Nov 15 5:00 pm

Book talk and signing with Beatles expert Dr. Kenneth Womack

Join the University of Houston Art History Program for a book talk and signing with Dr. Kenneth Womack, renowned authority on The Beatles and author of the new book, Living the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans. Working with full access to Mal’s unpublished archives and having conducted hundreds of new interviews, Womack affords readers with a full telling of Mal’s unknown story at the heart of the Beatles’ legend. Lavishly illustrated with unseen photos and ephemera from Mal’s archives, Living the Beatles’ Legend is the missing puzzle piece in the Fab Four’s incredible story.

Jan 23 3:00 pm

School of Art Visiting Speaker Series

Samantha Box is a Jamaican-born, Bronx-based photographer. She holds an MFA in Advanced Photographic Studies from Bard College. Most recently, her work has been exhibited at Light Work, the Silver Eye Center of Photography, and at Le Rencontres d’Arles; it is currently in exhibition at the Bronx Museum of Art, with upcoming solo shows at the Des Moines Art Center, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts (DC). Box has been an artist-in-residence at the Center of Photography at Woodstock, the Visual Studies Workshop and at Light Work. She has been awarded a NYFA/NYSCA Fellowship in Photography twice: in 2010 and in 2022, an En Foco Fellowship, and a Silver Eye Fellowship. In 2023, she was shortlisted for the Aperture Portfolio Prize, the Louis Roederer Discovery Award, and the Prix De La Photo Madame Figaro. Her work is in the collections of the Museum of Fine Art, Houston and of the Harvard Art Museums. 

Feb 06 6:30 pm

School of Art Visiting Speaker Series

Helen Armstrong is a Professor of Graphic & Experience Design and the Director of the MGXD Program at NC State University. Her research focuses on digital rights, human-machine teaming, and accessible design. Armstrong authored Graphic Design Theory; Digital Design Theory; and co-authored Participate: Designing with User-Generated Content. Her current book, Big Data, Big Design: Why Designers Should Care About Artificial Intelligence, demystifies A.I.—specifically machine learning— while inspiring designers to harness this technology and establish leadership via thoughtful human-centered design. Armstrong is a past member of the AIGA National Board of Directors, the editorial board of Design and Culture, and a former chair of the AIGA Design Educators Community. NC State named her a University Faculty Scholar in 2018. Her research partners have included IBM, Redhat, REI, Advance Auto Parts, SAS, Sealed Air, Department of Defense, and the Laboratory for Analytic Sciences

Mar 27 3:00 pm

School of Art Visiting Speaker Series

Brian Crabtree creates objects, music, and objects that make music. In 2005 with Kelli Cain he founded monome, pioneering the grid-based performance interface. This open-source tool encourages people to envision and build their own musical systems, fostering an international community where people share code, sounds, and ideas.
Brian and Kelli’s work has shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in addition to numerous international performances. They live in upstate New York where time is shared with apple orchards, shiitake stacks, and birds of all size and color and song.