Ann Johnson – The Sankofa Project Curated By Tierney Malone
Derived from the Ghanian word “Sankofa,” meaning “one must acknowledge the past to move forward,” The Sankofa Project is a multi-year curatorial project examining the historical events leading up to our current moment of social unrest and racial reckoning. Artwork …
Ars Lyrica announces 2022-2023 Season, “Sounding Legacies”
The Grammy-nominated ensemble Ars Lyrica Houston proudly announces its 19th season, “Sounding Legacies.” This season offers spectacular music by beloved Baroque composers, including major works of Purcell, Rameau, Handel, Monteverdi, and Bach. Soloists include audience favorites alongside rising opera stars, …
The Menil Collection Presents Samuel Fosso: African Spirits
The Menil Collection is pleased to present Samuel Fosso: African Spirits, an exhibition of the four- teen, large-scale gelatin silver prints from Samuel Fosso’s African Spirits series. The show—on view at the Menil from August 5, 2022 through January 15, …
Bayou City Art Festival Returns to Downtown Celebrating 50 Years
Bayou City Art Festival, produced by the Art Colony Association, Inc., will return to Downtown Houston on Saturday and Sunday, October 8-9, 2022, to celebrate 50 years of providing unique art experiences and education in Houston, while supporting local organizations …
Society for the Performing Arts Is Now the Performing Arts Houston
Continuing a 55-plus year history of presenting diverse live arts programming and arts education in Houston, SPA rebrands as Performing Arts Houston and announces its 22/23 Season of nationally and internationally renowned touring artists and performers. Applications are now open …
Art League Houston Announces Top Honors for 2022 Annual Awards
For over three decades, Art League Houston (ALH) has honored the brightest lights in the arts in Texas. This year, ALH proudly announces the selection of Letitia Huckaby as the 2022 Texas Artist of the Year, Earlie Hudnall, Jr. as …
The Obama Portraits Tour Opens April 3 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
This Spring the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will host the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery tour of portraits of President Barack Obama and Mrs. Michelle Obama by artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald. The acclaimed portraits will be on view …
Project Row Houses Selects Artists to be Featured in Round 53: The Curious Case of Critical Race..Theory
Project Row Houses (PRH) fifty-third Artist Round: The Curious Case of Critical Race – Theory? Curated by Danielle Burns-Wilson, it will open Saturday, March 12, 2022. Round 53 will remain on view Wednesdays through Sundays from noon to 5 pm …
Hometown Hero Bun B Will Serve as the 35th Annual Art Car Parade Grand Marshal
The 35th Annual Houston Art Car Parade Weekend presented by Team Gillman (April 7-10) announced Bun B as the grand marshal of the 2022 parade, slated to roll through downtown on Saturday, April 9. Bun B follows in the footsteps …
Sunday Best: Celebrating Opening Day of the Obama Portraits Tour
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, invites Houstonians to celebrate at the Museum: celebrate your families; celebrate your communities; celebrate creativity, wellness, passion, and fashion; celebrate opening day in Houston of the official tour of the portraits of former President …
BIPOC Artist Khari Turner Showcased in First Wisconsin Solo Exhibition
The Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA) presents Mirroring Reflection, a solo exhibition of 26 paintings by Milwaukee-born artist Khari Turner. Mirroring Reflection is Turner's first solo museum show in his home state of Wisconsin following his solo international debut at …
Stages Announces 2022-2023 Season
Stages’ 2022-2023 Season showcases local artists and draws from a range of communities and traditions to share stories with big impact and heart
THEATRE UNDER THE STARS ANNOUNCES EXCITING NEW SEASON
Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) announced the exciting line-up of musicals for its 2022/23 Season featuring a beloved Disney classic and pre-Broadway co-production with Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre.
"Coffee//Koolaid" Artist Viktor Givens Plumbs Cultural Data to Recreate Black Customs and History
Viktor Givens, a multimodal performance artist, brings his creative arts initiative project “Coffee// Kool Aid & the Tabernacle of (Re)Memory” to the Community Artists’ Collective March 5 through April 23.
A Bold New Season Announced for Houston Grand Opera
Houston Grand Opera (HGO) is proud to announce its 2022–23 season, featuring a new production of Dame Ethel Smyth’s rarely-performed masterpiece The Wreckers, the triumphant return of HGO-commissioned mariachi opera El Milagro del Recuerdo, the U.S. premieres of Opéra National …
