Arts and Culture Texas magazine

Fortune Favors the Bold: Powerhouse Women Lead Houston Grand Opera’s New Season

Sherry Cheng·March 21, 2022

Describing herself as “relentlessly optimistic,” Khori Dastoor officially took over the reins as Houston Grand Opera (HGO)’s General Director and CEO in January 2022, becoming the first woman to lead the prestigious company in its 67-year history.

Houston Music Theater

Topography: Billy Hassell at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas

Sherry Cheng·March 2, 2022

Egrets and pelicans, bobcat and wild turkey, dolphins and gar, migrating geese and monarch butterflies–creatures great and small from the East Texas and Gulf Coast regions will populate Hassell’s canvases and color lithographs at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET) in Beaumont when the museum presents Billy Hassell: Topography (March 26-June 19).

Art Houston

Crossing the Scratch on the Earth: Wendy Red Star at San Antonio Museum of Art

Sherry Cheng·January 3, 2022

This force, rooted in Red Star’s deep connection to Crow culture and identity, is foundational to all of Red Star’s works. When the San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) presents Wendy Red Star: A Scratch on the Earth (Feb.11-May 8), it will be the first solo exhibition of a Native American artist for the museum.

Art San Antonio

Texas Studio: Bennie Flores Ansell

Sherry Cheng·August 25, 2021

The idea of migration has been with Flores Ansell all her life. “I am evidence of a migration.”

Art Houston Texas Studio

Traversing Geographies: Rethinking the Story of American Impressionism at San Antonio Museum of Art

Sherry Cheng·June 4, 2021

On view at San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) from June 11-Sept. 5, the expansive exhibition America’s Impressionism: Echoes of a Revolution, co-organized by the Brandywine River Museum of Art in Pennsylvania, the Dixon Gallery and Gardens in Tennessee, and SAMA, brings together 62 works from a wide range of public and private collections.

Art San Antonio

Small Ensembles, Expansive Vistas Part Three: Axiom, Houston Brass Quintet and Texas New Music Ensemble

Sherry Cheng·May 3, 2021

I caught up with musicians from nine distinctive ensembles in Houston to reflect on the past year and look to the future. In Part Three, I visited with the Axiom Quartet, Houston Brass Quintet and Texas New Music Ensemble.

Houston Music

Small Ensembles, Expansive Vistas Part Two: Loop38, Apollo Chamber Players, Carya String Quartet

Sherry Cheng·May 3, 2021

In Part Two, I visited with Loop38, Apollo Chamber Players, and Carya String Quartet.

Houston Music

Houston’s Small Ensembles, Expansive Vistas Part One: Monarch Chamber Players, WindSync, and KINETIC

Sherry Cheng·May 3, 2021

Houston is home to numerous chamber music ensembles that have thrived alongside each other, carving out their own niches with unique visions of how to present music and connect with audiences.

Houston Music

Embracing Connection: Diverse Arts Experiences at the Asia Society Texas Center

Sherry Cheng·April 9, 2021

What does the Asia Society do? That requires a lengthy answer.

Art Dance Film Houston Theater

Forms of Inheritance: Anna Mayer Goes Meta at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Sherry Cheng·February 12, 2021

Thick black smoke clouds engulf the large canvas mural that dominates the entrance of artist Anna Mayer’s solo exhibition, Forms of Inheritance, on view through May 8 at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (HCCC).

Art Features Houston

A Season for Singing Together: Houston Chamber Choir Launches New Season on the Digital Stage

Sherry Cheng·December 1, 2020

For the Houston Chamber Choir (HCC), and the choral community at large, it has been an exceptionally challenging year.

Houston Music

A Splash of Color and Light: ROCO Paints a New Landscape

Sherry Cheng·September 9, 2020

I was especially thrilled to be the first person to receive a print copy of River Oaks Chamber Orchestra’s Season 16 brochure, fresh off the press.

Houston Music

Art

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

A Culture Examined: Kimbell Art Museum offers a window into Dutch art in the Global Age

Art on the Horizon: Exploring the Cultural Landscape of Corpus Christi

Gallery Row

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Dance

Engaging Audiences: Frame Dance’s 2024 Frame x Frame Festival Focuses on Screendance’s Unique Space in the Dance Ecology

Cheers to 15 Years: Bruce Wood Dance Dallas isn’t afraid to mix things up for 2025

A Charged Atmosphere: Bombshell Dance Project’s ‘Flies’ Packs with a Punch

Music

Kinetic at 10: Virtuosic Ensemble Grows Deep Roots in Houston

A Scandinavian Frozen Highlights the TUTS season

Art Thrives on the South Plains: A Survey of Lubbock’s Cultural Scene

Theater

A Scandinavian Frozen Highlights the TUTS season

Through An Inclusive Lens: Diversity and divas populate Uptown Players’ 2024-25 season

Classical Theatre Company’s 24/25 Season Digs into Their Niche

Sherry Cheng

Fortune Favors the Bold: Powerhouse Women Lead Houston Grand Opera’s New Season

Topography: Billy Hassell at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas

Crossing the Scratch on the Earth: Wendy Red Star at San Antonio Museum of Art

Texas Studio: Bennie Flores Ansell

Traversing Geographies: Rethinking the Story of American Impressionism at San Antonio Museum of Art

Small Ensembles, Expansive Vistas Part Three: Axiom, Houston Brass Quintet and Texas New Music Ensemble

Small Ensembles, Expansive Vistas Part Two: Loop38, Apollo Chamber Players, Carya String Quartet

Houston’s Small Ensembles, Expansive Vistas Part One: Monarch Chamber Players, WindSync, and KINETIC

Embracing Connection: Diverse Arts Experiences at the Asia Society Texas Center

Forms of Inheritance: Anna Mayer Goes Meta at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

A Season for Singing Together: Houston Chamber Choir Launches New Season on the Digital Stage

A Splash of Color and Light: ROCO Paints a New Landscape