Project Row Houses

Upping The Story

Ryan — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:27:49 +0000

Photo Credit: Anthony T. Phan

Every Thursday Starting May 23rd to June 20th; 12:00 P.M to 1:30 P.M

2521 Holman Street

Starting May 23rd, PRH will present Upping The Story, a six part program series that will include local artists and curators that will present their own work in relation to the themes presented in Round 38. Topics will vary from time travel, architecture, and memory. Participants include Jamal Cyrus, Senalka McDonald, Abinadi Meza, Rahul Mitra, and Amy Powell.

May 23rd

Rahul Mitra will discuss the DNA of the contemporary architecture around the world. He will also discuss the abstracted rejection of the colonial and imperial shapes and forms that accompanies the architecture.

Rahul Mitra is an artist born in Hyderabad, India, now living in Houston.

May 30th

Abinadi Meza will discuss his original projects, soundscape interventions, urban space and “memory-what” Meza, borrowing from Virilio, refers to as grey ecologies: temporal architectures that explore “depth of time.”

Abinadi Meza works with sound, video, photography, and text to create affective spaces and documents.

June 6th

Senalka McDonald will discuss her previous work regarding issues of invisibility and art making while being an artist in residence at the CORE program.

A visual artist of Panamanian descent, Senalka McDonald received her Maters of Fine Art from California College of the Arts in 2012, along with a Bachelors of Fine Art and a Bachelors of Art in Cultural Geography from The University of Texas at Austin in 2006.

June 13th

Jamal Cyrus will be discussing the Wu Tang creative and business model as a viable organizational form, and the influence of Drug trafficking culture, and Proto-Islamic organizations such as the Nation of Islam, and the Nation of Gods and Earths on this model.

A Houston-based artist, Jamal Cyrus’s body of work began from revisionist approaches within American history, particularly studies dealing with the figures and the formulation of Black political movements.

June 20th

Amy Powell will discuss some of the issues at stake for contemporary artists and filmmakers whose works have been deeply invested in questions of time.

Amy Powell is Cynthia Woods Mitchell Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow at Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston.

Steppin’ Out: Half Hasn’t Been Told

Ryan — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:15:08 +0000

Saturday, May 4th

Open Doors at 7:00 pm

Video Screening begins at 8:00 pm

Mo’ mixin until 9:00 pm

The Eldorado Ballroom

2310 Elgrin St. (corner of Dowling)

Houston, TX 77004

A New York based artist, Shani Peters, will present new work as part of her Visual Art Network residency at Project Row Houses. “Half Hasn’t Been Told” tells a narrative tale of a Black and Native American Activist family who set their collective will towards a fight for contemporary immigrant rights.

Review of Round 38

Ryan — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:34:37 +0000

http://artsandculturehouston.com/sean-shim-boyle-salt-house/

Reversing Divide and Conquer Artist Talk

Ryan — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:56:37 +0000

Photo credit: Sonia L. Davis

Tuesday, April 30, 2013; 6PM

2521 Holman

Visual Artists Network Resident, Shani Peters will share video and video excerpts of previous work and discuss how she utilizes experimental film, print, and public projects to explore interests in activism histories, cultural record keeping, media culture, and community building through her work. Peters will highlight instances throughout her practice which attempt to collapse the precedence of class, ideological, and cultural divisions in Black American, African Diasporan, and American history.

www.shanipeters.com

Rosine Kouamen reacts to Box City

Ryan — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:47:09 +0000

Photo courtesy of the artist

Friday, April 26, 2013; 7PM

2515 Holman

Appelles-moi Mambo et Choco-Croc Du Camer

Through installations made from the defunct French-owned Chococam, Cameroon’s candy company marketing material, Rosine is communicating how global advertising is used as an encouragement to escape out of the unfavorable parts of the urban centers. Logos and advertisements have become the building blocks for urbanization and are the vehicles for the dream of a better life. In addition, the installation of this piece will provide a separation between the public and private spaces – the outside world, which seems hostile and uninviting, and a private space, like the bedroom, representing the dreams and aspirations.

Rosine Kouamen, is an artist born in Camaroon, Africa, now living in Houston. Her artistic practice is in photography and mixed-media. Rosine was an Artadia finalist in 2012. She graduated with an MFA from University of Houston. She endeavors to capture the transformation of culture and globalization.

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Rosine Kouamen
www.rosinekouamen.com

Thomas Sayers Ellis interview with Inprint Houston

Ryan — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:24:53 +0000

Project Row Houses is thankful to Inprint! for profiling Round 38 artist Thomas Sayers Ellis on their blog. See the interview here: http://www.anopenbookblog.org

Round 38 on view until June 23rd!

tonya — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:34:14 +0000

Seven new art installations will opened to the public at Project Row Houses on Saturday, March 30, 2013, in the historic shotgun houses on Holman Street in Houston’s Third Ward.

Round 38 is partially devoted to the “Alabama/Texas Interchange,” an exchange project between Space One Eleven in Birmingham, Alabama and PRH. Project Row Houses will host two artists from Birmingham and two artists from Houston will show their work in Birmingham in Fall 2013. The three other artists will keep in the Project Row Houses’ tradition of creating site-specific works that help achieve PRH’s mission of using art to transform community. Artists included in Round 38 are Sean Shim-Boyle, Derek Cracco, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Kenya Evans, Darin Forehand, Rahul Mitra, M’kina Tapscott and Jürgen Tarrasch.

Please join us Saturday for these exciting events:

Round 37 Artists’ Talk Saturday, March 30th, 2:30 – 4pm 2521 Holman St.

Opening Reception Saturday, March 30th, 4 – 7 pm 2505-2521 Holman St.

Learn more about Round 38 here: http://projectrowhouses.org/public-art/artist-rounds/round-38/

Lunchtime Curatorial Talks

tonya — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:12:45 +0000

Beginning on March 28^th, Project Row Houses will present a series of lunchtime talks featuring Houston-based curators Sally Frater, Dean Daderko, Danielle Burns and Marcela Guerrero. Addressing notions of place, diaspora, history, identity and community each speaker will highlight specific projects to illustrate the ways in which they engage with and consider these issues within their research and respective curatorial practices. The talks will begin at 12:00 noon and audiences will have the opportunity to hear each curator speak about their work and to participate in a conversation following each talk. Light refreshments will be served.

Thursday March 28^th – Sally Frater

Focusing on a series of exhibitions that were presented at The Print Studio/Centre3 artist-run center in Hamilton, Ontario and the Glassell School of Art in Houston, TX Sally Frater will explore how her consideration of site, i.e. geography, architecture and memory their relationship to identity has informed her recent curatorial projects.

Thursday April 11^th – Dean Daderko

Dean Daderko will speak about the Perspectives 182: LaToya Ruby Frazier, which opens at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston on June 20^th, 2013. CAMH’s solo presentation of Frazier’s work elaborates how Frazier’s concerns with issues of representation, autonomy, and community are manifested in her documentary photographs and videos.

Thursday April 18^th – Danielle Burns – CANCELLED

Presenting on past curatorial projects at the Gregory School and the Houston Museum of African American Culture, Danielle Burns will highlight the ways in which she addresses themes of history, space and diaspora in her practice.

Thursday May 9^th – Marcela Guerrero

Malian cultural theorist and filmmaker’s Manthia Diawara’s One World in Relation follows Edouard Glissant on a cross-Atlantic journey from South Hampton (UK) to Brooklyn (NY). Using One World in Relation as a framework, Marcela Guerrero will explore the ways in which Glissant’s theories of creolization serve as useful tools for understanding and interpreting art of the Caribbean and Latin America.

