MVP Arts Channel at HCC: Recent Episodes
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HCC's Media, Visual, and Performing Arts Center of Excellence offers Associate Degrees and certificates. • Our programs include Audio Recording, Dance, Drama, Filmmaking, Music, Music Business, and Visual Arts • Our faculty are internationally recognized and critically acclaimed • Our screenings, performances, and exhibitions are presented throughout the year • Our classes are available online and in studios, performance halls, and innovative learning spaces at campus locations throughout Houston
Whether you are in class, on stage, screening your work, or exhibiting, our purpose is the same: To place technique and discipline at the service of a creative vision.
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Episode 07 July 26, 2022
Professor Snider shares details about the new class offered for the first time in one of three possible tracks to a AA degree in drama at HCC.Theatre Design DRAM 2335Students will be learning the fundamentals of design and how to apply them to designing sets, costumes, make-up, props, lights, and sound. Students will also learn how to read a script from a designer's point of view; learn the vocabulary of design in all the various fields; learn about theater as a collaborative art and how to work with other designers and production staff and learn the process of designing.
Professor Snider's short CV
EducationBA | Design, Clemson University, Clemson, SCMFA | Theater, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Professional Costume and Scenic Designer Stages Repertory Theater, Unity Theater, Revels Houston, Houston Shakespeare Festival
Professional Crafts MasterStages, Houston Grand Opera, Houston Ballet, Alley Theater
HCC’s Art Car is the culmination of the STEAM Artist in Residency at the West Houston Institute made possible with the support of Dr. Ewen, Dr. Hodges, and Dr. Perez under the artistic leadership of Studio Art Professor Ashley Hope and through the efforts of students enrolled in the ARTS Academic Cooperative (2018-2021). Image Credit | Jeffrey Chen
Bikes | Soaring Possibilities
Donated by FreeWheels Houston
Bill Mintz and Jeff Parker
Ambulance | Terra Firma
Donated by the Public Safety COE
Johnny Sessums, Dean, Public Safety (retired)
Ambulance | Terra Firma
Made road-ready by the Automotive COE
Hugh Mann, Chair, Automotive Department
David Vogel, Dean, Transportation COE
Students | Art Car Bikes
Seth Moody
Jessica Aronew
Brian Rodriguez
Ricky Rivera
Students | Crossover Semester
Enrique Chacon-Herrera
Braxton Johnson
Faten Al Ani
Idalia Ruiz
Students | Art Car Ambulance
Emily Mariscal
Mickayla Smith
Corey Tran
Ana Gabriela Pessoa
Drew Cupp
Thanh Ha Gno
Andrea Eman
Marissa Thompson
Rashad Samuels
Yesenia Jacobo
Natalie Azúa
Crystal Tavarez
Karina Reyes
Faculty, Staff & Support
Ashley Hope
Jeffrey Chen
Bianca Bermudez
Anthony Reilly
Elizabeth Depew
Donna Pinnick
Andre Brooks
Johnny Wind
Daniel Bertalot
Caio de Aragon Cruz
Nathan Hale
Fran Smith, Michayla's mom
Administration
Kurt Ewen, PhD
Norma Perez, PhD
Jerome Drain, PhD
Michael Webster, PhD
HCC Northwest College
Zachary Hodges, EdD
Kathleen Anzivino, EdD
West Houston Institute
Jordan Carswell
Israel Garza
John Swann
Media, Visual & Performing Arts Center of Excellence
Colleen Reilly, PhD, Dean
Katherine Rhodes Fields, MFA, Chair
Art Car Chat Filmmaking Crew
Julye Newlin, Faculty
Shahd Shahroor, MVP Arts Intern
Yvan-Etienne Olivia, Sound
Ruben Courtade, Camera
Jonathan Alvarado, Camera
Awards
Art Car Parade | April 11-14, 2019
HCC Entry Title | Soaring Possibilities
Grand Trophy of the Cycle Division (Bike brigades, scooters, motorless entries)
Orange Show's Art Car Experience | May 14-16, 2021
HCC Entry Title | Terra Firma
Judge’s Choice
People’s Choice
Art Cartist’s Choice
Art Car Channel on EduTube
A return to our in-person student exhibitions. Features art studio students at West Loop and Stafford. Juried for awards in Drawing, Painting (Acrylic and Watercolor), 2D Design, 3D Design, Ceramics, Sculpture, Life Drawing, Art Metals, Digital Art, and Photography.
The Factory Seconds Brass Trio (members of the Cleveland Orchestra) comes to HCC to share their musical talents with our students in a recital. They will also be reading student works earlier on the same day. Host Dr. Joel Love.
The Stafford Fine Arts Center is back in action. Randall Williams highlights artists as they take us on the journey of Black History through the Arts. Broadcast March 4th, 2022 on Stafford METV.
This event is a collaboration between the Music Department and the Office of Student Life, featuring HCC music students and faculty, the HCC African Dance Ensemble, and guest artist dancer Jorrell Lawyer-Jefferson.
It’s always rewarding to see faculty perform what they teach. Randall Williams gets in tune at the annual Music Faculty Recital. Broadcast March 4th, 2022 on Stafford METV.
HCC's music faculty presents music in many genres and styles online. February 22, 2022.
Opening welcome by Music Program Coordinator, Dr. Kathleen Ruhleder
“I'd like to welcome you to our spring 2020 (*2022) faculty recital. We’re really hoping this is the last one that we're doing virtually and putting online. I would love to see you all at our events ??? and later this semester we’ve got lots of great in-person events coming up as well. But we're so glad that you're here to support HCC faculty as we share some really fantastic music with you.
