The Hidden Agenda: Spring Fling
As we spring forward into the unknown of the new season we have an array of new projects, events, and exhibitions to look forward to. The days are longer and weekends are warmer inviting us to adventure out into the world. There is still sunshine to be absorbed once the work day concludes and what better way to welcome the gently warmed twilight than a performance or lecture. The closing week of March and the new beginning of April has a variegation of the mind and body awaiting us. Let us embrace the new creative sprouts of the season and venture out this week and next for an exploratory experience not to be hibernating on.
Thursday March 27
Reading - Poison Pen
Poison Girl 8pm
Colin James Sturdevant, Adrián Pachuca, and Eloisa Perez-Lozano will read new and existing works at Poison Girls ongoing literary series in the heart of Houston and Montrose. Poison Pen brings exhilarating fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and hybrid literature to peak your interest each month. It will be a little damp tomorrow but this will be a good evening and we hope to see you there.
Detail of Untitled (Say Goodbye, Catullus, to the Shores of Asia Minor), 1994. The Menil Collection, Houston, Gift of the artist. © Menil Foundation, Inc. Photo: Adam Neese
Lecture - Charles “Mark” Haxthausen: Cy Twombly: Senses of Time
Menil 7-8pm
As part of the Menil Drawing Institute and the Cy Twombly Gallery 30th Anniversary. Charles ‘Mark’ Haxthausen joins Houston for a night that delves into aspects of temporality in Twombly’s artistic practice, offering insights into his visual language. Charles ‘Mark’ Haxthausen Robert Sterling Clark Professor of Art History Emeritus at Williams College, and 2025 Menil Drawing Institute Research Fellow, will speak about American artist Cy Twombly’s (1928–2011) unique engagement with the concept of time. Following the lecture, a selection of drawings by Cy Twombly will be on view in the Janie C. Lee Drawing Room. Before or after be sure to experience the new exhibition What drawing can be: four responses, which opened last friday featuring new works by Jillian Conrad, Teresita Frenandez, Tony Lewis, and Constantine Luser.
Friday March 28
Exhibition Opening - Triage: Heather L. Johnson + Ellen H. Ray
Throughline Collective 6-9pm
Triage is an exhibition of cross disciplinary art that looks at our environment as a living entity, composed of interconnected organisms that thrive, evolve, and suffer trauma, as humans do. Through installation, video, drawing, embroidery, and interactive projects, artists Ellen H. Ray and Heather L. Johnson celebrates the resilience of non-human life while reflecting on consequences of environmental damage and our urgent need for deeper connections to the nonhuman world. Throughline has continued to impress with its ongoing programming and once again we have a pairing of celebrated thought provoking artists. Definitely make sure this is on your list of stops.
Still from the 2024 documentary No Other Land
Film - No Other Land
River Oaks Theater - Screening until April 3rd
Screening all week at River Oaks Theatre (2009 West Gray Street), the 2024 documentary No Other Land follows Palestinian activist Basel Adra and Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham as they document the Israeli military’s destruction of Masafer Yatta, a Palestinian community in the occupied West Bank. Providing an insider’s look at the conflict over the span of five years, the documentary — which won Best Documentary Feature Film at this year’s Academy Awards — also highlights the friendship and political alliance that develops between Basel and Yuval. An incredibly powerful and deep depiction of Palestine, Gaza and its continued turmoil before 2023. With no theatrical distribution secured for the film, this may be your only chance to see it, so get your tickets soon as the screenings are selling out quickly.
Critique and Presentation - FLATS Shoot the Shit
Kept Secret: Art|Coffee|Flowers - 7PM RSVP
FLATS’ crit nights are a community event for photographers of all levels and styles to get together and have constructive, meaningful conversation about their work. Each critique night has a special guest, ranging from well known photographers to specialists in the field. FLATS ask that you please bring 1-2 prints or upload 1-2 files to google drive.
Friday, March 28th they will be hosting the next Shoot the Shit Crit Night at Kept Secret, Art & Coffee! Limited Availability! For this event ONLY 12 PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO PRESENT, 1-2 WORKS PER PERSON. Please RSVP HERE and remember first come first serve.
