Read the dancesourcehouston review on The Secondary Colors, an original collaborative contemporary dance and music work by choreographer Karen Stokes and composer Bill Ryan that took place last weekend at the Hobby Center.
Reality Hardly Bites
Ethan Hawke headlines the third annual Cinema Arts Festival Houston, read the full CultureMap Houston story here.
Celebrated American composer attracts dream-team musicians for dance program
The Secondary Colors
The Secondary Colors is an original collaborative contemporary dance and music work by choreographer Karen Stokes and composer Bill Ryan. This premiere features nine dancers of Karen Stokes Dance and six world-class musicians hand selected by Bill Ryan; David Cossin, percussion, Michael Lowenstern, clarinet, Todd Reynolds, violin, Andrew Russo, piano, Pablo Mahave-Veglia, cello, and Jonathan Nichol, saxophone.
Karen Stokes is Professor and Head of the Dance Division in the School of Theatre & Dance at the University of Houston and founded the UH Center for Choreography.
Bill Ryan is the Director of the New Music Ensemble at Grand Valley State University and recipient of the American Composers Forum coveted Champion of New Music Award for his commitment to bringing new music into the lives of young students and to a wider public audience.
Read the recent write up on chron.com.
WHEN: 7:30pm Thursday-Saturday
LOCATION: Zilkha Hall at the Hobby Center, 800 Bagby
TICKET INFORMATION: $20-$35, 713.315.2525
Rock Star Patti Smith performed on campus in April of 2010 with our help in conjunction with Voices Breaking Boundaries. She read from her prize-winning memoir, Just Kids, and performed Because the Night and My Blakean Years – during which she improvised a verse about her Houston visit.
Fifth Ward Jam
Dedication of Havel Ruck Projects‘ newest public sculpture
Saturday, Oct 1, 4:30 pm
3705 Lyons Avenue, Houston, 77020
Presentations by Texas Johnny Brown, Zydeco Artist Jabo, Gospel Quartet Endurance and Rapper Moon Rue
18th Annual International Symposium on Electric Art
ISEA2012 Albuquerque: Machine Wilderness
September 19 – 24, 2012
The 18th Annual International Symposium on Electronic Art is a symposium, conference and series of events exploring the discourse of art, technology and nature on a global scale.
TIME TO EMBRACE OUR SURROUNDINGS. TIME TO SHARE OUR IDEAS. TIME TO UTILIZE OUR HUMANITY.
Click here to apply. Deadline: October 15, 2011.
molecular biologist turned dance artist
Striving for Objectivity, First in Molecular Biology, and Then in Choreography
The New York Times reports on Xavier Le Roy in “Product of Circumstances” at the French Institute Alliance Française.
Quality of Place + Quality of Opportunity = ArtPlace
Read Carol Coletta’s most recent blog post for the National Endowment for the Arts to learn more about ArtPlace, a new consortium of foundations, federal agencies, and financial institutions charged with driving the revitalization of cities and towns with new investment models that put the Arts at the center of economic development.
POLITIQUEER – Call for Artists
A Voices Breaking Boundaries(VBB) East End Live Art Production
in collaboration with artistic curators Jennifer Tyburczy andSima Shakhsari
POLITIQUEER
Sunday, December 11, 2011
6:30PM
Houston Institute for Culture, 708-C Telephone Rd
Eligible for submission: performance art pieces, dramatic readings, spoken word, and other forms of embodied art that examine the official and everyday dimensions of “queer politics,” understood broadly. Submissions of other visual or aural artworks are also welcome, except for installation.
Submission due date: October 5, 2011
The 2012 Hunting Art Prize
About the Art Prize
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The Hunting Art Prize, which is sponsored by the international oil services company Hunting PLC, is a Texas-wide competition open to established artists, talented newcomers and promising amateurs. The $50,000 award is the most generous annual art prize given in North America for painting and drawing.
