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.
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
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
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
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
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 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
Art Valet, September 14, 2021: Don’t let rain dictate day at market The ever popular pool noodle is a cylindrical piece of buoyant polyethylene foam. Ha, it’s a freaking pool noodle.We put them up in the corner of the tent to push the canopy up to allow rain water to roll off and not collect. … Read more
D’Montserrat – is her art name. I am fascinated with long names and D’Montserrat (Rocio) has a great one! Read her interview here: D’Montserrat makes statements with work. One more interesting tidbit D’Montserrat shared with me: I have a recent fascination, and hobby for makeup. Approximately 2 or 3 years ago I started my makeup … Read more
The past couple of week’s I’ve written about 2 events happening this Saturday, September 4. I wanted to recap in one place. Archway Gallery, 2305 Dunlavy, presents Parallel Journey, featuring new paintings by Cookie Wells and wood furniture by Tom Wells. It’s a cool story, check it out here. Couple showcases new art at Archway … Read more