A Portrait of the Neighborhood: Luis Parra
A Portrait of the Neighborhood Interview by McKenzie WatsonPhotos by Alex Barber Luis Parra’s Summer Studios installation, A Portrait of […]
Nice to Meet You: Huidi Xiang
“Nice to Meet You” is the final post in a series by Hong Kong-based writer and curator Stephanie Cheung. Here she discusses Huidi Xiang’s installation of the same title. Through their conversation, Cheung discovers the intricate layers of Xiang’s work that begins in a very internal thought process and expands outward into the community.
Narrow Chatter: Devon Grigsby
“Narrow Chatter” is the fifth in a series of posts by Hong Kong-based writer and curator Stephanie Cheung, who visited Project Row Houses over the summer and spent time with the residents. In this piece, she explores the ideas behind University of Houston’s Devon Grigsby, who has constructed an installation of the same name.
The Rising Ward: Robert Riojas
The Rising Ward is part of a 6-piece series of posts by Hong Kong-based writer and curator Stephanie Cheung. In this post, she examines the work of Robert Riojas, a student at Texas Southern University, honing in on Riojas’s craft and his views on the issue of gentrification in neighborhoods like his own and that of the Third Ward.
Root Out Through Structure: Rachel Even
“Root Out Through Structure” is the third installment in a series of posts penned by Stephanie Cheung, a curator based in Hong Kong. It is also the title of an installation by University of Houston senior Rachel Even, exploring the reliving and retelling of found objects and histories of the community.
Mothers at Home, on the Porch, at the Door: Caroline Ryan
“Mothers at Home, on the Porch, at the Door” is the second installment in a series of posts by Stephanie Cheung. In this piece, Cheung details the process of resident Caroline Ryan, a painting and psychology major from the University of Houston who offered her portraiture skills to the residents of the PRH community.
Throw Away the Meat: Amiri Boykin
“Throw Away the Meat” is the first in a series of articles by Hong Kong writer and curator Stephanie Cheung. Over the summer, Cheung interviewed the residents of Summer Studios 2016. In this post, she relays the work, message and hope of resident Amiri Boykin, a recent graduate of Rice University.
Charge Retirement Letter
Dear Houston, In a time of socially engaged art, Charge asks artists to consider not only intersecting with other organizing fields, […]
Christopher Cozier Artist Talk
Introduction by Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud In his talk, Cozier discusses the potential free/play spaces that Caribbean artists are constantly imagining, […]
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