Overwhelming (Im)Possibilities This exhibition of images includes work by members of the South-Central chapter of the Society for Photographic Education. The chapter includes students, educators and photography professionals from Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Tennessee. These artists approach photography from a variety of intentions and techniques. The exhibition coincides with the 2020 Annual SPE conference in Houston. Image Credit Kristy Peet, Title: Objects owned by a ...
Jun 12, 2020•3 min
LineByLine Making Your Mark Through the Arts HCC's Filmmaking Department created a Webseries, BE MINE. Key student personnel including Head Writer Abraham Ayala, Art Director & Props Master Jeff Novaez, Camera Operator Caio Cruz joined Webseries Instructor and Chair Michael Cohn and Host Toni Rao Southerlan to talk about their experience creating the 6-part series as students in the Filmmaking Department.
May 29, 2020•29 min
Friday, May 22 | 7pm Student Film Night | Selected Works from Selected Classes On YouTube | HCC Virtual Arts Center Friday, May 22 | 7pm Selected student works from the Filmmaking program will be showcased. This COVID-19 abbreviated event replaces the regular end-of-the-semester festival of student short films. Screening Program TV/Video Field Production - 62 minutes (7:00-8:02 PM) TV Production Workshop - 9 minutes (8:02-8:11 PM) Video Graphics & Visual Effects - 1 min (8:11-8:12 PM) Cinema...
May 22, 2020•3 min
Created by Nathan Hale's Digital Video Class.
May 21, 2020•1 min
Scenes from a Screen | HCC Drama ON FACEBOOK | LIVE MAY 02 Live Theater in the form of Drama Practicum Class Capstone Project Presentation | Monologues, a Scene, Songs, Design Presentations | Theatre Practicum II & III DRAM 1221 & 2120 Drama Instructors at HCC host this very special online presentation of Drama Practicum students’ capstone projects. They will showcase dramatic and comedic monologues, costume designs, scenes, and even songs to help raise funds for the HCC Foundation’s Eme...
May 04, 2020•53 min
Scenes from a Screen | Costume Design and Performances from HCC Drama Drama Instructors at HCC host this very special online presentation of Drama Practicum students’ capstone projects. They will showcase dramatic and comedic monologues, costume designs, scenes, and even songs to help raise funds for the HCC Foundation’s Emergency Fund for Covid-19 Student Support.
May 04, 2020•30 min
Scenes from a Screen | Costume Design and Performances from HCC Drama Saturday, May 02 | 5pm ON FACEBOOK | https://www.facebook.com/wearehccs/ Description: Drama Instructors at HCC host this very special online presentation of Drama Practicum students’ capstone projects. They will showcase dramatic and comedic monologues, costume designs, scenes, and even songs to help raise funds for the HCC Foundation’s Emergency Fund for Covid-19 Student Support. Students presenting are: Spencer Aravelo, Aliy...
Apr 22, 2020•3 min
Molière's The Learned Ladies Directed by Ed Muth. Les Femmes savantes is a comedy by Molière in five acts, written in verse. A satire on academic pretension, female education, and préciosité, it was one of his most popular comedies. It premiered at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on 11 March 1672.
Mar 23, 2020•3 min
Compositions for Shakuhachi & Soprano | World Premiere The recital features a world premiere by HCC Composer Stephen Yip and a Houston premiere by Shakuhachi Master Shawn Renzoh Head. Dr. Yip's composition was written expressly for Frances Fenton and Shawn Renzoh Head. Shakuhachi Master Shawn Renzoh Head became the youngest Shihan (Master) in history and is dedicated to promoting coherence and possibilities between Eastern and Western music. He was awarded the honor of being an OSS Tai Shogu...
Mar 05, 2020•4 min
Trailer: Six Webisode series written, produced, and directed by Houston Community College students in the Filmmaking program.
Mar 02, 2020•44 sec
“The present of my life looks different under trees,” is a quote from a passage in Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek in which she muses on the differences between “soft-shelled humans” and the trees with their bark shields and immense lifespans. Trees 'remember' the weather through their growth rings and, in fossilized remains, the pattern of these rings is used to study past climates. What will current, living trees tell the future? This installation consists of sixty 11’ high panels, eac...
Feb 21, 2020•4 min
The (Identity) collection is actually about women's rights, especially in Muslim and patriarchal society. — Mahtab Basiri This is a great opportunity for the HCC students and the Houston art audience to see incredible paintings made by a contemporary artist from Iran. Ms. Basiri analyzes the human experience with figural paintings imbued with personal content and intelligent symbolic combinations. Her stunning use of light, color, pattern, texture and space is sophisticated and charismatic. She ...
Feb 19, 2020•2 min
The HCC Northeast Art Gallery and Student Life Department commemorate Black History Month with an exhibit titled Resurrection featuring Houston artist Kentra Gilbert. Gilbert’s work features geometric pattern paintings on canvas and wood with various types of acrylic paint. She uses colors and shapes to create optical illusions and what she describes as a beautiful deception. After earning degrees at Southwestern Christian College and the University of Houston, Gilbert graduated from Houston Bap...
Feb 14, 2020•2 min
Jessica Simorte and Max Manning both hold Master of Fine Arts degrees from the University of Cincinnati, and both have been exhibited regionally, nationally and internationally. They are now based in Northwest Houston, and Simorte is on faculty at Sam Houston State University. While the work of both is largely abstract in appearance, the artists are very much rooted in specific time, art practices, and places. Simorte reflects on the deep relationships between people and places, with her work ev...
