In this video created by PRH intern Valerio Farris, Summer Studios resident artist Guadalupe Hernandez gives an introduction to his work and plans for his installation. Note: Summer Studios is a guided residency, and final installations may differ from the concepts explained in these videos.
Full Article by Brian Boucher “13. and 14. Theaster Gates and Rick Lowe, Social SculptorsEver since Joseph Beuys coined the term ‘social […]
Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue is now accepting applications for the 2015 Houston Artadia Awards from all visual artists who have lived and worked throughout Harris County, TX for two years or more.
PRH intern Victoria Laxalt interviews guest curator Sally Frater on her vision for Round 42, titled The One and the Many: A Self-Portrait in Seven Parts. Frater discusses the impetus for the theme, referencing her time at Project Row Houses as a Core Fellow living on-site, and how the works of these selected artists collectively construct a portrait of her through the issues that they address in their practices.
PRH intern Victoria Laxalt interviews Houston-based artist Nathaniel Donnett on his Round 42 installation the off-center of invisibility. Continuing with his concept of dark imaginarence, Donnett explores the ways in which people, objects, cultures, and classes are perceived and valued by turning a row houses inside out and bringing life on the street into a lived space.
PRH intern Victoria Laxalt interviews Houston-based artist Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud on her Round 42 installation Score (How to Hold On to Chasms and Fill with Matter). In this installation, Mccloud continues her project Instruction Manual, a combination of instructions and poetic reflections that are part of a larger text and archive.
Full Article by Stephanie Garlock “What I’ve learned over time,” he emphasized, “is to not try to do things for […]
PRH intern Victoria Laxalt interviews Houston-based artist Kenya Evans on his Round 42 installation In the Meantime. The installation sees Evans revisiting the lived tactics of an earlier lifestyle, on in which he would fashion temporary furniture to furnish temporary housing, connecting his work and this lifestyle to notions of diaspora in African American communities.
Full Article by Frontier “The art is in the participation: the interaction of the artist’s creation with the community. To […]
The following is an excerpt of Designed for the Future: 80 Practical Ideas for a Sustainable World by Jared Green, […]
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