Emily Sloan (Houston, TX, USA), Author At Contemporary Performance

Featured: Hilary Scullane (Houston, TX, USA)

Hilary Scullane is an interdisciplinary artist who was born and currently lives in Houston, Texas. She utilizes performance with sculpture and video to explore issues within social and personal realms. Her body is her primary tool. Using personal narrative as her starting

October 11, 2013

Featured·Interview

Featured: Sway Youngston (Austin, TX, USA)

Sway Youngston, a recent addition to the Austin, Texas performance art scene, is a founding member of the Houston performance art group, Continuum and has been performing since 2009. She loves to perform nude when possible in an attempt to overcome fear

July 21, 2013

In Performance

First Person: The Human Tour 2013 (Houston, TX, USA)

The Human Tour 2013, a walking project recreating and expanding upon “Art Guy” Michael Galbreth’s 1987 project The Human Tour: An Anthropomorphic Route Through The City of Houston, has been undertaken by Carrie Schneider and Alex Tu. From February 12 through

March 30, 2013

In Performance

In Performance: Spring 2013 Performance Series, Orange Show, Center for Visionary Art (Houston, TX)

Tyagaraja, courtesy of Orange Show, Center for Visionary Art The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, Houston’s pre-eminent folk art organization, has announced its lineup for their Spring 2013 Performance Series taking place at the internationally-renown Orange Show Monument, located at 2402

March 24, 2013

In Performance

In Performance: Liz Magic Laser, Tell Me What You Want to Hear, Diverseworks Art Space (Houston, TX, USA)

Liz Magic Laser’s Tell Me What You Want To Hear will be on view at Diverseworks Art Space from April 6 – May 25, 2013. An opening reception will be held on Friday, April 5, from 7 – 9 pm. Liz Magic

March 15, 2013

First Person

First Person: Elia Arce, First Woman on the Moon (Houston, TX, USA)

First Woman on the Moon by Elia Arce, was presented by DiverseWorks at Frenetic Theater on November 30 and December 1, 2012. This remounting of Arce’s seminal performance was timed with a 25 year retrospective of her career and the end of

January 16, 2013

First Person

First Person: Stacks at Art League Houston (Houston, TX, USA)

Stacks is on view at Art League Houston from November 16 through January 4, 2013. The exhibition was kicked off with collecting objects the artists defined as “negatively antiquated Black memorabilia and paraphernalia” which were then obliterated in a wood chipper at

December 18, 2012

First Person

First Person: Jill Bernard’s “Drum Machine” (Houston, TX, USA)

Drum Machine was performed by Jill Bernard, special guest of Station Theater, at Avant Garden on November 25, 2012. Station Theater is a comedy and arts conservatory in Houston, Texas. Bernard began the solo performance with calling an audience member onto the

December 16, 2012

In Performance

In Performance: Continuum Live Art Series, AvantGarden (Houston, TX, USA) NSFW

Continuum Live Art Series will take place at AvantGarden from November 2012 to April 2013. The series will include evenings of performance events and evenings of workshops. The first workshop will be Sunday, November 5 at 8pm. The opening night of performances

November 10, 2012

First Person

First Person: Karen Cytter, Show Real Drama, DiverseWorks (Houston, TX, USA)

Keren Cytter’s Show Real Drama was performed at DiverseWorks Art Space October 10 through October 13, 2012. This performance is in conjunction with Cytter’s exhibition Video Art Manual about the history and development of video art, on view in DiverseWorks’ galleries. For

November 8, 2012

In Performance

In Performance: City Council Meeting, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, DiverseWorks (Houston, TX, USA)

City Council Meeting is a participatory theater event taking place at three different venues in Houston, Texas from November 1-3, 2013. The November 1 event will take place at Palm Center, 2nd floor courtroom, 5300 Griggs Road at 7:30pm. The November 2

November 5, 2012

First Person·Video

First Person: Deborah Hay, Richmond Hall (Houston, TX, USA)