Speaker bios

Sally Frater is an independent curator and writer. She holds an Honors BA in Studio Art from the University of Guelph and an MA (with Distinction) in Contemporary Art from The University of Manchester and Sotheby’s Institute of Art. In her curatorial practice she is interested in exploring issues of identity, history, memory, spatial theory, photography as well as issues of representation and equity in gallery and museum practices. She has received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council and has served on juries for the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council and the Houston Arts Alliance. A member of IKT and ICI (Independent Curators International) and co-founder of Third Space Art Projects, she is currently a Core Critical Studies Fellow at the Glassell School at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the artist-in-residence at Project Row Houses, Houston.

Dean Daderko’s first exhibition as Curator at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, It is what it is. Or is it? considered the legacy of Duchamp’s readymade as the form nears its 100th anniversary and addressed the increasingly social, political and temporal concerns the form engages. His current exhibition Parallel Practices: Joan Jonas & Gina Pane considers the work of two foundational performance artists working in New York and Paris respectively. Daderko has organized exhibitions and programs for Artists’ Space, Art in General, Visual AIDS, and The Kitchen in New York; Centro Cultural Recoleta in Buenos Aires, Argentina; and the Center for Contemporary Art in Vilnius, Lithuania. He was the recipient of a 2008-09 Curatorial Research Fellowship from the French American Cultural Exchange and has taught and lectured at Yale University, Cooper Union, and M.I.T. Daderko’s writing has appeared in publications by the Studio Museum in Harlem, El Museo del Barrio, Rutgers University and the Americas’ Society.

Danielle Burns is curator of special exhibitions at both the African American Library at the Gregory School and the former curator at the Houston Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC) in Houston, TX. She is an adjunct professor of art history and art appreciation at Lone Star College-North Harris Campus. She received her B.A. in history and political science from Prairie View A & M University, and her M.A. in art history from the City University of New York, Brooklyn College. Burns has also worked at the Allen Sheppard Gallery in NYC and the Saint Louis Art Museum where she was the distinguished Saint Louis Art Museums Romare Bearden Fellow 2008-2009. Other fellowships include the Mickey Leland International Enhancement Fellow where she studied contemporary East African art at the University of Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania.

Marcela Guerrero’s area of research is postcolonial Caribbean art, with an emphasis on photography, installation, and performance art. She is especially interested in understanding the visual economy of the arts from the Caribbean and the strategies used by artists to depict themes of migration, diaspora, transnationality, space, and ethnicity. As a PhD candidate in the Department of Art History at the University of Wisconsin, Ms. Guerrero is writing her dissertation thesis on the ways we can translate concepts such as Creole and creolization to the visual arts. A past instructor of college-level Latin American art history and other related courses, Guerrero is currently the Research Coordinator of the International Center for the Arts of the Americas (ICAA) at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH).

PRH Job Posting: Grants Manager

Ryan — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:02:00 +0000

Job Posting_Grants Manager

Live Jazz Performance by Roscoe Mitchell

Ryan — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:21:56 +0000

Friday, March 29, 8pm at the El Dorado Ballroom

The legendary Jazz musician, Roscoe Mitchell, will be performing at the El Dorado Ballroom, along with jazz greats, Hugh Ragin, Jaribu Shahid and Tani Tabbal.

$13 general admission / $10 student with ID / free 18 and under

Jason Griffiths to discuss his book “Manifest Destiny”

Ryan — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:11:50 +0000

Thursday, March 21, 7pm in the two-story, 2521 Holman

Jason Griffiths, a British architect currently teaching at Arizona State, will meet to discuss his book Manifest Destiny: A Guide to the Essential Indifference of American Suburban Housing. Griffiths will offer his view of the contradictory dream of manufactured suburban America. Griffiths book presents his first hand account of ordinary houses first photographed in 2003 during a road trip across the US – an account that is now a book of images and thoughts that present a compromised view of a bucolic world full of perfect homes.

Maurice Roberts presents a new installation

Ryan — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:09:19 +0000

Wednesday, Feb 20- Sunday, March 3, 2013 in 2509 Holman

Maurice Roberts will present a new installation, which will be on display from Feb 20- March 3, examining the Japanese aesthetic concept of Yugen. Roberts’ installation will invite spectators to write on the walls of the show to express their experiences with Yugen, or their own poetry.

Lisa E. Harris performs a concert of Traditional Hymns and Negro Spirituals

Ryan — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:02:00 +0000

Live Performance on Thursday, February 28, 2013, 7pm in the two-story, 2521 Holman

Interdisciplinary artist/performer/composer Lisa E. Harris will be revisiting the hymns of the New National Baptist Hymnal and traditional Negro Spirituals in an informative and entertaining concert for all ages.

Nameless Sound and PRH present Roscoe Mitchell Quartet

Ryan — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:26:09 +0000

The Roscoe Mitchell Quartet will take place on Friday, March 29, 2013 at 8PM at the Eldorado Ballroom located at 2310 Elgin.

For more information visit www.namelesssound.org

TRIO 3 featuring Andrew Cyrille, Oliver Lake and Reggie Workman

Ryan — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:22:31 +0000

This concert will take place on Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 8PM at the Eldorado Ballroom located at 2310 Elgin.

For more information visit www.namelesssound.org

Soul Night at the Eldorado Ballroom

Ryan — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:46:05 +0000

Dancing in the aisles is encouraged at this all ages soul celebration! Aurora Picture Show joins forces with Curator Peter Lucas to bring back the popular Soul Nite at the historic Eldorado Ballroom (2310 Elgin) on Saturday, February 2nd from 7-9:30PM (doors open at 6:30PM). Lucas will be in attendance as your host for the evening of rare performance footage from Soul music’s greatest performers. The Eldorado Ballroom, a historic Houston music venue, sets the stage for a site-specific evening of electrifying all-star vintage performance footage, shown on the big screen and cranked up loud.

For more information visit www.aurorapictureshow.org.

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2013 Project Row Houses Gala & Earnestine Courtney Service Awards

tonya — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:29:54 +0000

Project Row Houses (PRH) is proud to honor three “community heroes” at The 2013 Project Row Houses Gala & Earnestine Courtney Service Awards on Saturday, March 2, 2013, from 7 to 11pm at the historic Eldorado Ballroom. State Representative Garnet Coleman, Dr. Nelda Lewis, founder of the Young Mothers Residential Program (YMRP), and Andrew Speckhard of Chevron Corporation are the 2013 community heroes and honorees. They each exemplify the spirit of Miss Earnestine Courtney, the spiritual “godmother” of PRH in its early days.

The 2013 Project Row Houses Gala & Earnestine Courtney Service Awards recognizes those who have exhibited dedication, courage, and passion in their work in the community. This year, PRH has the distinction of honoring these three exceptional individuals because of their dedication and service in the Houston community. They are an integral part of PRH’s success and continue to help and plan for its future.

This annual gala is a fun way to support PRH, a nationally recognized, truly community-based arts and social service organization. We hope you can join us for an evening of great art, food, entertainment and people. Please click here to download the form to purchase tickets, become a sponsor, committee member, or purchase an ad space in the gala program book.

If you should need any further information please contact Cecilia Pham at PRH (cpham@projectrowhouses.org) or 713.526.7662. Many thanks and we look forward to seeing you on Saturday, March 2, 2013!

In-Situ Art Collective Art Space Library

tonya — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 12:32:09 +0000

In-Situ art collective shares space with the local library in Pendle. They are exploring the alternative use of a public space as part of linking the 2515 Holman art house space and their permanent space in Pendle, England. Come and join the temporary library based in the 2515 art house, browse and read books saved from pulping and contribute to their installation tHere.

The library will be open from Wednesday, January 16^th through Sunday, January 20^th from12 – 5 PM. Paul Hartley (In-Situ) and David Ridehalg (Pendle Library Manager) will be on hand to meet and greet you in the space.

