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Anne Houang, Kill Joy and Victor Ancheta explore compassion in its many forms - through the lens of empathy, healing and action. Utilizing the various mediums of painting, mixed media and photography, each artist highlights the manifestation of compassion in different cultures, contexts, and communities. The works showcased in Empathy Unveiled challenge us to see beyond our individual perspectives and engage with the world around us in a more empathetic and caring way. Anne-Bénédicte Houang (she/her/hers) is a photographer, storyteller, and educator based in Houston, Texas. She uses photography as a universal language and a collaborative tool for empowerment, reflection, and research, driven by a sincere commitment to using her craft as a conduit for social change. In recognition of her compassionate approach to the arts, Anne was nominated as the 2022 Visual Arts Artist of the Year by Compassionate Houston. 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Geometric Sculptures by Tom Bandage

“Example Geometry no.6” a new public work by Tom Bandage

“Example Geometry no.6” is a continuation of Tom Bandage’s numbered series of flat-packable, mechanically-fastened works that attempt to produce novel architectural volumes via minimal material intervention. Tilting manufacturing praxis into artistic concept, the space implied by the aluminum boundary is accentuated by the production of an illusory interior/exterior threshold, producing an architecture rather than a bare volume. In this single form, there is an inside and an outside that are always already present. There is no way to perceive the implied volume without creating the divide - one implies the other. The perceived interior, partially occluded by the exterior, is in flux depending on the position of the viewer, as its shadow. The interior faces have a retroreflective coating that further enhances the spectacle of introspection, leveraging naturally occurring light to not only accentuate the divide between inside and outside, but to challenge the ability for the inside to isolate itself from its exterior conditions. Visit the artist’s website here: http://tombandage.com Photo by Bryce Saucier." ["post_title"]=> string(30) "The Spectacle of Introspection" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(30) "the-spectacle-of-introspection" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2024-10-30 17:57:31" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2024-10-30 17:57:31" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(54) "https://junghouston.org/?post_type=exhibit&p=3811" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(7) "exhibit" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [2]=> object(WP_Post)#12726 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(3962) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "6" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2024-05-22 21:26:32" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2024-05-22 21:26:32" ["post_content"]=> string(6331) "

“WHAT IS OPULENCE?” The concept of opulence revolves around the symbols of wealth and status that hold significance within a particular community. We find it fascinating to explore how these symbols vary across different cultures. In many traditional African cultures, the adornments worn serve as representations of history, emotions, background, and status. Similarly, in the thriving culture of hip-hop, the trends that emerge from within this community have become the standard across all areas of pop culture. Our objective is to delve into its origins and create a visual bridge between the traditional African cultures and our contemporary urban culture.

This show highlights the urban trend of having gold teeth. Coined as grillz by Houston hip-hop culture, gold teeth have historically held significance in the black community as a symbol of wealth, success, and individuality. In many African and African American cultures, gold teeth are seen as a form of adornment and self-expression, reflecting a person's personal style and cultural identity. Additionally, gold teeth have been used as a way for individuals to display their financial status and social standing, especially in communities where traditional forms of wealth may not be as easily accessible. Gold teeth are also associated with hip hop culture and have become a popular trend within the music industry, with many artists and celebrities sporting gold grills as a fashion statement. This has further contributed to the cultural significance of gold teeth in the black community, representing a form of artistic expression and rebellion against mainstream beauty standards. Overall, gold teeth hold a special place in the black community as a symbol of cultural pride, creativity, and defiance, reminding individuals of their heritage and the struggles they have overcome. Afi Ese (pronounced ah-fee eh-say) Phone: 832.498.3568 Email: Afi.ese.art@gmail.com Website: http://afiese.com Instagram: @‌Afi.Ese.Art Identifies as a disabled artist (wheelchair-dependent) Afi Ese is an African American figurative narrative artist living in Houston, Texas, raised in rural Waller County, Texas, with roots in Togo and Mali. She holds a master’s of science in forensic psychology with a concentration in juvenile art therapy from Prairie View A&M University. Afi’s work focuses on Black portraiture while venerating the rich history of the West African diaspora with an emphasis on generational trauma and triumph in rural Black America. Afi combines and re-imagines historical events and attributes specific to the Black American experience. In doing so, she gets to shine a spotlight on the beauty and resilience of her community. She recognizes the importance of positive black images in daily life and uses her work to help direct the Black narrative and experience in an honest and transparent fashion. Afi wants each piece to leave the viewer feeling culturally empowered, especially the youth. Afi identifies as a disabled artist, suffering from advanced rheumatoid arthritis and is wheel-chair dependent. She also has hand deformities. As a professional artist invested in mental health and how art can be used as therapy, she expresses her journey through pain--both metaphorically and physically. She views artistic ability as a mental skill just as much as a physical skill and aims to show others with disabilities that they can find catharsis and relief through art. Most recently, Ese’s works have been on display at The Museum of Fine Arts-Houston and The Houston Museum of African American Culture in Houston, TX, If We Had Wings solo exhibit at Gallery Guichard in Chicago, IL, and The Houston Central Public Library.     

