About PRH

Our Mission

To be a catalyst for change and enrich communities through engagement, art, and direct action.

Who We Are

Project Row Houses is a community platform that enriches lives through art with an emphasis on cultural identity and its impact on the urban landscape. We engage neighbors, artists, and enterprises in collective creative action to help materialize sustainable opportunities in marginalized communities.

Project Row Houses occupies a significant footprint in Houston’s Historic Third Ward, one of the city’s oldest African-American neighborhoods. The site encompasses five city blocks and houses 39 structures that serve as a home base to a variety of community-enriching initiatives, art programs, and neighborhood development activities.

This became a place of transformation. That’s what art does. It transforms you.
-Assata Richards

Our Programs

PRH programs touch the lives of our Third Ward neighbors building better lives for themselves and their children, creative entrepreneurs with the drive to take their businesses to the next level, and artists developing a social practice that elevates and celebrates culture, community, and creativity. 

Although PRH’s African-American roots are planted deeply in Third Ward, the work of PRH extends far beyond the borders of a neighborhood in transition. The PRH model for art and social engagement applies not only to Houston, but also to diverse communities around the world.

Supporters

Programming at Project Row Houses is generously supported by an incredible community of people including:

Project Row Houses is grateful for the grants we receive from many institutions including: Amegy Bank, The Brown Foundation, Cadence Bank, John R. Eckel Foundation, Frost Bank, Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation, Houston Endowment Inc., Kinder Foundation, Henry Luce Foundation, The LuLu Foundation, PNC Foundation, The Powell Foundation, Ruth Foundation for the Arts, Sarofim Foundation, Terra Foundation for American Art, The Susan Vaughan Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and many other generous individual and event donors.