The Arthropologist

Pay it forward: If random acts of kindness work, can random acts of art change a life?

By Nancy Wozny

09.08.11 | 5:58 pm

What did you do this summer? I cleaned about 100 junk drawers in the process of selling my family home in Buffalo, NY., and found a gorgeous tabletop biography of Anna Pavlova. Just recently, I lea ...

Writers In the Schools & the arts

Keeping their WITS at Houston Ballet: Summer program expands the definition of learning

By Sarah Byerley

07.04.11 | 6:15 pm

It's no secret that many Texans have become dissatisfied with the way in which their children are "taught to the test." With the rise in emphasis of standardized testing, many tea ...

Reading by Writers in the Schools and Glass Mountain

The Menil Collection

05.20.10

The explosion of creativity that has resulted from the collaboration of Writers in the Schools (WITS) and The Menil Collection will come to the fore this evening. In the museum's foyer, WITS st