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Spindles and webs of organic shapes span the hallway like an alien garland, interlinking peculiar bulbous nodes. Hard ceramic cages squinch and shape the interlinked

The two nationally known artists of “Interstitial Spaces: Julia Barello and Beverly Penn” have several things in common. Both use unusual materials; Barello uses X-ray

Ceramicist Piero Fenci, this year’s Texas Master Artist at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, shows us around Battlement, the HCCC’s exhibition of body armor,

Systemic Expansion, David Katz’s on-site, large-scale installation, starts from a definite point of origin: a corner of the Artist’s Hall inside the Houston Center for

21st century Houston is a thriving art nexus, the home of world-class museums, acclaimed art galleries and a huge community of talented artists. At the

Whatever the reason was — whether it was the feeling of helping others or scoring a bowl handmade by a troupe of talented local artists

I would say hats off to the young professionals at Candlelighters, but a south-of-the-border hosanna would be more fitting — sombreros off!

Since its opening in 2001, the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft has inspired all manner of creative thinking and that bent for the out-of-the-ordinary was

While a handcrafted bowl is a beautiful object in and of itself, an empty vessel serves as a reminder of the 900,000 people — 53,000

…and motion matched with motion, song with song– a song that, sung by those sweet instruments, surpasses so our Muses and our Sirens as firstlight

Glassblower Andy Paiko and experimental sound-artist Ethan Rose talk about their large, mechanical installation Transference, which uses the same technique that allows a person to

How walkable is the Houston Museum District? To try and find out, I started thinking about the geographic outliers of the District, and identified them

Susie Silbert has made quite a long journey to get where she is today. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, she later moved to North

The Houston’s Center for Contemporary Craft revealed their participating exhibition for FotoFest 2012 with giant photographs hanging in hazy glory. However, these photographs aren’t prints:

This past weekend I went by the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (HCCC). If forced to be honest, I actually accompanied a friend and her

There is a great illusion at work in Lia Cook’s work. Her massive, black and white photographs of human faces — children gazing calmly at

Glassblower Andy Paiko grinned mischievously the other day as he slowly swabbed a rag inside a clear glass vessel the size of a punch bowl,

​On Sunday, we’re stopping by to see the ”Alyssa Salomon: The Handmade Print” exhibit at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Susie J. Silbert, curatorial fellow

Metalsmith Gabriel Craig and composer Michael Remson introduce us to their collaborative installation, Soundforge, on view at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. It’s an

Going Up? is a solo exhibition of whimsical metal sculptures by Texas artist Lauren McAdams. The exhibition focuses on two of the artist’s most recent

“Beyond Useful & Beautiful: Rethinking Domestic Craft” derives its name from the William Morris mantra: “Have nothing in your houses that you do not know

Creative inspiration can manifest from the most unexpected of sources. For metalsmith, writer and craft activist Gabriel Craig, it came from the humdrum sound of

I wish I could be a fly on the wall when actor Ethan Hawke opens his thank you present for participating in this week’s Cinema

We visit the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft to tour the current exhibition, Beyond Useful and Beautiful: Rethinking Domestic Craft. The show explores the connection