Ramble On

Art Ramble returns to Sawyer Yards with 6 studios full of creativity

Last fall, Sawyer Yards welcomed a crowd of art-hungry patrons for the first-ever Art Ramble, a walkable event designed to showcase the brilliance of local artists.

It proved so popular that the Second Saturday Art Ramble is happening May 11 from 12-7 pm, and you'll want to be there.

Walk into a world of artistic wonders as over 100 artists, across six art studio buildings, open their doors just for Houston. This is your chance to engage with the artists and purchase art at various price points, supporting the thriving art scene in Houston.

As you ramble from building to building and studio to studio, indulge in the taste and touch of even more Houston creatives. Local drink vendors will pour their finest while local organizations host community art activities for an all-encompassing celebration of art. Stay late for art exhibition receptions in multiple buildings from 5-7pm.

Here's just a preview of what you might see:

Spring Street Studios

Screen print a T-shirt or tote bag with Black Swan Studio for a small donation to MECA (Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts)
Enjoy drinks from City Orchard
Exhibition receptions for "The Alchemy of Memory: Echoes Across Time," "The Healing Power of Color," and "Karen Navarro: El Lado Oculta de la Luna"

Sabine Street Studios

Enjoy local drinks from Eureka Heights
Exhibition receptions for "Cressandra Thibodeaux: Blood Quantum" and "Romeo Robinson: Civilization's Radical Voices"

Winter Street Studios

Enjoy local drinks from Platypus Brewing and live music from Andrew Baker
Exhibition reception for "BLOOM"

Silver Street Studios

Screen print a T-shirt or tote bag with Black Swan Studio for a small donation to MECA (Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts)
Enjoy drinks from Holler Brewing
Exhibition receptions for "Salon d' Été" and "Sarah Luna: East Pop West"

The Silos at Sawyer Yards

Take part in a family-fun art activity and enjoy drinks from 8th Wonder
Exhibition receptions for "A Version of Beauty," "Multiplicity," "1,000 Faces," and "Marthann Masterson: Betweentimes"

Head here for more information and a complete list of participating studios.

Photo courtesy of Sawyer Yards

You can interact with the artists.

Sawyer Yards is a creative community thriving in the heart of Houston’s historic First Ward and Arts District Houston. One of the largest working artist communities in the country, Sawyer Yards is home to over 400 artists and creative businesses.

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Museum of Fine Arts takes Houston to Paris cathedral with new virtual tour

Still image of digital rendering of Notre- Dame Cathedral, Ars Electronica.

Museum of Fine Arts courtesy image.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston opens “Notre-Dame Immersive Experience.” (Still image of digital rendering of Notre- Dame Cathedral, Ars Electronica.)

Lovers of art and architecture around the world mourned when a 2019 fire destroyed significant portions of the exterior and interior of Notre-Dame Cathedral, one of the most beloved landmarks in all of France. After five years of intense rebuilding and repair, Notre-Dame is set to open again this December. For those who can’t make it to the reopening, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has a very special virtual trip planned this holiday season with their just announced monumental installation, the “Notre-Dame Immersive Experience.”

Set within the MFAH’s vast Cullinan Hall, this animated, 14-minute, immersive presentation will surround visitors with images of Notre-Dame, simulating the experience of walking through the medieval cathedral. Viewers will go on a virtual journey from the outside of Notre-Dame as day turns to dusk, then move into the candle-lite interiors and stained-glass windows. The immersive video will also replicate the fire and its aftermath before revealing the cathedral’s newly reconstructed spire, topped with a cross and a golden rooster, a national emblem of France and a symbol of Christianity.

“It is difficult to exaggerate the role Notre-Dame plays in the public imagination, from its iconic architecture, emblematic of the Northern Gothic style, to its magnificent stained-glass rose windows,” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston director Gary Tinterow said in a statement. “When fire erupted five years ago, millions of people around the world grieved the loss of a monument that had personal significance to each of them. Happily, the cathedral has been restored, and now Houstonians will be among the first to experience the reconstructed building that rose from the ashes.”

“Notre-Dame Immersive Experience” was created by Ars Electronica Futurelab, in partnership with French start-ups Iconem and Histovery. To create a virtual 3D model of Notre-Dame, the installation uses point cloud data compiled by the late Belgian art historian and Vassar College professor Andrew Tallon, who created 3D laser scans of the cathedral in 2010 that proved instrumental in guiding the reconstruction of the cathedral as well as additional scans and 3D material by Histovery.

Over the years, we’ve come to expect perception-defying immersive artworks from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston every summer, but this “Notre-Dame Immersive Experience” November surprise looks to be a perfect place to take any visiting art, history, or Francophile friends and family for the holidays.

The "Notre-Dame Immersive Experience" will be on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston from November 23, 2024, through January 5, 2025.

Courtesy of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston opens “Notre-Dame Immersive Experience.”

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