Jenelle Esparza Weaves Ancestral History at Women & Their Work
Jenelle Esparza’s weavings reflect her South Texas lineage, but also ask what that history might look like from the perspective of the landscape.
Seriality, color, and time: Matthew Wong at DMA
The Dallas Museum of Art seemed to have known that Matthew Wong was on the cusp of fame before most of the world’s other leading art museums.
Gordon Parks at the MFAH: Behind-the-lens insights into the mind of one of America’s most visionary photographers
In 1966, Gordon Parks, one of the most acclaimed photographers of the 20th century, set out to profile rising civil rights leader Stokely Carmichael for Life magazine.
The New Now Continues: Performing Arts Houston Commissioning Project Celebrates Local Artists
Booth hopes that the program will continue to prove Houston’s cultural excellence to go along with the city’s reputation as a home to global business innovators.
Stir Your Heart Toward Change: Bruce Wood Dance Expands Its Reach
The 2022-23 season is a bit of a homecoming for Bruce Wood Dance.
Matt Manalo asks ‘Is Liberation Attainable?’
Manalo’s family immigrated to the United States from the Philippines when he was nineteen, sparking what would become one of the major driving questions - what does ‘home’ mean?
Kinetic Season 8: Distinct Voices, New Works, and Wild Soundscapes
In Kinetic’s collaborative model, each of the 16 musicians in the conductorless string ensemble brings his or her creative voice to the table, to the rehearsal space, and to the concert stage.
Houston Chamber Choir Expands its Reach
Nobody expected the Houston Chamber Choir’s season opener to tie in with the news of the world.
Loud and Clear: Vignette Art Fair amplifies women’s voices
The Vignette Art Fair gives women artists from all over Texas the opportunity to exhibit their work and make their voices known.
Houston Symphony Expands its Range with a New Director and Season
The Houston Symphony’s new music director, Juraj Valčuha, acknowledged that opening the season with a requiem may strike some as “a strange idea.” But Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem is no ordinary setting of the mass for the dead.
Apollo Chamber Players Celebrates 15 Years with an Ambitious Season
When the Apollo Chamber Players made its debut, grand visions of the future had nothing to do with it. The quartet, violinist Matthew Detrick recalls, had one simple goal: “to do that first concert.”
The Parts that Make Us Whole: Benny Andrews and Deborah Roberts at the McNay Art Museum
“Creative people need time to sit around and do nothing.” This perceptive quote from author Austin Kleon, a self-described “writer who draws,” is front and center on Deborah Robert’s Instagram account as I’m writing.