Houston Food Bank Benefit

Filling empty bowls: Messages of hope from artists on a hunger fighting crusade

By Joel Luks

05.16.13 | 3:28 pm

An empty bowl is a bittersweet symbol of scarcity and hope, particularly as an emblem that cradles the motivating force behind one fundraiser that benefits the Houston Food Bank. The Ninth Annu ...

Show me the money

Business incubator: Bayou City Art Fest says no more starving artists, debuts innovative program

By Joel Luks

03.23.13 | 4:01 pm

For visitors who stroll the grounds of Memorial Park during the Bayou City Art Festival, the three-day affair that runs through Sunday feels like a colorful shopping bacchanal offering fresh creati ...

Shelby's Social Diary

Celebrity art fever: Annise Parker's cactus painting sells for 10 grand as a Texans star masquerades

By Shelby Hodge

02.01.13 | 11:03 am

Thank you Michael Cordúa for transforming Mayor Annise Parker from merely head of the nation's fourth largest city into a top-selling artist. For it was his bid of $6,000 for the pa ...

Heights Art Studios and Gallery "ART @ 129 Aurora St. - Open Studios Event"

12.08.12

Join for Heights Art Studios and Gallery's first open studios event in the new building at 129 Aurora St. in the Heights. This is an open studio event so guests will have the opportunity to vis

Shelby's Social Diary

"Art of Leadership" fete salutes Tricia Dewhurst as local talents applaud her support of the arts

By Shelby Hodge

07.28.12 | 3:30 pm

Artist Hanh Tran's compact studio/apartment in West Ave brimmed with more artworks than usual during the Art of Leadership dinner evening that saluted Tricia Dewhurst, member of the Texas Cultu ...

Lawndale Art Center's "The Big Slide Show"

Lawndale Art Center

08.01.12 - 08.02.12

Join Lawndale and Houston's talented "Big Show" artists for short, informal presentations about their work. Presentations start at 6 p.m. each night. Seating is limited.

Fresh Arts Workshop: Business Skills for Visual Artists II

07.11.12

Fresh Arts brings successful businessman and full-time artist Taft McWhorter back to offer a more in depth workshop that builds on his Basic Business Skills workshop offered in February of this yea

Artist talk with Allan Rodewald

05.23.12

Allan Rodewald will be sharing his recent successes from Red Dot at Miami Basel and Art Monaco 2012.

Art Shakeup

Two major Houston arts groups are merging as Jenni Rebecca Stephenson takes a power position

By Joel Luks

04.03.12 | 10:17 am

Fresh Arts Coalition and Spacetaker are tying the knot. The groups' boards of directors announced a merger Tuesday, which is scheduled to be completed in several months. CultureMap wa ...

Spring Open Studios (S.O.S.)

04.28.12

S.O.S. is the annual Spring Open Studio event for Winter Street Studios (2101 Winter St.) and Spring Street Studios (1824 Spring St.) located in the newly designated First Ward Art District. Ov