UH Photo & Digital Media ’22 Thesis Exhibit!

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Art Valet: UH photography students to showcase work in thesis exhibition I’ve hosted UH students at The Market at Sawyer Yards for a few years – first couple of years it was graphics, this year the photo & digital media class called. They do what we all do, pitch a tent and smile at you … Read more

Be part of an art project!

VIRTUAL ARTIST TALK #karennavarrophotography #karennavarro

Artist Karen Navarro is creating a demographic portrait of Houston as a photographic mural installation as part of her “América Utópica” art project, which uses skin shades as color studies to explore themes of race, migration, sense of belonging, and identity.

Mad Packing Skills …

Mad Packing Skills or pro-crassss-tin-A-tiooonnnn I wrote this originally for Art Valet in The Leader … I changed my mind. But I like it so, enjoy! ~ Mitch Fair warning dear reader, this week’s column will be of the tongue and cheek variety. No hard hitting deep dive into the psyche of an emerging Houston artist. … Read more

Gianni Casebere – Emerging Artist

Art Valet in The Leader: Dining out led to finding out about inspiring young artistPrint version – turn to page 7A Click to view print version What a fun story to write! Learn more about Sandal Gap Studio on their website – they have an amazing story and mission. sandalgapstudio.org Follow too @sandalgapstudio/ Lynn and … Read more

Eva Konopka incorporates aviation into her artwork

From The Leader: Konopka incorporates aviation into abstract artworkFollow Eva Konopka @miinneeaa I love asking artists in interviews what would surprise readers, friends and customers the most about them several years ago. It’s a fun question with very surprising answers. I didn’t have ask Eva that question – I knew – the colorful abstract color … Read more

New Year Resolve

Sculpture by Heather Squires Designs An Art Valet supplement from The Leader Newspaper. A few missed and extra NY resolutions sent to me by 1st Saturday Market Artists for this fun column published the first week of January 2022. Enjoy! Jeff Woodruff (He’s got a precisionist sense of humor) I’ve been trying to train my … Read more

The Heights Pages

The Heights Pages showcases the areas businesses, events and cultural arts. I write the arts column that covers a wide swath of the arts in Houston with a focus on the Heights area. The publication is a full color magazine printed quarterly with an online version available. https://heightspages.com Screenshots from recent columns and covers by … Read more

29th Annual ArtCrawl at Hardy & Nance Studios

Extra from Art Valet: Crawl around town to celebrate city’s creatives Hardy & Nance Facebook Invite 29th Annual ARTCRAWL:SATURDAY – November 20, 202110:00am – 9:00pmHardy & Nance Studios will also be open two additional days for extending viewing:PREVIEW FRIDAY, November 19th, 6p – 9pWIND DOWN SUNDAY, November 21st, Noon – 5pAn event in which artists … Read more

ArtCrawl Houston 2021

A little extra here. Read the interview in my column Art Valet here. This event showcases the artists & businesses in this small cluster of warehouses, a secret little triangle just north of downtown between I-10, San Jacinto Street & I-59.This event takes place in the original, historical oldest surviving warehouse district in Houston. The … Read more

Charles Washington

Charles is an awesome artist and has lot to offer emerging artists. I had a fun visit with him for this column. Charles has a lot of projects going on! Follow along to see what’s up! NOT everything makes the column – so I add some extras here. Read it > Art Valet: Pop into … Read more