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LOCAL SHOWS

News item: There's a new museum in town, the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, which just opened in September -- check it out (see below)!

Blaffer Gallery, Univ. of Houston: Fine Arts Bldg., off Cullen Blvd. Info: 713-743-9530 Hours: Tuesday-Friday 10 A.M.-5 P.M. Saturday-Sunday 1 P.M.-5 P.M. To December 21 -- Spirits of the Cloth: Quilts by African-American artists

Contemporary Arts Museum: 5216 Montrose at Bissonnet; 713-284-8250 Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10 A.M.-5 P.M. Thursday 10 A.M.-9 P.M. Sunday Noon-5 P.M. To November 25 -- Vito Acconci: Acts of Architecture

FotoFest at Vine Street Studios: 1113 Vine St.; Info: 713-223-5522 Hours: Wednesday-Friday 10 A.M.-5 P.M. To October 20 -- Being Human: Portraits by Suzanne Paul


Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
: 4848 Main St.; Info 713-529-4848 Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10 A.M.-5 P.M. Sunday Noon-5 P.M. Inaugural Exhibit: Defining Craft I: Collecting for the New Milleneum, from the American Craft Museum in New York

 


Houston Center for Photography
: 1441 W. Alabama; Info: 713-529-4755 www.hcponline.org Hours: Wed-Fri 11 A.M.-5 P.M. Sat-Sun Noon-5 PM.
To November 4 -- Documenting Hope: Celebrating Breast Cancer Survivors A group exhibition by four women photographers: Charlee Brodsky (Pittsburgh, PA), Elsa Dorfman (Cambridge, MA), Jean Karotkin (Dallas, TX), and Sharon Seligman (Austin, TX), Commemorating the unique sisterhood of survivors, two survivors photograph themselves and others; two photographers photograph their friends. The exhibition will also feature videos about Elsa Dorfman's and Charlee Brodsky's projects. The project is intended to encourage cancer prevention, screenings and early detection.

Gallery X - Iain Stewart: The Road Less Traveled, minimal color landscape photographs (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Gallery Y - Pamela Ellis Hawkes: Recent Work, black & white trompe l'oeil photographs inspired by 17th century Dutch still life paintings (Rockport, MA)

November 9 - December 2 -- Texas Rocks: The Big Bend Park, a group exhibition curated by Roy Flukinger and organized by Texas Photographic Society

Gallery X-O. Rufus Lovett: Selected Work from Asia (Longview, TX)

Gallery Y - Carol Golemboski: Psychometry (Ithaca, NY) Opening Reception:
Friday, November 9, 6-8pm January 18 - February 10, 2002

2002 Print Auction Exhibition, featuring work by 120 regionally, nationally and internationally known photographers Opening Reception: Friday, January 18, 6-8pm

Houston Museum of Natural Science: 1 Hermann Circle in Hemann Park; Info: 713-639-4629 Hours: Monday-Saturday 9 A.M.-- 6 P.M. Sunday 11 A.M. -- 6 P.M. To December 31 -- Searching for Eternity: Life and Death in Ancient Egypt

Jewish Community Center: 5601 South Braeswood Info: 713-729-3200 Hours: Monday- Thursday 9:00 A.M. - 9:30 P.M. Friday -9:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. Sunday -9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. October 28 to December 12 -- Janice Rubin: The Mikvah Project

John Cleary Gallery: 2635 Colquitt; Info: 524-5070 Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10 A.M.-5:30 P.M. To October 20 -- Gallery Selections

The Menil Collection: 1515 Sul Ross; Info: 713-525-9400 Hours: Wednesday-Sunday 11 A.M.-7 P.M. October 12 to January 6, 2002 -- Victor Brauner: Surrealist Hieroglyphs To February 3, 2002 -- Mineko Grimmer: Remembering Plato Ongoing Exhibitions: Cy Twombly at the Cy Twombly Gallery, and Dan Flavin at the Flavin Pavillon

The Museum of Fine Arts Houston
: 1001 Bissonnet at Montrose; Info:713-639-7300 Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10 A.M.-6 P.M. Thursday 11 A.M. -9 P.M. Sunday 1 P.M.-6 P.M. To October 14 -- Robert Frank: A Retrospective from the Collection of the MFA To October 21 -- Bernardo Bellotto and the Capitals of Europe To November 4 --

The Art Guys' SUITS: The Clothes Make the Man October 14 to December 31 -- Highlights of the Photography Collection: Celebrating 25 Years of Collecting October 28, 2001 to February 17, 2002 -- Eye on Third Ward: Yates Magnet School Photography

 

 

Williams Tower Gallery: 2800 Post Oak Boulevard; Info 713/526-6461 Hours: Monday-Friday 8 A.M. - 6 P.M. To October 26 -- Paul Hester: Phillip Johnson in Texas, in conjunction with a book published by University of Texas Press

 

OUT OF TOWN SHOWS

Abilene: Center for Contemporary Art Photography Gallery: 220 Cypress St. Info: 915-677-8389 Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11 A.M.- 5 P.M.

Abilene: Center for Contemporary Art: 220 Cypress St. Info: 916-677-8389 Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11 A.M.- 5 P.M. Shows open the second Thursday of every month.

Amarillo: Southern Light Gallery: Amarillo College 2201 S. Washington Info: 806- 371-5263 or 5267 Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11 A.M.- 5 P.M. Oct: Annual Caprock Photographers Exhibition

Amarillo: Southern Light Gallery: Amarillo College 2201 S. Washington Info: 806- 371-5263 or 5267 Hours: Monday-Thursday 7:45 A.M. - 10 P.M. Friday 7:45 A.M. -5 P.M. Saturday 8:30 A.M. -12:30 P.M. Sunday 2 P.M. -6 P.M. Shows open the second Thursday of every month. September 22-October 20 -- Robert Buitron: Mild-Medium-Hot October 20-November 17 -- Maria Teresa Giancoli: Mexican Lives, Mexican Rituals

Austin: Lake Austin Fine Arts, Davenport Village; 3801 N. Capital of Texas Highway, Suite G-120; Info: 512/347-9233 Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10 A.M. - 6 P.M. Mon by appt. only To November 3 -- Full Moon: A Project by Michael Light

Corpus Christi: Gallery Four One One: 411 William St; Info: 361-882-6692 Hours: by apppointment only October -- Amy Blakemore

Dallas: Afterimage : 2828 Routh Street # 115; Info: 214- 871-9140 Hours: Monday-Saturday 10 A.M.-5:30 P.M. To December 1-- Creatures: Thirtieth Anniversary Show

Dallas: Photos Do Not Bend Gallery (PDNB Gallery): 3115 Routh St. Info: 214-969-1852 Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11 A.M.-6 P.M. To October 13 -- Edward S. Curtis: The North American Indian

Galveston: Galveston Arts Center: 22nd & The Strand; Info: 409-763-2403 Hours: Monday-Saturday 10 A.M.-5 P.M. Sunday Noon -- 5 P.M. October 20-November 18 -- Artistic Centers/South Texas; Kenny Braun: Recent Work Opening: Saturday, Oct 20, 6-9pm

 

Got a show planned?

Or if you know of upcoming art or photography shows of interest to ASMP Newsletter readers, please send complete information to editor Jim Caldwell at jimphoto@swbell.net (preferred), otherwise at 713-527-9121(voice) or 509-272-3373 (fax).