So on tonight's program, you're going to see, what we typically have on these recitals are some shorter pieces that really highlight some of the skills of the performers. You’re going to hear some personal compositions being performed by the composer which is so exciting and then we have something a little different at the end of our program. We're going to have a much longer piece, about 17 minutes long, and really shows off the skills of one of our adjunct faculty members, Doug DeVries performing on the flute with a string quartet. It really shows how incredibly challenging and incredibly rewarding it can be to record a much longer piece. The type of focus required for that is pretty amazing so I hope you all will enjoy tonight's program.
Next week is our annual Black History Month concert which will also be online and we'd love to have you join us for that on the 28th and after that check out the calendar of events for all the cool in-person concerts we have coming up later this semester.
Enjoy."
Viewing Link and program on EduTube
https://edutube.hccs.edu/media/Music+Faculty+Recital+Spring+2022/1_m7jxb0s4
Professor Megan Lasher dances with Motion suit to record accurate, responsive human motion data by Nick Kume, intern in the Reality ColLab who graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a bachelor in animation.
The MoCap suits are used to capture sessions for pre-visualization, in-game clips, cinematic cut scenes, film, and television, and now at HCC for dance and practice sequences.
An introduction to new art faculty Esther Delaquis-Baidoo through her art. She is a painter and printmaker. She features some pieces showing her native Ghana open markets and her adopted Walmart market. Art Gallery at Stafford Fine Arts Center. Reporter Randall Williams. Broadcast February 11th, 2022 on Stafford METV.
Six programs and the Heinen Theatre and Central XR Lab came together to support the Film & Fashion Project: Fashion, Fashion Merchandising, Filmmaking, Digital Photography, Cosmetology, and Drama
Interviews:
Colleen Reilly, PhD Dean, Media, Visual & Performing Arts Center of Excellence
Suzette M. Brimmer, B.S., M.B.A. Dean, Consumer Arts & Sciences Center of Excellence
Cheryl Whitaker, M.F.A. HCC Fashion Merchandising Professor, Program Coordinator
Julye Newlin, MH. HCC Professor, Film
Photographs by Elizabeth Díaz, MFA Art+Design Program Specialist
and Matthew Gonzalez, ER Lab at Central.
During the pandemic, The Visual and Performing Arts COE used social media to stay connected. In our HCC Beat this week, Randall Williams goes behind the scenes with the Media Arts Chair Michael Cohn to learn how Filmmaking met the challenges. Broadcast May 21, 2021, on Stafford METV.
A message from Dean Colleen about Art Car 2021:
I am thrilled to announce that "Terra Firma", our entry into the Houston Art Car Experience, has swept the awards for Judge's Choice, People's Choice, and Art Cartist's Choice. Please join me in congratulating our students, Professor Hope, the West Houston Institute, and the dedicated HCC leaders, faculty, and staff who made this extraordinary achievement happen.
This project is exemplary of what we can accomplish in collaboration, and I am incredibly proud to serve with everyone who worked to see us enter into Houston history with this achievement.
Congratulations to Professor Hope and the Arts Academic Cooperative!
Proud to be HCC,Colleen
Becoming an artist takes hard work and a creative eye. In our HCC Beat this week, Randall Williams learns how the visual arts program is helping students to be the best artists they can be.
Broadcast May 14th, 2021 on Stafford METV.
Up To The Minute spotlights HCC’s Art Car for its “Virtual Family Fun Day,” featuring the District-wide collaboration blending artistic creativity and scientific technology. Israel Garza, IdeaStudio Manager, and Jeffrey Chen, Makerspace Technician, review the role of the Makerspace in this year’s Art Car, while Jordan Carswell, Interim Director of the West Houston Institute, and Dr. Colleen Reilly, Dean of the Visual & Performing Arts COE, take a look at future interdisciplinary, project-based learning.
An evening of student ensembles features The Student Choir directed by Dr. Andrew Briggs and three Jazz Ensembles directed by Dr. Joel Love (The Groove Business), Dr. Woody Witt (The Monday Night Jazz Ensemble), and Joe LoCascio (The Thursday Night Jazz Ensemble). The concert consists of pre-recorded videos, multi-track recordings, and live recordings.
April 27
The six HCC campus art galleries are closed until further notice but that doesn’t stop our student artists from showing what they've created this semester. Instagram will be our gallery walls for the non-juried exhibition that features all studio classes from all colleges in the HCC system.
https://www.instagram.com/hcc_visual_arts/http://
Gi60 HoustonPresented by ScreamingMediaProductions in association with Houston Community College's Center of Excellence for the Visual and Performing Arts, Gi60 Houston will be a fully online performance featuring selected plays from around the world brought to the stage by the HCC Drama Program's Spring 2021 Practicum students.
Gi60 Houston premiered on April 23, 2021 on the official Gi60 International One-Minute Theatre Festival YouTube channel
Our music faculty recital features an eclectic program of Romantic, Impressionist, and contemporary classical music. Back in the day, music was performed not only in large public venues but also in small private salons. You will get a taste of that as the artists invite you to the cozy confines of their homes, and to recital spaces and concert halls.