Autumn Knight Presents a Series of New Futz Performances

tonya — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 12:15:52 +0000

Autumn Knight will continue her Futz performance lab with the following:

Next Performances will take place on Friday, March 1, 2013 7:00PM

All Performances and Dates (*All performances will take place at 2513 Holman St., Houston, TX)

January 19, 2013, 7pm
Here AND Now
Here AND Now is a performance/constructed situation exploring group relations among self selected participants. Participants co-create a temporary educational and performance institution dedicated to the study of group behavior and experimental experiential art forms.Co-facilitator, Kelly Hershman, M.A.

February 2, 2013, 8pm
Beard

February 16, 8pm
Untitled #2
Collaboration with John Pluecker. Part one of the performance will take place at DiverseWorks the same day at 2pm.

March 1, 2013, 7pm
We’ll Wait For You
Live performance/sound installation examining the contemporary life of jazz galactic legend Sun Ra.

March 3, 2013, 2pm
Artist Talk
The artist will meet with guests to discuss her work We’ll Wait for You, as well as present results from experiments conducted during the Futz performance lab.

Futz: A Research Method which serves as a performance lab and transmedia installation. Performances will feature dancers, musicians, mental health workers, educators, and other performance artists to respond to a series of sub-hypothesis regarding dualism, devils, psychodynamic theory and other ideas.

2013 Idea Fund Grantees Celebration

tonya — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:08:02 +0000

Aurora Picture Show, DiverseWorks and Project Row Houses invite you to join us as we celebrate the 2013 Idea Fund grantees. Tuesday, January 22, 2013, 6:30 – 8:30 PM.

Round 36 Artist John Pluecker’s “Antena” Featured in the Poetry Foundation

tonya — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:24:03 +0000

Round 36 participant, John Pluecker’s project, “Antena Books” was featured in the Poetry Foundation. Click here to view Pluecker’s chapbook “When We Said This Was A Space, We Meant We Are People: Antena @ Project Row Houses”.

Musiqa Presents Free Concert Radical Presence

tonya — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 06:10:06 +0000

Two performances of percussion music accompany a wrestling match by performance artist Shaun El C. Leonardo – December 8, 2012.

Houston, Texas…Contemporary classical group Musiqa presents a concert Radical Presence that accompanies the performance piece The Arena, a new work by performance artist Shaun “El Conquistador” Leonardo. The event marks the premiere of the performance and is an extension of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston’s group exhibition Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art, the first comprehensive survey of performance art by black visual artists. There will be two performances of Radical Presence on Saturday, December 8, 2012, at 2 and 4 p.m. at the Progressive Amateur Boxing Association (PABA). The event is co-presented by the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Musiqa, and Project Row Houses.

In The Arena, Leonardo and his opponent will enact a battle reminiscent of a Greco-Roman wrestling match. Set on a dream-like stage, the performance explores issues of male intimacy, hyper-masculine ideals and violence. The concert features Musiqa percussionists Craig Hauschildt, Alec Warren and Blake Wilkins who will perform improvised music that mirrors the action of the match. To enhance the traditional formality of authentic wrestling matches, attendees are requested to wear “creative black tie.”

Shaun El C. Leonardo is a New York-based multidisciplinary artist who blends personal narrative and pop-cultural iconography from his childhood within self-portraiture as a means to convey the complexities of masculine identity. His work takes the form of cutout paintings, drawings and sculptures, as well as performance.

Admission to the performance is free. The performance is part of Musiqa’s Loft Concert series.

Saturday, December 8, 2012, 2 PM & 4 PM
PABA
3212 Dowling St.

The Ugandan Orphans Choir Comes to Houston

tonya — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:02:15 +0000

Friday, November 16, 2012
7 PM – 8:30 PM
SHAPE Community Center
3903 Almeda Rd.
Free & Open to the Public

The Ugandan Orphans Choir brings a message of hope to audiences through the traditional rhythmic dances and songs of Africa. Join Project Row Houses and SHAPE Community Center and enjoy this authentic African experience.

Project Row Houses Honored by TALA as Arts Organization of the Year

tonya — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 23:28:36 +0000

On November 10, 2012, Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts (TALA) will present Project Row Houses with its 2012 Arts Organization of the Year Award as a part of its Cirque des Arts Gala!

TALA’s Arts Organization of the Year Award was created in 2011 to recognize a Texas-based non-profit art organization for it’s outstanding contribution to the arts and culture of Texas, its dedication to community service, and its positive impact on the Texas arts community.

Douglas Kearney Workshop – Mixing Song Lyrics and Poetry

tonya — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 05:03:07 +0000

Douglas Kearney will offer a free workshop on Saturday, November 17, 2012, from 1-4pm for all those interested in dialogue and experimentation around contemporary innovative writing. The workshop will explore ways of mixing song lyrics and poetry; so bring (on paper, device, or in your mind) lyrics to one song you love; one song you’re sick of; and one song that reminds you of a struggle in your life. The workshop will be a space for discussion, reading, writing, performing and listening.

Saturday, November 17, 1-4 PM
2521 Holman Street

Row House CDC Receives Bank of America Housing Grant

tonya — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 12:04:17 +0000

Houston, Texas– On behalf of Row House Community Development Corporation (RHCDC), Project Row Houses (PRH) is pleased to announce the receipt of a $20,000 housing grant from Bank of America. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation is awarding $22 million in grants to nonprofits that build and rehab affordable housing, offer foreclosure prevention services and homeowner counseling, and provide other services intended to revitalize neighborhoods and help working families find and keep suitable homes.

Uniquely guided by both the practicality of the needs of low-income residents and the desire to complement the architectural structures currently existing in the community, RHCDC ventures to build low-income housing that consists of good and relevant architecture that is not only well designed, but also make sense to preserve the community’s historic character. There are currently thirty-five families living in RHCDC housing and land has been cleared for construction of twenty-two new three and two-bedroom units at Napoleon and Tuam. This project is in partnership with Midtown Redevelopment Authority and is scheduled for completion in March 2013.

“Bank of America recognizes that housing plays a critical role in stabilizing communities and advancing economic development, and we continue to look for ways to support innovative programs that will help individuals and families access and retain affordable housing,” said Kerry Sullivan, president, Bank of America Charitable Foundation. “Our partnerships with local and national organizations that address housing needs are just one of the ways we’re working to help improve local economies across the country.”

RHCDC was founded in 2003, as a sister organization to PRH in Houston’s Northern Third Ward community. The two organizations share the vision of a revitalized, dynamic Third Ward, with art as the catapult to change the lives of its residents. RHCDC’s mission is to develop housing for low-to-moderate income residents, public spaces, and facilities to preserve and protect the historic character of the Third Ward. We envision mixed-income housing, green space, public facilities, artist living/studio spaces and historic preservation to be alive and active in our community.

Futz Performances Presented by Round 37 Artist Autumn Knight

tonya — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 12:31:46 +0000

Autumn Knight will present Futz: A Research Method which serves as a performance lab and transmedia installation. Performances will feature dancers, musicians, mental health workers, educators, and other performance artists to respond to a series of sub-hypothesis regarding dualism, devils, psychodynamic theory and other ideas.

Next Performances will take place on Saturday, December 28, 8:00PM

All Performances and Dates (*All performances will take place at 2513 Holman St., Houston, TX)
Roach Dance & Lament: Saturday, October 27, 3-5 PM

Roach Dance & Lament: Sunday, November 4, 6-8 PM

Hands In Your Lap: Saturday, November 24, 3-5 PM

Hands In Your Lap: Sunday, November 25, 3-5 PM

La Querelle Des Monstres: Saturday, December 8, 7 PM

Portobelo: Food, Humor, Movement: Friday, December 21, 8:30 PM

Lecture on Afro-Latin Performance Art by Denise Frazier, PhD: Saturday, December 22, 12 PM

El Diablo El Cristo Negro: Friday, December 28, 8 PM

El Diablo El Cristo Negro: Saturday, December 29, 8 PM

El Diablo El Cristo Negro

EL DIABLO Y EL CRISTO NEGRO, a text-based performance, is a work in progress. Autumn Knight created this text while at Taller Portobelo Norte Artist Residency in Portobelo, Panama in 2012. These pieces are influenced by Portobelo’s Black Christ Festivals and the mythology of the region which features the Devil as a pivotal figure. Maurice Duhon and Phillip Pyle will perform along with Autumn Knight.

