Wendy Wagner Art Opening

Opening: May 13th 5:30 to 9:00pm

On display from May 19 - June 10 and continuing upstairs until July 9th

Location: Darke Gallery
320 B Detering @ Feagan
Houston, TX 77007

www.darkegallery.com

Dominic Walsh Dance Theatre

Dominic Walsh Dance Theatre Presents: Third Course featuring a piece set to Debussy's Clair de Lune

May 5, 6 & 7, 2011 at 7:30 PM

Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Zilkha Hall, 800 Bagby St., Houston, TX 77002

Walsh says: “After my creation of The Afternoon of a Faun set to Debussy’s L'après-midi d'un faune, I became more interested in the composer’s other work, notably his Clair de Lune, and I thought it would make for a fascinating subject to interpret.”

Clair de Lune is considered to be the most adventurous movement of Debussy’s Suite Bergamasque for piano—the rest of the suite is clearly in the Baroque style—and even the composer said that he did not like what he composed in the rest of the suite because of its strict adherence to the style. Debussy’s L'après-midi d'un faune is considered a symphonic poem, a piece of music that evokes the content of some type of literary or visual piece of art. Clair de Lune, taken from a poem by French Symbolist poet Paul Verlaine, is engaged with a similar dialogue between art and music which Walsh finds compelling. Verlaine’s poem uses abstract imagery to embody the themes of melancholy hidden beneath the flamboyant disguises of bergamasques, or French masqueraders. “I am looking forward to creating movement that reframes this piece of music that we, as a culture, have such a familiar relationship with,” says Walsh. Walsh’s revisualization of this iconic work will be created for DWDT Company Member Domenico Luciano.

Ticket prices range from $25 to $52 however, there is a special $5 discount for TFAA associates.  Visit www.dwdt.org for tickets and enter Promotion Code TFAA or call 713-315-2525 and mention the TFAA code.  (No minimum number needed.  Offer not valid on VIP Opening Night Package or Casting Couch.)

Click here for more information



Arielle Masson

The Future is Not What it Used to Be
March 26th- April 23rd

2627 Colquitt
Houston, TX 77098
713.520.7053

Gallery Hours: Tuesday- Saturday 11AM- 5PM & by appontment

 

Mexican born French artist Arielle Masson has lived and worked in Houston for the past 25 years.  She received her M.F.A. from The University of Houston and was one of the first local artists accepted into the CORE Fellowship at the Glassell School, MFAH.

For the past twenty years, Arielle has been developing her own unique form of Quantum Surrealism.  Her paintings employ a multi-layered geometric structure with ecological overtures along with elements of Latin American magic realism.

Arielle Masson has exhibited in Houston and throughout the world over the last 20 years including six exhibitions at New Gallery.  Her show opens Saturday March 26^th 2011, with a reception for the artist from 6pm to 8pm at New Gallery: 2627 Colquitt, Houston, TX 77098.

MFAH French Fête

French Fête! at the MFAH
Saturday, April 2
9:00 pm - Midnight

Party with the Impressionists!

The MFAH and CultureMap celebrate the exhibition

 Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art 

An evening of music, cocktails, culture, and more!

Treat yourself to an after-hours look at the exclusive exhibition Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art before these national treasures by Van Gogh, Cézanne, Degas, Monet, Renoir, and others head back to Washington, D.C., forever.

• Mix and mingle on the porte cochere to music by Collide
• Indulge in French bites: crepes, cookies, coffee, and other delights
• Tour the second-floor galleries to the sounds of a string quartet, and enjoy a glass of champagne

Admission
Tickets available only at the door.
$20 Adults
$15 Students with ID
$10 MFAH Members
Cash bar.
Participants must be at least 18 years of age to enter; please present a photo ID for admission. An event entrance fee applies to each guest and provides admission to the event and the exhibition. Free exhibition tickets for MFAH Members and previously purchased untimed tickets may only be used during regular museum hours and cannot be used for this special event. This event has a limited capacity; admission is first-come, first-served.



Compagnie La Baraka at Wortham Center's Cullen Theater 

Saturday, February 26, 2011: 8pm

Abou Lagraa, Artistic Director 

IW Marks Dance Series

Direct from Lyon, France, Compagnie La Baraka, led by Artistic Director Abou Lagraa, will perform A World in Itself, a new work choreographed by Lagraa featuring seven dancers and live music played by the Debussy Quartet. French-born, but of Algerian descent, Lagraa founded his truly multicultural Compagnie La Barak in 1997 with many his dancers originating from countries and cultures other than France. The Debussy Quartet is well known for its passionate devotion to the French repertoire. Formed in 1990 by a group of young musicians studying at the Conservatoire de Lyon, France, the Debussy Quartet has established its reputation as one of the finest quartets touring and recording today.

For more information and tickets: click here.