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Jaymes Earl Phone: 915.328.4005 Email: jaymesearl2014@gmail.com Website: thejaymesearlgallery.com Instagram: @‌original_jaymesearlAaron Jaymes Booker, also known as Jaymes Earl, is a Houston based artist originally from El Paso, Texas. Born into a military family, he lived in North Carolina and Germany, before settling in El Paso. He later went on to obtain a degree in mathematics from Prairie View A&M University. Jaymes has always been very artistic as a child. He’s always enjoyed working with his hands building models and illustrating various comic strips. It wasn’t until the Fall of 98’ that he fell in love with hip hop music. Everything from the beats, rhythms, tv, movies, and most important the fashion and the effect it has had on the world. Status symbols such as a pair of fresh kicks, colorful clothing, grills and other flashy jewelry that was once only associated with hip hop, is now a staple in today’s pop culture. What was once considered taboo or often vilified, now sets the standard for what is considered “cool.” Many people of various backgrounds all wear Air Forces or Jordans. Flashy jewelry and terms like “bling-bling” has become the norm and a part of the English language. His artwork simply focuses on these changes in our culture along with its roots that exist within traditional African cultures. His work is a combination of his favorite childhood hobbies, various mathematical concepts such as coordinate planes, scaling, line segments, geometric shapes, and hip hop music " ["post_title"]=> string(71) "Interconnected Opulence: The African influence on Black urban adornment" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(70) "interconnected-opulence-the-african-influence-on-black-urban-adornment" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2024-06-17 21:06:51" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2024-06-17 21:06:51" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(54) "https://junghouston.org/?post_type=exhibit&p=3962" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(7) "exhibit" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [3]=> object(WP_Post)#12771 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(3928) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "6" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2024-04-17 19:59:03" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2024-04-17 19:59:03" ["post_content"]=> string(300) "

High School Art Exhibit

Each summer we feature a juried show of the best of Houston’s exciting young artists from the Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. This exhibit is always alive, new, innovative and full of fun.

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Local Community Art

Once a year since 2000, The Jung Center showcases a select group of its community. The artists work in a variety of media to explore their inner journeys and find meaning in everyday life.

Dive into a tapestry of local artists, outsider art, brut art, emerging talents, and narratives with "Visions: The 25th Annual Group Exhibition Showcasing The Jung Center Community." This eagerly anticipated showcase stands as one of the longest-running art shows of its kind in the United States. "Visions" unveils the diverse artistic talents nurtured within our community of students, members, instructors, volunteers, and staff. The exhibition spans painting, drawing, sculpture, and photography, where emerging artistic voices converge with those beyond the mainstream art world to illuminate paths to meaning and self-discovery. From seasoned instructors to emerging artists, this exhibition offers a raw, authentic, and unfiltered glimpse into the inner landscapes of individuals exploring their unique odysseys and fantastical imaginings. "Visions" extends an invitation to Jung Center supporters, collectors of local art, and emerging art enthusiasts to acquire value-oriented pieces resonating with authenticity and the unmistakable spirit of our community. Furthermore, it supports the gallery spaces' mission to provide a platform for the emergence of tomorrow's artistic luminaries.

