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1. Nicole Longnecker Gallery
2625 Colquitt St. | 346.800.2780
PrintMatters Summer Invitational at Nicole Longnecker Gallery showcases the juried works
of Texas artists and printmakers. Work varies from lithography, relief and intaglio to monotype and serigraphy. PrintMatters Summer Invitational is this year’s PrintMatters’ major exhibition of original prints, along with being a celebration of the artists who
create them and the people who collect them.
www.longneckergallery.com
2. Diverseworks
3400 Main Street, Suite 292 | 713.223.8346
Sheila Pepe’s exhibition is a commissioned installation that serves as an open meeting
space and platform for several events, including a video installation by current MFAH Core
Fellow Sondra Perry. With an interest in carving out space within solo exhibitions for young
artists, Pepe invited Perry, working in video and performance, to respond to her augmented
reinstallation of Put Me Down Gently, 2015. Each artist worked autonomously, yet their
projects were hinged by shared resources, the color blue and an investment in improvisation within institutional frameworks. The exhibition evolved and two installations emerged
– bound to each other by ongoing conversations on craft, class, race, place and screens
of projection.
www.diverseworks.org
3. Suplex
2619 Arbor St. | 832.863.6688
Garage Sale, And So Can You is a group exhibition featuring works by Texas-based artists
who are motivated by the urgency to eject one’s self and work into the world, to discover
opportunities in forgotten or lost work, and avoid otherwise compounded debts. A literal
fire sale of artworks and lifestyle commodities, this exhibit showcases the act of resisting
the compulsion to allow artwork and personal artifacts to collect dust, laying dormant in
one of Houston’s massive storage centers, closets or the garage of a close friend. The exhibition is a demonstration of the act of moving on – the life performed – taking form as a
complete exhibition and garage sale.
www.splx.org
4. Laura Rathe Fine Art
1700 Post Oak Blvd. | 713.705.5044
Within the Invisible Space, a two-person show featuring the work of Christy Lee Rogers &
Michael Laube, opens on Saturday, July 9. Underwater photographer Rogers and notable
German painter Laube both utilize and harness the effects of light in their work
to break the conventions of their mediums.
www.laurarathe.com
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