01/19/2023
Center for Centering
Clay. Art. Life. Center for Centering is a school and studio for deepening practices centering around clay and additional creative endeavors.
We welcome all levels of experience and collaborations across media. Center for Centering is a studio for centering the practice and process of making with clay. We have an Artist-in-Residence program for artists not residing in Houston (on hold due to COVID-19) and a Resident Artist Program for artists with which we share an orbit.
01/19/2023
10/06/2022
Please reach out to ClayHouston at: [email protected] to register!
06/21/2022
Happy Solstice!
06/20/2022
Happy Juneteenth!
Celebrate Freedom.
Remember the journey.
Keep the faith.
Continue the fight.
06/20/2022
Filmed in his Brooklyn studio, Allan McCollum discusses his Surrogate Paintings (begun in 1978) and Plaster Surrogates (begun in 1982).
Wanting to “construct an emblem” for what an artist does and demystify what it means to be an artist, McCollum’s symbolic works reveal the social game of looking at, selling, and making art through theatrical installations of mass-produced objects.
Allan McCollum: “Surrogate Paintings” & “Plaster Surrogates” (SHORT) | Art21 Art21 is a celebrated global leader in presenting thought-provoking and sophisticated content about contemporary art, and the go-to place to learn first-hand from the artists of our time. A nonprofit organization, Art21’s mission is to inspire a more creative world through the works and words of c...
06/14/2022
Get your calendars and be ready to pencil in all of the 5th Ward happenings for Juneteenth and Father's Day Weekend! We will be sharing info on all activities happening in 5th Ward, so go like our pages and share with your friends/family letting them know that 5th Ward will be the place to be next week!
Starting with:
Friday June 17
Free screening of Memory Builds the Monument at DeLUXE Theater. 6pm, 7:30pm, and 9pm.
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Saturday June 18
Black community tour of Olivewood Cemetery, 5th Ward, and Independence Heights. 10am
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Sunday June 19
Shop BLCK Market at East River in 5th 5th Ward.
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05/28/2022
Happy World Day for Cultural Diversity!
Today celebrates the rich diversity of our world’s cultures and encourages intercultural dialogue to promote peaceful coexistence. This plate epitomizes the prosperous dialogue between Turkey, Italy, and China in the 16th century: the shape is inspired by the Italian tondino, the blue-and-white color scheme and visual motifs by Chinese porcelain, and the leafy spiral decoration by Ottoman Turkish designs.
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"Tondino," Turkey, first half of the 16th century, stonepaste; painted in blue under transparent glaze, MFAH, Museum purchase.
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