MVP Arts Channel at HCC

SE Fall 2019 Juried Student Exhibition

Group show of work by Fall 2019 Southeast students in ceramics, drawing, painting, and digital art.

NW Fall 2019 Level One Juried Student Exhibition

Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, and Design from students enrolled in beginning HCC-NW Studio Art Courses at Spring Branch, Alief-Hayes Road, and Katy campuses. Houston artist and Willowridge High School art teacher Shekita Thornton will select the outstanding student works and HCC professors will, by consensus, choose the Faculty Award recipient.

Central Fall 2019 Juried Student Exhibition

Exhibition of work from the art studio students at Central. Juried for awards in 12 studio categories; Printmaking, Drawing, Painting, Watercolor, 2D Design, 3D Design, Ceramics, Sculpture, Life Drawing, Art Metals, Digital Art, and Photography.

Adulting! A Musical Theater Cabaret | HCC Beat

Dr. Christopher McKim, baritone and Dr Kathleen Ruhleder, mezzo-soprano, present a musical theatre cabaret on the theme of what it takes to be an adult. Features songs by Stephen Sondheim, Kander & Ebb, and many more.

Kazoku Quartet Recital | HCC Beat

The Houston-based Kazoku Quartet is a classical saxophone ensemble devoted to high-quality chamber music that can be enjoyed by all. The diverse backgrounds of the four members (Daniel Gelok, Eleanor Parker, Masahito Sugihara, and Evan Withner) and the various demands of the greater Houston area musical scene have established a dynamic ensemble which regularly performs in classical, jazz, folk, and pop idioms. The Kazoku Quartet regularly works closely with contemporary composers such as Rob Smi...

Annual Visual Arts Fest | Fall 2019

The Annual Visual Arts Fest is a day for area high school students and art faculty to visit the HCC Visual Art Program, experience art-making in its extensive studio facilities, and interact with college art faculty through, workshops, portfolio reviews and college information sessions.

NW Level Two Juried Student Exhibition Fall 2019

An exhibition of artworks from Visual Arts students enrolled in advanced sections of studio art courses from the Spring Branch, Alief-Hayes Road, and Katy campuses. Juror Michelle O'Michael, well known for her monumental steel sculptures, will select the outstanding student piece in the categories of Painting, Drawing and Art. The professors will, by consensus, choose student art for Faculty Awards and Honorable Mentions.

Wyrd Sisters | HCC Beat

Wyrd Sisters by Sir Terry Pratchett | Adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs Directed by Kathy Snider. “Destiny is important, see, but people go wrong when they think it controls them. It’s the other way around.” A king has been cruelly murdered, his throne usurped by his wicked cousin and his ambitious wife. An infant heir and the crown of the kingdom are both missing. Dim soldiers, strolling players and querulous peasants roam a land in peril. But it’s three witches that stand between the Kin...

Yvonne Chen Piano Recital | HCC Beat

From playing in hospitals, schools, and community centers to performing in Carnegie Hall, Taiwanese-American pianist Yvonne Chen enjoys programming site-specific performances, as well as creating a logical yet balanced array of music blending the familiar with the unfamiliar, the old and the new, and the traditional with the avant-garde in a single program.

Tommy Taylor Exhibit | HCC Beat

Tommy Taylor | Hand Held Tommy Taylor investigates personal mythologies and narratives from his own life and re-contextualizes those experiences in video installations, paintings, and collages. In “Hand Held,” Taylor presents intimate scenes of domestic life that emphasize the importance of touch and the sensory experiences of the home. For the viewer, each piece feels both familiar and foreign, conscious and subconscious, abstract and tangible. Taylor’s work reminds us to always be attentive an...

Cecilia Villanueva Exhibit | HCC Beat

Cecilia Villanueva | Impossible Architecture Cecilia was born and raised in Mexico City. She brings both world history and imagination to her work. Her training began when her father, an architect, would give Cecilia blueprints to draw on. He thought she would use the large size paper to draw on the back, but she instead chose to spend hours tracing the intricate tracery of blue lines on the front of the paper. All of Cecilia´s paintings, whether oil or ink, have hidden surprises in them. Only h...

Art and Design Portfolio Review_F2019

The Art and Design unit Portfolio Review Day is an opportunity for students from across the art and design programs at HCC to present their work for review by art and design faculty and area arts professionals. The event is sponsored by the Art and Design Council. The Art and Design unit at HCC consists of seven instructional programs, Fashion Design, Fashion Merchandising, Interior Design, Digital Communication, Digital Gaming and Simulation, Filmmaking and Studio Art, that are accredited by th...

The Topic | Visual Arts

Guests are Dr. Colleen Reilly, Dean, Visual & Performing Arts; Elizabeth Diaz, Program Specialist, Art & Design unit (NASAD); and Katherine Rhodes Fields, Division Chair, Visual Arts, Studio Arts and Art History.

