The Menil Collection will open "Janet Sobel: All-Over" on February 23, 2024, featuring some thirty paintings and drawings made by artist Janet Sobel (1893–1968). This exhibition, the first to focus on Sobel’s highly accomplished and influential abstract paintings, will explore the artist’s work as one of the first to pioneer a new approach to modern […]
"Abstraction after Modernism: Recent Acquisitions" highlights work made by succeeding generations of artists who forged new paths in their approaches to non-representational art. The exhibition brings together acquisitions made by the Menil over the past fifteen years, including work by Agnes Denes, Suzan Frecon, Sam Gilliam, Ellsworth Kelly, Rick Lowe, and Richard Serra.
The Blaffer Art Museum is proud to present the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of preeminent European artist Gabriel Lester, who has gained an international standing for his art, performance, and film as well as his dynamic public art installations. Across his now decades-long career, Lester has developed a captivating cinematic lens […]
The phrase “counter-cartographies” describes Manila-based artist Cian Dayrit interdisciplinary practice of transforming historic maps into portraits of contemporary social conditions. Employing counter- cartography as an approach, Dayrit charts histories of imperialism, industrialization, and systems of subjugation that shape geographical boundaries and cultural narratives around the world. In Summer 2024, Blaffer will present Dayrit’s first solo […]
The Blaffer Art Museum is proud to present Liberties Were Taken the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of works by Manila-based artist Cian Dayrit. Known globally for cartographic artworks, Dayrit investigates notions of power and identity represented and reproduced in monuments, museums, and maps. The exhibition brings together site-specific installations, embroidered textiles, […]
The Collaborative Art & Wellness Session encourages attendees to explore the ways that UNBOUND living can positively affect them in a wholistic way. In phase one, all will be welcomed to use art tools to add their UNBOUND expressions (words, poems, prose, drawings) to a larger art piece. Once complete, contributors will gather and share […]
During your tour of three historic houses that tell Houston’s stories from plantation to emancipation, the talented actor brings the hardships of slavery and the victory of freedom to life in dramatic reenactments. The historical script was written by Martha Whiting-Goddard, Reverend Jack Yates’ great granddaughter, who lived in the Yates House that was relocated […]
Have fun learning to reduce stress with laughter techniques that improve our sense of well-being. Have fun learning to reduce stress with therapeutic laughter techniques that improve breathing, relaxation, and physiologic well-being. During this session, you will gain in-depth knowledge about the benefits of laughter, and pick up some Laughter Yoga wisdom – how it […]
Spend a summer afternoon indoors and explore CAMH’s current exhibitions, Theaster Gates: The Gift and The Renege and Olivia Erlanger: If Today Were Tomorrow, through a variety of hands-on activities at the Museum!
INSTRUCTOR: Tanya Aydelott TIME: Saturday, July 27, 1:00–4:00 p.m. CDT PRICE: Early bird price: $45 for members, $60 for nonmembers. The deadline for early bird pricing is Sunday, July 21. After Sunday, July 21: $55 for members, $70 for nonmembers. Become a member here. Apply for a scholarship here. LOCATION: Online via Zoom LEVEL: All […]
Fancy Nancy The Musical Based on the popular Fancy Nancy books by Jane O’Connor Book and Lyrics by Susan Di Lallo Music and Lyrics by Danny Abosch Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser Bonjour! Fancy Nancy is ready for the spotlight! Along with her best friend, Bree, Fancy Nancy couldn’t be more excited about their upcoming […]
The Making Of Juneteenth, is a discussion and lecture series that will delve into different historical markers, that are precursors to the Emancipation Proclamation and the eventual emancipation of all enslaved people in America, Juneteenth, and the events that followed. Join us for Lesson 4: Reconstruction... at the All Real Radio Studios on Saturday, July […]