April 08 | To view the Spring 2021 Music Faculty Recital
https://edutube.hccs.edu/media/Music+Faculty+Recital+Spring+2021/1_nwcaba9a
HCCTV Up To The Minute_ April 1, 2021
On today’s Up To The Minute, HCC Studio Art Instructor Ashley Hope reports that Houston’s beloved Art Car Parade — now called an Experience — is returning and HCC will be represented. As HCC’s Art Car Advisor, she is joined by student Mickayla Smith, who gives a first-hand account of artistically re-envisioning and transforming an old ambulance to represent rebirth from Hurricane Harvey to COVID.
To learn more about Art Car Experience: https://www.artcarexperience.com/
From this year’s Art Car Experience application, submitted by Professor Hope, “The Art Car Cooperative at Houston Community College is a STEAM project that brings together students from across many disciplines in order to design, engineer, and construct art cars exemplary of HCC's innovative and collaborative spirit. For the 2021 Art Car Event, HCC has transformed an ambulance into a narrative of "rebirth after destruction". The idea was conceived by the students after their realization that they were all at HCC after some sort of struggle. Perhaps it is the character of a community college: The students are grabbing at chances their parents never had, or at second chances they weren’t sure would ever come to them. But always, the idea was about grabbing the opportunity to be more. I think the students at Houston Community College don’t just feel this way about their college, but also their city. After Harvey, and now Covid, they are communicating their will to overcome, to be reborn after hardship. So they made a design that was meant to offer all Houstonians an opportunity to get to higher ground—hence the title of the project: Terra Firma.We have a mighty resilient city, and our Art Car entry tells that story: the story of rising from the ashes to bloom. It is a very timely work of art, and hope it gets the chance to be seen this year.”
Ever wonder what happens behind the scenes of editing movies? This week, The HCCTV Student Lounge gang talks with HCC Professor and Division Chair of Media Arts, Michael Cohn, about this and how Texas is growing as America's third coast for making films.
The HCCTV Student Lounge is a newscast produced by HCC students, for HCC students. This week, the gang talks with Dr. Colleen Reilly about choosing the right electives for college.
Guests on The Topic December 01, 2020
Colleen Reilly, Ph.D.
Dean, HCC Visual & Performing Arts Center of Excellence
Michael Flanagan, MFA Instructor, Drama
David Sharma Adjunct Professor, Audio Recording Technology
Host: Todd Duplantis
Students from the studios of Professors Yoojin Lee and Joel Love will submit videos and give a virtual recital.
Virtual Student Exhibition | Fall 2020 | Instagram
ON INSTAGRAM | HCC Virtual Arts Center | @hcc_visual_arts
November 16—January 16, 2021
Registration is not required for this event.
The six HCC campus art galleries are closed until further notice but that doesn’t stop our student artists from showing what they've created this semester. Instagram will be our gallery walls for the non-juried exhibition that features all studio classes from all colleges in the HCC system.
The purpose of the Music & Entertainment Student Alliance (MESA) is to bring together students for both educational and social activities and to undertake fundraising activities that will benefit students in the music business curriculum.
Co-Advisors: Scott.Gehman@hccs.edu | Christopher.William3@hccs.edu
(Recorded pre-COVID-19 Shutdown, February 2020)
Ashley Hope, Art professor, and Israel Garza, West Houston Institute, talk with host Dr. Toni Rao-Southerlan about how WHI is moving forward combining creative art with engineering at Houston Community College. Featured project: HCC’s own Art Car Academic Cooperative.
HCCTV's The Topic (#261) will be talking art in connection with this year's Bayou City Art Festival and their new virtual Happy Hours in lieu of a live festival.
Scheduled guests include
Kelly Batterson, Executive Director of Bayou City Art Festival
Former HCC student Alex Roman, Jr. aka Donkeeboy
Jeryn Mayer, HCC Professor of Art History
Professor Mayer comments on the importance of festivals and the challenges facing the visual and performing arts organizations in this new COVID world.
ART TALK VIRTUAL HAPPY HOUR
The Happy Hour Series, in partnership with Frost Bank, KPRC 2 and Stella Artois, is part of Bayou City Art Festival’s “Save Our Art” fundraising campaign to support the continuation of Bayou City Art Festival’s mission.
Thursday, October 15, 2020, 6 p.m. featuring Donkeeboy.
3:20—9:38 Melinda Laszczynski Visual Arts Professor on HCCTV’s Up to the Minute, July 20, 2020.
2:07—12:28 Maggie Lasher Dance Professor on HCCTV’s Up to the Minute, September 02, 2020
Velbert Lewis, President, F2F Music Foundation, and VPA Dean Colleen Reilly discuss the HCC’s Summer Camp for Jazz Improvisation at HCC with F2F on HCCTV's The Topic March 23, 2020. This was recorded prior to the Harris County COVID shutdown that canceled numerous events throughout the nation in 2020. The Topic # 241.
A concert of improvised music performed by music faculty Joe LoCascio and Woody Witt.
At the NW PAC Theatre One
Sunday, February 23, 2pm
Overwhelming (Im)Possibilities
This exhibition of images includes work by members of the South-Central chapter of the Society for Photographic Education. The chapter includes students, educators and photography professionals from Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Tennessee. These artists approach photography from a variety of intentions and techniques. The exhibition coincides with the 2020 Annual SPE conference in Houston.
Image Credit Kristy Peet, Title: Objects owned by a 4-year-old and a 65-year-old that live in Space City, Medium: Archival Inkjet Print
LineByLine
Making Your Mark Through the Arts
HCC's Filmmaking Department created a Webseries, BE MINE. Key student personnel including Head Writer Abraham Ayala, Art Director & Props Master Jeff Novaez, Camera Operator Caio Cruz joined Webseries Instructor and Chair Michael Cohn and Host Toni Rao Southerlan to talk about their experience creating the 6-part series as students in the Filmmaking Department.
