Domestic craft has long been admired for its aesthetic qualities — quilts, ceramic plates and baskets are objects of both function and beauty, inspiring exhibitions,
Young professional supporters that care about health care gathered at Antique Bar for libations and informal chitchat to kickoff the 2011-12 Scrubs social calendar. Raising
In Beyond Useful & Beautiful: Rethinking Domestic Craft, the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (HCCC) turns its focus on the intersection of beauty and the
When the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft throws its annual “Martini Madness” mid-century-themed bash, you can bet that the vodka will flow and the spirits
Once regarded, not without justification, as a cultural backwater of strip malls and sprawl, Houston has enjoyed growing recognition for its art scene in recent
And so it begins — the post-Labor Day marathon, 15 weeks of the fundraising blitz known as the fall social season is consider one of
“Crafting Live(s): 10 Years of Artists-In-Residence” The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft celebrates its ten-year anniversary with this show, an alumni exhibition of its Artist
Jewelry-making, metalsmithing and ceramics in the middle of the funeral home bars scene? That’s what happened at the spanking new Roak on Upper Kirby Wednesday
For many, jellyfish are nasty, menacing creatures that creep silently through the water, furtively honing in on our exposed flesh as we tread water in
As the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft turns 10, it’s celebrating the artist residency program that motivated its founding.
This summer, visitors are invited to explore a beautiful world of shimmering wire jellyfish in Arline Fisch: Creatures from the Deep, on view in the
Origami works always give off an aura of calm and simplicity — though anyone who’s attempted to turn one of those squares into a simple
Hats off to Ginni and Richard Mithoff, personal injury and litigation attorney, and Channel 13 news anchor Melanie Lawson and John Guess Jr., CEO of
Chaired by Paula Arnold and Phyllis Childress, the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft’s Crafting a Legacy luncheon honored Ginni and Richard Mithoff and Melanie Lawson
The organizers of the Bayou City Art Festival at Memorial Park pumped up ex and current board members, fans and potential attendees Sunday with a
Artist and metal-smith, Lisa Gralnick, shows us her three-part Houston Center for Contemporary Craft exhibition, The Gold Standard in which she explores the curious hold
In The Gold Standard, an engaging three-part exhibition at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, metalsmith Lisa Gralnick explores the tension between gold’s preciousness as
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft is located in the Houston Museum District, two blocks south of Highway 59, near Rosedale St. Visitors should park in the free parking lot located directly behind the building, off Rosedale and Travis Streets, and enter through the back entrance.
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft is located in the Houston Museum District, two blocks south of Highway 59, near Rosedale St. Visitors should park in the free parking lot located directly behind the building, off Rosedale and Travis Streets, and enter through the back entrance.
