When: May 18, 2023
Time: All Day
Location: Instagram
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The Architecture, Design, and Art Library is now accepting student exhibition proposals for the 2023-2024 season. Open call due date is September 23, 2023. See website for more details
The Architecture, Design, and Art Library proudly presents the work of featured artist ‘22-23 Brandon Stelly. His exhibit, The Road to Recovery, will be on view until July 2023.
Statement 
My work focuses on how the city of Lake Charles, Louisiana experienced major destruction caused by Hurricane Laura in 2020, and how they are on the verge of recovery.
Eight months after the massive destruction of Hurricane Laura, I went to Lake Charles, Louisiana to take photographic images of damaged areas, as well as the progress of recovery. Lake Charles experienced a city-wide disaster during the storm. Multiple trees and natural surroundings were destroyed. Parking garages, houses, and buildings were mostly blown away. The Boardwalk at Memorial Park had major damage. Homes had broken doors and windows, along with blown away rooftops. Most of the patios at the pier were covered in water. Roads are still in need of repair, and much more needs to be done.
During my visit, I noticed that workers are rebuilding. People are continuing their normal activities, sitting at restaurants, going to work, visiting the pier, and so on. They are working towards bringing things back to normal. This is why I called this exhibit the “The Road to Recovery.”
I am relieved that there are no human casualties from the massive storm. Everyone is willing to continue their daily lives while workers are focusing on rebuilding the damaged areas. It’ll take years until everything is back to normal. We must do whatever we can to prepare for another hurricane disaster.
Bio
Brandon Stelly (born 1996, Lafayette, LA) is currently a Houston based- artist wanting to experience the full outcome of being in the outside world and portray his use of photography/videography as an achievement in the upcoming future. Brandon is currently a student at the University of Houston, in his senior year of the School of Art’s Photography and Digital Media Program. He discovered photography at a young age, when his parents introduced him to his first Nikon camera. Now he hopes to become a professional photographer and inspire future generations.
Virtual Pop-Up Library
Learn about museums when you check out our Virtual Pop-Up Library in celebration of International Museum Day! Start by browsing through a selection of curated art books available to view. Then follow us on social media to win FREE swag!
Pop-Up Art Library + Studio Sessions
Come and get crafty with us during Stress Free Finals Design Depot organized by the Division of Student Affairs. We’ll have fun activities as well as awesome books available to check out.
Date: April 26, 2023
Time: 12 – 2pm
Location: Student Center South, Houston Room 220
About
Pop-Up’s
The Pop-Up Library program began in 2018 in collaboration with Blaffer Art Museum to introduce students to two campus resources. Each pop-up consists of curated art books thematically related to the museum’s current exhibitions.
Studio Sessions
Students are invited to join drop-in tours and hands-on activities to better connect with current exhibitions. The Blaffer regularly partners with the William R. Jenkins Architecture, Design, and Art Library to a host a pop-up at each event where students can check out art books and supplies.
This event is free and open to all students
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Pop-Up Art Library + Studio Sessions
Come find us during BAMSA’S RED BLOCK BASH featuring multidisciplinary student art performances. There will also be fun art making activities, tours, giveaways, prizes, and fun books available for check-out from the Pop-Up Library booth in celebration of National Landscape Architecture Month.
Date : April 6, 2023
Time: 4– 6 pm
Location: Fine Arts Courtyard
About
Pop-Up’s
The Pop-Up Library program began in 2018 in collaboration with Blaffer Art Museum to introduce students to two campus resources. Each pop-up consists of curated art books thematically related to the museum’s current exhibitions.
Studio Sessions
Students are invited to join drop-in tours and hands-on activities to better connect with current exhibitions. The Blaffer regularly partners with the William R. Jenkins Architecture, Design, and Art Library to a host a pop-up at each event where students can check out art books and supplies.
This event is free and open to all students
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Pop-Up Art Library + Studio Sessions
If you’re interested in filling your afternoon with art, then check out BAMSA’S Biannual Art Show featuring student work. Then visit the Pop-Up Library & Blaffer Art Museum’s Studio Sessions booth to browse through a selection of curated art books in celebration of International Color Day.
