Project Row Houses Announces
29th Round of Artists’ Installations
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 11, 2008
29th Round of Artists’ Installations
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 11, 2008
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
2505 – 2521 Holman Street, Houston, TX 77004
2505 – 2521 Holman Street, Houston, TX 77004
(Houston, Texas) – Project Row Houses (PRH) announces its opening reception for Round 29 THUNDERBOLT SPECIAL: The Great Electric Show and Dance – Commemorating Sam Lightnin’ Hopkins. In conjunction with THUNDERBOLT SPECIAL, emerging artist El Franco Lee II will be displaying Survival of the Fittest. The Opening Reception, free and open to the public, will be held on October 11, 2008 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM. THUNDERBOLT SPECIAL and Survival of the Fittest will be on display from October 11, 2008 to March 1, 2009.
Artist Terry Adkins partners with Project Row Houses as curator and participating artist for Round 29: THUNDERBOLT SPECIAL. Joining Adkins in this Round are artists James Andrew Brown, Sherman Fleming, Charles Gaines and George Smith.
Adkins states, “We are all educators, black males and seasoned artists. I chose this group because Hopkins was a black male and a seasoned musician. This group can most appropriately address the life, work and accomplishments of Lightnin’ Hopkins in a variety of ways.” Each artist will create an original installation in one or more of the artist project houses.
Immediately following the opening reception will be a THUNDERBOLT SPECIAL performance. This performance is an interwoven variety of music, ritual, spoken word and video celebrating the life and art of Lightnin’ Hopkins. Featured are the artists members Lone Wolf Recital Corps, Blanche Bruce, The Sacred Order of the Twilight Brothers and the Anti-Formalist Reclamation Organization. The performance groups are composed of the visual artists participating in Round 29.
About THUNDERBOLT SPECIAL artists
• Terry Adkins is Professor of Fine Arts at The University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Adkins is an installation artist and musician who lives and works in Brooklyn and Philadelphia.
• James Andrew Brown is an Associate Professor at The William Paterson University of New Jersey. Mr. Brown stated, “I began as a painter, but my work has undergone a steady expansion into large-scale installations I call, visual experiences, which draws from life. Drawing has been a means of exploring visual communication, and it has been a great part of my creative experience.”
• Sherman Fleming is a visual and performance artist who has exhibited for 26 years across the U.S. as well as The Netherlands and Japan. Mr. Fleming is Program Coordinator for ArtWorks! Mural Art Program’s anti-truancy project in Philadelphia.
• Charles Gaines has focused on the postmodern and metonymy to make art that combines drawn or photographic images with text. His art addresses the irreconcilable opposition, in classical theory, between the conditions of feelings and the conditions of culture which negate each other in the same experience.
• George Smith received his B.F.A. in sculpture from The San Francisco Arts Institute and received and M.F.A. from Hunter College in New York City. Mr. Smith’s sculptures and drawings are inspired by a continuous interest in polygonal and fractal geometry combined with geometric forms witnessed in traditional African sculpture and architecture.
About Survival of the Fittest artist
• El Franco Lee II is the recipient of the 2008 Artadia Awards and the 2008 Lawndale internship program. El Franco’s solo exhibition will feature graphic paintings and drawings that depict social and urban issues.
About Project Row Houses
PRH was founded in 1993 as a result of discussions among African-American artists who wanted to establish a positive, creative presence in their own community. Our work is founded on the principle that art and the community that creates it can revitalize even the most depressed of inner-city neighborhoods, for the mutual good of existing and future residents. Thus, the mission of Project Row Houses is to create community through the celebration of art and African American history and culture.
Project Row Houses is open to the public Wednesday thru Sunday, 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Group tours can be scheduled by calling 713.526.7662.
Artist Terry Adkins partners with Project Row Houses as curator and participating artist for Round 29: THUNDERBOLT SPECIAL. Joining Adkins in this Round are artists James Andrew Brown, Sherman Fleming, Charles Gaines and George Smith.
Adkins states, “We are all educators, black males and seasoned artists. I chose this group because Hopkins was a black male and a seasoned musician. This group can most appropriately address the life, work and accomplishments of Lightnin’ Hopkins in a variety of ways.” Each artist will create an original installation in one or more of the artist project houses.
Immediately following the opening reception will be a THUNDERBOLT SPECIAL performance. This performance is an interwoven variety of music, ritual, spoken word and video celebrating the life and art of Lightnin’ Hopkins. Featured are the artists members Lone Wolf Recital Corps, Blanche Bruce, The Sacred Order of the Twilight Brothers and the Anti-Formalist Reclamation Organization. The performance groups are composed of the visual artists participating in Round 29.
About THUNDERBOLT SPECIAL artists
• Terry Adkins is Professor of Fine Arts at The University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Adkins is an installation artist and musician who lives and works in Brooklyn and Philadelphia.
• James Andrew Brown is an Associate Professor at The William Paterson University of New Jersey. Mr. Brown stated, “I began as a painter, but my work has undergone a steady expansion into large-scale installations I call, visual experiences, which draws from life. Drawing has been a means of exploring visual communication, and it has been a great part of my creative experience.”
• Sherman Fleming is a visual and performance artist who has exhibited for 26 years across the U.S. as well as The Netherlands and Japan. Mr. Fleming is Program Coordinator for ArtWorks! Mural Art Program’s anti-truancy project in Philadelphia.
• Charles Gaines has focused on the postmodern and metonymy to make art that combines drawn or photographic images with text. His art addresses the irreconcilable opposition, in classical theory, between the conditions of feelings and the conditions of culture which negate each other in the same experience.
• George Smith received his B.F.A. in sculpture from The San Francisco Arts Institute and received and M.F.A. from Hunter College in New York City. Mr. Smith’s sculptures and drawings are inspired by a continuous interest in polygonal and fractal geometry combined with geometric forms witnessed in traditional African sculpture and architecture.
About Survival of the Fittest artist
• El Franco Lee II is the recipient of the 2008 Artadia Awards and the 2008 Lawndale internship program. El Franco’s solo exhibition will feature graphic paintings and drawings that depict social and urban issues.
About Project Row Houses
PRH was founded in 1993 as a result of discussions among African-American artists who wanted to establish a positive, creative presence in their own community. Our work is founded on the principle that art and the community that creates it can revitalize even the most depressed of inner-city neighborhoods, for the mutual good of existing and future residents. Thus, the mission of Project Row Houses is to create community through the celebration of art and African American history and culture.
Project Row Houses is open to the public Wednesday thru Sunday, 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Group tours can be scheduled by calling 713.526.7662.
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Hi buddy I have not seen you at the park lately. Hope you are doing well. I am doing the 10 miler on sunday. Yikes!
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