ART OPENING: “Bo Joseph | Holding Spaces”

McClain Gallery 2242 Richmond Ave., Houston, TX, United States

ON VIEW THRU NOVEMBER 2, 2023: Layered silhouettes in a fragmented abstract field by artist Bo Joseph at the McClain Gallery.

Free

ART OPENING: “Pavlina Vagioni: Proteus Within”

TANK Space at Spring Street Studios 1824 Spring St., Houston, TX, United States

ON VIEW THRU NOVEMBER 25, 2023: Multimedia artist Pavlina Vagioni transforms the TANK Space into an illusory sea, echoing the ever-changing forms of the mythical Proteus, the shape-shifting sea deity from Greek mythology, through a dynamic interplay of light, darkness, sound, and three-dimensional forms.

Free

ART OPENING: “Tsherin Sherpa: Spirits”

Asia Society Center Texas 1370 Southmore Blvd., Houston, TX, United States

ON VIEW THRU JANUARY 7, 2024: Himalayan artist Tsherin Sherpa tells the stories of loss, struggle, and empowerment in this thought-provoking and participatory art experience at Asia Society Texas Center that features more than 30 paintings, sculptures, and textile works.

Free

ART OPENING: “Jamie Ho | infinite gestures for finding luck”

Houston Center for Photography 1441 W. Alabama St., Houston, TX, United States

ON VIEW THRU OCTOBER 19 2023: At Houston Center for Photography, through her work, artist Jamie Ho shares how the commercial language of product photography catalogs historical Chinese and Chinatown objects to challenge the ways that Asian culture is generalized.

Free

ART OPENING: “Dust to Dust | Christine Elfman, Granville Carroll, Adrienne Simmons, Jonas Yip”

Houston Center for Photography 1441 W. Alabama St., Houston, TX, United States

ON VIEW THRU NOVEMBER 19, 2023: Utilizing alternative photographic processes, the four artists in this exhibition at the Houston Center for Photography examine the substance of the human being from the big bang theory and dust particles, to the nature of light on real and imagined landscapes.

Free

ART OPENING: “Canal Street Studios: Satellite Showcase” at Gallery 200 in The Silos

Gallery 200 in The Silos at Sawyer Yards 1502 Sawyer St., Houston, TX, United States

ON VIEW THRU NOVEMBER 18, 2023: This exhibition at Gallery 200 in The Silos at Sawyer Yards features works by resident artists from the Canal Street Studios: Jose "Meenr" Arredondo, Lana Barake, Black Cassidy, Sylvia Blanco, Color Oner 713, Greg Cote, Ned Gayle, Gerard Harrison, Iram 7, Paty Ramirez-Sánchez, Anat Ronen, Kyler Sommer, and  Royal Sumikat.

Free

ART OPENING: “Con Cariño I Guadalupe Hernández”

Lanecia Rouse Tinsley Gallery at Holy Family HTX 3719 Navigation Blvd., Houston, TX, United States

ON VIEW THRU NOVEMBER 3, 2023: Guadalupe Hernandez's practice examines themes of family, labor, and cultural practices through a series of paintings and works of cut paper.

Free

ART OPENING: “2023 Texas Artist of the Year: Vincent Valdez”

Art League Houston 1953 Montrose Blvd., Houston, TX, United States

ON VIEW THRU DECEMBER 2, 2023: At Art League Houston, recent works and a curatorial installation by Vincent Valdez examine memory and remembrance from personal and cultural perspectives.

Free

ART OPENING: “Tania Candiani | Lifeblood”

Blaffer Art Museum 4173 Elgin St., Houston, United States

ON VIEW THRU NOVEMBER 19, 2023: This newly commissioned, multi-disciplinary installation at the Blaffer Art Museum by Mexican artist Tania Candiani features stories and lives embedded in the land – and particularly the waterways that have alternately built and destroyed Houston over time.