Date: March 21, 2023
Time: 4 – 6:30pm
Location:Fine Arts Courtyard
About
Pop-Up’s
The Pop-Up Library program began in 2018 in collaboration with Blaffer Art Museum to introduce students to two campus resources. Each pop-up consists of curated art books thematically related to the museum’s current exhibitions.
Studio Sessions
Students are invited to join drop-in tours and hands-on activities to better connect with current exhibitions. The Blaffer regularly partners with the William R. Jenkins Architecture, Design, and Art Library to a host a pop-up at each event where students can check out art books and supplies.
This event is free and open to all students
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The Architecture, Design, and Art Library proudly presents the work of featured artist ‘22-23 Roslyn M. Dupré. Her exhibit, The Persistence of Words, will be on view until May 2023.
Statement
I am a multidisciplinary artist who works with basic materials and traditional craftsmanship to fashion woven, welded or wooden constructions. My materials vary with each project and my methods incorporate domestic handicrafts like hand-weaving, embroidery and knitting with fine art fabrication and foundry work. I am also a Creole woman of color from New Orleans who has lived in Texas for 17 years. Outside of my place of origin—and I am usually outside my place of origin—I am ambiguously other and my work is my response. Central to this work is the personal history of each material I use as my objects do not pretend to be without a past. With mixed media works that include unuseful tools, unwearable clothes, and unfamiliar furnishings, I attempt to conjure a world where superstition and religion, race and gender, and the mystical and the laborious are the foundation stones upon which the home is built. Throughout I allude to the writers of the American South and to a story of identity, unique to time and place. I seek to explore dark themes of inhumanity, blend them with mysticism, and open the door to redemption.
Bio
Roslyn M. Dupré is a New Orleans native and Houston resident of 17 years. In her sculpture and multidisciplinary practice, Dupré works with natural materials and traditional craftsmanship to fashion woven, welded, or wooden constructions. Her projects vary with concept and her methods often incorporate domestic handicrafts like hand-weaving, embroidery and knitting with fine art fabrication and foundry work. Dupré recently completed the Glassell Studio School Block programs XX and XXI and the Glassell/MFAH Certificate of Achievement in Sculpture. She is currently in the MFA program in Sculpture at the University of Houston. Recent solo shows include “Southern Gothic” in the Box 13 Back Gallery (2022) and “Savage Bayou” at the Bosque Gallery at LoneStar College (2022).
Virtual Pop-Up Library
Celebrate Irish American Heritage Month by browsing through our Virtual Pop-Up Library. Start by reading through a selection of curated art books available to view. Then follow us on social media to win FREE swag!
When: March 9, 2023
Time: All Day
Location: Instagram
How to Win a Prize
1.) Follow the Architecture, Design, and Art Library’s page.
2.) Take a snapshot/picture.
3.) Send it to archlib@uh.edu along your contact info.
4.) Pick-up you prize!
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Virtual Pop-Up Library
Interested in knowing about floral design? Then check-out our Virtual Pop-Up Library in celebration of National Floral Design Day! Start by browsing through a selection of curated art books available to view. Then follow us on social media to win FREE swag! See more details.
When: February 28, 2023
Time: All Day
Location: Instagram
How to Win a Prize
1.) Follow the Architecture, Design, and Art Library’s page.
2.) Take a snapshot/picture.
3.) Send it to archlib@uh.edu along your contact info.
4.) Pick-up you prize!
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Pop-Up Art Library + Studio Sessions
The Jenkins Library will be partnering with Blaffer Art Museum Student Association during their LOVEMANIA event this Friday, Feb 10th, 2023 featuring Valentine’s Day themed activities. Students are welcome to visit their Pop-Up Library booth then browse through a selection of curated art books thematically related to the museum’s current exhibition Jacolby Satterwhite: We Are in Hell When We Hurt Each Other. There will also be free food and live music!
Date: February 10, 2023
Time: 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Location: Wilhemina Grove (in front of the Moores School of Music)
About
Pop-Up’s
The Pop-Up Library program began in 2018 in collaboration with Blaffer Art Museum to introduce students to two campus resources. Each pop-up consists of curated art books thematically related to the museum’s current exhibitions.
Studio Sessions
Students are invited to join drop-in tours and hands-on activities to better connect with current exhibitions. The Blaffer regularly partners with the William R. Jenkins Architecture, Design, and Art Library to a host a pop-up at each event where students can check out art books and supplies.