Upcoming Events
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When a Priest Marries a Witch
November 1, 2011When a Priest Marries a Witch is a special performance created by artist Suzanne Bocanegra and performed by Paul Lazar. Through a story about a priest, an artist, and a young girl in Pasadena, Texas, Bocanegra weaves a tale that brings together her development as an artist, Elvis, the Astrodome, a controversial Art commission, the Pope, astronauts, and a notorious local witch.
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red, black and GREEN: a blues
November 4-5, 2011red, black and GREEN: a blues (rbG:b) is a full-length, multimedia performance work designed to jumpstart a conversation about environmental justice, social ecology and collective responsibility in the climate change era.
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Artist Talk: Mierle Laderman Ukeles in Conversation with Shrimp Boat Projects
November 16, 2011Mierle Laderman Ukeles is a New York based artist known for her feminist and service oriented artwork. Her manifesto Maintenance Art—Proposal for an Exhibition, challenged the domestic role of women and proclaimed herself as a "maintenance artist". Maintenance, for Ukeles, is the realm of human activities that keep things going, such as cooking, cleaning and child-rearing and her performances in the 1970s included the cleaning of art galleries.
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Communograph Walking Tour: Experience the Third Ward with Ray Carrington
November 19, 2011Ray Carrington, photographer known for his innovative Arts Education program at Yates High School, Eye on the Third Ward, leads a walking tour focused on community spaces that are the result of creative thinking and grassroots leadership.
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Communograph Bus Tour: Architecture and Community with Stephen Fox
December 3, 2011Architecture and Community: Exploring John Biggers's principle of "Good and Relevant Architecture" is an alternative bus tour, lead by local architectural historian Stephen Fox.
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