Inspired by Jorge Pardo’s Folly on view in Wilhelmina’s Grove at the University of Houston, Public Art UHS presents its third annual Art on Screen Film Series featuring UMBRAL 0 x SÍNTESIS, a collection of experimental films commissioned by FICUNAM, the International Film Festival of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). This year’s screening highlights four films by Mexican and Latin American filmmakers with international recognition in the field of avant-garde cinema, and includes a Live Talk and Q+A session with FICUNAM Artistic Director, Maximiliano Cruz. Complimentary refreshments and theater concessions will be provided, and admission is free and open to the public. Advance registration is required.
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Public Viewing Hours | Every Friday 12 – 3pm
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Installation view of Euphonia, 1997 by Frank Stella
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Public Art UHS is pleased to announce Frank Stella Fridays as a new experiential offering! The artist’s monumental Euphonia (1997) is now publicly accessible on Fridays between 12:00 and 3:00pm. These informal docent-led viewing hours are free and open to everyone, registration is not required. For visitor information, please visit our website.
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PUBLIC/ATION Chapbook Entry Open Call
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PUBLIC/ATION is a special edition chapbook of creative writing by University of Houston System students inspired by the Public Art UHS collection and temporary installations. Submissions to PUBLIC/ATION will be blind juried by a panel of emerging and established writers from the University of Houston’s Creative Writing MFA Program. Submissions in English and/or Spanish will be accepted until the deadline of Sunday, April 23rd, 2023 at 11:59pm. For eligibility, creative writing tours, and submission guidelines, visit our website to learn more.
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Friday Focus Tour: Visual Stories of Houston with Pete Gershon Friday, April 7, 2023 | 12–1pm Explore Public Art UHS' new acquisitions and commissions at the John M. O’Quinn Law Building with Pete Gershon, contemporary art historian and Curator of Programs at The Orange Show. Discover how artworks by Houston-based artists such as Bert L. Long, Jr., Adriana Corral, Jamal Cyrus, and Kaneem Smith highlight the history of the visual arts in Houston.
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PUBLIC/ATION Writing Tour: Making Real Abstract / Making Abstract Real Friday, April 14, 2023 | 3–4pm Engaging artworks by Jorge Pardo and Carlos Cruz Diez, with poems by Ocean Vuong, Richard Siken, and Paisley Rekdal, this workshop asks how we can take the abstract visual lexicon such as color and form to activate a verbal landscape.
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First Friday Tour: Euphonia Behind the Scenes with Susana Monteverde Friday, May 5, 2023 | 1–3pm Susana Monteverde was part of a team of artists that helped to realize Frank Stella’s monumental Euphonia at the Moores Opera House in 1997. Hear her behind-the-scenes perspectives about the artist, the artistic process, and the legacy of Euphonia as it continues to inspire the University of Houston's campus community.
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Jorge Pardo, Folly Open Daily, 9am–7pm Wilhelmina's Grove, University of Houston
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Dorothy Hood: The Edge of Being Exhibition Closing May 14th, 2023 Special Collections, MD Anderson Library (2nd Floor) University of Houston
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Leo Villareal, Light Matrix (Houston) Open Daily, 9am–5pm Tillman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine, University of Houston
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Art is all around us. Public Art UHS's programs and permanent collection of nearly 700 artworks span the four component universities of the UH System, reflecting and connecting our diverse communities. Click here for visitor information and below for interactive maps of our artwork locations.
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María C. Gaztambide, Ph.D.
Executive Director and Chief Curator
Public Art of the University of Houston System
pauhs@central.uh.edu | PublicArtUHS.org (713) 743-6304 Established in 1969, Public Art of the University of Houston System (Public Art UHS) is the oldest, most significant and only collecting arts organization within the University of Houston System, the fourth-largest university system in Texas. Through robust programing, publications, research and collection, it serves diverse communities throughout greater Houston and Southeast Texas as well as stakeholders including more than 74,000 students and nearly 10,000 faculty and staff from four distinct universities: University of Houston, University of Houston-Downtown, University of Houston-Clear Lake, and University of Houston-Victoria. Public Art UHS oversees the permanent collection of the four UH System universities, which is one of the most significant university-based art collections in the United States. Its programs and collection also span additional locations in Sugar Land (UH), Pearland (UHCL) and Katy (UH/UHV), making art available to millions of Texans.
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