Portobelo: Food, Humor, Movement

PORTOBELO: Food, Humor, Movement is a performance piece that revisits the work Autumn Knight created in while in residency at Taller Portobelo Norte Art Residency in Portobelo, Panama during the summer of 2012. This performance centers on Knight’s experience of being immersed in Afro-Latin culture for the first time and drawing parallels between North and Central American African Diasporic expressions of humor, movement and relationships with food. Denise Frazier will perform with Autumn Knight.

La Querelle Des Monstres

La Querelle Des Monstres is a multi-media performance that examines the presence of duality and the many forms it takes in our lives. Using conjoined twin culture as a reference, performers Autumn Knight and Megan Jackson physically work through the inseparable nature of intimate relationships.

Hands In Your Lap:

90 min performance
Hands in Your Lap is an interactive performance examining the way individuals introduce live art and performance to students in public and private schools. This experience reflects on artistic, cultural, and institutional challenges for schools in position of art presenter. As a performer touring in schools, Knight has found that audience etiquette begins as preparation for engagement with art but subtly resembles disciplinary practices found in prison culture. This performance seeks to investigate these moments of comedic and scary tension between administrators, teachers, and students that ultimately govern future relationships with art, create complicated power hierarchies, and creates systems of value for the self and the outside world.

ROACH DANCE:

video, sound collage, choreography, text
Roach Dance is a meditation on lack of control and mental health. The source of vulnerability for the subject in this piece is the constant and overwhelming threat of the roach-a prehistoric creature, terrifying to many, friend of none. The subject is nearly driven mad as she shifts between contemplating the roach as an existential symbol and the hopeless fear engendered by perpetually reincarnated pests.

Choreographer/Performer: Autumn Knight
Text: Lucille Clifton/Autumn Knight
Sound Collage: Autumn Knight, Max Roach, YouTube
Hair: Tyres Donnett

LAMENT:

live vocals, recorded sound, movement + choreography
Lament is a reworking/restaging of Napoleon Street, a movement piece performed last year. Lament is an examination of movement that is coded with different languages of class, addiction and mental/physical ability. The movement is a singular discussion held within one body discerning the possibilities, disappointments, realities and triumphs of physical ability.

Performer: Abijan Johnson
Choreography: Autumn Knight
Vocals: Lisa E. Harris
Music: “Lonnie’s Lament” by Trepverter (Finland) /John Coltrane
Installation: Autumn Knight

Chris Johnson discusses Question Bridge: Black Males Media Installation

tonya — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 03:43:51 +0000

As part of Round 37, Chris Johnson will have a public conversation to discuss Question Bridge: Black Males media installation and the 10 module education curriculum.

November 9 at 1PM
Eldorado Ballroom, 2310 Elgin Street

Question Bridge: Black Males is presented in collaboration with the Houston Cinema Arts Society.

Professional Development Workshops

tonya — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 06:02:33 +0000

Next Workshop:
Wed., December 12, 2012, 7-10 pm

Beginning October 31, 2012, Project Row Houses will offer a series of free professional development workshops for practicing artists. Led by Houston-based arts professionals the workshops are open to both emerging and established artists. The workshops are geared towards those who wish to hone their skills and receive some guidance with professionalizing their practice.

Click here to download detailed information about the workshops and workshop leaders. Contact prhprofessionaldevelopmentwork@gmail.com for more information or to sign up for a space in the workshops.

WORKSHOPS

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Writing Your Bio, CV and Artist Statement
Workshop leader: Sally Frater

This workshop will guide participants through the steps of drafting their artist biography, CV and artist statement. The session will review what type of information should be included in these documents and how they can be used to communicate crucial information about artists and their practices. Participants should come to the workshop with a printed copy of their CV and a printed rough outline of their artist statement.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012,7:00 – 9:00 pm
Writing A Proposal
Workshop leader: Sally Frater

This workshop will walk participants through the steps of preparing an application for an artist residency, exhibition in a public gallery or commercial gallery. The session will review the differences between different types of institutions and participants will receive helpful hints on drafting a letter of introduction, choosing a suitable gallery for submitting a proposal to, selecting images of their work to include in a submission and suggestions as to what other support materials should be included in their application.

Monday, November 12th, 2012, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Writing a Grant Application
Workshop leader: Sally Frater

This workshop will provide participants with an introduction to the basics of grant writing. Using the Houston Arts Alliance individual artist grant as a model, the session will review how to prepare a grant application, including how to draft a statement of intent and suggestions for which support materials should be included and how they should be formatted. This session will likely be helpful for participants who are considering submitting a grant application for the Houston Arts Alliance’s December 15th deadline but will also cover basic dos and don’ts that can be applied to any grant application.

Wednesday, November 14th, 2012, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Promoting Your Work/Delivering an Artist Talk
Workshop leaders: Tonya Bradley/Sally Frater

This workshop will provide participants with a variety of methods to generate interest in their work. This first half of the workshop will discuss the multiple ways in which participants can enlist various forms of social media such as Facebook, Twitter, blogs and mailing lists to communicate with others about one’s artistic practice. The second half of this session will review different approaches to presenting an artist talk including format, length and tips for public speaking.

Wednesday, December 5, 2012, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Documenting Your Work
Workshop leader: Senalka McDonald

In this session participants will be provided with an introduction to art documentation. Participants will receive helpful hints in order to learn how to photograph and present their work to juries, submission committees and applications in the best way possible. The session will cover topics such as lighting and basic Photoshop.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 7:00 – 10:00 pm
Portfolio Review
Reviewers: Danielle Burns, Dean Daderko, Sally Frater

Artists will have the opportunity to have their work reviewed by a Houston-based curator in a 15-minute session. Participants should come to the session prepared to discuss their practice and should bring examples of their work in a portfolio, on a flash drive, CD or DVD disc and should bring no more than 15 images/ examples of their work with them. Prior registration is required and participants are expected to arrive to their scheduled session on time.

WORKSHOP LEADER BIOS:

Sally Frater
Sally Frater is an independent curator and writer. She holds an Honors BA in Studio Art from the University of Guelph and an MA (with Distinction) in Contemporary Art from The University of Manchester and Sotheby’s Institute of Art. In her curatorial practice she is interested in exploring issues of identity, history, memory, environmental criticism as well as issues of representation and equity in gallery and museum practices. She has received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council and has served on juries for the Ontario Arts Council, and the Houston Arts Alliance. A member of IKT and ICI (Independent Curators International) she is currently a Core Critical Studies Fellow at the Glassell School at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the artist-in residence at Project Row Houses, Houston.

Tonya Bradley
Tonya D. Bradley is a visionary entrepreneur that started her first business in 1997 while raising 3 young children. After spending over 19 years in the work force, working her way to the top of a major oil & gas corporation, she realized that she didn’t have the will or desire to work towards anything that wasn’t directly aligned with her passions. Now, she diligently works toward fulfilling her dreams and assisting others with reaching their business aspirations. She has become a consultant and independent contractor for small to mid-sized businesses and organizations – assisting with anything from development to marketing. She is currently the owner of Coy Creations, Essential Effects Marketing & Promotions and T.Bradley Consulting. She serves as the Director of Social Media Services for Our Image Film & Arts, as well as the Communications & Marketing Manager for Project Row Houses.