Friday, May 22 | 7pm
Student Film Night | Selected Works from Selected Classes
On YouTube | HCC Virtual Arts Center
Friday, May 22 | 7pm
Selected student works from the Filmmaking program will be showcased. This COVID-19 abbreviated event replaces the regular end-of-the-semester festival of student short films.
Screening Program
TV/Video Field Production - 62 minutes (7:00-8:02 PM)
TV Production Workshop - 9 minutes (8:02-8:11 PM)
Video Graphics & Visual Effects - 1 min (8:11-8:12 PM)
Cinematography - 17 minutes (8:12-8:29 PM)
Directing - 8 minutes (8:29-8:37 PM)
Web Series - 28 minutes (8:37-9:05 PM)
Scenes from a Screen | HCC Drama
ON FACEBOOK | LIVE MAY 02
Live Theater in the form of Drama Practicum Class Capstone Project Presentation | Monologues, a Scene, Songs, Design Presentations | Theatre Practicum II & III DRAM 1221 & 2120
Drama Instructors at HCC host this very special online presentation of Drama Practicum students’ capstone projects. They will showcase dramatic and comedic monologues, costume designs, scenes, and even songs to help raise funds for the HCC Foundation’s Emergency Fund for Covid-19 Student Support.
Students presenting are: Spencer Aravelo, Aliyah Barnes, Brenda Camacho, Megan Chavez, William Coronado, Olivia Knuckols, Kevin Ly, Jennifer Mendoza, Austin Mcleod, Abigail Penaflor, Lauren Riojas, Lian Seastrand, Gaby Ytuarte.
PROFESSORS: Michael Flanagan and Kathy Snider
Scenes from a Screen | Costume Design and Performances from HCC Drama
Drama Instructors at HCC host this very special online presentation of Drama Practicum students’ capstone projects. They will showcase dramatic and comedic monologues, costume designs, scenes, and even songs to help raise funds for the HCC Foundation’s Emergency Fund for Covid-19 Student Support.
Scenes from a Screen | Costume Design and Performances from HCC Drama
Saturday, May 02 | 5pm
ON FACEBOOK | https://www.facebook.com/wearehccs/
Description: Drama Instructors at HCC host this very special online presentation of Drama Practicum students’ capstone projects. They will showcase dramatic and comedic monologues, costume designs, scenes, and even songs to help raise funds for the HCC Foundation’s Emergency Fund for Covid-19 Student Support.
Students presenting are: Spencer Aravelo, Aliyah Barnes, Brenda Camacho, Megan Chavez, William Coronado, Olivia Knuckols, Kevin Ly, Jennifer Mendoza, Austin Mcleod, Abigail Penaflor, Lauren Riojas, Lian Seastrand, Gaby Ytuarte
https://hcc.events.idloom.com/online-drama-spr2020
PROFESSORS: Michael.Flanagan@hccs.edu and Kathy Snider
Molière's The Learned Ladies
Directed by Ed Muth. Les Femmes savantes is a comedy by Molière in five acts, written in verse. A satire on academic pretension, female education, and préciosité, it was one of his most popular comedies. It premiered at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on 11 March 1672.
Compositions for Shakuhachi & Soprano | World Premiere
The recital features a world premiere by HCC Composer Stephen Yip and a Houston premiere by Shakuhachi Master Shawn Renzoh Head. Dr. Yip's composition was written expressly for Frances Fenton and Shawn Renzoh Head. Shakuhachi Master Shawn Renzoh Head became the youngest Shihan (Master) in history and is dedicated to promoting coherence and possibilities between Eastern and Western music. He was awarded the honor of being an OSS Tai Shogun in 2019. Frances Fenton, HCC Voice Faculty, has premiered many compositions in the U.S. and Europe and is the singer of choice for several composers.
Trailer:
Six Webisode series written, produced, and directed by Houston Community College students in the Filmmaking program.
“The present of my life looks different under trees,” is a quote from a passage in Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek in which she muses on the differences between “soft-shelled humans” and the trees with their bark shields and immense lifespans. Trees 'remember' the weather through their growth rings and, in fossilized remains, the pattern of these rings is used to study past climates. What will current, living trees tell the future?
This installation consists of sixty 11’ high panels, each one representing a year of weather data from Hobby airport. The lightweight, fabric panels hang from the ceiling creating an immersive environment. Each panel varies in width based on the rainfall intensity, and the color, from ice-blue to blue-black, represents the average nighttime temperature for that year. More shocking than any graph, this forest-like environment shows the story of rising temperatures and intensifying rain events.
The (Identity) collection is actually about women's rights, especially in Muslim and patriarchal society. — Mahtab Basiri
This is a great opportunity for the HCC students and the Houston art audience to see incredible paintings made by a contemporary artist from Iran. Ms. Basiri analyzes the human experience with figural paintings imbued with personal content and intelligent symbolic combinations. Her stunning use of light, color, pattern, texture and space is sophisticated and charismatic. She makes multifaceted allusions to female challenges with her contemporary realism. — Stanley Kaminski
The HCC Northeast Art Gallery and Student Life Department commemorate Black History Month with an exhibit titled Resurrection featuring Houston artist Kentra Gilbert.