Free

ART OPENING: “Six Degrees of Separation | Phase Two”

Hogan Brown Gallery 2310 Elgin St., Houston, TX, United States

ON VIEW THRU JANUARY 4, 2024: “Six Degrees of Separation | Phase Two” at Hogan Brown Gallery features 16 artists followed by an after-party event upstairs in the Eldorado Ballroom.

Free
Event Series OUTDOOR EXHIBITION:

OUTDOOR EXHIBITION: “A Gift From The Bower”

Locke Surls Center for Art & Nature in Splendora Gardens 26041 Midline Rd., Cleveland, TX, United States

ON VIEW THRU OCTOBER 28, 2023 ON SATURDAYS 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM: Conceived by nationally renowned artist James Surls, “A Gift From The Bower” is an outdoor, multi-disciplinary exhibition on view in the natural galleries at the Locke Surls Center for Art and Nature in Southeast Texas.

Free

ARTIST APPEARANCE + ART SHOW: “Markus Klinko x Tootsies”

Tootsies Houston 2601 Westheimer Rd. (at Kirby), Houston, TX, United States

Celebrating Beyonce’s Houston concert weekend, award-winning pop photographer Markus Klinko make an appearance at Tootsie's with many of his larger-than-life photographs on loan from the Nicole Longnecker Gallery.

Free

ART OPENING: “Irmandade | Ibraim Nascimento”

Community Artists’ Collective 4101 San Jacinto St., Ste. 116, Houston, TX, United States

ON VIEW THRU NOVEMBER 25, 2023: Afro-Brazilian artist Ibraim Nascimento illustrates the bond of kinship between brothers, sisters and the deeper connection between diverse people through his art and performance at Community Artists' Collective.

Free

ART OPENING: “Through the Eyes of Our Community | PhotoVoice”

Old Town Harrisburg 6632 Harrisburg Blvd., Houston, TX, United States

ON VIEW THRU SEPTEMBER 30, 2023: A project organized by East End Communities, photographs taken by local youth of Magnolia Park are displayed throughout the buildings.

Free

ART OPENING: “Carolyn Bertrand Hodges”

Urban Eats 3414 Washington Ave., Houston, TX, United States

ON VIEW THRU OCTOBER 31, 2023: Fifty works by nonagenarian Carolyn Bertrand Hodges are hung downstairs and upstairs at Urban Eats.

Free

GRAND OPENING: Avant-Art Gallery

Avant-Art Gallery 2625 Colquitt St., Houston, United States

GRAND OPENING: Avant-Art Gallery features works by visionary artists, including Steve Wrubel, Picchiarello Art, Collazo Collection, Chloe Hedden, Liz Barber, Christine Tolonini, Matt Neuman, Jean Paul Khabbaz, Kinga Czerska, and more. Bites by Brasserie 19.

Free

ART OPENING: “Dimensions | Matthew Hawtin + Matthew Shlian + John Holt Smith”

Dimmitt Contemporary Art 3637 W. Alabama St., Ste. 160, Houston, TX, United States

ON VIEW THRU OCTOBER 27, 2023: Together, artists Matthew Hawtin, Matthew Shlian, and John Holt Smith present a body of work at Dimmitt Contemporary Art based in unique artistic processes that project paint and paper into a dimensional realm.

Free

ART OPENINGS: “Tree of Life” and “Max Adrian | RIPSTOP”

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft 4848 Main St., Houston, TX, United States

ON VIEW THRU JANUARY 6, 2024: Two exhibitions “Tree of Life” and “Max Adrian | RIPSTOP” are on view at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft.

Free

FILM SCREENING: “Green Bridges, Transient Walls”

Houston Climate Justice Museum 3308 Garrow St., Houston, Houston, TX, United States

ONE NIGHT ONLY: Film screening “Green Bridges, Transient Walls” by Aurora Picture Show at an outdoor lot at the corner of Commerce St. and Roberts St. next to Houston Climate Justice Museum.

Free