The Hidden Agenda: Get Moving
There’s no shortage of events to keep you busy this week, from the opening reception for the 2025 Core Exhibition at the Glassell School of Art, a exhibition of photographs from the Chicano civil rights movement, an artist-led screening at Ruth Street Projects, the Houston Latino Film Festival at MATCH, and so much more.
Monday, March 10
Performance — They, Who Sound
Lawndale Art Center
Get your week going with the latest installment of They, Who Sound — the long-time experimental music series presented by local nonprofit Nameless Sound — hosted at Lawndale Art Center (4912 Main Street). The evening features a performance by Henna Chous (cello), X'ene Sky (voice), and Jesse Ward (guitar), as well as a showing from Juan Garcia (double bass) and Adrián Suárez (trombone, seashell trumpets, recordings). Doors open at 7 p.m. for this free performance that runs from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 12
Closing Reception — Space City: Art in the Age of Artemis
Asia Society Texas Center
Don’t miss the closing reception for Space City: Art in the Age of Artemis — a group exhibition featuring over 30 artists with work centering on art, science and human curiosity — presented at Asia Society Texas Center (1370 Southmore Boulevard). The reception, which begins at 6 p.m., includes music by Ice House Radio and features a roster of DJs performing inside Ian Gerson's site-specific installation Plans for a Spaceship Outta Here. The reception is free but requires registration to attend. The exhibition is on view through Sunday, March 16.
Houston Latino Film Festival
MATCH
The ninth edition of the Houston Latino Film Festival takes over MATCH (3400 Main Street) from March 12 to 16 with the purpose of educating South Texas communities about Latino culture and issues through film and recognizing filmmakers from across the world for their important contributions. The full festival lineup includes screenings of more than 70 short and feature films, as well as workshops, panels, live music events and the group exhibition Xicanidad: Past, Present, Futuro. All-access badges to the festival are $65.
Thursday, March 13
Luis C. Garza, Junto. Los Angeles, California, 1971.
Courtesy of Luis C. Garza
Opening Reception — The Other Side of Memory: Photographs by Luis C. Garza
MECA at TBH Center
From 6 to 9 p.m., MECA at TBH Center (333 South Jensen Drive) presents an artist reception and book signing with photojournalist Luis C. Garza for the opening of his exhibition The Other Side of Memory: Photographs by Luis C. Garza. The exhibition, on view through March 31, showcases Garza’s black-and-white photographs and provides a powerful look at activist movements and the Chicano civil rights era of the 1960s and ‘70s. The event is free and open to the public.
Discussion — Carol Mancusi-Ungaro on Cy Twombly
The Menil Collection
The Menil Collection (1533 Sul Ross Street) hosts a discussion with Carol Mancusi-Ungaro, associate director emerita of conservation and research at the Whitney Museum of American Art, as she expounds on the techniques and materials used by Cy Twombly. Given the history of her two-decades-long relationship with Twombly, Mancusi-Ungaro will also share insights into the dynamics between artists and conservators. Hosted in their main building from 7 to 8 p.m., the event is free and open to the public.
Friday, March 14
Opening Reception — 2025 Core Exhibition
Glassell School of Art
From 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., the Glassell School of Art (5101 Montrose Boulevard) at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston hosts the opening reception for the 2025 Core Exhibition, a culmination of the work produced by the 2024–2025 artists-in-residence of the school’s Core Residency Program: larí garcía, Umico Niwa, Max Tolleson, and Carlos Vielma. You won’t want to miss this always-impressive annual exhibition, on view through April 27. The reception is free and open to the public.
Screening — El Topo
River Oaks Theatre
Close out your Friday night with Alejandro Jodorowsky’s avant-garde classic El Topo, screening at 10:15 p.m. at River Oaks Theatre (2009 West Gray Street). Pervaded by Judeo-Christian symbolism and Eastern philosophical influence, the film follows a violent gunfighter and mystic (portrayed by writer/director Jodorowsky) on his bizarre quest for enlightenment. If you haven’t seen it, you’re in for quite the ride. Tickets for the screening are $15.
Saturday, March 15
Closing — Designing Motherhood
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
Designing Motherhood, a one-of-a-kind exhibition that explores all aspects of human reproduction through the lens of design, is closing on Saturday at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (4848 Main Street). Having originated in Philadelphia, the exhibition as shown at HCCC was the first iteration to be extended to the world of craft. Including more than 60 craft and design objects, and spanning 20 artists and 50 years, the works address themes like work-life balance and reproductive access. The exhibition is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.
Closing — Margaux Crump and Jake Eshelman: As Fish in the Womb
Throughline
Don’t miss the final day to experience Margaux Crump and Jake Eshelman’s collaborative exhibition As Fish in the Womb, closing at Throughline (3909 Main Street). Presenting an experimental series of photographic images, sculptures and interdisciplinary works that celebrate the ecology of Houston’s bayous, the exhibition is on view from 12 to 6 p.m. on Saturday.
Opening Reception — Sául Hernández Vargas: La condición mineral / The Mineral Condition
Jonathan Hopson
From 4 to 6 p.m., head to Jonathan Hopson (904 Marshall Street) for the opening reception for Sául Hernández Vargas solo exhibition La condición mineral / The Mineral Condition. The exhibition from the Houston-based, Oaxaca-born artist explores the tangible and symbolic power of minerals with an eye on the mining industry, pre-Columbian metallurgy and the economy of colonization. The exhibition is on view through May 18.
Screening — Artist Film Club with Cody Ledvina
Ruth Street Projects
Join Ruth Street Projects (2206 Ruth Street) for the first installment of their Artist Film Club, a series of one-night-only events, starting with an evening with Houston-based artist Cody Ledvina. Things get going at 6 p.m., so join for a veggie dog and a beer while perusing Ledvina’s original movie posters, then stick around for a screening of Sister Act 2 — the artist’s pick — starting at 7:30 p.m.
Graciela Hasper, “Graciela Hasper,” 2024.
Courtesy of KMEC Books
Opening Reception — Graciela Hasper: Here Comes the Sun
Sicardi Ayers Bacino
From 6:30 to 8 p.m., Sicardi Ayers Bacino (1506 West Alabama Street) presents the opening reception for Argentinian artist Graciela Hasper’s exhibition Here Comes the Sun, featuring her latest paintings and a wall mural. Prior to the reception, the gallery will host a presentation of Hasper’s eponymous 2024 book with a conversation between the artist and art historians Karen Marta and Gabriela Rangel, starting at 5:30 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public, but please RSVP to attend the book presentation.