Gilbert’s work features geometric pattern paintings on canvas and wood with various types of acrylic paint. She uses colors and shapes to create optical illusions and what she describes as a beautiful deception. After earning degrees at Southwestern Christian College and the University of Houston, Gilbert graduated from Houston Baptist University with a Master of Fine Art in 2017.
During her time as a student and afterward, Kentra showed her artwork in numerous group shows and juried exhibitions; however, this is her first one-person-show in a Houston gallery. While at HBU, she received 2nd place in 2017 Rockport's Center for the Art's "Rising Eye of Texas." Among her achievements are becoming a finalist at the "Biennial: Origins in Geometry" (2017) and a recent participant of the "Fresh Look: Selection of Women Artists in the MADI Collection" and "Artist of the Month" for October at the Museum of Geometric and MADI Art (2019). She was selected multiple times as a participant in the "Citywide African American Artists Exhibition," a collaborative exhibit put together by Texas Southern University's University Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
Jessica Simorte and Max Manning both hold Master of Fine Arts degrees from the University of Cincinnati, and both have been exhibited regionally, nationally and internationally. They are now based in Northwest Houston, and Simorte is on faculty at Sam Houston State University.
While the work of both is largely abstract in appearance, the artists are very much rooted in specific time, art practices, and places. Simorte reflects on the deep relationships between people and places, with her work evoking fragments of rooms, windows, or remembered patterns of past places.
Manning seeks to be “retro-contemporary but not retrograde,” interrogating the “timeline of art history with one foot on the past and the other on the present.” His work is particularly influenced by Cubism, with its interest in forcing the viewer to see the painting both as object and as subject matter.
Houston Symphony Principal Timpanist Leo Soto is joined by his colleagues Wei Jiang, viola and Annie Chen, violin in a unique chamber music program. Featured pieces include Michael Colgrass's Variations for Four Drums and Viola and Joe LoCascio's new work, Three Windows. Lou Harrison's Varied Trio featuring pianist Sherry Cheng also performed.
LineByLine
Making Your Mark Through the Arts
HCC's James V Thomas is a guest after receiving the 2019 National Black Theatre Festival's award in Scenic Design.
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Making Your Mark Through the Arts
Kendall R. Moore, DMA, Music Professor, Trombonist, Composer & Arranger at Houston Community College, VPA
Sarah Bouse, Music Professor, Pianist, Vocal Coach at Houston Community College, VPA
The award-winning HCC Monday Night Big Band, under the direction of Dr. Woody Witt,presents their fall concert, highlighting classic big band repertoire by such composers atThad Jones, Sammy Nestico, Bob Mintzer and others, as well as original arrangements bymembers of the ensemble.
The Center of Excellence for Visual and Performing ArtsMusic DepartmentSystem-Wide Honor’s RecitalFall 2019
Piano Sonata in Bb Major, Op. 22 I. Allegro con brioLudwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)Young Sun Yi, pianoStudio of Dr. Yoojin Lee
The Center of Excellence for Visual and Performing ArtsMusic DepartmentSystem-Wide Honor’s RecitalFall 2019
Sonata 14 in C# minor
“Moonlight,” Op. 27, No. 2
III. Presto Agitato
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)Loc Nguyen, pianoStudio of Dr. Joel Love
The Center of Excellence for Visual and Performing ArtsMusic DepartmentSystem-Wide Honor’s RecitalFall 2019
Voi che sapete
from Le nozze di Figaro
W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)Lisette Guevara, sopranoStudio of Dr. Seong Shin RaAccompanist Dr. Esther Park
The Center of Excellence for Visual and Performing ArtsMusic DepartmentSystem-Wide Honor’s RecitalFall 2019
Come and Trip It George Frederic Handel (1685-1759)Lincoln Coronado, tenorStudio of Mary HinesAccompanist Andrew Schneider
The Center of Excellence for Visual and Performing ArtsMusic DepartmentSystem-Wide Honor’s RecitalFall 2019
Piangerò
from Giulio Cesare
George Frederic Handel (1685-1759)Kayla Boyte-Moore, sopranoStudio of Mary HinesAccompanist Andrew Schneider
The Center of Excellence for Visual and Performing ArtsMusic DepartmentSystem-Wide Honor’s RecitalFall 2019
Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
I. Adagio moderato
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)Julian Rivera, celloStudio of Olive ChenAccompanist Andrew Schneider
Northline students’ studio artworks from drawing, painting and design. First place and honorable mention awards will be presented at reception.
Remarks by Visual & Performing Arts Dean Dr. Colleen Reilly at the Reception to Recognize James V. Thomas
“Sometimes you’re lucky and you don’t even know it.” -- August Wilson, Gem of the OceanThis quote from playwright August Wilson reminds us to acknowledge the ways in which the universe provides for us without our even noticing. I share it tonight because it is from Wilson’s play Gem of the Ocean. As many of you know August Wilson penned an American Decalogue--10 plays about the African American experience, each one set in a decade of the 20th century. Gem of the Ocean, set in 1904, is the first of these, although it was the ninth play Wilson added to his American Cycle. It is also one of several plays for which James V Thomas created an award-winning scenic design.
In Wilson’s worldview, time is circular, and as we honor James V Thomas tonight I invite us to be mindful of the past, present, and future in all that we do. I see this in James’ work. He was honored this year with Achievements in Scenic Design by the National Black Theater Festival for his 39-year history with the Ensemble Theatre. He is one of only a few designers that has designed all ten of Wilson’s American cycle. He is a design luminary in Houston, Pittsburgh, and Syracuse where he has produced scenic designs for ten world premieres.
