This week's FRESH Art on Tap: End-of-Summer-Weekend Edition!

2018

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 23

Cultured Cocktails with Zine Fest Houston

@ Boheme Cafe and Wine Bar
August 23 // 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM // Free

FRESH ARTS EVENT

Enjoy a drink or two, meet the Zine Fest team, and take-in Boheme's bohemian atmosphere! 10% of the proceeds from the evening will support the organization, so don't be shy... more details

FRIDAY, AUGUST 24

We Survived, Changed: A Harvey Retrospective @ Hardy & Nance Studios August 24 // 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM // Free The one year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey approaches. Please join us at Hardy & Nance Studios as we reflect on the disaster and its impact... more details
MICAH'S STAFF PICK Sawyer Yards Summer Series: The After Party @ Silver Street Studios August 24 // 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM // Free WASHINGTON AVE. ARTS DISTRICT EVENT Celebrate summer with great local art, music and a refreshing sip with the artists of Silver Street Studios and The Silos at Sawyer Yards... more details
Ingmar Bergman's Cinema: Crisis (Kris) @ MFAH \| Brown Auditorium August 24 // 7:00 PM // $7 - $9 In Ingmar Bergman's feature-directing debut, urban beauty-shop proprietress Miss Jenny arrives in an idyllic rural town one morning to whisk away her 18-year-old daughter, Nelly, whom she abandoned as a child, from the loving woman who has raised her. Once in Stockholm,.. more details
Ingmar Bergman's Cinema: A Centennial @ MFAH \| Brown Auditorium August 24 // 7:00 PM // $7 - $9 No name is more synonymous with the postwar explosion of international art-house cinema than Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007), a master storyteller who startled the world with his stark intensity and naked pursuit of profound metaphysical and spiritual questions... more details
Noble Motion Dance: Vortex @ Hobby Center for the Performing Arts August 24 - 25 // 7:30 PM // $17 - $38.50 It's all smoke and mirrors! Dionne Noble's new work Axiom uses moving mirrored walls to bounce reflections and multiply the number of dancers in the space... more details
Ingmar Bergman's Cinema: Summer Interlude (Sommarlek) @ MFAH \| Brown Auditorium August 24 // 8:45 PM // $7 - $9 Touching on many themes that would define the rest of his career-isolation, performance, the inescapability of the past-Ingmar Bergman's tenth film, Summer Interlude, marks a gentle drift toward true mastery... more details

SATURDAY, AUGUST 25

ANGELA'S STAFF PICK Flea at Silver Street @ Silver Street Studios August 25 - 26 // 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM // $5 WASHINGTON AVE. ARTS DISTRICT EVENT Flea at Silver Street is a curated indoor market of handmade, vintage, craft, art and cool things. Find memorabilia, handcrafted jewelry, hand drawn stationery, accessories, hand poured candles, farmhouse rustic home decor, unique crafts, local food vendors and more... more details
32nd Annual AIA Houston Sandcastle Competition @ East Beach, Galveston, TX August 25 // 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM // Free (Parking $15) A tradition for over 30 years, the AIA Sandcastle Competition is a fund-raising event for AIA Houston and ArCH Foundation as well as one of the top five revenue generating events for the City of Galveston. This year over 60 teams have their eyes and shovels set on winning the prestigious Gold Bucket Award... more details
Business of Film Series by SWAMP: How to Set-up an LLC @ Art Institute Houston August 25 // 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM // $15 - $25 SWAMP's Business of Film + New Media Conference will now be a series of workshops! The Business of Film Series is dedicated to strengthening the business, administrative, legal and marketing skills of independent filmmakers... more details
"RE:VIEW: An Allegory of Women," Opening Reception @ Community Artists' Collective August 25 // 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM // Free Inspired by Classical art, multi-ethnic antiquity, and present day advertisement imagery Francis' vivid pictorial works present a torrent of imagery culled from every possible corner of the visual culture... more details
Low Magic & Visual Pathology Opening Receptions @ Galveston Arts Center August 25 // 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM // Free GAC presents two new exhibitions, LOW MAGIC by Fort Worth-based artist, Jesse Morgan Barnett and Visual Pathology, a collaboration with GAC and the Dept. of Pathology at UTMB at Galveston. Artist talks begin at 6:30pm... more details
Late Night Pie & PopUp Event @ Archway Gallery August 25 // 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM // Free Enjoy a casual evening with archway artists. Join us for pizza, beverages and conversation... more details
Fabled Collages @ JoMar Visions Studios at Northwest Crossing August 25 // 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM // Free Franklin combines the cutting edge technology of 3D print with antique toys, books and specialty paints. Her vision brings the symbols of fairy tales and the darkness of tragedies. "Fabled Collages" will be the artist first solo show, which will feature canvas, OOAK dolls, jewelry and delicious fakes... more details
Riders in the Storm - Solo Art Show @ RockStar Gallery August 25 // 6:00 PM // Free The rebels and bravest among us, all filled with a warriors spirit, dreamt of confronting the chaos wreaking havoc in our world. They silently chose the option of joining the legendary Riders in the Storm. This show is dedicated to them... more details
Carya Quartet Season Opening @ Virtuosi at Memorial City Mall August 25 // 7:00 PM // Free FRESH ARTS ORG. MEMBER EVENT The 2018-2019 Season will officially open with a concert graciously hosted by Virtuosi. The event will also feature a wine reception and a silent auction to help support Carya's performance and educational initiatives... more details
Failure To Con/Form: Shelter @ Casa Anandrea August 25 // 7:00 PM // Free Join Failure to Con/Form for an evening of performance, poetry, storytelling, & more, spotlighting the work of local & national trans, genderqueer, intersex & gender-non-conforming writers, performers & artists! The theme of the evening is SHELTER,... more details
Ingmar Bergman's Cinema: Secrets of Women @ MFAH \| Brown Auditorium August 25 // 7:00 PM // $7 - $9 Driven by dexterous flashbacks, the engaging Secrets of Women is a veritable seedbed of perennial Bergman themes, ranging from aspiring young love to the fear of loneliness, with the finale a masterpiece of chamber comedy... more details

SUNDAY, AUGUST 26

MARCI'S STAFF PICK Theater District Open House @ Theater District August 26 // 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM // Free Enjoy a festival filled with exciting performances, artful adventures, backstage tours and more... more details
Ingmar Bergman's Cinema: Sawdust and Tinsel @ MFAH \| Brown Auditorium August 26 // 5:00 PM // $7 - $9 Sawdust and Tinsel features dreamlike detours and twisted, psychosexual power plays that presage the director's Smiles of a Summer Night and The Seventh Seal, works that would soon change the landscape of art cinema forever... more details
Ingmar Bergman's Cinema: Summer with Monika (Sommaren med Monika) @ MFAH \| Brown Auditorium August 26 // 7:00 PM // $7 - $9 Driven by dexterous flashbacks, the engaging Secrets of Women is a veritable seedbed of perennial Bergman themes, ranging from aspiring young love to the fear of loneliness, with the finale a masterpiece of chamber comedy... more details