Garrett Bradley: American Rhapsody
Opening Reception Wednesday, December 18, 2019 | 6:30–9PM
Brown Foundation Gallery
On View December 19, 2019–March 22, 2020
Garrett Bradley works across narrative, documentary, and experimental modes of filmmaking to address themes such as race, class, familial relationships, social justice, southern culture, and the history of film in the United States. Her collaborative and research-based approach to filmmaking is often inspired by the real-life stories of her subjects. For Bradley, this research takes multiple forms—deep dives into historical archives, in-depth dialogues prompted by Craigslist want-ads, or an extended engagement with the communities and individuals she seeks to represent—and results in works that combine both scripted and improvisatory scenes. Bradley’s films explore the space between fact and fiction, embracing modes of working and of representing history that blur the boundaries between traditional notions of narrative and documentary cinema.
Learn MoreWill Boone: The Highway Hex
Opening Reception Friday, November 8, 2019 | 6:30–9PM
Nina and Michael Zilkha Gallery
On View: November 9, 2019–February 16, 2020
Will Boone: The Highway Hex explores the space and time between California and Texas, the Los Angeles River, Interstate 10, why people leave Texas and why they come back. The Highway Hex is the first solo museum exhibition of Houston-born and Los Angeles-based artist Will Boone, featuring nearly all-new works created for this presentation, including a site-specific installation, paintings, and sculptures.
Learn MorePrograms & Events
Jan
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Saturday, January 18, 2020
Visual Storytelling | Drop-In ...
Inspired by the exhibition Garrett Bradley: American Rhapsody, create a storyboard to illustrate your own family narrative.
Jan
21
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Collectors Circle | Private Co...
Join the Collectors Circle for a visit to the private collection of an esteemed Houston collector of contemporary art.
Jan
23
Thursday, January 23, 2020
Performance | Free Diamonds de...
Free Diamonds is a new series of choreographic vignettes by Artistic Director Donna Crump that examines the achievements of many unsung black heroes throughout history. Inspired by Garrett Bradley’s America (2019), the work explores what it means to be fully immersed in all things creative and free, while also engaging notions of restraint.Free Diamonds will be performed by Donna Crump and the pre-professional division dance students of the Coomer Ballet Conservatory.
Jan
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Saturday, January 25, 2020
Observational Movement Drawing | Drop-In Experience
Inspired by Garrett Bradley’s film, America, reflect on the everyday motion of the body as a tool for drawing. Use motion to explore pattern, rhythm, and shape—solo or with a partner—create drawings on paper, or dance in the space.
Jan
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Thursday, January 30, 2020
Performance | Musiqa
In conjunction with the exhibition Will Boone: The Highway Hex, Musiqa presents a special concert. The exhibition uses the physical and psychological landscape between Texas and California to examine a person’s relationship to their place of origin. The performances will follow the same trajectory, the program includes Shibuya Tokyo for two violins by Karen Tanaka (Los Angeles, California), Ainsi soit-il for solo cello by Nina C. Young (Los Angeles, California), Greenlandic for string quartet by Gabriel Bolanos (Arizona), xs for string quartet by Karola Obermueller (Albuquerque, New Mexico), String Quartet No. 3 by Michael Ippolito (San Marcos, Texas), and the world premiere of String Quartet by Max Vinetz (Houston, Texas).
