Inaugural Texas Learning & Computation Center – University of Houston Artist in Residence Chuck Ivy featured as one of the 100 Creatives in the Houston Press. Want to see what his work is all about? Join us for TLC² Artists in Residence Reception on May 6 at 6pm in the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts at the University of Houston, main campus. Entrance 16 off Cullen Blvd.

Although he’s the best-known and most prolific composer of his generation, Philip Glass does a lot more than just write music every day. Read about his first annual Days and Nights Festival in Carmel Valley and Big Sur this summer here.

Jibade-Khalil Huffman: Artist Talk
Tuesday, April 19, 1:00pm
University of Houston, Fine Arts Building Room 110
New York City-based author Jibade-Khalil Huffman discusses his practice, spanning photography and poetry, as well as his new book, James Brown Is Dead. Featuring a performative slide show by the artist. Huffman’s first book of poetry, 19 Names For Our Band, was published by Fence Books in 2008. He has recently presented performances at P.S.1/MoMA and The Tank.

Theaster Gates believes an artist can play a major role in neighborhood redevelopment. Read about his current endeavor Dorchester Projects and upcoming work with the Chicago Housing Authority.

Photo: Kurt Elling on stage this month at the Tower Theatre in Fresno. Credit:  Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times.

Over the past 15 years, a good deal of Elling’s best work hasn’t even come under Recording Academy scrutiny. A master of collaboration with a literary bent, he’s worked with Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater on a variety of shows, including one based on Allen Ginsberg’s poetry and another exploring the artistic currents of L.A., Chicago and New York. More recently, Elling has been the creative catalyst behind several projects by jazz giants looking to stretch into new compositional territory. To read the full Arts & Books profile of Elling, click here.

Clips from Theaster Gates presentation at the Craft Forward Conference that took place on April 3, 2011 in San Francisco, CA. Milwaukee Gospel choir formed singing about the local blue collar craftsmen.

Don’t miss tonight’s performance of Between the Lines at the University of Houston.

35 year old native Chicagoan and former J Crew model Naomi Beckwith fills an almost year-old curatorial vacancy at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA).

The 35-year-old Beckwith arrives from the Studio Museum in Harlem, the black culture-focused venue where, as associate curator, she earned a reputation for producing exhibitions tackling identity and culture. She fills the void left last summer by the departure of 16-year veteran Dominic Molon. Beckwith will start May 11.

The Chicago Sun Times reports here.

A “towering presence in American theater”, Albee has long been considered one of the United States’ greatest playwrights, alongside such giants as Tennessee Williams and Eugene O’Neill. Read the New York Times announcement here.

Where do we go from here?

This year we want you to consider this event a starting point. We want you to think about how you can leverage the connections made possible by where you are and where you’ve come from. Consider where we are as a society, and where we’re all headed.

Are you ready for what’s next? Please visit this link to fill out the application form. We cannot wait to hear from you!

We’re looking to reach a diverse audience and make TEDxHouston a great opportunity for you to meet people who are passionate about the power of ideas to create positive change. If you know others who you think should apply to attend, please feel free to forward this email.

Saturday, April 16
8:00pm

Shepherd School of Music
Wortham Opera Theater – Alice Pratt Brown Hall
Rice University
6100 Main St.

SYZYGY, New Music at Rice
A concert of electronic and computer music featuring live performance on acoustic and electronic instruments, surround sound, and video.

Featuring works by :
** Chapman Welch (UH Mitchell Center IART faculty member):  electric guitar, trombone & interactive computer
** Kurt Stallmann and Alfred Guzzetti:  for 16 performers, video &  surround electronics
Arthur Gottschalk: two works for electronics
Russell Pinkston:  solo flute & interactive computer featuring Leone Buyse on flute

Concert is free and open to the public.
** denotes World Premieres

In Grand Crossing, a House Becomes a Home for Art

Theaster Gates’s project emblematic of  growing movement to mix art, urban planning and activism in blighted communities.  Read how he is transforming a part of  Chicago’s South Dorchester Avenue into a venue for the arts.

Many Mini Residency is a one-week residency program operated in conjunction with alternative exhibition venues in Europe and the United States. In July 2011,  Many Mini Residency will be hosted at Skydive, an artist-run exhibition venue in Houston, Texas. Many Mini Residency is a one-room residency that is open to applicants from all disciplines (art and non-art alike) and encourages participants to customize their residency experience. There is no minimum time-limit for a stay at the residency but the maximum stay allows use of the space for half a day. The space may be used for public programs, personal studio time, a rehearsal space, a dinner, or whatever the resident sees fit. Participants provide documentation and a short statement about their time spent in the residency to serve as both a record and a resource displayed online as the final component of the project.

DiverseWorks will sponsor the barbeque celebration after all residencies are completed.

Lawndale Art Center will generously sponsor a studio space for artists Sarrita Hunn and Ryan Thayer while they administrate the residency at Skydive.

APPLICATIONS DUE BY EMAIL JUNE 10TH

Residency awards will be announced by email and posted online June 13th

Please see the website for more information.

Thanks!

Many Mini Residency is a collaboration between Sarrita Hunn and Ryan Thayer in coordination with Skydive.

Setting the Stage for 2011 Space Symposium

UH stage management students in the School of Theatre & Dance work with NASA to coordinate and stage an elaborate opening ceremony that includes hundreds of children’s drawings, writings and original orchestral scores.