A look at Shakespeare’s coining skills 400 years after his death “What’s in a word?” When it comes to William Shakespeare, quite a lot, it seems. Scholars estimate that 10,000 to 12,000 new words were coined between 1500 and 1650, of which half are still in use. And no one person is credited with coining
Kessler’s collection covers high & low This is the latest in an ongoing series about Southeast Texas art collectors. Some people focus on collecting high-brow contemporary art works, while others collect banal items such as baseball cards and Coca-Cola products. Jamie Paul Kessler, however, accumulates it all. He is a collector of collections. “I’m not a snob,
Art Studio membership show opens with reception 7-10 p.m., April 2 The Art Studio, Inc. Member Jurored Art Exhibition (TASIMJAE) will be on display in April, opening with a free reception 7-10 p.m. April 2. This year’s juror is Houston-based artist Michael Meazells. Last year’s winner was Avril Falgout and she will be the exhibiting
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Call for entries for TASIMJAE (The Art Studio, Inc. Member Jurored Art Exhibition) CALENDAR Entry dates March 22-26 Notification by mail March 28 Pick-up works not accepted April 1 by 5 p.m. Opening/awards reception April 2, 7-10 p.m. Pick up exhibited work April 27 Eligibility Open to all members in good standing of The Art
Carlo Busceme IV to unveil fruits of artistic compulsion at TASI Vibrant, complex and subtle. For an artist who sometimes finds it difficult to talk about his art, Carlo Busceme IV’s show, “Relentless,” is an exhibition that he hopes speaks for itself. “I don’t talk about my art. It’s hard for me, sometimes, to put
Shangri La to host exhibition of David Rogers’ giant insects In the 1954 movie “Them,” atomic testing unleashes a swarm of giant ants into the world, causing panic and terror. David Rogers is the artistic equivalent of a nuclear explosion, except he is much nicer and the swarm of enormous ants — and dragonflies, butterflies
African American Art from the MFAH’s Collection The works on view in a museum at any given time are usually a fraction of what the museum has in its holdings. The other tens of thousands of objects in a museum’s collection offer curators the challenge of creating interesting, new exhibits. The Museum of Fine Arts,
Street Art to invigorate Downtown Houston “The city is a fact in nature, like a cave, a run of mackerel or an ant-heap. But it is also a conscious work of art, and it holds within its communal framework many simpler and more personal forms of art. Mind takes form in the city; and in
The Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET) invites everyone to Go for the Gold on Thursday, March 10 for a chance to win $10,000 in gold or other fantastic prizes at our annual reverse drawing. Join us in the “Goldfinger” theme this year, as we encourage guests to channel their inner spy and dress
