HARMONIA STELLARUM: A NEW STAR ON THE TEXAS EARLY MUSIC HORIZON
Mario Aschauer, Founder and Artistic Director of Houston’s newest early music ensemble Harmonia Stellarum Houston (HSH), likes to take road trips to look at organs.
Potent Ingredients: Stephen Lapthisophon at Conduit Gallery
The canvas’ title, Sogni Dorati, translates from Italian as “golden dreams.”
Dance for All: Dallas’ Avant Chamber Ballet stretches into Fort Worth with historic, world premiere-packed season
Debuting two full-length world premiere ballets in one season would be ambitious enough, but Avant Chamber Ballet isn’t stopping there.
20 Years of Magic at Ars Lyrica Houston
Reflecting on a milestone 20 years at Ars Lyrica Houston, Founder and Artistic Director Matthew Dirst took a moment to look back at the beginning. “It hardly seems possible,” says Dirst. “It was a kitchen table kind of organization. It essentially grew out of a nucleus of musicians that I had put together to play programs on some local church series.”
World Building the Cosmic Womb: The Complex and Joyful Narratives of JooYoung Choi
Forget the latest superhero blockbuster, this summer we’re nabbing our (free) ticket to experience the ongoing adventures of Pound Cake Man, Sweet Slice, Prime Weaver, Pom Pom Thunder, Vorax and the newest powerful force for radical change in perception, Wondervision.
A Season of Awakenings at DACAMERA
Houston’s DACAMERA swings back into action this fall with a program dubbed “Awakenings.” It sets up the group’s new season in more ways than just chronologically.
Texas Studio: Lauren Moya Ford
“What does it mean to make an image of a woman now?” Lauren Moya Ford asked during our recent studio visit. For her, the question is not sensational or rhetorical; instead, it’s personal.
Art on the Run: Austin’s Artist Run Club
Every Wednesday, people run around Austin to get a good look at contemporary art.
Staying in the Moment: Mayuko Ono Gray at Galveston Arts Center
A single calligraphic line runs through Mayuko Ono Gray’s large-scale graphite drawings.
Fresh Pictorial Spaces: Michael Frank Blair at Conduit Gallery
Michael Blair is trying to get to a place where everything is open and possible.
From Beer to Art: ‘Still Brewing Art’ at the San Antonio Museum of Art
“Everything comes back to the water,” said San Antonio Museum of Art Curator Regina Palm.
Maya Masterpieces at the Kimbell: Why you’ll likely never see these rare works again
The term “once in a lifetime” gets thrown around a lot, but it is entirely accurate in the case of Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art at the Kimbell Art Museum.