelle Obama Presented Prestigious Award to Blaffer Staff Member, Former YAAP StudentHOUSTON (Nov. 4, 2009) -- The Young Artist Apprenticeship Program organized by Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston, a six week comprehensive art-making workshop for teenagers from neighboring Houston Independent School District high schools, earned national endorsement by winning a Coming Up Taller award from the President's Committee on the Arts...
Nov 2, 2009
Honoring
John Adams, Frank Corsaro, Marilyn Horne, Lotfi Mansouri and Julius Rudel Hosted by Brian Stokes Mitchell and Shirley Verrett November 2, 2009
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will recognize the recipients of the 2009 NEA Opera Honors at the awards presentation taking place on Saturday, November 14, at 7:30pm
in the Sidney Harman Hall of the Harman Center for the Arts,
Washington, DC. These honors are designed to celebrate the art of opera
in the United States and the...
Nov 2, 2009
Elder Street Gallery, is hosting “Imaginations”, a Figurative
Encaustic (wax) show featuring Deborah Moore one ofthe founders of the Commerce Street Artists Warehouse (CSAW).
Other artists include Keith Hollingsworth, Kelley Devine, Carolyn Fox
Hearne, Kay Reinke and Birgit Huttemann and will be on view at Elder
Street Gallery from Saturday, November 14 through Sunday, November 22.
Opening is November 14th from 5-10 p.m..
Open to the public, "Imaginations" exhibition is...
Oct 30, 2009
Spacetaker supports local artists with the opportunity to showcase their work for those seeking unique and unforgettable artwork and holiday gifts HOUSTON (October 30, 2009) – Spacetaker is pleased to announce the 4th Annual Winter Holiday Art Market (WHAM), a weekend art sale and celebration of Houston’s talented and diverse artists, this November 20 and 21 at Winter Street Studios. The juried Winter Holiday Market offers a wide variety of arts and crafts- including paintings, sculpture...
