When: May 18, 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!
Pop-Up Art Library + Red Block Bash
Come find us during Blaffer Art Museum Student Association’s Red Block Bash to learn about art & media student organizations across campus and get engaged. There will be fun art making activities, giveaways, and fun books available for check-out from the Pop-Up Library booth.
Date : Wednesday, October 17, 2023
Time: 3– 5 pm
Location: Student Center South Ball Room 220
About
Pop-Up’s
Since 2018, the William R. Jenkins Architecture, Design, and Art Library has been partnering with Blaffer Art Museum to host Pop-Up Libraries each semester. It’s a fun and engaging way to promote services that provide instant connection to the UH community. Each pop-up consists of curated art books thematically related to the museum’s current exhibitions.
BAMSA
The Blaffer Art Museum Student Association (BAMSA) at the University of Houston is a student-run organization that seeks to foster a community of artists and art enthusiasts on campus.
Red Block Bash
Red Block Bash is a tabling event where all arts and media student organizations come together to network and promote their initiatives. Hosted by BAMSA every semester, the event offers students a chance to learn about other similar student organizations at the University of Houston. Students can also meet and interact with members of these organizations, and learn about different opportunities available to them. Red Block Bash encourages students to get involved and engage with the arts and media community on campus.
This event is free and open to all students
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In the 2023-2024 academic year, the Architecture, Design, and Art Library is launching a series of casual workshops on aspects of scholarship. Art, architecture, and design instructors may bring their laptop and lunch for an hour that is part presentation, part discussion, and some hands-on work.
Location: The Architecture, Design, and Art Library (inside the College of Architecture & Design)
In the 2023-2024 academic year, the Architecture, Design, and Art Library is launching a series of research training sessions on Tuesdays in room 169, on the library’s upper mezzanine. Students are invited to bring their lunch and laptop to learn about tools and techniques that will save them time and improve the quality of their work.
Location: The Architecture, Design, and Art Library (inside the College of Architecture & Design)
We’re excited to announce we’re participating in this year’s Shasta’s Open House! This “open house” event lets you visit dozens of departments and colleges while collecting freebies along the way! Learn about all our upcoming events, services, and ways you can get involved. The more stops you visit, the more prizes you can get! We’re giving away t-shirts, gas gift cards, and Beats headphones! Visit uh.edu/wow/shastas-open-house for more information
To collect points at the Architecture, Design, and Art Library & Blaffer Art Museum, you must visit each location.
Date: August 29 – August 31, 2023
Time: 12:00pm – 4:00pm (everyday)
Location: Across Campus
Instructions:
- Download the Scavify mobile app
- Create an account using your UH email
- Allow geolocation and photo access
- Search “Shasta’s Open House” within the app
- Snap a picture within the app every time you visit an office. All participating offices are listed in the app.
- We will be notified once you’ve completed the event
- The more offices you visit, the more prizes you can win! See prize tier below.
- Use the UHGO app or use the Scavify to navigate around campus
- T-shirts and hats can be picked up during normal business hours in our office (Student Center South- Suite 271 from Tuesday, Aug. 29 – Friday, Sept. 1.
- Winners for the drawings will be announced on Monday, Sept. 4 via email.
Pop-Up Art Library + First Friday Exhibition Tours
Go on a fun tour exploring the artwork of John Guzman and Christopher Myers at Blaffer Art Museum. Then browse through a selection of art books from the Pop-Up Art Library while enjoying free food and giveaways.
Date : Friday, September 1, 2023
Time: 12– 1 pm
Location: Blaffer Art Museum
About
Pop-Up’s
Since 2018, the William R. Jenkins Architecture, Design, and Art Library has been partnering with Blaffer Art Museum to host Pop-Up Libraries each semester. It’s a fun and engaging way to promote services that provide instant connection to the UH community. Each pop-up consists of curated art books thematically related to the museum’s current exhibitions.
First Friday Exhibition Tours
We invite you to dive into Christopher Myers: of all creatures that can feel and think and John Guzman: Flesh and Bone with Erika Mei Chua Holum (assistant curator) and Nohelia Vargas Bolivar (docent). The conversational tour will explore how Myers’s fabric works, stained glass, and sculptures tell stories that mine the space between archive, myth, and the origin of ideas. We will uncover the methods and motivations behind the monumental paintings and drawings of John Guzman, which draw upon the artist’s experience living in San Antonio to make abstracted works including figurative elements, mining psychological and physical states.
**Free lunch provided after the Tour**
This event is free and open to all students
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This fall semester the Architecture, Design, and Art Library is exhibiting two new displays featuring items from the rare books room.
First, located on the first floor of the library, is a selection of mailed pages from David Horvitz 2020 “Lessons”. An art project that spawned from the pandemic, 32 short teaching units were developed in collaboration with his 5-year old daughter. Some of the lessons includes “change the name of the days” and “make a photograph of someone who is not there”.
On view upstairs in the mezzanine floor display are a selection of plates from Josef Albers’ Interaction of Color. Printed in 1963 by Yale University Press, the color studies outline a set of principles and teaching methods for understanding and perceiving color in different ways.
These two exhibits will be available until December 2023.
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.