As a theatre scholar, I cannot help but trace a bit of history to demonstrate first, how time is circular and second, acknowledge how lucky we are. When I arrived at graduate school in Pittsburgh, PA I did not know how lucky I was. I held a teaching fellowship with Kuntu Repertory Theatre, the nation’s oldest African American theatre company. I served there with Eileen J. Morris, the Ensemble Theatre’s Artist Director. Kuntu Repertory Theatre, under the direction of Vernell A. Lillie, held the legacy of the Black Horizon Theatre- a company co-founded by August Wilson and Rob Penny--and was the precedent for the New Horizon Theater which continues its work in Pittsburgh to produce new works from African American points of view.
The New Horizon Theater is one among many theatre companies for which James V Thomas served as the resident scenic designer. Imagine my surprise upon landing here, at HCC, and finding this connection to James. This is how we are lucky and we do not even know it. We are lucky that every student that encounters James is connected to this rich legacy of artists who came before them and who are carried by him through his deep and complex work. We are lucky that an artist of his caliber serves with us in supporting the next generation of our craft. We are lucky that he manages all of his professional opportunities, and there are many, around our class and production schedule and often uses them to extend opportunities for our students. We are lucky that the national theatre community sees in James what we experience every day: a brilliant artist and designer committed to service, mentorship, and education. James, it is an honor to serve with you here at HCC in a craft that cannot be bound by time, geography, and administrative limitations.
You are a gem, and we will always be grateful that you choose to shine here.
16th NBTF wraps on a high noteBy Lynn Felder Winston-Salem Journal
Aug 3, 2019
https://www.journalnow.com/news/local/th-nbtf-wraps-on-a-high-note/article_ee10d546-4448-50e6-ad7a-4fa9fae9a28c.html
Alex Roman Jr. (“Donkeeboy”), a visual artist based in Houston, is a remixer of pop culture. He puts his own unique spin on famous icons, creating works of art that consist of double entendre and visual puns. He is a former HCC art student. In recent years, Donkeeboy has become one of Houston’s most prominent artists. His murals can be found at iconic Houston restaurants including Shipley Do-Nuts, Burns Original BBQ, Riel and The Original Ninfa’s. He is the resident artist at 8th Wonder Brewery, where he hosts free art shows five times per year highlighting other local artists.
In this timely comedy, when Lord Angelo closes the city’s brothels and outlaws “loose morality,” Claudio and his pregnant girlfriend are sentenced to death. Isabella, Claudio’s sister, goes to Angelo for help, but his shocking demands in exchange for Claudio’s freedom send her on a journey of disguise and deception, all in the name of justice...and a happy ending. Directed by Michael Flanagan.
Please see the companion piece on the Line by Line Podcast
https://edutube.hccs.edu/media/Line+by+Line+%7C+Shakespeare%27s+Measure+for+Measure/0_p33fntzw
Exhibition of work from the art studio students at West Loop and Stafford locations. Juried for awards in 11 categories: Drawing, Painting (Acrylic and Watercolor), 2-D Design, 3-D Design, Ceramics, Sculpture, Life Drawing, Metal Arts, Digital Art and Photography.
The Groove Business Plays Jazz in Color
The group includes Charlie Bubenik - guitar, bass, drums; Brandon Martinez - guitar, bass, drums; Loc Nguyen - keyboard; Patrick Ong - keyboard; Jacob Orr - guitar, bass; Jack Tran - keyboard; Benson Thomas - keyboard, bass, drums. Under the direction of Dr. Joel LoveTheir Program will be selected from the following standards (plus a couple surprises): Autumn Leaves, Blue Monk, Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, The Girl from Ipanema, Misty, Take the A Train, There Will Never Be Another You, Watermelon Man.
Group show of work by Fall 2019 Southeast students in ceramics, drawing, painting, and digital art.
Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, and Design from students enrolled in beginning HCC-NW Studio Art Courses at Spring Branch, Alief-Hayes Road, and Katy campuses. Houston artist and Willowridge High School art teacher Shekita Thornton will select the outstanding student works and HCC professors will, by consensus, choose the Faculty Award recipient.
Exhibition of work from the art studio students at Central. Juried for awards in 12 studio categories; Printmaking, Drawing, Painting, Watercolor, 2D Design, 3D Design, Ceramics, Sculpture, Life Drawing, Art Metals, Digital Art, and Photography.
Dr. Christopher McKim, baritone and Dr Kathleen Ruhleder, mezzo-soprano, present a musical theatre cabaret on the theme of what it takes to be an adult. Features songs by Stephen Sondheim, Kander & Ebb, and many more.
The Houston-based Kazoku Quartet is a classical saxophone ensemble devoted to high-quality chamber music that can be enjoyed by all. The diverse backgrounds of the four members (Daniel Gelok, Eleanor Parker, Masahito Sugihara, and Evan Withner) and the various demands of the greater Houston area musical scene have established a dynamic ensemble which regularly performs in classical, jazz, folk, and pop idioms. The Kazoku Quartet regularly works closely with contemporary composers such as Rob Smith, Joel Love, and Anthony Brandt, premiering new music and assisting with the development of new music for saxophone.
The Annual Visual Arts Fest is a day for area high school students and art faculty to visit the HCC Visual Art Program, experience art-making in its extensive studio facilities, and interact with college art faculty through, workshops, portfolio reviews and college information sessions.
