2010-11 Season
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Amy Patton - Oil
August. 28 - November. 13; Exhibition Opening Reception: Friday, August 27, 6 - 8 p.m.
Amy Patton's recent experiments in performance and theater employ complex strategies of sound, text, and voiceover to explore the various ways images and meaning are constructed. Commissioned through a residency at the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts and shot entirely in a black box theater at UH, the artist's most recent film Oil (2010) centers on a young woman preparing for her role in a theater production inspired by Upton Sinclairs novel Oil!. Location: Blaffer Art Museum, 120 Fine Arts Building, Houston, TX 77204. Free admission. {more info}
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Media Archeology
September 16-19
The Mitchell Center joins the Aurora Picture Show to present a three-day media dig right in the heart of Texas. Featured artists include Luke Savisky of Austin, Potter Belmar Labs of San Antonio (Leslie Raymond and Jason Jay Stevens) and Graffiti Research Labs of Houston (Kirk Moreno and David Sutherland). Through site-specific installations, these artists will present cinematic experiences that explore the past and the present. {more info}
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Graphic Novel Workshop Exhibition
September 22, 7-9pm
Through an innovative collaboration between the UH School of Art and the Creative Writing Program, Mat Johnson's Graphic Novel course was an introduction and exploration of modern graphic storytelling through both critical examination and workshop of original creative work within the form. With a focus on the medium and tools of graphic storytelling, its recurring themes and genres, and their relationship with modern storytelling, students had an opportunity to work across disciplinary lines in an art form that is establishing itself as an important new genre. The results of this collaboration will be on display for one night only with presentations by Ted Closson, Chuck Ivy, Grant MacManus, Brandon White with Dean Haspiel, Jonathan Niles Gill with Joe Infurnari, and James Roberts with Mike Cavallaro.
LOCATION: University of Houston, M.D. Anderson Library Honors, College Commons
ADMISSION: Free
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Contemporary Salon: Amy Patton
September 22, 6:30pm
The Mitchell Center joins forces with the Blaffer Art Museum to co-present its ongoing series of Contemporary Salons. The new partnership continues with a discussion about Amy Patton's exhibition at Blaffer, on view Aug. 28- Nov 13, 2010. Exhibition curator Rachel Hooper, Blaffer's Associate Curator and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fellow, will moderate a spirited conversation between experts in a wide array of fields. A short wine and cheese reception will precede the event. Free Admission {more info}
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Red Block Bash
September. 30, 4 - 7pm
The Red Block Bash, a UH Arts open house presented by the Blaffer Student Association and the Mitchell Center, features live music from the Moores School of Music, readings from the Creative Writing Program, demonstrations by the School of Art and performances by the School of Theatre & Dance. All events offer a sneak peek at the UH arts fall season. {more info}
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Deborah Hay
October 2
In collaboration with the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH), the Mitchell Center will bring legendary choreographer and artist Deborah Hay to Houston for a lecture and performance in conjunction with the CAMH exhibition "Dance with Camera." The exhibition explores a crossover between artists and dancers who create choreography for the camera. {more info}
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Contemporary Salon: Gabriel Kuri
October 20, 6:30pm
The Mitchell Center joins forces with the Blaffer Art Museum to co-present its ongoing series of Contemporary Salons. The new partnership continues with a discussion about Gabriel Kuris exhibition Nobody needs to know the price of your Saab on view August 28- November 13, 2010. Experts in a wide array of fields will discuss the exhibition in a moderated conversation. A short wine and cheese reception will precede the event. Free admission. {more info}
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Life Is Living: Houston
November 6
Artist-in-residence Marc Bamuthi Joseph will lead "Life Is Living: Houston" festival in the Third Ward. The hip-hop and environmental justice event features music, dance and spoken word performances and activities by celebrity guests and Houston-based organizations including Aerosol Warfare, CKC StART Street & Urban Arts, The Last Organic Outpost, Workshop Houston, The Awakenings Movement, Project Row Houses, the UH College of Architecture and youth slam poetry group Meta-Four Houston. {more info}
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Life Is Living: Last Organic Outpost
November 7, 10am - 4pm
Join the Mitchell Center and the Last Organic Outpost, an inner city urban farm project using regenerative agriculture to restore the fertility of unused land, for a day of service following the Life Is Living festival. {more info}
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Shrimp Boat Projects
January 2011
Shrimp Boat Projects is a year-long interdisciplinary residency focused on the Gulf Coast shrimp industry of Galveston Bay, viewed as both a profession and a way of life. This residency will take place aboard a working shrimp boat, and will be directed by artist and scholar Zach Moser and architect Eric Leshinsky.
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