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EXHIBITION
Texas Oil: Landscape of an Industry, The Center for Land Use Interpretation
January 17 - March 29
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In Spring 2009, the Mitchell Center and Blaffer Gallery will present an exhibition by the Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI), Texas Oil: Landscape of an Industry, on view from January 17 to March 28. Texas Oil will serve as the culmination of CLUI’s year-long residency with the Mitchell Center.
Texas Oil will include up to 50 Texas sites that CLUI has identified as discrete anecdotes in the overarching story of how oil has sculpted the state’s terrain. The exhibition will be organized according to the oil industry’s “upstream” and “downstream” functions, phases of production before and after the refining process. “Upstream” will display oil fields, off-shore oil pipelines (crude oil and natural gas), terminals, tankers, and crude storage. “Downstream” will feature refineries, petrochemical plants, and distribution (finished product, pipelines, storage, and shipping.)
Blaffer Gallery and the Mitchell Center will also co-publish a fully-illustrated exhibition catalogue that will document the methodology and discoveries of the Center for Land Use Interpretation during their residency on Buffalo Bayou.
Location: Blaffer Gallery, 120 Fine Arts Building
University of Houston
(Entrance 16 off Cullen Blvd; free parking in Lot 16)
FREE ADMISSION
Information: 713-743-9521 |
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SYMPOSIUM
Systems of Sustainability: Art, Innovation, Action
March 27 - 29
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 Systems of Sustainability: Art, Innovation, Action (“S.O.S”), is a three-day event organized by the University of Houston’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts and Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston.
Part arts festival, part academic symposium, S.O.S. explores how creative enterprise can be an integral tool for cultural growth and social change. The program will present a range of innovative practices demonstrated by a roster of local, national, and international participants including prominent artists, scientists, business leaders, activists, and scholars. Events will include site-specific projects, participatory activities, lectures, scholarly panels, and many opportunities for dialogue.
Check back often for updated information!
Location: Wortham Theatre, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center, Unviersity of Houston
(Entrance 16 off Cullen Blvd; free parking in Lot 16)
Information: 713-743-5548 |
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PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Center for Land Use Interpretation and the Buffalo Bayou Partnership
January - April
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The Mitchell Center, the Center for Land Use Interpretation, and Buffalo Bayou Partnership will organize various public events in conjunction with the CLUI's exhibition Texas Oil: Landscape of an Industry.
Events will include Buffalo Bayou tours; site visits to the Center’s field station; a film series presented in partnership with Aurora Picture Show, and more.
Check back often for updated information!
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