Browse: Home / University of houston
By Rachel Hooper on December 9, 2012
We arrived at Blue Star Thursday night to a performance of Justin Randolph Thompson’s Tossin’ the Rag as part of his exhibition Meet Me in the Bottoms. A rag doll was being thrown in the air from a blanket while the artist performed with a group of collaborators. They were accompanied by a small band facing [...]
Posted in Blog, Wax by the Fire | Tagged ann wood, Artpace, benjamin h mcvey, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, brian fridge, catherine anspon, claudia schmuckli, claudio dicochea, dikeou collection, Esteban Delgado, ethan moore, gabriel diego delgado, gary schafter, Goya, ivan salacido, jon pylypchuk, Jonathan Leach, justin randolph thompson, liza littlefield, McNay Art Museum, Michele Monseau, nancy douthey, painting, photography, royal art lodge, sculpture, susan plum, University of houston, utsa, video, vincent valdez |
By Rachel Hooper on May 6, 2012
Houston’s universities are important incubators of artistic talent, with many artists in the city having taught at and/or graduated from either the University of Houston or Rice University. But the thing with incubators is that they can be a bit isolating, which is why it is refreshing to see both schools putting forth greater efforts [...]
Posted in Wax by the Fire | Tagged art department UH, blaffer art museum, candace reilly, diverseworks, EMERGEncy room, emily link, Matchbox gallery, rice university art, student art, UH, University of houston |
By Sarah Fisch on March 29, 2012
Continued from Part I… V. Reynosa, Narcolandia and sad, sad data It’s important to point out that Rigoberto Gonzalez is not a Chicano artist, though he shares a lot of the same concerns, and is deeply interested in Chicano art and culture. But he’s a Mexican artist living (legally, understand) in the United States. He [...]
Posted in Article, Feature, Uncategorized | Tagged baroque on the border, border issues, Christina Rees, chupacabrona world tour, Ciudad Juarez, corridos, delilah montoya, figurative painting, harlingen, Houston, ican artist, jennie ash, la llorona, mcallen, me, Reynosa, rigoberto gonzalez, San Antonio, Sarah Fisch, social realism, spider-man, Tamaulipas, Tejano culture, The art league of houston, the Rio grande Valley, University of houston, video |
By Sarah Fisch on March 22, 2012
I. Some Art Context I have so much to show you. This is the first painting I ever saw by Rigoberto Gonzalez. It appeared in the Virginia Rutledge-curated Texas Biennial show of 2011, and it stopped me cold. The marriage of subject matter and technique felt shockingly fresh. This is a hell of an accomplishment; [...]
Posted in Article, Feature | Tagged baroque on the border, border issues, Christina Rees, chupacabrona world tour, Ciudad Juarez, corridos, delilah montoya, figurative painting, harlingen, Houston, jennie ash, la llorona, mcallen, mexican artist, Reynosa, rigoberto gonzalez, San Antonio, Sarah Fisch, social realism, spider-man, Tamaulipas, Tejano culture, The art league of houston, the Rio grande Valley, University of houston, video |
By Bill Davenport on September 11, 2011
The 8th annual Media Archeology Festival is fixin’ to bring three cross-genre, high-tech artworks to Houston next week. From Thursday through Saturday, the fest, co-presented by Aurora Picture Show and UH’s Mitchell Center, centers this year on play- artists using the images and techniques of games as they manipulate, recycle and reinvent electronic media. [...]
Posted in Newswire | Tagged aurora picture show, chiptune crooner, eddo stern, media archeology festival, mitchell center for the arts, robert thoth, University of houston, wizard takes all |
By Christina Patoski on September 1, 2011
Ever since the mid-1970s, I’ve traveled to Houston whenever it was time for a good art fix. Back then, there were just a handful of fine art galleries to visit. The Museum of Fine Arts was a long way from becoming one of the largest museums in the United States. And the Contemporary Arts Museum [...]
Posted in Article, Feature | Tagged art travel, beer can house, blaffer art museum, breakfast club, camh, cy twombly, diverseworks, flowerman, Houston, houston center for photography, Lawndale Art Center, menil, mfah, orange show, Project Row Houses, Reef, Renzo Piano, rothko chapel, texas art travel, University of houston |
By Bill Davenport on July 27, 2011
Houston’s Lawndale at Center has announced it’s latest crop of residents: Seth Mittag, David Politzer, and Anne J. Regan will each get nine months of studio space, $1500 for materials and a $500 per month stipend to do their thing, to be featured in a show in May 2012. Sculptor Seth Mittag, a UH grad, [...]
Posted in Newswire | Tagged Anne J. Regan, David Politzer, elaine bradford, Lawndale Art Center, Lawndale residents, rachel hecker, Seth Mittag, Todd J. Tubutis, University of houston |
By Bill Davenport on July 17, 2011
Last week the National Endowment for the Arts Our Town program announced $6.575 million in grants to 51 communities. Among them are four projects in Texas: the city of El Paso gets $25,000 to support the design of a pedestrian green space between the Union Plaza Entertainment District to the Cultural Arts District downtown, replacing [...]
Posted in Newswire | Tagged Ballroom Marfa, city of san angelo, Concho River Trail, NEA, our town grants, Union Plaza Entertainment District, University of houston |
By Kelly Klaasmeyer on April 3, 2011
Lawndale Art Center‘s annual market/design event has evolved into something very, very cool. It started out life 16 years ago (if my math is correct) as the “20th Century Modern Market.” Always a big event, it was packed to the gills with dealers offering vintage objects, furniture and clothes. In true Lawndale spirit, it had [...]
Posted in Bless Their Hearts | Tagged christopher robertson, crawdad mound, david tsai, design fair 2011, esque design group, John plauché, Lawndale Art Center, left brain right brain design, michael guidry, peter glassford, plodes design, RAW collective, robertson design, selvan o'keef jarmon, sophia malik, terrarium, the local paper, University of houston, vernon caldera |
By Bill Davenport on March 29, 2011
The University of Houston’s Red Block Bash annual open studios/art showcase party is this Thursday (THURSDAY?!), March 31 at the UH art building. Their facebook page promises free food, free drinks, free ice cream, free tours of the Blaffer Gallery, art activities, prizes, music dance, you name it, it’s FREE!
Posted in Newswire, Uncategorized | Tagged art department UH, red block, UH, University of houston |