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JULY
3-10
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9:00 PM - 12:00 AM // $5 benefitting Experimental Action
FRESH ARTS MEMBER EVENT
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Join Expiremental Action for Performance Art Night which presents two new works: Vestibular by Jim Pirtle, a piece about positional security; and Alien God by Robert Catalusci, a multi-sensorial performance art installation where a shamanic universe deconstructs the present metaphysical human condition...
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Acoustic Open Mic
@ House of Blues
July 3 // 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM // Free
Open mic returns July 3rd from 7-9pm! Come watch Houston's rising artists perform at the House of Blues Restaurant & Bar while taking advantage of Happy-Hour all night! Performers can play 2-3 songs/10 minute sets...
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Star-Spangled Salute - The Woodlands
@ Cynthia Woods-Mitchell Pavillion
July 3 // 8:00 // Free
This free Independence Eve spectacular, which has been a tradition at The Pavilion for 28 years, features the Houston Symphony in a selection of patriotic favorites, presented by The Woodlands Development Company. Tickets are not required..
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@ Lone Star Flight Museum
July 4 // 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM // $9.95 - $14.95
We are showing our patriotic colors with the ultimate sidewalk chalk art featuring our B-17 Thunderbird! The Thunderbird is a big plane and we will need your help decorating the ramp! Guests are invited on to the ramp where they can create a life-size B-17 mural celebrating Independence Day!...
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Ice Cream Social + Art Auction
@ John Palmer Art Gallery & Studio
July 4 // 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM // Free
Celebrate American Independence Day with a delicious Ice Cream Social and super fun John Ross Palmer Silent Art Auction! This event is Casual, Free and Family-Friendly...
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CITGO Freedom Over Texas
@ Eleanor Tinsley Park
July 4 // 4:00 PM - 10:00 PM // $8
This year Houstonians will celebrate more than three decades of July 4th music and fireworks on Buffalo Bayou. The city's signature tribute to patriotism - CITGO Freedom Over Texas - returns with NEW live music acts and spectacular fireworks...
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Star-Spangled Salute - Summer Symphony Nights
@ Miller Outdoor Theater
July 4 // 8:30 // Free
The Fourth of July just wouldn't be complete without the 1812 Overture, The Stars and Stripes Forever and the Houston Symphony's annual Star-Spangled Salute at Miller Outdoor Theatre! Enjoy a host of patriotic favorites under the stars featuring Broadway's Ryan Silverman. It's all topped off by a spectacular fireworks display...
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Impressions 2018 by PrintMatters
@ HCC West Loop Gallery
July 5 // 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM // Free
The annual PrintMatters Houston members' exhibition showcases a myriad of printmaking techniques and styles from traditional woodcuts and etchings to hybrid prints and complex monotypes by PrintMatters' premier printmakers...
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Cultured Cocktails with YungChris
@ Boheme Cafe and Wine Bar
July 5 // 5 - 8 PM //
Free
FRESH ARTS EVENT
Enjoy a drink or two, meet the SonKiss'd team, and take-in Boheme's bohemian atmosphere! The proceeds from the evening will support the artist, so don't be shy...
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Afro-Latin Fest Mixer by Strictly Street Salsa
@ The Gite Gallery
July 6 // 5:00 PM - 8:00 // Free
Join us at The Gite Gallery for the First Friday Happy Hour to kick off the 5th Annual Afro-Latin Fest. Festival performers, organizers, and instructors will be in attendance to discuss the event and give dance lessons...
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Restorations and Revivals: Eight Hours Don't Make a Day
@ Museum of Fine Arts | Brown Auditorium
July 6 // 7:00 PM // $7 - $9
Shot for West German TV in 1972 and aired in five parts, Eight Hours Don't Make a Day marks Rainer Werner Fassbinder's transition from "enfant terrible" to powerful voice in New German Cinema. Influenced as much by filmmaker Douglas Sirk as the radical politics of the time...
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@ Khon's beer.wine.art
July 6 // 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM // Free
Steamy, sensual & sexy! Along with a few of his favorite paintings, this show will also debut nearly a dozen new works from Robin Baker's "EFAD" series...more details
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Classical Mystery Tour: A Tribute to the Beatles
@ Jones Hall
July 6 // 7:30 PM // $29 - $109
The four musicians in Classical Mystery Tour look and sound just like The Beatles, but Classical Mystery Tour is more than just a rock concert. The show presents more than two dozen Beatles tunes performed exactly as they were originally recorded...
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Chalk on the Block by Midtown Houston
@ Bagby Park
July 7 // 10:00 AM - 2:00
PM // Free
Experience local artists creating pavement art on the sidewalks around Bagby Park. Enjoy breakfast and coffee at Rico's Morning Noon Night and watch one-of-a-kind art come to life before your eyes...
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Hands-On Houston: Casting Pendants With Ean Escoto
@ Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
July 7 // 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM // Free
Choose from a variety of objects to create textures and impressions for your mold, and cast a wearable plaster pendent. Visit Ean's studio to discover how he uses this technique in his own wearable works. Once your piece has dried, pop it out of the mold, and see the exciting results!...
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Auditions for Chess and Bonnie & Clyde
@ Tribble School for the Performing Arts
July 7 // 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM // Free
The Tribble School for the Performing Arts will be holding combined auditions for their College Summer Stock Musical and their Senior Musical Theatre Company's Fall musical...
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Open Studio | Admiration Station
@ Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
July 7 // 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM // Free
Decorate a readymade and pay homage to someone you admire, inspired by artist Cary Leibowitz honoring figures in history, art, and pop culture through his work...
