Scope and Contents From Matisse to Turrell, 8 Artists Who Designed Transcendent Chapels Alexandra Alexa Apr 10, 2017 2:26 pm Artists have a long history of designing spiritual and religious spaces. Michelangelo put his finishing touches on the sprawling ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in 1512, but countless others had created art to transform sacred spaces well before him. Take Giotto (c. 1267–1337) for example, who created frescoes, altarpieces, and panel paintings that adorn churches throughout Italy, and is...

Scope and Contents Fearless New Ensemble Loop38 Performs In Complete Darkness Since its debut in December, the 17-person group has been breaking uncommon musical territory in Houston.By Sydney Boyd 4/14/2017 at 12:00am Published in the May 2017 issue of Houstonia AddThis Sharing Buttons Share to Facebook170Share to TwitterShare to Google+Share to PinterestShare to SMSShare to EmailShare to Print 0517 town electrolab loop38 immjcaLoop38 percussionist Brandon Bell, performing with the...

Scope and Contents Houston Welcomes New Music Ensemble Loop38 Steven BrownSteven BrownApril 14, 2017 HoustonMusic Loop38. Photos by Lynn Lane.Loop38 co-founder Jerry Hou.Traditional tunes, rhythms and harmonies played no role. Instead, the chamber ensemble offered up an ever-shifting soundscape of shimmers, glimmers, rustlings and wisps —Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho’s salute to the Northern Lights. This time, her Lichtbogen for instruments and electronics wafted beneath the...

Scope and Contents Pianist Adam Tendler Mixes Music and Meditation in Rothko Performance Sam Byrd | April 19, 2017 | 7:00am Facebook 222 Twitter email Print ArticleAAPianist Adam Tendler doesn't just play the instrument — he manipulates it. True to form, Thursday's upcoming performance at the Rothko Chapel won't be a run-of-the-mill concert. Instead, the musical mastermind's selections will require active listening, audience participation and maybe even...

Scope and Contents Top 10 Accessible Attractions in Houston By: Danielle Max | May 15 2017 Instagram Linked In Facebook Share on TwitterIn Texas, everything is bigger than almost anywhere else, and as the fourth largest city in the US, Houston has certainly got size on its side. Known as the Space City (it’s home to NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center) and Bayou City (for the ten winding waterways that flow through the city and surrounding area), Houston is vibrant and busy, but also offers plenty of...

Scope and Contents Feminism and Islam: Uddin wants to change preconceptions about her religion Photo of Margaret Kadifa Margaret Kadifa May 20, 2017 More Comments Print 2 1 of 2Asma UddinPhoto: Courtesy photo 2 of 2Asma Uddin will speak about feminism in Islam Thursday at the Rothko Chapel.Photo: Courtesy photoDuring her senior year of college, Asma Uddin had a crisis of faith.Up to that point, the University of Miami student had been a devout Sunni Muslim involved with interfaith...

Scope and Contents Lynn Wyatt Shares Her Love Letter in an Extraordinarily Rare Houston Night New Plans for Rothko Chapel Teased BY Shelby Hodge // 05.21.17 photography Jenny Antill 1 19Melanie Lawson, Honorees Sissy Farenthold and Lynn WyattIt was only the third fundraising gala in the Rothko Chapel’s extraordinary history of more than four decades and on this evening two of Houston’s leading ladies — though both from remarkably different spheres — took bows. Rothko Cultural Ambassador...

Scope and Contents Headscarves Can Be Empowering, Says Asma Uddin Natalie de la Garza | May 22, 2017 | 8:00am Facebook Twitter email Print ArticleAAAfter 9/11, when the dominant rhetoric claimed Islam was oppressive to women’s rights, Asma Uddin found herself in the midst of a religious crisis. She almost lost her faith completely. But that very questioning led to the work she does today as a lawyer specializing in religious freedom and as the founder of a web...

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Philosophers of art have advanced our understanding of the role of color in realistic representation in painting. This article addresses a new question about how color functions expressively in art. I sketch some ways to answer this question, using examples of paintings by Mark Rothko and light art installation works by James Turrell and Olafur Eliasson.

Scope and Contents Why the Menil will close for eight months The floors need refinishing. And they have to be perfect. Photo of Molly Glentzer Molly Glentzer June 14, 2017 Updated: June 14, 2017 10:42 a.m. More Comments Print The Menil Collection. Photo: J. Griffis Smith, Photo EditorDominique de Menil wanted the pine floors darker, and darker still.Steve McConathy remembers the day she selected the finish from samples in the lobby of the not-yet-opened Menil Collection in 1987. She...