“Soldier, at Ease” at the Houston Center for Photography
Soldier, At Ease, at the Houston Center for Photography, runs concurrently with the extensive WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts. Both exhibitions include works by Tim Hetherington, Louie Palu and Erin Trieb. WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY focuses on an exploration of the role of photography in documenting various aspects of conflict, including the periods between fighting. Soldier, [...]
Novel Houston Art Classes Survive Through Cunning Brew of Edu-Tainment
Non-credit classes offered by community arts orgs, without the protective umbrella of academia, are the feral cats of art education, living by their wits. Several new classes offered by Houston orgs deploy a cunning blend of art, education, and entertainment in their bid to survive: this week, the tiny Pearl Fincher Museum of Art in [...]
O.P.P. “In Appropriation” at HCP
Yikes! That’s it? I can’t believe that In Appropriation at HCP is closing already. I’ve been thinking about the show quite a bit. And while I’ve been thinking, the clock’s been ticking. The show ends this weekend, and I still don’t have a rock solid angle. Here are some tentative thoughts in the hopes [...]
A better world is a small thing to ask for: Danny Lyon at the Menil
You need to go see Danny Lyon’s brilliant photographs while they’re up at the Menil. The words that follow contain praise, but also doubt, disappointment and resentment. Should my feelings become obscured by muddled expression, please return to the first sentence. I was immediately disappointed upon entering the small gallery that houses This World Is [...]
Blue Sky Founder Christopher Rauschenberg to Jury HCP 2012 Fellowships
Houston Center for Photography is looking for contestants for its 2012 Phototography Fellowships. Two fellowship recipients, one from within 100 miles of Houston and one from anywhere, will be awarded $2,500 each and a solo exhibition at HCP in the summer of 2012. Christopher Rauschenberg, co-founder, co-curator and board chair of Blue Sky Gallery [...]
Texas Art Travel: Houston
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 [...]
Will Michels’ Made by Will released by HCP and nominated for Blurb people’s choice award
Made by Will: Selections from Four Portfolios recently published by Houston Center for Photography has been nominated for BLURB’s 2011 Photography Book Now People’s Choice Award. The catalog marks HCP’s first big leap into self-publication and hopes the book, designed by Antonio Manega of Gazer Design, coordinated by Caroline Docwra, HCP’s Programs Assistant, and printed [...]
Cutler new Programs Coordinator at HCP, dust settles over ugly realities of East Texas arts politics.
Artist Christian Cutler has been selected as the new Curatorial and Programs Coordinator at the Houston Center for Photography, replacing Jason Dibley, who is stepping aside to to pursue other interests in photography. Cutler comes to HCP out of the boil of public controversy: last year political pressure from Republican Representative Louie “terror babies” Gohmert [...]