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Photographing the Fifth with Sebastien Boncy
@ Mystic Lyon
July 7 // 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM // Free
FRESH ARTS ORG. MEMBER EVENT
Boncy will share about his current exhibition on view at Mystic Lyon, discuss his art process and lead the group in a walk around the neighborhood to take photographs. Guests are invited to bring their cameras or be prepared to use their cell phone cameras...
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Tenth Annual Juried Art Exhibition
@ Archway Gallery
July 7 // 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM // Free
Archway Gallery is pleased to present its Tenth Annual Juried Exhibition. This year's exhibition benefits the Rescue Bank of Houston which supports animal welfare groups by providing grants of donated pet food. It began in 2006 as a result of its founders' experience with the Hurricane Katrina response...
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Anne Reese-Hernandez Artist Reception
@ Gspot Gallery
July 7 // 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM // Free
Please join us as we celebrate the work of Anne Reese-Hernandez which features quaint paintings from old Rice and Heights Neighborhoods... more details
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First Saturday Arts Market
@ 530 W 19th St.
July 7 // 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM // Free
First Saturday Arts Market is a monthly outdoor fine arts event featuring the works of dozens of visual artists. The market showcases paintings, sculpture, photography, jewelry and handcrafted items. The entire family is welcome to come enjoy the great outdoors, live music and delicious fare from some of the area's best gourmet food trucks... more details
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Weekend Warrior Art Market By Stark Nova
@ The Hardy & Nance Studios
July 7 // 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM // $5
Come out for an epic summer battle for the weekend! July 7th come out for our "weekend warrior" art market with music from Couchloaf Records, along with free drinks, raffles, visual arts, and live spray painting...
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Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY
@ Jones Hall
July 7 // 7:30 PM // $30 - $115
AWR Music Productions, LLC is proud to present the official symphony concert world-tour Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY. This concert tour features the music of Japanese video game composer Nobuo Uematsu and is conducted by Grammy award-winner Arnie Roth...
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Cowlic
@ Moonmist
July 7 // 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM // Free
The second edition of Moonmist presents Cowlick, an exhibition featuring works by Shannon Crider, Corinne Spencer, Mores Mcwreath, Gracelee Lawrence, Anthony Iacono, Val Karuskevich, and Ariel Jackson....
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Chaos and Cataracts: A One Woman Show Starring Brandalyn Gill
@ Avant Garden
July 7 // 9:00:00 PM - 12:00:00 AM // Free
Chaos and Cataracts is a theatrical, poetic, comedy and musically-inclined show. It is three acts performed by Brandalyn Gill, playing five characters. Each act is a different aspect of her book "Life: Short Stories and Poems". Each character is responsible for an aspect of the main charachater's life... more details
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Houston Jouvert 2018 by Houston Caribbean Festival
@ 13700 Almeda School Road
July 7 // 8:00 PM - 2:00 AM // $23.16
Houston JOUVERT 2018: The Biggest Paint Party Down South | Paint Zone | Powder Zone | Foam Zone | Mud Zone | Water Zone | Clean Zone | Optimus Prime Truck | Top DJs from Around the Globe...more details
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Georgia On My Mind - Poppies! by Holly Nowak Fine Art
@ Winter Street Studios
July 8 // 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM // $125
WASHINGTON AVE. ARTS DISTRICT EVENT
Join me in my Winter Street Studio to learn more about the art of Georgia O'Keeffe and focus on her famous poppy pieces. We will explore and discuss this piece of Georgia's art followed by creating your own versions of this piece in acrylic and also watercolor studies...
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Paper Flowers Workshop
@ Mary and Moss
July 8 // 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM // $25
Spend a morning learning how to make crepe paper flowers in an intimate boutique setting. Afterwards, enjoy personal shopping and an exclusive guest discount from Mary & Moss...
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Contemporary Showcase
@ Gspot Gallery
July 8 // 4:00 PM // Donations
A Contemporary Showcase of pieces Houston Brass Quintet has recently premiered or recorded! Featured on the program is a work by Sy Brandon, "Wonderland". This 6 movement work themed on "Alice in Wonderland" ...
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Auditions for Evil Dead: The Musical
@ Obsidian Theater
July 8 // 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM // Free
Obsidian Theater invites all individuals 17 and older to audition for EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL. All those auditioning should bring a headshot, acting resume and all conflicts to the audition...
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Movie Night: Frida by Axelrad and East End Studio Gallery
@ Axelrad
July 9 // 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM // Free
"FRIDA THEMED" Vendors will be posted up during the event selling their handmade Frida goodies and art. In celebration of Frida's Birthday month, come by and get your Frida goodies, watch the Frida movie while enjoying food from Luigis and your favorite Axelrad beverage!...
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@ Miller Outdoor Theater
July 10 // 8:15 PM // Free
It's 1955, and into a square little town rides a guitar-playing young man named Chad whose motorcycle breaks down in a no-dancing, no-having fun town. Based on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and featuring the songs of Elvis Presley...
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Syd Moen
A native Houstonian, Syd graduated from the University of Houston earning both a B.A. in Art History and a M.A. in Architecture. She has had a lifelong interest in photography including an early interest in digital photography. She uses her experience in photographic imagery and spatial thinking to create her artwork. She says, "I suppose what I'm striving for in my art is a crossroads between reality and surrealism..."
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FRESH ARTS
ORGANIZATION MEMBERS
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Thank you to our generous supporters!
Art Colony Association, BB&T Bank, The Brown Foundation, Frost Bank, the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance, Houston Endowment, Inc., Houston First Corporation, Mid-America Arts Alliance, National Endowment for the Arts, Silver Street Studios, Texas Commission on the Arts, The Deal Company, The Fairbanks Family Fund, The Richard M Fairbanks Foundation, Visit Houston
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Special thanks to our community partners
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