The Mitchell Center has been hosting The Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI) in residence on Houston's Buffalo Bayou since January 2008. Based on their months of interactions with CLUI, students in the UH School of Art, Creative Writing Program, and College of Architecture have produced experimental mappings of Houston, writings about Buffalo Bayou, and proposals for sustainable building and landscaping which will be on view at Lawndale Art Center from May 9 - 17.

Join us for an opening reception at Lawndale on May 9, 6:30 - 8:30 pm. The evening will begin with a reading by UH Creative Writing students and other special guests.

Location: Lawndale Art Center, 4912 Main St
FREE ADMISSION
Information: 713-743-5749 

SPRING 2008 SEASON ARCHIVE

ARTISTS UP CLOSE
Contemporary Salon with Curator Bill Arning
Wednesday February 13
6:00 pm

PERFORMANCE
The Good Woman of Setzuan, by Bertolt Brecht
Friday February 15 & 22, Saturday February 16 & 23, 8:00 pm;
Sunday February 24, 2:00 pm

STUDENT LECTURE
Adventures in Illegal Art: Creative Media Resistance and Negativland
Thursday March 13
4:00 pm

Especially for University of Houston and Rice University students!  Adventures in Illegal Art is a film lecture/presentation with Mark Hosler of Negativland. If you are you interested in media-literacy; anti-corporate art/activism; advertising and corporate power; intellectual property issues;  the evolution of art, law, and resistance in the media then reserve your space now!

And be sure not to miss Media Archeology: Live & Televised presented by Aurora Picture Show, April 17-19.  Live performances by Negativland, Brent Green, Shana Moulton, and Tara Mateik.  Click here for more info.

Location: Quintero Lab Theatre, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center
FREE ADMISSION
Information and reservations: 713-743-5749 or send us an email.

DANCE PROGRAM
Moving Pictures
Friday April 11
7:30 pm

PERFORMANCE
Horn Concerto 
Sunday April 13 
12:00 pm (approx.)

Back by popular demand! Composer Stephen Montague's “orchestra of automobiles" will be performed for the grand opening of Discovery Green, Houston's new downtown park, by AURA Contemporary Ensemble and cars from the Art Car Museum, with special guests The Art Guys. 

Location: Discovery Green, downtown Houston across Avenida de las Americas from the George R. Brown Convention Center and the Hilton Americas Hotel.  Click here for a map.
FREE ADMISSION
Information: 713-333-1161

A three-day multimedia festival, presented by Aurora Picture Show and supported in part by the Mitchell Center and 91.7 KTRU-FM (Rice University Radio), featuring artists such as Negativland, Brent Green, Shana Moulton, and Tara Mateik who incorporate audio/visual technology with live performance. Click here for the festival schedule.

Locations: DiverseWorks Art Space, the
Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, and Rice University
Admission: $8 in advance or $12 at the door
Information: 713-868-2101

EXHIBITION PREVIEW, RECEPTION, AND CONTEMPORARY SALON
Charles "Teenie" Harris: Rhapsody in Black and White, with Ronald K. Brown and Deborah Willis
Friday April 25
6:00 pm

An exhibition preview reception and Contemporary Salon with Ronald K. Brown, exhibition co-curator and Founder and Artistic Director, Evidence, A Dance Company; Ray Carrington III, Photographer and Founder, "Eye on Third Ward"; Wendy Watriss, Co-founder and Artistic Director, FotoFest; and Deborah Willis, exhibition co-curator and Chair and Professor of Photography and Imaging, Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. The Salon will be moderated by Katherine Veneman, Curator of Education, Blaffer Gallery. The exhibition, which consists of 32 photographs by Charles "Teenie" Harris (1908 - 1998), provided inspiration for Brown's new monumental choreographic work One Shot which will be presented by DiverseWorks at Society for the Performing Arts on May 10.

Part of a city-wide collaboration involving the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts at the University of Houston, DiverseWorks, Society for the Performing Arts, Blaffer Gallery, and Project Row Houses. 

Location: Blaffer Gallery, 120 Fine Arts Building
University of Houston
(Entrance 16 off Cullen Blvd; free parking in Lot 16)
FREE ADMISSION
Information: 713-743-5749

Celebrating their 25th anniversary this year, The Art Guys will present Nothing to It (An evening of itty bitty witty ditties), a retrospective of staged performances, some of which have not been seen in more than 12 years! Nothing to It will include "Wrap Music," a musical arrangement performed entirely on industrial strength wrapping material and "Inverted Karaoke," which features the duo singing songs karaoke-style while the audience is unable to hear the music. Additionally, The Art Guys will unveil new “world premieres never seen before by man nor beast” plus many more surprises throughout the evening - and as always, intentionally unrehearsed! 

Call now to get your tickets!

Location: Wortham Theatre, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center
University of Houston
(Entrance 16 off Cullen Blvd; free parking in Lot 16)
Admission: $10 general admission, $10 for students, $10 for children under 12, $10 for seniors, $12.50 for others 
Ticket sales and Information: 713-743-2929

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
Center for Land Use Interpretation
Spring 2008

Beginning in January 2008 the Mitchell Center, in partnership with the University of Houston School of Art and Creative Writing Program, hosts the Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI) for a residency that focuses on the Buffalo Bayou, the Houston Ship Channel, and their environs.  In Spring 2009, following the completion of their Mitchell Center residency, CLUI will offer a series of public programs in conjunction with a major exhibition at Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the Unviersity of Houston. Watch for updates!