African American Studies
The University of Houston
629 Agnes Arnold Hall
Houston, TX 77204-3303
(713) 743-2811

Community Connection

Date	Time	Location	Event
April 12, 2013 – June 2, 2013	Check Website for hours of operation	Houston Museum of African American Culture 4807 Caroline St Houston, TX 77004	Muse Exhibition
Description: A Collection of work by Houston artist, Jade Cooper. The series is composed of twenty, two dimensional oil paintings and charcoal drawings.
May 17, 2013 – August 2, 2013	Check website for hours of operation	Houston Museum of African American Culture 4807 Caroline St Houston, TX 77004	The Boat is a Floating Piece of Space
Description: The boat is a floating piece of space is an exhibition by Charles Campbell, Delio Delgado, Erika DeFreitas, Dionne Simpson and Stacey Tyrell - five Canadian artists who have cultural ties to the Caribbean. Featuring printmaking, painting, photography, and textiles, the collective works.
May 16, 2013- June 2, 2013	Check website for show times	The Ensemble Theater 3535 Main St Houston, TX 77002	Race R/ Drama
Description: David Mamet wrote about his play in a recent essay comparing Race with sex, and denoting that truth can never be revealed about the two things. A high-profile wealthy white businessman is accused of raping a black woman in a hotel room. He seeks counsel from a law firm that has an African American as a partner. The lawyers give their potential client, who claims the sex was consensual, a reality check on the conspiracies of the American legal system, the media and, most of all, race. But not everything is black and white — or is it?
May 18, 2013	2:00 pm	The African American Library at the Gregory School 1300 Victor St Houston, TX 77019	Behind the Scenes at the Gregory School
Description: Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes at the Gregory School? Join us as staff share preservation techniques and display materials from the collection.
May 23, 2013	12:00 pm- 1:30 pm	Project Row Houses 2521 Holman Street Houston, TX 77004	Upping The Story
Description: Rahul Mitra will discuss the DNA of the contemporary architecture around the world. He will also discuss the abstracted rejection of the colonial and imperial shapes and forms that accompanies the architecture. Rahul Mitra is an artist born in Hyderabad, India, now living in Houston.
May 25, 2013	11:00 am – 8:00 pm	S.H.A.P.E 3815 Live Oak Houston, Texas 77004	34th Annual Pan African Festival
Description: A Celebration of Beauty, Art, Talent and Creativity of People of African descent.
May 25, 2013	2:00 pm	The African American Library at the Gregory School 1300 Victor St Houston, TX 77019	Negro Spirituals: Triple Middle Passage
Description: Harvey Johnson has dedicated his work to the depiction of the human condition. The exhibition highlights Johnson’s work that spans over five decades. The exhibition has been extended to August 2013. Join us as Mr. Johnson appears as part of our program.
24, 2013- July 27, 2013	Check website for times	The Artist Collective 1413 Holman St Houston, TX 77004	Morning Coffee
Description: An exhibition by Houston artist John Foreman opens Friday, May 24, at the Community Artists’ Collective in the Midtown Art Center Tea Room Gallery, 1413 Holman at LaBranch. Titled “Morning Coffee,” the exhibit, which continues through July 27, is a collection of Foreman’s early childhood memories, feelings, thoughts and ideas.
May 30, 2013	9:00 am	Houston National Cemetery 10410 Veterans Memorial Dr. Houston, TX 77038	Memorial Day Ceremony
Description: A cannon salute, Taps routine, U.S. Coast Guard flyover and a riderless horse salute will make this an unforgettable experience. Retired Air Force Col. Ann M. Testa will give the Memorial Day address.
May 30, 2013	12:00 pm - 1:30 pm	Project Row Houses 2521 Holman Street Houston, TX 77004	Upping The Story
Description: Abinadi Meza will discuss his original projects, soundscape interventions, urban space and “memory-what” Meza, borrowing from Virilio, refers to as grey ecologies: temporal architectures that explore “depth of time.” Abinadi Meza works with sound, video, photography, and text to create affective spaces and documents.
June 13, 2013	12:00 pm - 1:30 pm	Project Row Houses 2521 Holman Street Houston, TX 77004	Upping The Story
Description: Jamal Cyrus will be discussing the Wu Tang creative and business model as a viable organizational form, and the influence of Drug trafficking culture, and Proto-Islamic organizations such as the Nation of Islam, and the Nation of Gods and Earths on this model. A Houston-based artist, Jamal Cyrus’s body of work began from revisionist approaches within American history, particularly studies dealing with the figures and the formulation of Black political movements.
June 17, 2013 - August 8, 2013	Check the website for details.	S.H.A.P.E. 3815 Live Oak Houston, Texas 77004	Summer Youth Enrichment Program
Description: To provide programs and activities aimed at empowering youth adults, and community organizations, groups, and institutions to regain control of their lives, homes, and communities and to return our communities to their original greatness.
June 19, 2013	11:00 am – 8:00 pm	Emancipation Park 3018 Dowling at Elgin Houston, TX 77004	141st Annual Juneteenth Festival
Description: Stories, the Gathering of Artifacts; Vendors, Church Choirs, Contests, Bands, Arts & Crafts, Musical/Drama Entertainment, Speeches... & more!
June 19, 2013	7:00 pm	Miller Outdoor Theater 6000 Hermann Park Drive Houston, Texas 77030	Houston Juneteenth Celebration featuring CJ Chenier
Description: The Crown Prince of Zydeco comes to Miller! Celebrate Juneteenth and commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation with a musical showcase headlined by CJ Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band.
July 19, 2013 Sept. 2, 2013	Check Website for hours of operation	Museum of Fine Arts of Houston Glassell School of Art 5601 Main St Houston, TX 77005	17th Annual Citywide African American Artist Exhibition
Description: Citywide exhibition of all artist in the African Diaspora
June 20, 2013	12:00 pm - 1:30 pm	Project Row Houses 2521 Holman Street Houston, TX 77004	*Upping The Story*
Description: Amy Powell will discuss some of the issues at stake for contemporary artists and filmmakers whose works have been deeply invested in questions of time. Amy Powell is Cynthia Woods Mitchell Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow at Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston.
June 21, 2013 October 13, 2013	Check website for times	Contemporary Arts Museum Houston 5216 Montrose Boulevard Houston, Texas 77006	*Perspectives 182: Latoya Ruby Frazier*
Description: LaToya Ruby Frazier’s work explores the psychological connections of intergenerational relationships within her family and community through photographs and videos.
July 4, 2013	4:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Eleanor Tinsley Park‎ 500 Allen Parkway‎ Houston, Texas 77019	Freedom Over Texas
Description: Houston’s “official” Fourth of July Festival will be held at Eleanor Tinsley Park and boasts the nation’s largest land-based firework display. Expect a mini auto show, volleyball tournament, beer garden, and sensational performances by Billy Currington, Sara Evans and many more.