Eligibility:
The competition is open to Texas-based artists who are 18 years of age (as of August 1, 2011) or older. Artwork submitted for consideration must be a single two-dimensional painting or drawing no larger than 72″ on any one side (including frame, if any).
Sign-Up & Submissions:
Artists must sign up using the electronic form atwww.huntingartprize.com and upload one digital file representing their selected artwork. The digital file must be in JPEG format and no less than 1MB and no more than 2MB.
Deadline:
All entries must be submitted no later than midnight, Tuesday, November 30, 2011.
Questions?
Email us at info@huntingartprize.com. For further details on submission criteria, terms and conditions, visit www.huntingartprize.com.
Media Archeology September 15-17
Take a look at the 2011 Media Archeology Teaser from Aurora Picture Show, and save the dates!
DO NOT ASK ME
Mel Chin’s first major publication DO NOT ASK ME
Book signing Tuesday, September 6th, 2011 from 6pm – 8pm
The Station Museum of Contemporary Art
1502 Alabama Street
Houston, Texas, 77004
One Amazing Thing
UH Creative Writing Program Professor Chitra Divakaruni’s most recent novel is also the inaugural book of the new One Book, One City reading initiative, Gulf Coast Reads: On the Same Page.
The novel tells the story of a diverse and wary group of strangers caught up in an earthquake who tell each other stories in order to survive their hours of darkness and fear as they face possible death. The act of telling each other their private tales of one amazing thing that happened in their lives transforms them from hostile strangers into a community.
Read the full story on CultureMap Houston.
Save the Date: Fifth Ward Jam
Saturday, October 1, 2011
3705 Lyons Avenue
4:30-7pm
Mark your calendars for the celebration of Fifth Ward Jam, a piece of temporary public art by the Houston artistic team of Dan Havel and Dean Ruck. Help launch this unique pocket park and awesome architectural artwork by joining in the festivities and enjoying the fall weather, fine refreshments and fabulous performances.
Gather your family and friends to hear music and storytelling that reflect the vibrant cultural roots of Fifth Ward. Presentations will feature Texas Zydeco Prince Jabo, legendary Duke Peacock house guitarist Texas Johnny Brown, Stella-nominated gospel quartet Endurance and more. All will perform and share stories of their life and work in this historic part of the Bayou City.
Theater District Open House
Sunday August 28, 2011
Karen Stokes Dance performs excerpts from The Secondary Colors at 2:45 pm as part of the Uniquely Houston performance series 12-4pm, Zilkha Hall in the Hobby Center.
KUHF Front Row featured KSD and Theater Day on yesterday’s program, here is a link if you missed it: The Front Row
For the full schedule of this year’s Theater District Open House click here.
20 Amazing TED Talks for Art Majors
Art majors often face a lot of teasing about the uselessness of their major and the difficulties they’ll face finding a job after graduation. For many students, it proves a disheartening phenomenon detracting from some of the pleasure of learning and creating. While cautions about finding a job post-graduation do have their place, it’s important for students to remind themselves of art’s value in society and remember why they were so inspired to initially pursue the path. These 20 TED Talks will do just that, showing off some impressive artwork, exploring the deeper meanings of art in culture and even showing the amazing impact creative pursuits have on the world. Among these 20 talks from artists, scientists and thinkers, students are bound to find something that strikes a chord and makes them proud to be an art major.
Staff Hiring for Fall 2011
Gulf Coast is currently accepting applications for the positions of Assistant Editors in Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction.
Founded in 1986, Gulf Coast is here to give UH graduate students the experience of editing a nationally distributed literary journal. Assistant Editors are selected for one year, and they are expected to work closely with genre editors to screen unsolicited manuscripts for the magazine.
If you are interested in the position, please contact Ian Stansel in via email at gulfcoastme@gmail.com to learn more. All CWP students are invited to apply.
Applicants must submit a cover letter and CV/résumé to the above email address no later than Monday, August 29, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. Please be sure to provide contact information, as interviews will be scheduled as soon as possible.