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X-WR-CALNAME:Houston · arts · tonight · CalDiscovery BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mary Ellen Carroll: How To Talk Dirty and Influence People DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260522 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102 DTSTAMP:20260729T073058Z UID:10000658-1779408000-1793577599@camh.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Installation view of Mary Ellen Carroll: How To Talk Dirty and Influence People at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston\, 2026. Photo: Sean Fleming. \n \n \n Add to calendar \n \n\n \n Google Calen dar \n\n\n \n iCalendar \n\n\n \n Outlook 365 \n\n\n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n About\n \n Mary Ellen Carroll: How To Talk Dirty an d Influence People is the first exhibition to survey the work of acclaimed multidisciplinary artist Mary Ellen Carroll. The exhibition focuses on a selection of key projects spanning over four decades and includes works ex hibited for the first time. The exhibition charts the import and impact of Carroll’s exploration of some of the most urgent issues of our time\, i ncluding environmentalism\, architectural and technological infrastructure \, immigration\, and urban legislation\, as well as the artist’s engagem ent with questions of sexuality\, identity\, and being. \n \n Organiz ers\n \n Mary Ellen Carroll: How To Talk Dirty and Influence People is organized by Contemporary Arts Museum Houston and curated by Rebecca Matal on\, Senior Curator\, with Yiran Chi\, 2025-26 Rice Curatorial Fellow. \ n \n Support\n \n Major Support for Mary Ellen Carroll: How To Talk Dirty and Influence People is provided by Teiger Foundation with sustainab ility efforts guided by Rute Collaborative as part of Teiger Foundation’ s Climate Action for Curators.Additional support is provided by N2 Stone F oundation\, the Stolbun Family\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Frank Liu Jr. Foundation\, Michael and Katie Russell\, The Andy Warhol Fo undation for the Visual Arts\, and Martha Claire Tompkins. \n \n\n\nIn- kind support is provided by Bellows Construction and Layher. \n Contempora ry Arts Museum Houston exhibitions are made possible by the patrons\, bene factors\, and donors to CAMH’s Major Exhibition Fund\, July 1\, 2024-Jun e 30\, 2025: Anonymous\, Chinhui Juhn and Eddie Allen\, Louise Jamail\, Si ssy and Denny Kempner\, and Beverly and Howard Robinson. \nContemporary Ar ts Museum Houston is funded in part by the City of Houston through the Hou ston Arts Alliance and the Texas Commission on the Arts. \n \n Extended Description\n Mary Ellen Carroll: How To Talk Dirty and Influence Peop le is the first exhibition to survey the work of acclaimed multidisciplina ry artist Mary Ellen Carroll. The exhibition focuses on a selection of key projects spanning over four decades and includes works exhibited for the first time. The exhibition charts the import and impact of Carroll’s exp loration of some of the most urgent issues of our time\, including environ mentalism\, architectural and technological infrastructure\, immigration\, and urban legislation\, as well as the artist’s engagement with questio ns of sexuality\, identity\, and being. \nSince the 1980s\, Carroll has pr oduced a heterogeneous body of work taking the form of performance\, film\ , photography\, writing\, architecture\, public art\, and policy. Yet\, th e artist’s primary medium is the field of social relations that govern a given time and context. An inheritor of conceptual\, project-based\, and institutional-critique-based practices\, Carroll puts pressure on the cond itions within which a work of art gains legibility\, while never forsaking formal and aesthetic considerations. By their own account\, each project is approached by asking\, “what do we consider a material as a work of a rt and what is the problem I am trying to solve?” Carroll’s approach t o art-making is collaborative and research-based\, often involving years o f planning\, coordination\, and community engagement. As the exhibition ti tle’s allusion to famed comedian and rabble-rouser Lenny Bruce suggests\ , Carroll is equally a trickster\, scamp\, and intermediary\, applying a w ryly humorous (though no less critical) approach to addressing society’s most pressing issues. \nMany of Carroll’s works are ongoing and intenti onally durational as is the case with their landmark\, multifaceted projec t\, prototype 180 (1999-ongoing). Sited in