An exhibition of artworks from Visual Arts students enrolled in advanced sections of studio art courses from the Spring Branch, Alief-Hayes Road, and Katy campuses.
Juror Michelle O'Michael, well known for her monumental steel sculptures, will select the outstanding student piece in the categories of Painting, Drawing and Art. The professors will, by consensus, choose student art for Faculty Awards and Honorable Mentions.
Wyrd Sisters by Sir Terry Pratchett | Adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs
Directed by Kathy Snider. “Destiny is important, see, but people go wrong when they think it controls them. It’s the other way around.” A king has been cruelly murdered, his throne usurped by his wicked cousin and his ambitious wife. An infant heir and the crown of the kingdom are both missing. Dim soldiers, strolling players and querulous peasants roam a land in peril. But it’s three witches that stand between the Kingdom and destruction.
From playing in hospitals, schools, and community centers to performing in Carnegie Hall, Taiwanese-American pianist Yvonne Chen enjoys programming site-specific performances, as well as creating a logical yet balanced array of music blending the familiar with the unfamiliar, the old and the new, and the traditional with the avant-garde in a single program.
Tommy Taylor | Hand Held
Tommy Taylor investigates personal mythologies and narratives from his own life and re-contextualizes those experiences in video installations, paintings, and collages. In “Hand Held,” Taylor presents intimate scenes of domestic life that emphasize the importance of touch and the sensory experiences of the home. For the viewer, each piece feels both familiar and foreign, conscious and subconscious, abstract and tangible. Taylor’s work reminds us to always be attentive and aware of the present, and to investigate the familiar as a means to deeper awareness. Taylor is a multi-faceted artist who lives in Houston and teaches at Lone Star College.
Cecilia Villanueva | Impossible Architecture
Cecilia was born and raised in Mexico City. She brings both world history and imagination to her work. Her training began when her father, an architect, would give Cecilia blueprints to draw on. He thought she would use the large size paper to draw on the back, but she instead chose to spend hours tracing the intricate tracery of blue lines on the front of the paper.
All of Cecilia´s paintings, whether oil or ink, have hidden surprises in them. Only her daughter knows where all the secret images are hidden. Cecilia stated that "...artists carry the consciousness of their community. Artists see what is going to happen before it is observed. It’s more than beautifying your home. We are the voices and translators of community culture and history"
The Art and Design unit Portfolio Review Day is an opportunity for students from across the art and design programs at HCC to present their work for review by art and design faculty and area arts professionals. The event is sponsored by the Art and Design Council.
The Art and Design unit at HCC consists of seven instructional programs, Fashion Design, Fashion Merchandising, Interior Design, Digital Communication, Digital Gaming and Simulation, Filmmaking and Studio Art, that are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.
This prestigious accreditation ensures the Art and Design programs at HCC conform to or exceed nationally accepted standards of art and design education.
HCC is the only NASAD accredited institution in Houston and one of only three NASAD accredited community colleges in Texas.
Guests are Dr. Colleen Reilly, Dean, Visual & Performing Arts; Elizabeth Diaz, Program Specialist, Art & Design unit (NASAD); and Katherine Rhodes Fields, Division Chair, Visual Arts, Studio Arts and Art History.
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HCC Drama Professor Michael Flanagan and HCC Drama students J Guadalupe Almonaci, Gabriel Armsted and Lauren Riojasdiscuss the upcoming production of Shakespeare's Measure for Measureshowing at the Central Theatre One Mers Black Box.
See companion piece:
https://edutube.hccs.edu/media/Shakespeare%27s+Measure+for+Measure+%7C+Fall+2019/0_qdi8u2yx
Celan Bouillet is a mixed media artist currently based in Houston, Texas. Inspired by travel, textiles and our relationship to place, Bouillet creates paintings with complex narratives and dense patterns. Bouillet received her BA in English and BFA in Painting from the University of Georgia and her MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2013. She has received numerous awards and honors including the 2014 Artist-in-Residence at HCC SE and a 2017 New Texas Talent.
This exhibition is funded in part by the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.
Representing a wide variety of experiences and training, four Northeast Faculty Artists offer a variety of techniques and media including Paintings, Digital Prints, Drawings and Sculpture in their annual exhibition.
HCC Music Faculty celebrate and dedicate the new Boston Grand Piano at the Central Campus Mers Stage in Theatre One. They are featuring orchestra reductions for piano duos (four hands on the piano), duets from various operas and musicals as well as solo works. Voice Faculty Andrew Briggs, tenor, and Seong Shin Ra, soprano. Piano Faculty/Staff Susan Hines, Yoojin Lee, Esther Park Christian Restrepo Sanchez and Andrew Schneider among others.
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
An exhibition of paintings, prints, drawings, and assemblage artworks by HCC Southwest (West Loop and Stafford) art faculty.
Drawing from both his diesel mechanic father and classical singer mother, Jason Valdez grew up with a skill and an attitude which led to his recent thesis “The Vocational Artist” earning him his Masters of Fine Arts from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Many of his paintings portray the working class. He is an Assistant Professor of Art and Gallery Director at Victoria College.
An exhibition featuring a variety of art media including paintings, drawings, printmaking, fibers, and sculpture representing a variety of themes, subjects and artistic roles by national award-winning HCC Northwest faculty artists. This showcase of naturalistic to abstract works will lead off our academic year to be followed by advanced and beginning HCC art students later this semester. The exhibit will also serve as an on-campus example of professional artist/teachers’ creative output that positively impacts our learning community at HCC.
