Scope and Contents In my February 10 column I introduced you to the non-profit Art Launch, managed by artist John Ross Palmer and husband Ryan Lindsay. A fabulous photo of the three of the four Escapist Mentorship Program’s 2018 artists ran with my column. Today I get to introduce you to the fourth artist, Nabarupa Bhattacharjee, who recently joined the other “Escapists” from her home in India.A little refresher about the program first. Since 2014, the Escapist Artists each receive use...

Scope and Contents Sure, it's been raining for more than a minute in Houston. But since the summer season officially starts this weekend — and the weather forecast predicts there will be sunnier days — expect more people to be out and about, looking for some events to enjoy. We've rounded up a handy guide to get you started. Thursday, June 21Celebrate the first sunrise of the summer season at Rothko Chapel With summer popping off on Thursday, the Rothko Chapel will celebrate sunrise on...

Scope and Contents It’s been 25 years since Adam Duritz and his Counting Crows band mates released their brilliant debut album, August And Everything After. In the quarter century since then, the Bay Area band have sold over 20 million records and toured the world over probably hundreds of times.Through all of that time, Counting Crows have remained a beloved live draw, buoyed by a wealth of masterful songs, from early hits such as “Mr. Jones” and “Round Here” to the sublime epic “Mrs. Potter’s...

Scope and Contents On a sunny Saturday afternoon inside “Austin,” the limestone-clad building designed by the artist Ellsworth Kelly, a young woman walks up to an arc of lime-green light that is cast through a narrow stained-glass window and onto the floor. She holds out her hand and turns it this way and that, admiring how it looks in the light. Then she takes a few steps, and a beam of magenta illuminates her face. A friend takes her photo.Inside the building, which recently opened on the...

Scope and Contents Well, you live in Houston and while you’ve prepared yourself for a sizzling summer, it’s now close to the midway point and you might be reaching your limit for hot, humid days.If that’s the case, check out these ways to beat the heat.Places to go While many Houston museums, like the Rothko Chapel and the Houston Center for Photography, are free year round, others offer free days during the week. Check out the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum which is free on Thursday...

Scope and Contents NEW LEBANON — Fordham University in New York City has received a $50,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation’s Theology Program to fund a project that explores Shaker Art, Design, and Religion, in partnership with Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon. The grant is a companion to the $750,000 grant awarded by the Luce Foundation’s American Art Program to the Shaker Museum to digitize its collections. The project will be co-directed by Dr. Kathryn Reklis, a professor in the theology department at...

Scope and Contents This coming week, on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, Houston’s Rothko Chapel will host a program on immigration and family separations. Designed as a non-partisan event, Immigration and Family Separation Crisis: A Call to Understand, Connect and Act will be co-hosted by Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative, a group of lawyers, advocacy and business organizations, and others who feel that legal assistance is vital to immigrants coming to the U.S.The program will address a...

Scope and Contents Long a center for civil and human rights activism, Houston’s Rothko Chapel trains its eye on the immigrant crisis unfolding across the U.S.—Mexico border with a special community gathering Tuesday evening.“Feeling as an institution that this was one of the key human rights issues at the moment, we were really questioning how we could best support the people on the front lines doing this work and how we could potentially serve as a forum for this discussion,” says Ashley Clemmer,...

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Scope and Contents A Swamplot reader sends a photo of the big white public hearing notice now up outside the Rothko Chapel; it’s the first sign of the work chapel management has planned for both the octagon and its surroundings. The proposed replat detailed by the notice would take 6 originally single-family deed-restricted lots occupied by the chapel, adjacent administration bungalows, and their surroundings — and merge them into a single parcel.It’s all part of the prep work for modifications...