Rosalinda González, Artist and Ad Hoc Curator of Contemporary Art at the Jung Center said: “The annual showcase at The Jung Center is a curious happening and rare gem, distinguished by its unpretentious evolution and longevity over the years within our niche community. Situated against the backdrop of Houston's renowned outsider art scene, Visions is a hidden treasure. Within the artworks presented, the artists articulate communal narratives and formalistic dialogues interwoven with the dynamics of corporeal existence, spiritual essence, formal expression, whimsical nuances, and visionary exploration.”

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Visual Arts Alliance Juried Art Exhibit

Visual Arts Alliance (VAA) is an educational organization for serious practitioners of the visual arts and interested members of the general public. Founded in Houston, TX in 1981, VAA is an all volunteer-run, 501(c)3, non-profit organization.

VAA produces professionally juried art exhibitions providing opportunities for members and non-members to have their work professionally judged and viewed by the general public. VAA also organizes educational programs including studio, gallery and museum tours in addition to presentations of art-related resources. Recreational programs provide creative and supportive events beneficial to artists. We welcome everyone and their life experiences. Art is universal, and VAA is for all. Artist’s Talks: Saturday. April 20, 2024, 2-4pm Visit the VAA website here: https://visualartsalliance.org/" ["post_title"]=> string(28) "40th Juried Open Exhibition" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(27) "40th-juried-open-exhibition" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2024-05-25 16:24:17" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2024-05-25 16:24:17" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(54) "https://junghouston.org/?post_type=exhibit&p=3879" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(7) "exhibit" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [6]=> object(WP_Post)#12750 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(3721) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "6" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2023-08-29 02:25:47" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2023-08-29 02:25:47" ["post_content"]=> string(2886) "

Photography Exhibit: Timothy McCoy

Selected photographs from three bodies of my work emphasize “alternative” photographic processes: Tongues Turned to Stone (photogravure on gamphi-shi paper), Sanctuary (palladium on translucent vellum), and Long, Long Journey to the Sea (gold-toned albumen). I choose these historical printing processes to evoke the timelessness of my content and my interpretive rather than documentary intent. In comparison, a fourth body of work, Watercourse Way (large digital prints on metallic paper) is a contemporary alternative to the hand-made nature of historical processes.

Meaning Beyond The Photos

I create images in order to transform the “reality” seen through the camera lens into an expression of the oneness and wonder found in Taoist/Buddhist philosophy. These photographs are meditations on the constant and inevitable change in nature. The flow of water is one object of this contemplation. The flow of water and the human journey have parallels. According to Eastern philosophy, mankind’s resistance to transformation leads to suffering. Natural symbols are ancient and instinctive. According to the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung, they are archetypes embedded in the “collective unconscious” and do not originate in personal experiences. A classic example is the “sanctuary” archetype, an enduring need. Archetypes exist in a deep well of the unknown that is best expressed through symbol rather than rational thinking. They are revealed by excavating hidden psychological layers rather than by reasoning. To quote Jung: “No genius has ever sat down with a pen or a brush in his hand and said—I will now invent a symbol.” Symbol, an image that stands for something more than it denotes, is like metaphor in that it transfers meaning from one thing to another. Symbolic images are often physical objects that stand in for abstract meaning. Some of my images and their associated metaphors are: • flowing water — life’s journey • swamp — decay, mystery • ice, crystals — transformation • clouds — threat, change • ancient theatre — mystery, ritual • ruins — loss • medieval interiors — sanctuary, refuge • bridges — union, change, hope The dual nature of the pairs explores Nature/Culture interactions.

About Photographer Timothy McCoy

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Artist Spotlight: Lauren Allen

Motus Anima is an exploration of emotional responses to moments and memories influenced by my experience as a neurodivergent person. Through their conception, I create tangible objects to dissect and reflect on in an attempt to accept my unresolved identity.