the Sharpstown neighborhood of Houston\, prototype 180 remains a legendary intervention into urban policy in a city known for its famous lack of zoning and idiosyncratic land-use policies\, and has taken multiple forms since its inception\, most notably the 180-degree rotation of a mid-century suburban house in 2010 and the s ubsequent “unbuilding” of the structure in 2017. Works such as prototy pe 180 reveal the durational quality of the artist’s larger artistic pro ject\, as well as Carroll’s tendency to avoid market-based criteria in f avor of a rigorous\, continuously unfolding\, and adaptive mode of art mak ing that is often geographically and temporally dispersed. Mary Ellen Carr oll: How To Talk Dirty and Influence People continues CAMH’s tradition o f presenting scholarly and in-depth survey exhibitions dedicated to the wo rk of historically significant artists at pivotal moments in their career. The exhibition will include selected works from the 1980s to the present\ , such as My Death is Pending… Because. (1986-2017)\, The Doppelganger T apes\, (1993-ongoing)\, prototype 180 (1999-ongoing)\, Federal (2003)\, in destructible language (2006-ongoing)\, and PUBLIC UTILITY 2.0 (2008-ongoin g)\, among others\, as well as a series of new commissions. \nMary Ellen C arroll: How To Talk Dirty and Influence People highlights the multifaceted \, aesthetically rigorous work of an artist who has demonstrated deft inst itutional critiques of art and used their artwork to interact with and que stion the politics and policies surrounding social and physical structures \, including the ways in which bodies navigate these spaces. Employing a c onceptually-driven form of exhibition making\, the exhibition both honors and mirrors Carroll’s recursive\, materially diverse\, and ecologically- attuned practice through a display in which works are always seen through\ , between\, and in relation to each other. Mary Ellen Carroll: How To Talk Dirty and Influence People offers the occasion to reconsider Carroll’s work and the questions it raises about identity and intimacy\, objects/ide as and their afterlives\, and the value that political and social activism informed by humor and play might offer contemporary critical practices. \ n About the Artist\n The work of New York-based conceptual artist Ma ry Ellen Carroll (MEC\, studios) engages the disciplines of architecture\, public policy\, film/media\, and technology. Carroll’s body of work spa ns over four decades in a range of media that transcend genres. Fundamenta lly\, the work investigates a single\, fundamental question: What do we co nsider a work of art? It is dedicated to a social and political critique t hat explores the interactions of subjectivity\, language\, power\, and kno wledge.  \nCarroll is the recipient of numerous awards and honors includi ng from the Guggenheim Foundation\, Pollock-Krasner Foundation\, American Academy in Berlin\, Rockefeller Foundation\, Rauschenberg Foundation\, Gra ham Foundation\, and most recently the American Academy in Rome. Carroll r eceived an MFA from the School of the Art Institute Chicago (1989) where t hey studied time-based arts\, filmmaking\, and architectural history\, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Colorado Boulder. Teaching\, lecturing and public presentations on architecture\, art\, and public policy are an important part of Carroll’s work and have occurred at the DIA Art Foundation\, Columbia University\, American Academy in Berl in\, Rice University\, Yale University\, among others. \nCarroll’s work is in numerous public and private collections in the US and abroad and has been exhibited at institutions including: the Whitney Museum of American Art\; the Institute of Contemporary Art\, Philadelphia\; the Institute of Contemporary Art\, London\; Museum für Völkerkunde\, Munich\; the Renais sance Society\, Chicago\; Contemporary Arts Museum Houston\; Johann Jacobs Museum\, Zurich\; Prospect.3\, New Orleans\; Busan Biennial\, South Korea \; Los Angeles County Museum of Art\; MoMA-PS1\; MUMOK\, Vienna\; Arthur R oss Architecture Gallery at Columbia University\; Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\ ; among other venues. This is the first major solo museum exhibition of th e artist’s work. \n Publication\n The exhibition is accompanied b y a catalogue co-published by CAMH and Dancing Foxes Press and designed by Teo Schifferli\, and featuring new scholarship by exhibition curator Reb ecca Matalon\, art historian Pamela M. Lee\, and historian of science\, D. Graham