Senalka McDonald
Senalka McDonald uses humor to investigate the unheimlich in her work. Prior to her acceptance to the Core Residency Program with the Glassell School of Art, McDonald was a participant in the Austin Project (Austin, TX) and ROOTED (Austin, TX) residencies. Recent selected exhibitions include John Baldessari: Class Assignments (Optional) (San Francisco, CA), Queer State(s) (Austin, TX) and Home After Dark (San Francisco, CA). McDonald is a recent graduate of the MFA program at California College of the Arts, where she received full Graduate Merit and Diversity fellowships, along with Murphy Cadogan fellowships. She received Bachelor’s degrees in Fine Arts and Cultural Geography from the University of Texas at Austin (2006). She currently resides in Houston, Texas and San Francisco, California.

Dean Daderko
As the recently-appointed Curator of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Dean Daderko’s first exhibition, It is what it is. Or is it? considered the legacy of Duchamp’s readymade as the form nears its 100th anniversary. Daderko has organized exhibitions and programs for Artists’ Space, Art in General, Visual AIDS, and The Kitchen in New York; Centro Cultural Recoleta in Buenos Aires, Argentina; and the Center for Contemporary Art in Vilnius, Lithuania. He was the recipient of a 2008-09 Curatorial Research Fellowship from the French American Cultural Exchange and has taught and lectured at Yale University, Cooper Union, and M.I.T. Daderko’s writing has appeared in publications by the Studio Museum in Harlem, El Museo del Barrio, Rutgers University and the Americas’ Society.

Danielle Burns
Danielle Burns is curator of special exhibitions at both the African American Library at the Gregory School and the Houston Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC) in Houston, TX. She is an adjunct professor of art history and art appreciation at Lone Star College-North Harris Campus. She received her B.A. in history and political science from Prairie View A & M University, and her M.A. in art history from the City University of New York, Brooklyn College. Burns has also worked at the Allen Sheppard Gallery in NYC and the Saint Louis Art Museum where she was the distinguished Saint Louis Art Museums Romare Bearden Fellow 2008-2009. Other fellowships include the Mickey Leland International Enhancement Fellow where she studied contemporary East African art at the University of Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania.

DiverseWorks and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts Present Aaron Landsman’s City Council Meeting

tonya — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:54:30 +0000

DiverseWorks and the UH Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts are pleased to announce Aaron Landsman’s City Council Meeting. Presented over the course of three nights, in three different locations, City Council Meeting is a participatory theater event about empathy, democracy and power. Combining transcripts from government meetings in several cities, as well as original writing and a surprise ending, City Council Meeting reveals the city we make each night by performing it. This work is created anew in each city where it is presented, with the help of local actors, activists, politicians, and other citizens. The presentation in Houston over the final weekend leading up to Election Day marks the first stop in City Council Meeting’s four-city premiere, to be followed by Tempe, AZ, New York, NY, and San Francisco, CA.

Schedule of Performances: Admission is free.

Thursday, November 1, 2012: Palm Center 2nd Floor Courtroom, 5300 Griggs Road, 77021, 7:30 pm

Friday, November 2, 2012: Project Row Houses Eldorado Ballroom, 2310 Elgin Street, 77004, 7:30 pm

Saturday, November 3, 2012: DiverseWorks – Midtown, 4102 Fannin, Street, 77004, 7:30 pm

Round 37 Begins This Weekend!

tonya — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:54:36 +0000

Six new art installations will open to the public at Project Row Houses on Saturday, October 20, 2012, in the historic shotgun houses on Holman St. in Houston’s Third Ward.

Four individual artists and two artist groups will be featured this Round: Miguel Amat, Jason Griffiths, Autumn Knight, Maurice Roberts, and In Situ from the UK (Paul Hartley, Kerry Morrison and William Titley) and Question Bridge: Black Males (Chris Johnson, Bayeté Ross Smith, Hank Willis Thomas and Kamal Sinclair).

Please join us Saturday for these exciting events:

Round 37 Artists’ Talk
Saturday, October 20, 2:30 – 4pm
2521 Holman St.

Opening Reception
Saturday, October 20, 4 – 7 pm
2505-2521 Holman St.

Learn more about Round 37 here: http://projectrowhouses.org/public-art/artist-rounds/round-37/

Idea Fund Round 5 Deadline Approaching

tonya — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 06:40:34 +0000

The Idea Fund Round 5 deadline for application and supplement materials is October 19, 2012.

The Idea Fund provides cash awards of $4,000 to 10 Texas-based, artist-generated or artist-centered projects that exemplify the unconventional, interventionist, conceptual, entrepreneurial, participatory, or guerrilla artistic practices that occur outside the traditional framework of support.

Please visit www.theideafund.org for more information and application guidelines.

The Idea Fund is a re-granting program administered by a partnership of Aurora Picture Show, DiverseWorks ArtSpace, and Project Row Houses, and is made possible with generous support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

Texas Contemporary Art Fair – Oct. 18 – 21, 2012

tonya — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 06:20:17 +0000

Project Row Houses is a non-profit partner for the second annual Texas Contemporary Art Fair, featuring leading contemporary art galleries from across the United States. The art fair returns to the George R. Brown Convention Center October 18 through 21. We are happy to extend the offer of complimentary 1-Day Tickets to the 2012 Texas Contemporary Art Fair.

Embodying the pulse and vitality of contemporary art in the heart of the south, the Fair will feature sixty-five galleries exhibiting original works from the most innovative and progressive international and local artists today.

Show Hours:

Texas Contemporary Preview benefiting the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
Thursday, October 18, 2012 – 6:00pm to 7:30pm

Opening Night Party
Thursday, October 18, 2012 – 7:30pm to 9:30pm

Regular Fair Hours
Friday, October 19, 2012 – 11:00am to 7:00pm
Saturday, October 20, 2012 – 11:00am to 7:00pm
Sunday, October 21, 2012 – noon to 6:00pm

Learn more about the 2nd Annual Texas Contemporary Arts Fair: http://www.txcontemporary.com/texas

Round 37 Installations Underway

tonya — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 11:08:26 +0000

Round 37 will be on view from October 20, 2012 through March 3, 2013 and features 2 collaborative and 4 individual installations by artists based in Arizona, England, Houston, and New York. Read more…

InHouse | Outhouse Open House

tonya — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:32:48 +0000

Join us at a special open house event to celebrate the new beginning for a historic row house (Bastrop Stuart House) and the extended life of the InHouse OutHouse project. Please save Friday, October 5, 2012, 5pm- 8pm, and meet us at 3303 Bastrop Street.

The InHouse OutHouse is a pre-fabricated residential core that consolidates major trade-dependent systems and finishes into a single deliverable unit. Although a variety of similar approaches have been proposed in the past, they focused exclusively on new construction. InHouse OutHouse, by contrast, is designed with enough flexibility to be inserted into existing homes as well. More importantly, InHouse OutHouse swerves from these earlier approaches at the point where it pairs the technical and design issues at play with a greater social vision: revitalizing the existing residential fabric of urban centers. Read more on the InHouse OutHouse website at: http://inhouse-outhouse.com/

Chevron Volunteers Help PRH

tonya — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:10:45 +0000

On September 27, 2012, volunteers from Chevron partnered with Project Row Houses staff to devote their time and energy to revitalizing four different PRH sites:

Dupree Park: rebuilt the stage, refurbished the play set and the ground cover;

YMRP: repaired the fence;

PRH backyard/courtyard: rebuilt the stage;

PRH 2 Story space: painted the downstairs and hallway.