Photography & Fibers Art

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Abstract Artist: Dan Gorski

Dan Gorski created a group of paintings between 1962 and 1965 that demonstrate his intense interest in color and its effects on both artist and viewer. These abstract paintings, with their specific color combinations and biomorphic compositions, offer viewers a contemplative space for reflection and inspiration. Gorski’s early engagements with minimalism, color field, and hard-edge movements as they developed in the United States mark a critical period in 20th century art, and illustrate the journey of artistic experimentation and investigation that he pursued throughout his entire career. His work from this mid 1960s period was selected by the curator Kynaston McShine for inclusion in the groundbreaking exhibition Primary Structures at the Jewish Museum in New York in 1966. Alongside artists such as Larry Bell, Judy Chicago, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, and Walter de Maria, Gorski was featured in that historic exhibition which is widely considered to be the first to spotlight artists working in a minimalist mode, with a focus on essential forms, geometries, and planes of color.

60's Art Spotlight

The new exhibition at The Jung Center will feature works by Dan Gorski from this important period in the 1960s and spotlight a remarkable chapter in the history of an artist who lived and worked in Houston for a large part of his career.

Who is Dan Gorski?

Dan Gorski was born in 1939 in Cleveland and studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art before attending the prestigious Yale Norfolk Summer School, completing his MFA at Yale in 1964. While at Yale, professors such as Al Held and Jack Tworkov significantly impacted his practice in a tightly-knit milieu of fellow classmates including Chuck Close, Nancy Graves, Robert Mangold, and Richard Serra. Gorski made his debut in the landmark group exhibition Primary Structures at the Jewish Museum in New York in 1966. Gorksi combined his active studio practice with a long-standing commitment to teaching, including at Ithaca College in the late 1960s. He led the painting department at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore from 1971 to 1990. Gorski relocated to Houston to direct the Glassell School at Museum of Fine Arts Houston in 1990, retiring in 1996, and dedicating his attention to working in the studio until his death in 2017. Centering the processes of inquiry and self-discovery, Gorski summed up his years of artistic practice in the following way: “I would always change again and again, realizing that the change was an obligation to myself.” https://dangorski.org" ["post_title"]=> string(46) "Primary Colors: Dan Gorski Paintings, 1962-65" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(43) "primary-colors-dan-gorski-paintings-1962-65" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2024-05-25 15:52:16" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2024-05-25 15:52:16" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(54) "https://junghouston.org/?post_type=exhibit&p=3747" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(7) "exhibit" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [9]=> object(WP_Post)#13118 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(3658) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "6" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2023-06-28 22:06:33" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2023-06-28 22:06:33" ["post_content"]=> string(980) "

Solo Artist Exhibit: Mathieu JN Baptiste

Join us for a free Gallery Talk with Mathieu JN Baptiste on Thursday, December 7, 2023 from 7-8pm.

Dyaspora is an exhibition that examines Caribbean influences on North American culture. Mathieu examines how exploitation and censorship of Caribbean politics impacts Caribbean nations and culture. Dyaspora challenges the viewer to reimagine what achieving the American dream looks like aesthetically, financially, spiritually and emotionally as a first generation immigrant in the United States of America.

About Mathieu JN Baptiste

Learn more about this artist by visiting the website below. 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She has also received support from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance. Currently, Anne is engaged in a personal project titled “The Road Home”, which explores the concepts of zeitgeist, memory, and personal agency. Kill Joy is a Filipino-American artist based in Houston, Texas. Her work explores ancient symbols and world mythology, and incorporates themes from the natural world and storytelling. Her practice, Joyland, includes printmaking, mural painting, bookmaking, and puppetry. Her work often seeks to honor the earth and promote environmental and social justice, and calls for global, mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual awareness. Victor Ancheta , a gay artist, curator, and writer from the Philippines, specializes in exploring identity, religion, colonial history, and tradition dismantling. He served as the community liaison for the Houston Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs, curating exhibitions and overseeing the Houston Poet Laureate program. He is now a senior communications specialist in the Mayor’s Office of Communications. Empathy Unveiled is curated by Compassionate Houston’s Compassion Through the Arts initiative which identifies, highlights, and financially supports several local artists whose work promotes compassion within the greater Houston area. Compassion Through the Arts recognizes the Creative Arts as unique and necessary tools for building compassionate communities and strives to inspire and encourage artistic engagement and creative partnerships that cultivate compassion. Compassionate Houston https://www.compassionatehouston.org/ is a 501c3 non-profit founded in 2011 and dedicated to growing the compassionate culture of Greater Houston through awareness, education, community and service. 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