Artist Studios
The Artist Studios provides studio space for three professional artists in exchange for their participation in the surrounding community. Resident artists have opportunities to create community-based projects, lead workshops, give artist talks and have access to exhibition and performance space.
2008-2009 Artists
Jabari Anderson
Dawolu Jabari Anderson lives and works in Houston, TX. He has attended Texas Southern University and has exhibited his work at Project Row Houses, the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Blaffer Gallery, the University Museum at Texas Southern and presented his first solo exhibition at the Art League Houston in 2005. He recently participated in the 2006 Whitney Biennial: Day for Night and was a resident at the prestigious Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Jabari is currently participating in a traveling exhibition in Palazzo delle papesse Centro Arte Contemporanea in Siena, Italy and is a finalist for the 2007 Arthouse Texas Prize.
Thurman Brown
Thurman is a native of Detroit Michigan. His artistic interests were sparked when his high school English teacher took an interest in his abilities to tell narratives. Thurman founded his first production company, Urban Philosophy Productions, in 2002. In the fall of 2002, Mr. Brown shot two full-length films based on issues of Oppression and Conformity. The cast of about thirty people featured Alabama State University students Phillip Whatley and Christiana Browder. Brown pursued his independence by relocating to Houston, Texas to develop his desire for literature, photography, and film. His current company A Film Found in a Detroit Dumpsta Productions is pursuing another full length feature, Junkies for Salvation.
Jesse Lott
Jesse Lott was born in Simmesport, Louisiana and moved to Houston in the early 1950’s. He has exhibited his work in major museums and universities in Texas and throughout the South. Jesse works in paper, metal, and wood; each material has given rise to a distinct body of work. His technique of collecting materials and making art is a mix of streetwise urban archeology and scientific method. A quintessential urban frontier artist, Jesse coined this term to identify the artist who recycles discarded urban materials into art and who accepts the social challenge that such an approach represents.
Empress Winter-Wren I
Empress Winter-Wren I, a New Orleans Native, is a visual/lyrical artist, fashion designer & community activist who is sharing the studio space with Jesse Lott.