Film Screening: The Warm Heart of Africa | September 29, 2012

tonya — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 05:16:54 +0000

Saturday, September 29th @ The Eldorado Ballroom at 12pm

Project Row Houses has partnered with Risala Foundation and Our Image Film and Arts Festival to present: “The Warm Heart of Africa”. This film takes you on a journey to Malawi and discusses the blunt and harsh reality of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in one of the world’s poorest countries.

2012 Summer Studio Exhibition

tonya — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 12:59:12 +0000

2012 Summer Studios | 2505-2517 Holman St.

August 18, 2012 – September 23, 2012

Event Schedule:

Opening Reception: Saturday, August 18, 6 – 8 p.m.
Slide Presentations: Thursday, September 13, 7 p.m.

(Houston, TX) – Eight artists from local universities will present new projects as part of the 2012 Summer Studios Program at Project Row Houses. Featuring work by artists Claudia Casbarian, Anne Marie Foster, Emma Horace, Isaac Reyes, Hilary Scullane & Nikki Thornton, Joshua Yates and Ana Villagomez, the exhibition is the culmination of a six-week residency period during which the artists have used the original row houses as their temporary studios.

The Summer Studios program was developed to provide an opportunity for emerging artists to present artwork that responds to, engages with, and is reflective of community. The program is open to local college and university students with a major or minor in the visual arts who are nominated by their respective professors. The final group was selected by a panel consisting of Dean Daderko, Curator at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and artists Robert Hodge, Lauren Kelley, and John Pluecker.

2012 Summer Studio Art Houses:

2505 Holman St.

Joshua Yates

The Exchange Store

Inspired by a performance art piece by Maurício Ianês called “The Kindness of Strangers,” Yates realized that all of his possessions held the potential not only to help others, but to open up a lasting connection and a truthful line of communication with people he had never met before. During the residency period of the Summer Studios, Yates invited members of the public to take items from The Exchange Store (consisting of his personal belongings, as well as donations from others) in exchange for writing down any life lesson or personal truth they felt would benefit another person. His exhibition features the collected writings and photo documentation of these exchanges.

Joshua Yates is currently pursuing BFA degrees in studio art and photography at Sam Houston State University. He is in the process of completing his undergraduate honors dissertation on performance art.

2507 Holman St.

Claudia Casbarian

The Colors of a Neighborhood

For the past few years Casbarian has been documenting certain aspects of the Houston city landscape in her photographic work. The Colors of a Neighborhood is a collection of photographs of Third Ward that concentrate on the beautiful colors painted on the exteriors of houses and buildings.

Claudia Casbarian is a recent graduate of Rice University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in visual arts with a concentration in photography. While at Rice, Claudia was a recipient of the Mavis C. Pitman Memorial Prize in the Arts, and her work was featured in an exhibition at the student-run Matchbox Gallery, as well as in the Mavis C. Pitman Exhibition. She is currently pursuing a career as a photographer.

2509 Holman St.

Hilary Scullane & Nikki Thornton

Bus-Eye View

Using media as varied as painting, sculpture, video, and photography, Scullane and Thornton’s installation explores the unfiltered conversations, responses, moments of interest, and instances of alarm that one is exposed to while riding the bus. In Bus-Eye View, the artists have chosen to explore how the experience of taking public transit intersects with the culture of a community and its residents.

Hilary Scullane is pursuing a BFA in sculpture with a minor in art history at the University of Houston. She received the Juror’s Choice Award at the 2012 Student Show at University of Houston’s MD Anderson Library, and has exhibited work in group exhibitions at The Orange Show, DiverseWorks, and the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston.

Nikki Thornton is currently studying sculpture at the University of Houston. She received the Ellis County Art Museum Scholarship in 2009, and recently participated in Houston’s 25th Anniversary Art Car Parade.

25111 Holman St.

Emma Horace

Phase in Over Yonder

Horace’s installation Phase in Over Yonder is conceived as a place of comfort and enlightenment in the face of the current economic crisis. In her work, Horace attempts to use visual art to promote the energy of peace, tranquility, serenity, and harmony, in a belief that when the mind focuses on positive possibilities instead of surrounding negativities, it will generate the best within each of us.

Emma Horace has an Associate of Arts degree from Houston Community College, and a Bachelor of Arts in studio art from Texas Southern University.

2513 Holman St.

Isaac Reyes

La Cueva

Reyes’s installation La Cueva uses string to address the theme of personal strengths. During the residency period of the Summer Studios, members of the public were given the opportunity to paint a piece of string with their favorite color, and to write on of their personal strengths on a small tag. Half of the string was braided into a bracelet for the person to keep as a reminder of his or her strength, while the other half was incorporated into Reyes’s installation.

Isaac Reyes is a Mexican-born artist and is currently attending Houston Community College. His work has been shown in the Houston Community College student show, as well as in midtown journal. He was recently awarded honorable mention in the Spring 2012 student show at Houston Community College for his interactive sculpture The Young and The Wise.

2515 Holman St.

Anne Marie Foster

Exodus

In her installation Exodus, Foster uses mixed-media paintings and sculptures to address the effects of gentrification. Her work employs materials including wiring, wood, paint, and found objects discovered throughout the Third Ward. The artists says of her work, “My hope is to portray gentrification from the eyes of those displaced, and to convey the difficulties these individuals face when leaving the lives they know behind.”

Born and raised in the heart of Third Ward Houston, Anne Marie Foster is currently pursuing an art degree at Texas Southern University, and plans to attend graduate school in fine arts.

2517 Holman St.

Ana Villagomez

Something about making time watch walls

Using the art house as a signifier for the architecture of domestic space within the Third Ward community, Villagomez injects her own experiences into the house by reorganizing and manipulating its architecture. By actively engaging the materials that physically define domestic space, she attempts to address the emotional and sensory information contained within.

Ana Villagomez is pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture, with a minor in English, at the University of Houston. In spring 2011 her work was featured in a two-person exhibition in the Department of Women’s Studies at the University of Houston, and was also the subject of a display at AvantGarden sponsored The Aletheia, a literary and arts publication of the University of Houston Honors college.

Hilary Scullane and Nikki Thornton’s installation is made possible with support from Metro.

Special thanks to Saint Arnold Brewing Company and vitaminwater for their support of the Summer Studios Exhibition.

About Project Row Houses:

Project Row Houses (PRH) is a neighborhood-based nonprofit art and cultural organization in Houston’s Northern Third Ward, one of the city’s oldest African-American communities. PRH began in 1993 as a result of discussions among African-American artists who wanted to establish a positive, creative presence in their own community.

Since its inception, PRH’s campus has grown from the original block-and-a-half to six blocks, and from 22 houses to 40 properties, including twelve artist exhibition and/or residency spaces, seven houses for young mothers, artist residencies, office spaces, a community gallery, a park, and low-income residential and commercial spaces.

Programming at Project Row Houses is generously supported by:
Amegy Bank; Anchorage Foundation; Bruce Edward Balding; Bracewell & Giuliani; The Brown Foundation; The Bruner Foundation Inc.; Chevron Corporation; The Nathan Cummings Foundation; Dickson Allen Foundation; Duke Energy; William Stamps Farish Fund; First Unitarian Universalist Church; Agnes Gund; Ann & Jim Harithas; William Hill Land & Cattle Co.; Houston Endowment, Inc.; Joan Hohlt & Roger Wich Foundation; IKEA; Kensinger & Co.; Kinder Morgan Foundation; The Kresge Foundation; Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC); The Lewis Family Foundation; The McGovern Foundation; Adelaide de Menil; MetLife Foundation; Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts; My Morning Jacket; National Endowment for the Arts; National Performance Network’s Visual Artists Network; Nightingale Code Foundation; Picnic; The Simmons Foundation; Small Ventures USA; Texas Commission on the Arts; Trinity United Methodist Church; United Airlines; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; and a grant from the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.

