Theaster Gates and the Black Monks of Mississippi in concert

El Dorado Ballroom

12.07.13

Join Blaffer Art Museum, Project Row Houses and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts for a live performance by Theaster Gates and the Black Monks of Mississippi, an experimental music ensembl

Performance: The Art of Everyday Politics

11.23.13

The Art of Everyday Politics is an evening of artists' perspectives on everyday life. The program features works from emerging artists — including Amber Baker, Anasheh Partiai, Sarah Rodr

Annual Cougar Marching Band Benefit Concert featuring Daniel Roumain

11.01.13

Join Mitchell Center's artist-in-residence Daniel Roumain as he continues his collaboration with the Spirit of Houston Cougar Marching Band, this time on stage in the University of Houston Moor

Artsy Crash Course

Major dance icon brings moves — and clout — to the University of Houston's new program

By Joel Luks

09.11.13 | 2:57 pm

Bill T. Jones who? Don't feel like an ignoramus if his name doesn't immediately ring a bell. As generic as his surname may be, though, Jones is no ordinary man. The 61-year-old arti ...

Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts' Artist Lecture: Bill T. Jones in Innovation and the Creative Process

09.12.13

Legendary choreographer Bill T. Jones will launch the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts' Mitchell Artist Lecture series. Jones has choreographed more than 45 works for his own company,

Art opening reception: "Tier One Comics"

05.06.13

The Graphic Novel Workshop with professor Mat Johnson, offered every other spring through the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts and the University of Houston Creative Writing Program, is a

Mid Main First Thursday benefiting Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts

03.07.13

Check out the lineup and be sure to swing by the Art Garden to purchase a raffle ticket, have a drink compliments of Deep Eddy Vodka and enjoy free bar bites at Sparrow Bar and Cookshop w

Pix of the Day

University of Houston's marching band is deconstructed: Maverick helps students break conventions

By Joel Luks

02.11.13 | 1:26 pm

When Daniel Bernard Roumain entered one of the rehearsal halls at the University of Houston's Moores School of Music, he had a plan to shake up the expectations of the myriad of students t ...

UH Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts presents En Masse

Discovery Green

04.20.13

En Masse is a participatory, large scale, outdoor performance event with newly commissioned music by UH Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts artist in residence Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR),

All About Houston

Big changes for the Mitchell Center: Arts organization moving in a bold, new direction

By Tyler Rudick

09.05.12 | 1:09 pm

This upcoming fall season marks a major turning point for the Mitchell Center, the innovative arts initiative founded at the University of Houston in 2003 to provide ground-breaking colla ...