Events

Nuit Blanche, a free contemporary art festival is coming to Downtown Houston on Saturday, April 6, 2019. Find out more about this unique celebration of arts during our media event this Tuesday, March 26 from 11:00AM to 12:30PM at Houston Center for Photography 1441 W Alabama St, Houston, TX 77006.   An installation of large-scale portraits from artist JR’s Inside Out Project will be going up on the west-facing exterior wall of HCP during the event.  Please RSVP Catering will…

Marcos Lopez, Il Piccolo Vapore, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2007 In support of the exhibition, Photography at its Limits (on view March 15  - April 28, 2019), join Libbie and Mariquita Masterson in Houston Center for Photography's galleries for a not-soon-to-be-forgotten dinner experience, created by two of Houston’s most fanciful fiesta-throwers. Sip cocktails inside an Oscar Muñoz projection and dine with a lively group of friends while supporting the exhibition, Photography at its Limits: Marcos Lopez, Joiri Minaya, and Oscar Muñoz, curated by Natalia…

Members: Join us at our April Critique Group, an insightful way to gain a sense of direction in your photographic work. Dr. Cindy Lisica will lead this group session to review your portfolio and provide feedback. Lisica holds a PhD in Modern and Contemporary Art and has worked with museums around the world from Tate Modern to The Warhol. As a professor, she has taught at University of Houston, National University (Los Angeles), and University of Pittsburgh, and currently teaches…

Houston Center for Photography is pleased to present a lecture from Williams College Museum of Art curator, Horace Ballard, on his exhibition Possible Selves: queer photo vernaculars. Ballard will speak about the curation of the exhibition and the global impact of queer identities on the evolution of portrait photography. This lecture is part of a city wide initiative to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, which paved the way for the gay liberation movement and the contemporary fight for LGBTQ…