LineByLine | Shakespeare's Measure for Measure

LineByLine Making Your Mark Through the Arts Episode 01 HCC Drama Professor Michael Flanagan and HCC Drama students J Guadalupe Almonaci, Gabriel Armsted and Lauren Riojas discuss the upcoming production of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure showing at the Central Theatre One Mers Black Box. See companion piece: https://edutube.hccs.edu/media/Shakespeare%27s+Measure+for+Measure+%7C+Fall+2019/0_qdi8u2yx...

Cosmic Garden | Celan Bouillet Exhibition

Celan Bouillet is a mixed media artist currently based in Houston, Texas. Inspired by travel, textiles and our relationship to place, Bouillet creates paintings with complex narratives and dense patterns. Bouillet received her BA in English and BFA in Painting from the University of Georgia and her MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2013. She has received numerous awards and honors including the 2014 Artist-in-Residence at HCC SE and a 2017 New Texas Talent. This exhibition is fun...

NE Faculty Exhibition

Representing a wide variety of experiences and training, four Northeast Faculty Artists offer a variety of techniques and media including Paintings, Digital Prints, Drawings and Sculpture in their annual exhibition.

Faculty DEUX | Piano Duos and Voice Duets on the New Boston

HCC Music Faculty celebrate and dedicate the new Boston Grand Piano at the Central Campus Mers Stage in Theatre One. They are featuring orchestra reductions for piano duos (four hands on the piano), duets from various operas and musicals as well as solo works. Voice Faculty Andrew Briggs, tenor, and Seong Shin Ra, soprano. Piano Faculty/Staff Susan Hines, Yoojin Lee, Esther Park Christian Restrepo Sanchez and Andrew Schneider among others. Tuesday, September 24, 2019...

SW Faculty Art Show Fall 2019 | HCC Beat

An exhibition of paintings, prints, drawings, and assemblage artworks by HCC Southwest (West Loop and Stafford) art faculty.

Jason Valdez, Overtime | HCC Beat

Drawing from both his diesel mechanic father and classical singer mother, Jason Valdez grew up with a skill and an attitude which led to his recent thesis “The Vocational Artist” earning him his Masters of Fine Arts from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Many of his paintings portray the working class. He is an Assistant Professor of Art and Gallery Director at Victoria College.

Faculty Art Exhibit at Northwest

An exhibition featuring a variety of art media including paintings, drawings, printmaking, fibers, and sculpture representing a variety of themes, subjects and artistic roles by national award-winning HCC Northwest faculty artists. This showcase of naturalistic to abstract works will lead off our academic year to be followed by advanced and beginning HCC art students later this semester. The exhibit will also serve as an on-campus example of professional artist/teachers’ creative output that pos...

Watch Me Werk by Raul Gonzalez

Visual artist Raul Gonzalez continues to explore the theme of "Werk, Hustle, Sleep, Repeat" in his 'Watch Me Werk" exhibition.

Central Faculty Art Exhibit Fall 2019

“This Is How I Do This” | Central Faculty Art Exhibition introduces students to the excellent art faculty at Central by showcasing different techniques and media.

Studio Art Student Success Shemekia Dickerson

Introduction of Shemekia Dickerson to the Board of Trustees by President Siddiqi: "Sometimes we have dreams that we don’t think we can achieve or think they are impractical. Shemekia Dickerson learned that life is too short to let obstacles get in your way. When she found out she had a brain tumor, she decided that now is the time to live her dreams. She is an outstanding artist who attributes her success to the HCC studio art faculty. Here is her story. “HCC rebuilt me and taught me how to thin...

Music Student Success Raivyn Hearne

Raivyn Hearne finished her military career and enrolled in the music program at HCC. While here, she was accepted into a masters classes program with Melissa Manchester ! Yes, that Melissa Manchester- the Grammy award-winning singer with loads of hits!

HCC Big Band Spring 2019 Concert | HCCTV

Monday Night Big Band with guest artist Larry Ham The award-winning HCC Monday Night Big Band, under the direction of Dr. Woody Witt, performs with guest pianist, composer and arranger, Larry Ham. The band will play arrangements by Mr. Ham written for the band, as well as works by HCC student Jonathan Langan and legendary jazz composer Bob Mintzer.

Juried Student Art at Central | Spring 2019

Juried art exhibition of work from the art studio students at Central. Awards in 12 studio categories; Printmaking, Drawing, Painting, Watercolor, 2D Design, 3D Design, Ceramics, Sculpture, Life Drawing, Art Metals, Digital Art, and Photograph.

Level One Juried Student Art at Spring Branch | Spring 2019

Juried art exhibition of visual arts students enrolled in Level One sections of studio art courses from Spring Branch, Katy and Alief.

Koch and Orlando Concert | HCC Beat

Jeremy Koch, principal saxophonist with the United States Air Force Band in Washington, D.C., and Molly Orlando, new music pianist based in the same city, in a concert of new music.

Dante Anderson Student Success Story

Afternoon by the Seaside at Stafford | HCC Beat

Afternoon by the Seaside by Agatha Christie Directed by Kathy Snider It's a lovely summer's day at a British seaside resort, but someone has stolen an emerald necklace. Can Inspector Foley figure out the "who done it", or will the while Jewelry thief get away?