Feb 14, 2020•2 min
Houston Symphony Principal Timpanist Leo Soto is joined by his colleagues Wei Jiang, viola and Annie Chen, violin in a unique chamber music program. Featured pieces include Michael Colgrass's Variations for Four Drums and Viola and Joe LoCascio's new work, Three Windows . Lou Harrison's Varied Trio featuring pianist Sherry Cheng also performed.
Feb 06, 2020•3 min
LineByLine Making Your Mark Through the Arts HCC's James V Thomas is a guest after receiving the 2019 National Black Theatre Festival's award in Scenic Design.
Jan 16, 2020•29 min
LineByLine Making Your Mark Through the Arts Kendall R. Moore, DMA, Music Professor, Trombonist, Composer & Arranger at Houston Community College, VPA Sarah Bouse, Music Professor, Pianist, Vocal Coach at Houston Community College, VPA
Jan 16, 2020•28 min
The award-winning HCC Monday Night Big Band, under the direction of Dr. Woody Witt,presents their fall concert, highlighting classic big band repertoire by such composers atThad Jones, Sammy Nestico, Bob Mintzer and others, as well as original arrangements bymembers of the ensemble.
Dec 12, 2019•2 min
The Center of Excellence for Visual and Performing ArtsMusic DepartmentSystem-Wide Honor’s RecitalFall 2019 Piano Sonata in Bb Major, Op. 22 I. Allegro con brioLudwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Young Sun Yi, piano Studio of Dr. Yoojin Lee
Dec 12, 2019•6 min
The Center of Excellence for Visual and Performing ArtsMusic DepartmentSystem-Wide Honor’s RecitalFall 2019 Sonata 14 in C# minor “Moonlight,” Op. 27, No. 2 III. Presto AgitatoLudwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Loc Nguyen, piano Studio of Dr. Joel Love
Dec 12, 2019•6 min
The Center of Excellence for Visual and Performing ArtsMusic DepartmentSystem-Wide Honor’s RecitalFall 2019 Voi che sapete from Le nozze di FigaroW. A. Mozart (1756-1791) Lisette Guevara, soprano Studio of Dr. Seong Shin RaAccompanist Dr. Esther Park
Dec 12, 2019•3 min
The Center of Excellence for Visual and Performing ArtsMusic DepartmentSystem-Wide Honor’s RecitalFall 2019 Come and Trip It George Frederic Handel (1685-1759) Lincoln Coronado, tenor Studio of Mary HinesAccompanist Andrew Schneider
Dec 12, 2019•3 min
The Center of Excellence for Visual and Performing ArtsMusic DepartmentSystem-Wide Honor’s RecitalFall 2019 Piangerò from Giulio CesareGeorge Frederic Handel (1685-1759) Kayla Boyte-Moore, soprano Studio of Mary HinesAccompanist Andrew Schneider
Dec 12, 2019•6 min
The Center of Excellence for Visual and Performing ArtsMusic DepartmentSystem-Wide Honor’s RecitalFall 2019 Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 I. Adagio moderatoEdward Elgar (1857-1934) Julian Rivera, cello Studio of Olive ChenAccompanist Andrew Schneider
Dec 11, 2019•8 min
Northline students’ studio artworks from drawing, painting and design. First place and honorable mention awards will be presented at reception.
Dec 11, 2019•2 min
Remarks by Visual & Performing Arts Dean Dr. Colleen Reilly at the Reception to Recognize James V. Thomas “Sometimes you’re lucky and you don’t even know it.” -- August Wilson, Gem of the Ocean This quote from playwright August Wilson reminds us to acknowledge the ways in which the universe provides for us without our even noticing. I share it tonight because it is from Wilson’s play Gem of the Ocean . As many of you know August Wilson penned an American Decalogue--10 plays about the African...
Dec 11, 2019•4 min
Alex Roman Jr. (“Donkeeboy”), a visual artist based in Houston, is a remixer of pop culture. He puts his own unique spin on famous icons, creating works of art that consist of double entendre and visual puns. He is a former HCC art student. In recent years, Donkeeboy has become one of Houston’s most prominent artists. His murals can be found at iconic Houston restaurants including Shipley Do-Nuts, Burns Original BBQ, Riel and The Original Ninfa’s. He is the resident artist at 8th Wonder Brewery,...
Dec 05, 2019•2 min
In this timely comedy, when Lord Angelo closes the city’s brothels and outlaws “loose morality,” Claudio and his pregnant girlfriend are sentenced to death. Isabella, Claudio’s sister, goes to Angelo for help, but his shocking demands in exchange for Claudio’s freedom send her on a journey of disguise and deception, all in the name of justice...and a happy ending. Directed by Michael Flanagan. Please see the companion piece on the Line by Line Podcast https://edutube.hccs.edu/media/Line+by+Line+...
Dec 04, 2019•5 min
Exhibition of work from the art studio students at West Loop and Stafford locations. Juried for awards in 11 categories: Drawing, Painting (Acrylic and Watercolor), 2-D Design, 3-D Design, Ceramics, Sculpture, Life Drawing, Metal Arts, Digital Art and Photography.
Dec 03, 2019•4 min
The Groove Business Plays Jazz in Color The group includes Charlie Bubenik - guitar, bass, drums; Brandon Martinez - guitar, bass, drums; Loc Nguyen - keyboard; Patrick Ong - keyboard; Jacob Orr - guitar, bass; Jack Tran - keyboard; Benson Thomas - keyboard, bass, drums. Under the direction of Dr. Joel LoveTheir Program will be selected from the following standards (plus a couple surprises): Autumn Leaves, Blue Monk, Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, The Girl from Ipanema, Misty, Take the A Train, ...
Dec 03, 2019•3 min