Visual artist Raul Gonzalez continues to explore the theme of "Werk, Hustle, Sleep, Repeat" in his 'Watch Me Werk" exhibition.
“This Is How I Do This” | Central Faculty Art Exhibition introduces students to the excellent art faculty at Central by showcasing different techniques and media.
Introduction of Shemekia Dickerson to the Board of Trustees by President Siddiqi: "Sometimes we have dreams that we don’t think we can achieve or think they are impractical. Shemekia Dickerson learned that life is too short to let obstacles get in your way. When she found out she had a brain tumor, she decided that now is the time to live her dreams. She is an outstanding artist who attributes her success to the HCC studio art faculty. Here is her story.
“HCC rebuilt me and taught me how to think and allowed me to do that through my art.”
Shemekia Dickerson — Studio Art, Houston Community College
Raivyn Hearne finished her military career and enrolled in the music program at HCC. While here, she was accepted into a masters classes program with Melissa Manchester! Yes, that Melissa Manchester- the Grammy award-winning singer with loads of hits!
Monday Night Big Band with guest artist Larry Ham
The award-winning HCC Monday Night Big Band, under the direction of Dr. Woody Witt, performs with guest pianist, composer and arranger, Larry Ham. The band will play arrangements by Mr. Ham written for the band, as well as works by HCC student Jonathan Langan and legendary jazz composer Bob Mintzer.
Juried art exhibition of work from the art studio students at Central. Awards in 12 studio categories; Printmaking, Drawing, Painting, Watercolor, 2D Design, 3D Design, Ceramics, Sculpture, Life Drawing, Art Metals, Digital Art, and Photograph.
Juried art exhibition of visual arts students enrolled in Level One sections of studio art courses from Spring Branch, Katy and Alief.
Jeremy Koch, principal saxophonist with the United States Air Force Band in Washington, D.C., and Molly Orlando, new music pianist based in the same city, in a concert of new music.
Afternoon by the Seaside by Agatha Christie
Directed by Kathy Snider It's a lovely summer's day at a British seaside resort, but someone has stolen an emerald necklace. Can Inspector Foley figure out the "who done it", or will the while Jewelry thief get away?
Exhibition of work from the art studio students at West Loop and Stafford locations. Juried for awards in 11 categories: Drawing, Painting (Acrylic and Watercolor), 2D design, 3D design, Ceramics, Sculpture, Life Drawing, Art Metals, Digital Art and Photography.
Rona Lesser's works emphasize the color, light, and the beauty of nature, as well as a deep connection to Jewish spirituality. Rona has been an active Houston area artist since the mid-1980s, and she continues to show and teach citywide.
The HCC Performing Arts music faculty in performance includes Frances Fenton Lytton, Daniel Alexander, and Olive Chen among others. Dr. Joel Love’s compositions were also presented.
Led by Ashley Hope, Studio Arts Instructor and Resident Artist of the West Houston Institute, the Art Car Cooperative entry -- Titled: “Skybound Enterprises" Themed: "Soaring Possibilities" -- was awarded the Grand Trophy of the Cycle Division (Bike brigades, scooters, motorless entries) for 2019. The $500 award goes to Student Activities.
HCC teamed up with Houston-based bicycle charity FreeWheels Houston in order to bring you fantasy frankenbikes—Carnival Bike and Airplane Bike—designed by students Seth Moody, Ricardo Rivera & Jessica Arone Wosniack, respectively.
The Houston Art Car Parade is powered by The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art.
ClayHouston 2019 Regional Biennial Show is contemporary ceramic art, juried by Jennifer Ling Datchuck. The theme is "Ceramic pieces of today are the artifacts of the future.
Darcy Rosenberger shows her kinetic artworks before giving an artist talk.“Home" by Darcy Rosenberger is funded in part by the city of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.
A concert of vocal duets, trios and quartets for treble voices featuring opera, oratorio and cantata selections from throughout music history. Featured performers include Abby Powell, Kathleen Ruhleder, Mike Miller, Kaci Timmons and Seong-Shin Ra and Pianists Megan Glikes and Andrew Schneider.
Gulf Coast Intercollegiate Consortium member-colleges showcase student work. Awards selected by guest jurors.
In celebration of Black History Month local Houston talent, the exhibit highlights a group of recent dynamic works from Kenneth Pierson, Lesley-Marie Diaz, Tim Walker, and Craig C Thearist. These visual artists concern themselves with the representation of black culture and its varied interpretations.
John Forse is a Texas-based artist who's work is whimsical, trenchant, and not to be missed.
Wall to Wall: Exploration of portraiture in space | Darla Barolini Lawrence Exhibition
Features large oversize canvas paintings.
Visual Arts has a very special project underway! Over the past few weeks HCC Visual Arts Professor Michelle Marlar has been conferencing her Art Appreciation lectures through Canvas from Abydos, Egypt where she is collaborating with New York University Fine Arts and Princeton University on an active excavation of the Osiris Temple.
Dr. Marlar, an expert on the Osiris Temple — one of the most important, but least understood temples in all of Egypt — will be returning to Houston after spring break to complete the semester in the Stafford classroom.
Think Art Car, Frankenbike, Moving Artwork…
Think Fabrication Techniques in Multiple Disciplines…
Think Creative Cooperative for College Credit…
The Art Car Cooperative, Where all the disciplines are welcome
Contact Professor Lorena.Hope@hccs.edu for more information
Houston Art Car Parade April 13, 2019 2pm