General Information

Project Row Houses is located at 2505-2521 Holman St. between St. Charles and Live Oak Streets in Houston’s Third Ward. Public viewing hours are Wednesday-Sunday, 12 – 5 pm. For more information, visit www.projectrowhouses.org or call 713-526-7662.

Summer Studios Opening | Aug. 18th

tonya — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:15:13 +0000

2012 Summer Studios | 2505-2517 Holman St.

August 18, 2012 6pm – 8pm

Featuring new projects from Houston’s emerging artists:

Joshua Yates, The Exchange Store – 2505 Holman St.

Claudia Casbarian, The Colors of a Neighborhood – 2507 Holman St.

Hilary Scullane & Nikki Thornton, Bus-Eye View – 2509 Holman St.

Emma Horace, Phase in Over Yonder – 2511 Holman St.

Isaac Reyes, La Cueva – 2513 Holman St.

Anne Marie Foster, Exodus – 2515 Holman St.

Ana Villagomez, Something about making time watch walls – 2517 Holman St

The Idea Fund Announces Round 5

tonya — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 21:54:17 +0000

The Idea Fund announces Round 5. Please check the schedule for upcoming information sessions to be held in Houston, Austin, San Antonio & El Paso.

Please visit www.theideafund.org for more information and application guidelines.

DEADLINE:
Application and supplement materials are due OCT. 19, 2012.

What’s Your Color?

tonya — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:35:13 +0000

Here ‘s a preview of the installation — come see how you can help make part of the work.

As part of the 2012 Summer Studio Program at PRH, artist Isaac Reyes invites you to participate in an interactive part of his installation in 2513 Holman St. The project focuses on one’s favorite colors and personal strengths.

Open for participation, Monday through Friday, 9 am to 1 pm, through August 17.

The Exchange Store @ 2505 Holman St.

tonya — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 06:22:13 +0000

As part of his Summer Studio residency at Project Row Houses, artist Joshua Yates is hosting “The Exchange Store” at 2505 Holman St: The public is invited to take anything in the store in exchange for writing down a life lesson or piece of personal wisdom.

Open through August 17th: Monday-Friday, 4-9 pm and Saturday, 3-7 pm

Here’s a photo of Josh, hanging up hats, with a potential wisdom-giver browsing the clothes on offer.

Emancipation Park Village Meetings

tonya — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:11:03 +0000

Join us for meetings to discuss the planning of
the Emancipation Park Village

Hosted by: Emancipation Park Village Planning Committee

Emancipation Park Village is a part of the Greater Third Ward Area, defined by historically significant architecture and history, anchored by Emancipation Park, Ryan Middle School, Riverside Hospital, Trinity UMC, Blackshear Elementary School, Wolf’s Department Store, St. Johns MBC and other community institutions.

Meeting Schedule:

July 19, 2012 | 6pm @ Ryan Middle School Library – 2610 Elgin Street

July 26, 2012 | 6pm @ Project Row Houses – 2521 Holman Street

September 12, 2012 | 6pm @ Project Row Houses – 2521 Holman Street

Click here for more information.

2012 Summer Artist Studio Residency Installations Underway

tonya — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:41:08 +0000

2012 Summer Artist Studios

Eight area college/university art students, nominated by their professors and selected by a panel of professional artists, are in the process of developing new projects in the Artist Project Spaces during a six-week-long residency. Engaging with the PRH/Third Ward Community and interacting with established Houston-based artists, the residents are creating original projects ranging in materials and subject matter. These projects will be on view August 18 through September 16, 2012.

Read more about the Summer Studio artists.

PRH Job Posting: Bookkeeper/Administrative Support

tonya — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:12:03 +0000

Performs and handles the fundamental aspects of the financial record-keeping and other administrative support staff duties, split between two nonprofit organizations – Project Row Houses and Row House Community Development Corporation (RHCDC). Position reports directly to the RHCDC Executive Director, who also serves as PRH’s Chief of Finance and Administration.

PRH is a neighborhood-based nonprofit art and cultural organization in Houston’s Northern Third Ward, one of the city’s oldest African-American communities. With a mission to transform community through the celebration of art and African American history and culture, PRH has established programs that encompass arts and culture, neighborhood revitalization, low-income housing, education, historic preservation, and community service. For further information on both organizations, visit www.projectrowhouses.org or www.rowhousecdc.org.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Bookkeeping Responsibilities

Write and record all forms of payments to and from vendors and donors.
Prepare monthly financials and bank reconciliations.
Monitor budget comparing to actual income and expenses, preparing a monthly update of reconciled transactions.
Assist RHCDC Executive Director with the annual preparation of the budget projections.
Keep financial record of organization’s assets and respective accounting value.
Assists accountants on audit and tax return preparation.
Generates 1099′s and W-2′s for clients.
Must be able to keep client matters strictly confidential.
Generate funding reports, as needed.

Administrative Support Responsibilities

Track all resident payments and prepare invoices.
Assist in leasing process including, the preparation of lease packets, creation of resident files and renter verification.
Organizes and maintains organizational files and records; particularly those related to financial and property management.
Assists Property Manager with preparing reports for governmental compliance.
Assist with preparations for workshops and monthly resident council meetings.
Responsible for taking minutes at Board and Finance Committee meetings, and other related meetings, as assigned.
Other related duties, as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Proficient in QuickBooks, Excel and Word; plus 10-key calculator.
Knowledge of GAAP requirements for nonprofit accounting transactions and payroll entries.
Ability to perform several tasks concurrently with ease and professionalism.
Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, verbally and in writing, in English.
Must have excellent interpersonal skills and customer service skills.

Education/Experience: Minimum of two-years college education in accounting, business management or related field, plus two years related work experience, preferably within a nonprofit environment.

Language Skills: Well developed verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work cooperatively with diverse groups. Possess the ability to draft simple correspondence and to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to the general public and other employees of the organization.

Reasoning Ability: Should possess good analytical skills, including the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

WORKING CONDITIONS (TRAVEL, HOURS, ENVIRONMENT):

This is a full-time (40 hours), salaried position, with benefits
Most duties will be performed in a relaxed office environment
Some weekend work should be expected
Local travel primarily limited to area banks or post office

Salary will be commensurate with the applicant’s background and experience. The position will remain posted until it is filled.

Please submit your resume and a thoughtful cover letter that clearly describes how your skills and experience meet the qualifications of this position to bookkeeping@projectrowhouses.org (please DO NOT call). Additionally, be sure to explain your interest in working at Project Row Houses.

Project Row Houses (PRH) is committed to equal opportunity and nondiscrimination in all programs and services, and does not discriminate on the basis of race/ethnicity, color, religion and/or sex (including marital status and/or sexual orientation) national origin, ancestry, age, disability, or veteran status.

PRH Job Posting: Individual Giving Manager

tonya — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:50:32 +0000

Project Row Houses (PRH) is seeking to hire an Individual Giving Manager who will focus on new and small donors, working in conjunction with the Fund Development Manager. The individual will be responsible for growing the small donor base, through some or all of the following methods: on-line giving, social media fundraising, membership opportunities and special events. He/she will report to the Executive Director.

PRH is a neighborhood-based nonprofit art and cultural organization in Houston’s Northern Third Ward, one of the city’s oldest African-American communities. With a mission to transform community through the celebration of art and African American history and culture, PRH has established programs that encompass arts and culture, neighborhood revitalization, low-income housing, education, historic preservation, and community service. For further information, visit www.projectrowhouses.org.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Identify current small individual donors to PRH
Develop cultivation and recruitment strategies for existing and new donors, including special events
Activate on-line and web-based giving
Research and develop a viable membership program for PRH
Insure the accuracy of donor records for recognition and publication listings
Maintain donor prospect records and information; prepare necessary reports and mailing lists as required
Work in tandem with Grants Manager and Executive Director on a Development Plan, Annual Giving, and Special Events

Other Duties:

Assist and support of the Development staff as required
Attend PRH events and perform other related duties, as assigned

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education/Experience: B.A. degree from an accredited university, in writing, communications or a related field.Minimum of two years of development and fundraising experience, preferably with arts or social service non-profit organization.

