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Celebrate and experience UH arts and get a sneak peak of upcoming fall events! The UH Arts Open House features on-site screen printing with the School of Art, performances from the School of Theatre & Dance, Blaffer Gallery’s Red Block Bash activities, live music from Moores School and the Spirit of Houston Marching Band, free food and drink, plus so much more!
Location: Arts Quadrangle at Entrance 16
University of Houston
(Entrance 16 off Cullen Blvd; free parking in Lot 16)
FREE ADMISSION
Information: 713.743.5548 |
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The Mitchell Center and the Moores School of Music present a three-day music festival featuring the work of Joan Tower, one of our nations most original composers of modern music. Tower will join us in residence, along with acclaimed piano soloist and chamber musician Melvin Chen.
Rescheduled due to Hurricane Ike. Originally programmed in conjunction with Blaffer Gallery's 2008 exhibition Damaged Romanticism: A Mirror of Modern Emotion."
Location: Moores Opera House
University of Houston
(Entrance 16 off Cullen Blvd; free parking in Lot 16
Admission: $10 general, $7 UH faculty, staff, and alumni, $5 students and seniors
Information and tickets: 713.743-.313
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PUBLIC PROGRAM
Spacetaker's Artist SPEAKeasy with Karyn Olivier
October 21
6:30pm
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Join us for Spacetaker's October session of the Artist SPEAKeasy. Artist Karyn Olivier will present an informal creative dialog about her work followed by a question and answer opportunity. The evening is designed not only to bring together artists and those who appreciate the arts, but also to introduce local artists to each other to encourage conversation and cross-disciplinary collaboration between artists and their chosen media.
Also featuring:
Ayanna Jolivet McCloud, Founder of Labotanica, and Nick Brown, writer and Mitchell Center alum.
Drinks and light food are served at 6:30; formal talks begin at 7:00. Guests are invited to come and go as necessary.
Location: Spacetaker ARC, 2101 Winter Street B11
FREE ADMISSION
Information: 713.868.1839
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The Mitchell Center is proud to announce a bold new project from artist-in-residence Karyn Olivier. Using 13 billboards along the city’s downtown freeways, Olivier will replace the usual advertisements with images of the urban landscape that would be visible if the billboard did not exist - the sky, trees, and buildings obstructed by the ads will now be “revealed.” Presented in collaboration with the UH Moores School of Music, Creative Capital, DiverseWorks, and CBS Outdoor.
Location: Click here for a map, then click on the blue markers for exact locations.
Information: 713.743.5548 |
 
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Join us at DiverseWorks for the official launch of Inbound: Houston, a public art billboard project with Mitchell Center artist-in-residence Karyn Olivier, on view from October 26 - November 22. The launch event includes live music, billboard viewing, an artist talk with Olivier, plus additional surprise happenings.
Location: DiverseWorks
1117 E. Freeway
FREE ADMISSION
Information: 713.743.5548
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The Mitchell Center reunites with explosive spoken word poet/choreographer Marc Bamuthi Joseph and Youth Speaks, Inc to present the Houston launch of “Life is Living,” a national campaign exploring the changing perspectives on environmental justice.
The kickoff will feature rap artist MC Lyte, plus a range of performances and activites from Houston area artists and organizations including Meta-Four Houston, HAVIKORO, Aerosol Warfare, CKC StART Street & Urban Arts, Youth Advocates, Project Row Houses, and more. Click here for the full line up.
Location: Discovery Green Park
1500 McKinney St
FREE ADMISSION
Information: 713.743.5548
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The AURA contemporary music ensemble’s fall concert includes a special presentation of the commissioned score from UH composers Joel Love and Paul Wadle which features video and images from Karyn Olivier’s billboard project Inbound: Houston. Music from this performance is also available via podcast here for Houston commuters to experience along with the billboards.
Location: Moores Opera House
University of Houston
(Entrance 16 off Cullen Blvd; free parking in Lot 16)
Admission: $10 general, $7 UH faculty, staff, and alumni, $5 students and seniors
Information and tickets: 713.743.3313
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STUDIO RESIDENCY EXHIBITION OPENING
Hypnopomp, Britt Ragsdale
Wednesday December 2
6:00-8:00pm |
Join us for the exhibition opening of Hypnopomp, an installation from Mitchell Center 2009 Lawndale Studio Residency recipient Britt Ragsdale, on view from December 2 - December 19 and presented in collaboration with Lawndale Art Center.
Through sculptural objects and audio components, Britt Ragsdale explores the combination of hypnopomp and sleep paralysis. Hypnopomp is the scientific term referring to the cognitive state leading out of sleep. It is considered much more emotional and credulous in comparison to the experience of dreaming in hypnogogia, or the cognitive state of entering sleep. Commonly combined with sleep paralysis, when the brain suddenly awakes from sleep while the muscles are still paralyzed by REM atonia, hynopompic hallucinations merge with normal vision to create an experience that many people have equated to supernatural encounters.
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Location: Lawndale Art Center, 4912 Main St
FREE ADMISSION
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