Art opening reception: Anointed and Adorned: Indian Weddings in Houston

06.06.13

This exhibition celebrates continuity and change in one of the city's most important immigrant communities. By exploring the artistry, festivity and ritual associated with Indian weddings in Ho

Big New Mural

New mural from Houston graffiti art star brightens up Market Square

By Tyler Rudick

05.07.13 | 2:16 pm

The Space City art scene was out in full force Tuesday morning for the formal unveiling of Gonzo247's new graffiti mural on the side of Treebeards across from Market Square ...

Iconic Building Saved

An iconic arts building is saved: Houston's humble dance barn gets a new dramatic future

By Nancy Wozny

04.15.13 | 1:06 pm

I parted with both my childhood home and the home I raised my own children in within a period of six months, so you bet I have something to say about the process of saying farewell to a set of trea ...

Art opening reception: UNDEREXPOSED - University of Houston Digital/Media Senior Class Exhibition

04.19.13

Graduating seniors from the digital/media class at the University of Houston will present their final exhibition at the Alliance Gallery. The show, organized by adjunct professor Ariane Roesch and

The Arthropologist

The search for perfection: Why artists can't let go

By Nancy Wozny

03.26.13 | 10:01 am

"How do you know you are done?" is a familiar question for artists, and one that I heard recently asked to Howard Sherman during a  curator's walkthrough of Howard Sherman: ...

Cultural treasure hunt

More than salsa: Concert series sets the record straight on Houston's Latino community

By Joel Luks

03.23.13 | 11:36 am

Salsa music isn't any more Latin than Taco Bells' Gorditas or Chalupas. Salsa is as Latin as Coca-Cola is American, meaning, they embrace traces of their respective lifeways without being a ...

The Arthropologist

In advance of Carnegie Hall debut, WindSync works to shape a new future for classical music

By Nancy Wozny

03.16.13 | 9:00 am

It's been more than two years since I sat down with Tracy Jacobson and the rest of WindSync at The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. I left that room feeling way less worri ...

Art opening reception: The Blue Trees by Konstantin Dimopoulos

03.27.13

Konstantin Dimopoulos's temporary public art installation The Blue Trees comes to Houston and Galveston as part of the international conversation about deforestation and its global impact. Hous

Art opening reception: Sequence by Lucinda Cobley

Wade Wilson Art

03.22.13

Wade Wilson Art Houston hosts a solo exhibition featuring works by Lucinda Cobley that explore the dance of appearance and disappearance through color and translucency. The opening reception w

Houston Arts Alliance's Folklife + Traditional Arts Program presents "¡UNO, DOS, TRES!: The Many Musics of Houston's Latino Community"

03.23.13 - 05.18.13

"Uno! Dos! Tres!: The Many Musics of Houston's Latino Community," presented in collaboration with Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts (MECA), Talento Bilingüe