Burnett\; reprinted and/or expanded interviews between Carroll and Hamza Walker and scholar David Joselit\; as well as poetry and prose by I man Mersal and Kathryn Scanlan. \n \n Extended Media\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Resources\n \n \n Tours\n \n For more information about tours visit camh.org/tours. \n \n Accessibility\n \n Exhibition labels are available in English.Ex tended Labels (English)Extended Labels (Spanish)Large Print Labels (Englis h) \n \n Press Release\n \n Mary Ellen Carroll: How To Talk Dirty and Influence People \n \n Educational Materials\n \n Content Revi ewEducation Guide \n \n Exhibition Merchandise\n \n Shop Now \n \n Related Events\n \n \n View Calendar LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T073058Z LOCATION:Brown Foundation Gallery\, Houston\, TX\, United States URL:https://camh.org/event/mary-ellen-carroll-how-to-talk-dirty-and-influe nce-people/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=houston-tx X-SOURCE-NAME:Contemporary Arts Museum Houston X-SOURCE-URL:https://camh.org/event-calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Divination: Beverly Buchanan & Dionne Lee DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260904 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270215 DTSTAMP:20260918T002806Z UID:10000774-1788480000-1802649599@camh.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:(L to R): Dionne Lee\, Castings (detail)\, 2022. Gelatin silve r prints\, 5 x 7 inches. Courtesy the artist and Petra Bibeau\, New York\; Beverly Buchanan with Virginia “Gina” Templeton\, Abandoned Sculptur e Off Pea Ridge Road\, Monroe Co.\, Georgia (detail)\, 1982. Reproduction of one hand-written page and eight photographs mounted to photobook\, Bev erly Buchanan papers\, Archives of American Art\, Smithsonian Institution. Courtesy the Archives of American Art\, Smithsonian Institution. \n \n \n Add to calendar \n \n\n \n Google Calendar \n\n\n \n iC alendar \n\n\n \n Outlook 365 \n\n\n \n Outlook Live \n\n \n \n About\n \n Divination: Beverly Buchanan & Dionne Lee foregrounds Bev erly Buchanan and Dionne Lee’s explorations of the myths\, majesty\, and dispossessions embedded in the American landscape. The exhibition is the second in a series organized by Senior Curator Rebecca Matalon to bring to gether artists across generations as a way to open up new interpretations of their work. The show follows the 2021 exhibition Wild Life: Elizabeth M urray & Jessi Reaves\, which similarly presented an exchange between inter generational artists. Divination pairs original photographs as well as ma terials from the late Buchanan’s archives\, including photographs\, jour nals\, writing\, and ephemera\, with a selection of videos\, photographs\, and sculptures by the Columbus-based Lee. While Buchanan (1940-2015) and Lee (b. 1988\, New York City) are from different generations\, both artist s explore relationships between Blackness and land\, mining racialized his tories of the American landscape and its dualities as a site of sanctuary and displacement\, sustenance and deprivation. The two artists share an in terest in survivalist practices\, and each thinks of land as not only a ph ysical place or substance to be encountered\, but an accumulation of ever- shifting material and psychic entanglements. Over the last decade\, new s cholarship has brought renewed and much deserved critical attention to Buc hanan’s profound but underrecognized contributions to the history of lan d art and environmental sculpture\, works that range from cast concrete sl abs (“frustulas”) to her later small-scale “shack sculptures” that memorialize the architectural styles of Southern homes and their owners. This exhibition aims to delve into lesser-known aspects of the artist’s practice\, for example\, her placing of small cast concrete works in grave yards of enslaved peoples across rural Georgia\, and her “auto-archival ” use of photography to document these covert actions\, major public wor ks\, and herself. Divination places Buchanan’s work in dialogue with Lee ’s photographic and filmic examinations of what it means to tend to\, se ek out\, and honor the land on which we live\, including its hidden and da rker histories. The exhibition positions their practices as forms of divin ation-making visible what all too often remains unseen. \n \n Organi zers\n \n Divination: Beverly Buchanan & Dionne Lee is organized by Con temporary Arts Museum Houston\, and curated by Rebecca Matalon\, Senior Cu rator. \n \n Support\n \n \n Support for Divination: Beverly Buch anan & Dionne Lee is provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Special thanks to Teiger Foundation for research support. \n Con temporary Arts Museum Houston exhibitions are made possible by the generou s donors to CAMH’s Major Exhibition Fund: Scott R. Sparvero\, Chinhui Ju hn and Eddie Allen\, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, Beve rly and Howard Robinson\, Ruth Dreessen and Tom Van Laan\, Cindy and David Fitch\, Louise Jamail\, Sissy and Denny Kempner\, Elisa and Cris Pye\, an d Poppi Massey. \n About Beverly Buchanan\n Born in Fuquay\, North Carolina\, Beverly Buchanan (1940-2015) grew up in South Carolina. By the late 1960s\, Buchanan had earned several university degrees in the science s\, and was working as a public health worker and educator in New York Cit y and East Orange\, New Jersey. \nIn 1971\, Buchanan enrolled at the Art S tudents’ League\, where she studied with Harlem Renaissance painter Norm an Lewis. From that time on\, Buchanan devoted her time to making art. In the 1970s\, she considered herself an abstract expressionist painter and c ompleted a series of “Wall” paintings which were exhibited at the Mont clair Art Museum in New Jersey in 1976.  \nIn 1977\, Buchanan moved back to the South. From 1979 to 1986\, Buchanan made a series of public stone s culptures across the American Southeast\, which she allowed to decay over time and become part of the surroundings. Most notably\, in 1979 she compl eted Ruins and Rituals (also the title of the Brooklyn Museum retrospectiv e from 2016-2017)\, and in 1980 Marsh Ruins\, with funding from a Guggenhe im Fellowship. Some of these works can still be found\, while others have withered away. They contemplate the idea of “ruination” and commemorat e the history of Southern Black communities. \nBy the mid 1980s\, Buchanan was exploring Southern vernacular architecture through her practice. She created a series of makeshift sculptures known as “shacks” in which sh e paid tribute to the improvised and self-built homes of Black communities in rural Georgia. Often attached to her sculptures were hand-written or t yped narratives\, which she referred to as “legends\,” that gave voice to a cast of characters\, some remembered and others imagined. \nBuchanan ’s later work is intimately linked to her natural surroundings and folk art. As a native Southerner\, she drew on memories from her childhood as w ell as the lush Georgian landscape and yard art of local self-taught artis ts. A passionate gardener\, Buchanan produced vivid oil pastel flower draw ings and small assemblage works. \nThe winner of numerous honors during he r long career\, including the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fe llowship and the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship\, Buchanan’s work is in the permanent collections of the High Museum of Art\, Atlanta\ , the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, the Studio Museum in Harlem and the Whi tney Museum\, among others. A posthumous solo retrospective\, Ruins and Ri tuals\, curated by Jennifer Burris and Park McArthur\, was held at the Bro oklyn Museum of Art in 2016-17. \n About Dionne Lee\n Dionne Lee (b . 1988\, New York\, NY) works in photography\, collage\, and video to expl ore power\, survival\, and personal history in relation to the American la ndscape. Lee lives and works in Columbus\, Ohio and received an MFA at Cal ifornia College of the Arts in San Francisco in 2017. \nLee’s work has b een exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art\, New York\, The Whitney Museum of American Art\, New York\, New Orleans Museum of Art\, Museum of Fine Ar ts Houston\, The Princeton University Art Museum\, Contemporary Art Galler y of Vancouver\, CA\, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art\, San Francisc o\, CA\, Aperture Foundation\, New York\, International Center of Photogra phy\, New York\, and Light Work\, New York. \nRecent exhibitions include W hitney Biennial 2024: Even Better Than the Real Thing\, The Whitney Museum of American Art\, New York\, Spora\, Swiss Institute\, New York\, NY\, Wi dening the Lens: Photography\, Ecology\, and the Contemporary Landscape\, Carnegie Museum of Art\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, Prologue\, Columbus Museum of A rt\, Columbus\, OH\, All This Soft Wild Buzzing\, Wattis Institute for Con temporary Art\, San Francisco\, CA\, Re/Sisters\, Barbican Art Gallery\, L ondon\, UK\, Penumbra Foundation\, New