<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/kgmca/explore/stories/soa/2026-pauhs-soa-pr-yardworks-one-year.php" dsn="news"><featured/><top-stories/><pubDate/><title>Public Art UHS and School of Art Launch 2026 YardWorks Call for Artists During Year of Institutional Growth</title><subtitle/><description>Public Art UHS and the University of Houston School of Art celebrate a year of growth and innovation with expanded student engagement, strengthened public art collections, and the 2026 YardWorks program inviting UH MFA students, alumni, and Houston-based emerging artists to create site-specific works that activate the campus arts district.</description><author/><author-email/><author-phone/><image><img src="https://publicartuhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2025-04-25-19.32.13-1-scaled.jpg" alt="Overhead shot of the courtyard showing Gabrielle Constantine, A Home Built of Lace (2024)"/></image><categories>School of Art</categories></item>