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 2018
AUGUST
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TAKE THE ART ON TAP SURVEY!
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At Fresh Arts, we like to keep it fresh, of course! So we want your feedback on how we can innovate our Art on Tap platform. We appreciate your responses!
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Mind the Gap - Part VII by Dance Source Houston
@ MATCH
August 14 // 7:30 PM // $15
Mind The Gap supports artists by offering both an artistic platform and real-time professional development. In addition to creating vital performance opportunities for local dancemakers, Mind The Gap also provides support in production planning and management, as well as marketing, budgeting and audience development...
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Houston Arts Alliance: Support for Artists and Creative Individuals Workshop
@ HAA Gallery
August 15 // 3:00 PM // Free // Registration advised
Come find out more about applying for the Support for Artists and Creative Individuals grant available from the Houston Arts Alliance and the Houston Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs...
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Poetry Open Mic ft. Alex Tha Great
@ Write About Now
August 15 // 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM // Free
Open Mics are open to all. You get one poem under 3 minutes! Sign up list goes up at 7:30 PM!..
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South and North of the Border: Houston Paints Houston
@ The Heritage Society Museum Gallery
August 16 // 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM // $2 - $5
It is our hope that by bringing together, from public and private collections, more than 60 works created over more than 130 years, we can help present-day Houstonians better understand how the vision of the city evolved, and helped create the modern city in which we live...
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Cultured Cocktails with First Saturday Arts Market
@ Boheme Cafe and Wine Bar
August 16 // 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM // Free
FRESH ARTS EVENT
Enjoy a drink or two, meet the First Saturday Arts Market team, and take-in Boheme's bohemian atmosphere! 10% of the proceeds from the evening will support the organization, so don't be shy...
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Hand Sculpted Jewelry Makerspace
with Ruthi Drori-Mitelman
@ Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center
August 16 // 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM // $30
Are you interested in the design process of sculpted jewelry? This one session makerspace will be an exciting foray into the world of resin sculpting for jewelry. Learn a new skill, meet like-minded people, and use your hands to create anything you can imagine, in a fun, easy going and casual atmosphere!..
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@MATCH
August 16 // 7:30 PM // $30 - $35
Five composers from across the State descend upon Houston for an unforgettable night celebrating the rich diversity of Texas music. Come join Texas New Music Ensemble as we welcome composers Anthony Brandt, Ethan Wickman, Joe LoCascio, Dan Welcher, and Jasmine Moni Guo for a concert featuring some of Texas' favorite works alongside two World Premieres!..
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Mandala Sand Painting by the Mystical
@ Asia Society Texas Center
August 16 - 19 // Time varies // Free
Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery will construct a mandala sand painting and perform special ceremonies. This artistic tradition of Tantric Buddhism, painting with colored sand, ranks as one of the most unique and exquisite. Millions of grains of sand are meticulously placed on a flat platform over a period of days or weeks to form the image of a mandala, purifying and healing the environment and its inhabitants...
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@ MATCH
August 16 - 19 // Thurs. - Sat. at 8:00 PM, Sun. at 3:00 PM // $25 - $35
Pastor Raymond Greer has turned his life around and now runs an extremely successful men's drug rehab within his church. The program cost no money but is far from free. Over the next 90 days, six wayward men change from strangers to brothers while they set out to accomplish the impossible, holding on to the one tie that binds: the desire to be free...and to be clean...
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Retablos31 Tin Pick Up
@ MECA
August 17 // 11:00 AM // Free
WASHINGTON AVE. ARTS DISTRICT EVENT
MECA is pleased to announce Retablos31 - an annual silent auction fundraiser and exhibition of retablos celebrating the tradition of devotional painting, presented in collaboration with Lawndale Art Center. For this exhibition MECA invites artists from the Houston community to create original works of art following the tradition of devotional retablo making...
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@ Honey Art CafeAugust 17 // 8:00 PM // Free
FRESH ARTS ORG. MEMBER EVENT
This free concert will preview some of the music the Carya Quartet will be performing during their inaugural season of community concerts in the Greater Houston Area and provide an opportunity for Houstonians to learn about their education programs, all while enjoying the in-house desserts and beverages crafted at Honey Art Cafe...
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Sketch Blast: Friday Late-Night Comedy
@ Station Theater
August 17 // 10:00 PM // Pay-what-you-can
FRESH ARTS ORG. + WASHINGTON AVE. ARTS DISTRICT EVENT
SketchBlast is a weekly showcase of live sketch comedy from local Houston writers and performers. Watch Station Theater's house writer/performer team Blue Shift give their comedic take on current events, bizarre worlds, and even local happenings. We also feature fresh content from indie sketch groups around the Houston area...
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Sacred Music Sacred Dance for World Healing
@ Asia Society Texas Center
August 18 // 2:00 PM, 8:30 PM // $15 - $45
Robed in magnificent costumes and playing traditional Tibetan instruments, the Drepung Loseling monks will present ancient temple music and dance. The Loseling monks are particularly renowned for their multiphonic chanting known as zokkay (complete chord). Each of the main chantmasters simultaneously intones three notes, thus each individually creating a complete chord...
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@ 2313 Edwards St
August 18 // 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM // Free
WASHINGTON AVE. ARTS DISTRICT EVENT
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@ JoMar Visions Studios at Northwest Crossing
August 18 // 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM // Free
JoMar Visions will have a DJ set up for everyone's entertainment and all kinds vendors and artists participating. Saint Arnold Brewery is sponsoring the event, so expect to keep things alive to have a great time!.....
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Restorations and Revivals: One Sings, the Other Doesn't
@ MFAH
August 18 // 7:00 PM // $7 - $9
This enchanting ode to female friendship and liberation from Agnès Varda (Faces Places) is part blissed-out bohemian musical, part revolutionary cri de cœur. Spanning more than a decade, One Sings, the Other Doesn't traces the ups and downs-abortion, heartbreak, marriage, motherhood-of friends Pauline (Valérie Mairesse) and Suzanne (Thèrése Liotard)...
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METdance Midtown Mixer (21+ only)
@ 2808 Caroline @ Dennis
August 18 // 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM // $40
Join us at METdance for our second year of MidtownMixer! This one night only event and space is limited! Get your tickets NOW! Admission includes great food and drinks and you'll have the opportunity to bid on exciting silent auction items, see a few performances and of course dance!..
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Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble: Closeness
@ MATCH
August 18 // 8:00 PM // $5 - $35
The Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble presents CLOSENESS, an evening of new dance, music and film that explores the idea of closeness between people...
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Fall Class Sampler & Open House
@ Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center
August 19 // 2:00 PM // Free
Sample a FREE adult dance class, or try one of our adult visual arts classes at our Fall Class Sampler and Open House...
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Third Monday Critique Night w/ VAA
@ Art Supply on Main
August 20 // 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM // Free
VAA critiques are opportunities for artists to share their work with other artists. These are peer critiques in which everyone is invited to show work and discuss the work of others. You don't have to bring work in order to show up...
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The Idea Fund Info Session
@ Project Row Houses
August 21 // 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM // Free
Join us for our first info session of the year as The Idea Fund's administrators go into detail about the application process for this grant. This is a great opportunity for artists to ask questions before they apply...
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