York City\, Site Unfolding\, Bibeau Krueger\, New York City\, Tara Downs\, New York City\, Cushion Works\, Sa n Francisco\, CA\, The Locker Plant / Chinati Foundation\, Marfa\, TX\, Et al. San Francisco\, CA\, /(Slash)\, San Francisco\, CA\, FotoFest Biennia l 2022: If I Had a Hammer\, Houston\, TX\, and Center For Fine Art Photogr aphy at the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art\, Fort Collins\, CO. \nLee is a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow. She was an Artist-in-Residence at the Chinati Foun dation\, Unseen California\, and Land Arts of the American West between 20 22-2023. In 2019 Lee was an artist in residence at the Center for Photogra phy at Woodstock. \n \n Publication\n The exhibition is accompanied by a risograph-printed catalogue co-published by CAMH and F featuring new writing on the artists’ works by exhibition curator Matalon and scholar Dr. Elleza Kelley\, as well as an assortment of photographs\, historical documents\, and archival materials. \n \n Resources\n \n \n Tours\n \n tours@camh.org713.284.8276Additional Information \n \n Accessi bility\n \n Exhibition labels will be available in English and Spanish. \n \n Press Release\n \n Divination: Beverly Buchanan & Dionne Le e Press Release \n \n Educational Materials\n \n Content ReviewEdu cation Guide \n \n Related Events\n \n View Calendar LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T002806Z LOCATION:Nina and Michael Zilkha Gallery URL:https://camh.org/event/divination-beverly-buchanan-dionne-lee/?utm_sou rce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=houston-tx X-SOURCE-NAME:Contemporary Arts Museum Houston X-SOURCE-URL:https://camh.org/event-calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Re-Play: An Exhibition of Soccer\, Color\, and Motion DTSTART:20260917T120000Z DTEND:20260918T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T063438Z UID:10109632-1789628400-1789682400@www.houcalendar.com CATEGORIES:arts,sports DESCRIPTION:A lively group art exhibition at Toros HTX celebrating the ene rgy\, drama\, and joy of soccer. \nThis dynamic showcase transforms the be autiful game into a visual experience\, featuring painted soccer balls\, v ibrant canvas artworks\, and imaginative pieces inspired by movement\, tea mwork\, competition\, and play. From bold colors and expressive textures t o unexpected takes on familiar soccer symbols\, Re-Play invites viewers to see the sport from a whole new angle. \nCome explore the gallery\, meet t he artists\, connect with fellow soccer fans\, and experience an evening w here art and athletics collide. Whether you live for match day\, love cont emporary art\, or simply enjoy a great night out\, there’s something her e for everyone. \nCome for the art. Stay for the atmosphere. Leave inspire d. \n**Join us for the opening reception of Re-Play\, on Tuesday\, Septemb er 15th from 6pm to 9pm** LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T063438Z LOCATION:Toros Lifestyle Soccer\, 2200 Summer Street\, Houston\, TX\, 7700 7\, United States URL:https://www.houcalendar.com/event/re-play-an-exhibition-of-soccer-colo r-and-motion/2026-09-17/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campai gn=houston-tx X-SOURCE-NAME:Houston Cultural Events Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.houcalendar.com/venue/freed-community-center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:“John Akomfrah: The Hour Of The Dog” DTSTART:20260917T160000Z DTEND:20260918T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T063438Z UID:10093076-1789642800-1789671600@www.houcalendar.com CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:The Menil Collection presents “John Akomfrah: The Hour Of Th e Dog”\, an immersive\, six-channel video and sound installation by the Ghanaian-born British artist Sir John Akomfrah (b. 1957). The work\, co-co mmissioned by the Menil and the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA)\, explores t he history of youth-led Civil Rights–era activism in the American South from 1954 to 1963. The 51-minute work is best experienced in its entirety\ , and will be on view at the Menil through October 11\, 2026. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T063438Z LOCATION:The Menil Collection\, 1533 Sul Ross Street\, Houston\, TX\, 7700 6\, United States URL:https://www.houcalendar.com/event/john-akomfrah-the-hour-of-the-dog/20 26-09-17/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=houston-tx X-SOURCE-NAME:Houston Cultural Events Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.houcalendar.com/venue/freed-community-center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fragility DTSTART:20260917T160000Z DTEND:20260918T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T063438Z UID:10108625-1789642800-1789671600@www.houcalendar.com CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:This exhibition highlights paper itself—and its incongruous and variable characteristics—as an artistic material. Included are works that present a range of processes\, as well as paper sculptures and found papers that imbue a finished work with an additional sense of history and place. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T063438Z LOCATION:The Menil Drawing Institute\, 1412 W. Main St.\, Houston\, TX\, 7 7006\, United States URL:https://www.houcalendar.com/event/fragility/2026-09-17/?utm_source=cal discovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=houston-tx X-SOURCE-NAME:Houston Cultural Events Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.houcalendar.com/venue/freed-community-center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Wall Drawing Series: Jitish Kallat DTSTART:20260917T160000Z DTEND:20260918T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T063438Z UID:10108724-1789642800-1789671600@www.houcalendar.com CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:The Menil Collection has commissioned artist Jitish Kallat to create a site-specific wall drawing for the entry space of the Menil Drawi ng Institute. Born in Mumbai\, where he continues to live and work\, Kalla t is a leading figure in contemporary Indian art. His work often probes th e intersections of the intimate and the immense\, weaving together referen ces to history\, science\, philosophy\, and the cosmic scale of time. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T063438Z LOCATION:The Menil Drawing Institute\, 1412 W. Main St.\, Houston\, TX\, 7 7006\, United States URL:https://www.houcalendar.com/event/wall-drawing-series-jitish-kallat/20 26-09-17/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=houston-tx X-SOURCE-NAME:Houston Cultural Events Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.houcalendar.com/venue/freed-community-center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:'Nevine Mahmoud: Second Nature' DTSTART:20260917T170000Z DTEND:20260918T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T063438Z UID:10092788-1789646400-1789671600@www.houcalendar.com CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Nevine Mahmoud unearths uncanny worlds from stone: jumbo-sized fruits drip with glass\, a contorted marble faun arcs like an acrobat\, a nd children’s toys are immortalized in white alabaster. Mahmoud’s work s are placed throughout Asia Society Texas’ public spaces\, engaging in a material dialogue with the building and manipulating one’s understandi ng of nature. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T063438Z LOCATION:Asia Society Texas Center\, 1370 Southmore Blvd.\, Houston\, TX\, 77004\, United States URL:https://www.houcalendar.com/event/nevine-mahmoud-second-nature/2026-09 -17/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=houston-tx X-SOURCE-NAME:Houston Cultural Events Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.houcalendar.com/venue/freed-community-center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SWIRL Art Show DTSTART:20260917T220000Z DTEND:20260917T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T091831Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53941378231122 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Explore works selected for and published in the 2025–2026 ed ition of SWIRL: Literature and Arts Journal at the Mary Matteson-Parrish A rt Gallery.\n\n \n\n📅Sept. 17\n\n🕖5 p.m.\n📍Building D\, D-101\n\n \n\nStop by and experience the creativity on display! 🖼️✨ LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T091831Z LOCATION:LSC-Montgomery Campus [Building D] - Performing Arts Center\, D-1 01 URL:https://events.lonestar.edu/event/swirl-art-show?utm_source=caldiscove ry&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=houston-tx X-SOURCE-NAME:Lone Star College Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://events.lonestar.