Lecture

"Toward Social Sculpture"

Rick Lowe
founder of
Project Row House
http://www.projectrowhouses.orgl

Friday / May 4th / 2007 /3:30 pm
Wyly Tower Auditorium

Project Row Houses is a neighborhood based art and cultural organization located in Houston's Third Ward. PRH was established in 1993 on a site of 22 abandoned shotgun houses (c. 1930) to connect the work of artists with the revitalization of our community. It was inspired by the work of African-American artist Dr. John Biggers who celebrated the social significance of the shotgun house house community in his paintings. After a decade of successfully generating programs that combine arts and cultural education, historic preservation, and community development, the future of the Third Ward is threatened by gentrification. To preserve and protect the irreplaceable historic and cultural legacy of this community, PRH spawned a sister organization, the Row House Community Development Corporation. For more information on the work, please visit: http://www.projectrowhouses.org

Following the lecture, we will open the first floor gallery in Hale Hall to present an exhibition of student work from this academic year, appropriately entitled Student Work. We hope you join us for both events.

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Lectures are available for CEUs.