Deborah Hay, a member of the Judson Dance Theater and a founder of postmodern dance, performed at Richmond Hall on October 13 at noon and again at 3pm. Her site specific work called Richmond Hall was performed by the audience, six dancers and

October 24, 2012

In Performance

In Performance: Body and Screen, Sam Houston State University, (Huntsville, TX, USA)

Body and Screen is on view at the Gaddis Geeslin Gallery at Sam Houston State University from October 1 through October 26, 2012. This selection of performance videos is curated by Annie Strader. According to Strader, “The works included in the exhibition

October 22, 2012

In Performance

In Performance: Dario Robleto at the University of Houston (Houston, TX, USA)

Dario Robleto The Boundary of Life is Quietly Crossed (an artist talk and performance) Dudley Recital Hall, Fine Art Building, University of Houston October 25 at 6pm, 2012 The Boundary of Life is Quietly Crossed, an artist talk and performance by

October 22, 2012

First Person

First Person: Crawling with Monsters at Houston Fringe Festival (Houston, TX, USA)

As a part of the Houston Fringe Festival, Crawling with Monsters performed on Sunday, September 9. This group is comprised of students and recent alumni from the University of Texas—Pan American near the Mexico-Texas border. The show is based on interviews and

October 4, 2012

First Person

First Person: Igvonne (Houston, TX, USA)

Igvonne is a site-specific work of architecture and performance which is on view in a window at 110 Milam Street, as a part of Blaffer Art Museum’s Window into Houston project. Linda Post and Robert Appleton have created a scene of Houston

September 5, 2012

In Performance

In Performance: Houston Fringe Festival (Houston, TX, USA)

The Houston Fringe Festival is an annual performing arts festival presented by FrenetiCore in Houston’s East End. This year’s festival takes place over three weekends August 30 – September 15, 2012 at three different performance venues, offering the best independent theatre, film,

August 28, 2012

First Person

First Person: Silence, The Menil Collection (Houston, TX USA)

Silence is on view at the The Menil Collection from July 27 through October 21, 2012. The day after it opened, I visited the exhibition for what I hope to be the first of several visits. This exhibition is packed with

August 21, 2012

First Person

First Person: Medium by The Bridge Club (Houston, TX, USA)

All four performers were wearing skirts and shirts appearing to be in a style from around the 1950’s which also included similar hair styles. While suspended well above the audience in their unique, matching attire, they appeared otherworldly and in fact did

August 19, 2012

Emily Sloan (Houston, TX, USA)

Featured: Hilary Scullane (Houston, TX, USA)

Featured: Sway Youngston (Austin, TX, USA)

First Person: The Human Tour 2013 (Houston, TX, USA)

In Performance: Spring 2013 Performance Series, Orange Show, Center for Visionary Art (Houston, TX)

In Performance: Liz Magic Laser, Tell Me What You Want to Hear, Diverseworks Art Space (Houston, TX, USA)

First Person: Elia Arce, First Woman on the Moon (Houston, TX, USA)

First Person: Stacks at Art League Houston (Houston, TX, USA)

First Person: Jill Bernard’s “Drum Machine” (Houston, TX, USA)

In Performance: Continuum Live Art Series, AvantGarden (Houston, TX, USA) NSFW

First Person: Karen Cytter, Show Real Drama, DiverseWorks (Houston, TX, USA)

In Performance: City Council Meeting, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, DiverseWorks (Houston, TX, USA)

First Person: Deborah Hay, Richmond Hall (Houston, TX, USA)

In Performance: Body and Screen, Sam Houston State University, (Huntsville, TX, USA)

In Performance: Dario Robleto at the University of Houston (Houston, TX, USA)

First Person: Crawling with Monsters at Houston Fringe Festival (Houston, TX, USA)

First Person: Igvonne (Houston, TX, USA)

In Performance: Houston Fringe Festival (Houston, TX, USA)

First Person: Silence, The Menil Collection (Houston, TX USA)

First Person: Medium by The Bridge Club (Houston, TX, USA)

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