Other Skills:

Strong interpersonal skills to be able to work effectively with the full spectrum of donors.
Well-developed verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work cooperatively with diverse groups.
The ability to work independently/as a self-starter, as well as a team member.
Excellent computer skills, including knowledge of donor management programs and all social media applications

Reasoning Ability: Should possess good analytical skills, including the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

WORKING CONDITIONS (TRAVEL, HOURS, ENVIRONMENT):

This is a full-time (40 hours), salaried position, with benefits
Most duties will be performed in a relaxed office environment
Some weekend work should be expected

Salary will be commensurate with the applicant’s background and experience. The position will remain posted until it is filled.

Please submit your resume and a thoughtful cover letter that clearly describes how your skills and experience meet the qualifications of this position to cflores@projectrowhouses.org (please DO NOT call). Additionally, be sure to explain your interest in working at Project Row Houses.

PRH Job Posting: Grants Manager

tonya — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:28:37 +0000

PRH is seeking to hire a Grants Manager who will focus on identifying and applying for new corporate, foundation and government funding opportunities, as well as managing existing foundation, corporate and government grants. This individual will work closely with the Individual Giving Manager and Executive Director on researching and cultivating major individual donors. He/she will report to the Executive Director.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Identify new sources of support in the foundation, corporate and government communities
Responsible for grant requirements, including maintenance of schedules for deadlines and timely submission of required reports.
Establish communication and working relationships with existing funding agencies
Insure the accuracy of donor records for recognition and publication listings
Incorporate Executive Director into research and solicitation of major donors
Work in tandem with the Individual Giving Manager and Executive Director on a Development Plan, Annual Giving and Special Events

Other Duties:

Assist and support other Development and Marketing staff, as required
Attend PRH events and perform other related duties, as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education/Experience: B.A. degree from an accredited university, in marketing, communications or a related field.Minimum of two years of development and fundraising experience, preferably with arts or social service non-profit organization.

Other Skills:

Strong interpersonal skills to be able to work effectively with the full spectrum of donors.
Well-developed verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work cooperatively with diverse groups.
The ability to work independently/as a self-starter, as well as a team member.
Excellent computer skills, including knowledge of donor management programs and all social media applications

Reasoning Ability: Should possess good analytical skills, including the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

WORKING CONDITIONS (TRAVEL, HOURS, ENVIRONMENT):

This is a full-time (40 hours), salaried position, with benefits
Most duties will be performed in a relaxed office environment
Some weekend work should be expected

Salary will be commensurate with the applicant’s background and experience. The position will remain posted until it is filled.

Round 36 Closing Events: 6/19 – 6/23

tonya — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:04:39 +0000

Hairstyles of Kentifrica
Tuesday, June 19, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Location: PRH Welcome Center (2521 Holman St.)

Los Angeles-based Round 36 artist Kenyatta A. C. Hinkle will be in residence at Project Row Houses from June 19-23 to lead a series of workshops on the ethnomusicology, hairstyling rituals, and cultural myths surrounding Kentifrica, “a contested geography, identity, and existence” where the histories of Kentucky and the ancestral heritage of West Africa converge.

This event will begin with a participatory discussion led by Hinkle on the importance of hairstyling in Kentifrican culture. Following the discussion, Project Row Houses resident Cece Isadore will lead a workshop demonstrating techniques from her own hairstyling practice in the community.

Instrument-making workshop
Wednesday, June 20, 4 – 6 pm
Thursday, June 21, 4 – 7 pm
Friday, June 22, 4 – 7 pm
Location: PRH Welcome Center (2521 Holman St.)

Come build your own instruments! Led by Round 36 artist Kenyatta A. C. Hinkle and composer and musician Kevin Robinson. No pre-registration or previous musical experience required. All instrument supplies will be provided – open to participants of all ages! Drop-ins welcome: come any day, at any time!

Offered in conjunction with Hinkle’s residency at Project Row Houses as part of her ongoing Kentifrica Project, a series of workshops, lectures, artworks, and performances examining the ethnomusicology, hairstyling rituals, and cultural myths surrounding Kentifrica, “a contested geography, identity, and existence” where the histories of Kentucky and the ancestral heritage of West Africa converge.

Read/Write Club
Wednesday, June 20, 6 – 9 pm
Location: PRH Welcome Center (2521 Holman St.)

Join us for the final meeting of the Read/Write Club hosted by Round 36 artist John Pluecker as part of his temporary bookspace Antena Books/Libros Antena. This week we will read sexoPUROsexoVELOZ and Septiembre – a bilingual edition of books 2 and 3 of Dolores Dorantes by Dolores Dorantes, translated by Jen Hofer. Hofer, who will be in attendance, is the 2012 recipient of the Harold Morton Landon Award from the Academy of American Poets.

Cry of the Third Eye
Saturday, June 23, 2 – 3:30 pm
Location: PRH Welcome Center (2521 Holman St.)

Join Monie Henderson and Marc Newsome of Our Image Film and Arts for the final event presented in conjunction their Round 36 installation The Cultural Portal: Reclaiming Our Image. Houston based artist, filmmaker, and composer Lisa E. Harris will screen her new opera film Cry of the Third Eye, in which “a young girl wonders what’s really goin’ on in the hood as she searches through the redevelopment of the Third Ward Houston Texas for her lost dog.” The experimental film is accompanied by live musical narration (running time: 27 minutes). Following the screening, Harris will lead a discussion about the film’s themes: abduction, identity, and gentrification in the Third Ward.

Community Potluck &
The Moving Word/La Palabra Móvil

Saturday, June 23, 6 – 10 pm

Location: PRH Backyard (behind 2505-2521 Holman St.)

An explosion of word and poetry, music, and food to celebrate the closing of Round 36 at Project Row Houses. Featuring the food of Kentifrica, with readings and performances by more than 20 writers!

SCHEDULE

6 pm Community Potluck – please bring a dish to share!

7 pm Musical instrument demonstrations and readings on the back porch of the Kentifrican Museum of Art and Culture

7:45 pm Readings on the back porch of The Cultural Portal

8:30 pm Readings on the back porch of Antena Books/Libros Antena

9 pm Music by DJ Flash Gordon Parks

The Community Potluck and The Moving Word/La Palabra Móvil are co-presented by Project Row Houses, Antena Books/Libros Antena, The Kentifrican Museum of Art and Culture, and Our Image Film and Arts.

Tré Magazine 2nd Anniversary + Juneteenth Celebration

Saturday, June 23, 12 noon – 8 pm

Location: PRH’s Dupree Park (corner of Dowling & Francis)

Tré Magazine’s 2nd anniversary and Juneteenth celebration will take place at PRH’s Dupree Park on Saturday, June 23! Live performances, food, and other vendors. Visit www.tremag.com for more information.

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Seven in the Third

tonya — Sat, 19 May 2012 23:36:43 +0000

Composer Travis Weller presents a site-specific chamber music score, spread across the seven art houses at Project Row Houses. Inside each house, a single musician will deliver a solo performance, however audience members, using provided headsets, will be able to hear the piece as a whole. By allowing the audience to walk freely between the houses, Weller’s piece aims to unsettle our assumptions about performance and space. Performances will begin at noon and 3 pm — please come early to receive your portable radio with headphones.

Seven in the Third is part of Insight/Out, a weekend festival of media and live performance events that highlight Houston history and explore how we traverse our local landscape. The performance at Project Row Houses is presented in collaboration with the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts. For more information about related events, visit the Insight/Out website.