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Next Look at Artists Scheduled for Houston Press Artopia 2017

By Susie Tommaney
Jan 2, 2017

We're excited to announce the next wave of artists selected to participate in the 9th Annual Houston Press Artopia®, a celebration of culture, fashion, music, food and especially art. We announced the first wave of artists on December 12; click here to read the names of the first dozen artists...
MasterMinds 2016 One Year Later: HISD's EMERGE Program

By Steve Jansen
Dec 28, 2016

The first participants of the Houston Independent School District’s EMERGE program, a winner of a 2016 MasterMinds Award from Houston Press, recently graduated college and are settling into their first post-college jobs. There are four of them. Today, there are more than 300 Houston-area high-school students who are about to go...
MasterMinds 2016 One Year Later: Horse Head Theatre Company

By Steve Jansen
Dec 26, 2016

Jacey Little had recently finished some grant paperwork for the Houston Arts Alliance when she spoke to the Houston Press. Her mind was still decompressing from business mode. Which is good when an organization is trying to grow from toddler to infant (and eventually to grown-up). Little, artistic director for...
Lining Up the Food for Next Month's Artopia

By Houston Press
Dec 22, 2016

Artopia, the Houston Press annual end-of-January event celebrating the arts in Houston is still about a month away but planners are already lining up food vendors for the in-demand event. One of those is BB's Cafe and Maricela Bassier, who's in charge of marketing and advertising for BB's, let us...
MasterMinds 2016 One Year Later: UH’s Moores Opera Center

By Steve Jansen
Dec 19, 2016

The accolades have kept on piling up for the University of Houston’s Moores Opera Center since winning a 2016 MasterMind Award from the Houston Press. In April, the center’s rendition of Anna Karenina scored kudos from the National Opera Association. “It was a big milestone for us,” says Moores Opera...
First Look at Artists Scheduled for Houston Press Artopia 2017

By Susie Tommaney
Dec 12, 2016

We're excited to announce the first wave of artists selected to participate in the 9th Annual Houston Press Artopia®, a celebration of culture, fashion, music, food and especially art. (Additional artist names will be announced in the coming weeks.) The deadline for artist submissions is 5 p.m. Thursday, December 22,...
Houston Bands, Fashion Designers Set to Take the Stage at Artopia this January

By Susie Tommaney
Dec 5, 2016

Since bursting on the scene last year, Camera Cult has been quickly climbing the ladders, on their way to becoming Houston's next big act. The smooth dance vibes of David Gonzalez, Isaac Chavez Garza and Ricky J. Vasquez have just been added to the line-up for the 9th Annual Houston Press Artopia®, joining previously...
Exclusive, Limited Time Only, Pre-Sale Opportunity for Houston Press Artopia®

By Susie Tommaney
Nov 15, 2016

Houston Press Artopia® 2017, one of our premiere signature events, brings together the best from the city's art and culture scene. Set for January 28, 2017, this is the place to see and be seen while indulging in culture, fashion, art, music and food. Tickets technically don't go on sale...
2016 MasterMind Award Winners Honored at Houston Press Artopia

By Susie Tommaney
Jan 31, 2016

The weather was perfect, the music was thumping, and art from almost three dozen artists and photographers covered the walls of Winter Street Studios, making Saturday night's Houston Press Artopia the hottest ticket in town. After local favorites Gio Chamba played the opening set on the music stage, we honored...
The Five Best Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: Blood on Stage, Blood in Art

By Susie Tommaney
Jan 29, 2016

Before there was ever the Disney version of The Little Mermaid, there was Czech composer Antonin Dvorak’s Rusalka, with a similar, but much darker, story of a water nymph who gives up the life she’s had, as well as her voice, for love. Brian Jagde (a winner of the Birgit...
Artopia 2016: Food, Fun and Did We Mention the Blood?

By Houston Press
Jan 27, 2016

Still wondering what to do with your Saturday night this week? Artopia returns at Winter Street Studios. Come for the food, drink, artists and celebration of all things artistic and creative in Houston, inclusing, of course, the presentation of awards to our MasterMind winners. This year, as part of...
MasterMinds 2016: Celebrating the Creatives of Houston

By Susie Tommaney
Jan 26, 2016

As we announce the winners of the MasterMind® Awards, now in their eighth year, we reflect back on a year of triumph and turmoil, with organizations moving to new or remodeled venues while others lost their spaces, and a host of creative and innovative ideas for the Bayou City. MATCH...
Hot Ticket: Artopia 2016, With Smokin' Hot Fashion, Bass-Thumping Music and Über-Creative Art [UPDATED]

By Susie Tommaney
Jan 25, 2016

No need to jet off to Cannes or Hollywood for the latest red carpet event. The hottest ticket in town is at Houston Press Artopia® 2016, our annual celebration of smokin' hot fashion, bass-thumping music, and a sneak peak at some über-creative artists doing work right here in Houston. The...
MasterMinds 2015 Revisited: Jefferson Davis High School Mariachi Pantera

By Susie Tommaney
Jan 19, 2016

This month the Houston Press will celebrate its eighth year of handing out MasterMind Awards, designed to go to three individuals or groups who have greatly contributed to the Houston area's artistic landscape. It is awarded to groups or individuals doing great things now, creative types who could use a...
MasterMinds 2015 Revisited: Artist Patrick Renner

By Susie Tommaney
Jan 11, 2016

This month the Houston Press will celebrate its eighth year of handing out MasterMind Awards, designed to go to three individuals or groups who are contributing a lot to the Houston area's artistic landscape. It is awarded to groups or individuals doing great things now, folks who could use a little...
MasterMinds 2015 Revisited: Houston Arts and Media Founder Mike Vance

By Susie Tommaney
Jan 5, 2016

This month the Houston Press will celebrate its eighth year of handing out MasterMind Awards, designed to go to three individuals or groups who are contributing a lot to the Houston area's artistic landscape. It is awarded to groups or individuals doing great things now, creatives who could use a little...
Patrick Renner's Sentinel Stands Guard at City Hall

By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Feb 16, 2015

There's a plain esplanade, with grass and trees, on Montrose in front of the Art League of Houston building now. Up until recently, the colorful, whimsical Funnel Tunnel snaked its way through the trees. The public art installation was created by Patrick Renner, a 2015 Houston Press MasterMind Award winner...
MasterMinds 2014 Revisited: Chuy Benitez

By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Jan 22, 2015

It's been a very good year for photographer Chuy Benitez. He used part of his MasterMind Award cash prize to cover the cost of preparing and shipping photographs from his Cultura series to New York for the Bronx Documentary Center's "Miradas: Contemporary Mexican Photographers" exhibit. His work in that show,...
MasterMinds 2014 Revisited: jhon r. stronks

By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Jan 21, 2015

Choreographer jhon r. stronks took us seriously when we joked that he could use his 2014 MasterMind Award cash prize for anything he wanted. "You can use it to buy pencils, a plane ticket, anything you want," we said. He didn't buy pencils, but he did buy paper and a...
Meet the 2015 MasterMinds Winners: A Historian, an Artist and a Student Mariachi Orchestra

By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Jan 20, 2015

As we announce the winners of the MasterMind Awards, now in their seventh year, it's clear that Houston's art scene has continued to evolve and reinvent itself, with some significant changes to the landscape in the past year. The Alley Theatre and Main Street Theater are borrowing stages while they...

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