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Catch the Legacy DTSTART:20260917T230000Z DTEND:20260918T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T081836Z UID:6525-1789668000-1789675200@houstonfreedmenstown.org CATEGORIES:arts,theater DESCRIPTION:We are proud to announce a one-night-only production of Catch the Legacy: Featuring A Signature Performance by the Ensemble Theatre! \ nJoin us for an evening celebrating Houston Freedmen’s Town Conservancy ’s seminal exhibition BLACKBALL: Baseball\, Barbeque\, and Blues\, and the historic roots of the game through movement by the Ensemble Theatre Ho uston\, with choreography by Steven J. Scott. This event will feature a gu est appearance by a descendant of Hall of Famer Biz Mackey\, Rev. Ray Mac key. \nLight refreshments will be provided\, and parking is available in t he 1300 Victor Street parking lot. \n\nTo RSVP\, please visit: https://hou stonfreedmenstown.networkforgood.com/events/104553-catch-the-legacy-featur ing-a-signature-performance-by-the-ensemble-theatre LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T081836Z LOCATION:Freedmen’s Town Visitor Center\, 1204 Victor St\, Houston\, Tex as\, 77019\, United States URL:https://houstonfreedmenstown.org/events/catch-the-legacy/?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=houston-tx X-SOURCE-NAME:Houston Freedmens Town X-SOURCE-URL:https://houstonfreedmenstown.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Opening Reception - Beyond the Hedges: Historias de Latinidad at R ice University DTSTART:20260917T230000Z DTEND:20260918T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T063438Z UID:10109500-1789668000-1789675200@www.houcalendar.com CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Join us for an opening reception celebrating the opening of Be yond the Hedges: Historias de Latinidad at Rice University. \nRice Univers ity is home to a campus bounded by historic hedges but deeply interconnect ed with the Houston metropolis\, one of the most diverse and culturally ex pansive global cities in the world. Beyond the Hedges features the trailbl azing Latines who have dedicated their brilliance\, service\, resilience\, and creativity to the Rice campus and the city. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T063438Z LOCATION:Julia Ideson Building\, 550 McKinney St\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States URL:https://www.houcalendar.com/event/opening-reception-beyond-the-hedges- historias-de-latinidad-at-rice-university/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_med ium=ics&utm_campaign=houston-tx X-SOURCE-NAME:Houston Cultural Events Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.houcalendar.com/venue/freed-community-center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Yisa: Don’t Touch the Fire | Immersive Solo Exhibition DTSTART:20260917T233000Z DTEND:20260918T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T063438Z UID:10106623-1789669800-1789682400@www.houcalendar.com CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Don’t Touch the Fire is a multidisciplinary experience bring ing together fine art\, fashion\, and film. It explores temptation\, desir e\, and consequence: why we are drawn to things we know may not be good fo r us\, and why we continue to give in. \nThe entire experience takes place within the gallery. Guests begin in a standing-room setup and experience a short film alongside a live gallery installation. Models move through th e space wearing garments from the collection while installing the artwork as part of the performance. Fashion becomes an element within the installa tion rather than a separate presentation\, allowing film\, fashion\, and f ine art to come together in real time as the gallery transforms around the audience. \nAfter the installation\, guests are invited to move freely th rough the gallery and experience the finished exhibition. They can walk th rough the space\, sit with the work\, talk\, or take in the environment at their own pace. Artwork from the exhibition will be available for purchas e. \nCollector Preview: Thursday\, September 17\, 6:30 to 10:00 PM.\nGener al Admission: Friday\, September 18 and Saturday\, September 19\, 7:30 to 10:30 PM. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T063438Z LOCATION:MATCH Houston (Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston)\, 3400 Ma in St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States URL:https://www.houcalendar.com/event/yisa-dont-touch-the-fire-immersive-s olo-exhibition/2026-09-17/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_camp aign=houston-tx X-SOURCE-NAME:Houston Cultural Events Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.houcalendar.com/venue/freed-community-center END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR