Moody Center for the Arts
Breath(e) Toward Climate and Social Justice
Rice University Moody Center for the Arts 6100 Main Street, HoustonThe Moody Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the groundbreaking exhibition Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice, currently on view at the Hammer Museum at UCLA, will be presented in its Houston galleries from January 24 to May 10, 2025. This timely exhibition considers art practices that address the climate crisis and its …
Opening Reception for Moody Project Wall: Christopher Sperandio, Comics Without Borders
Rice University Moody Center for the Arts 6100 Main Street, HoustonCelebrate the student-curated and artist-led Moody Project Wall installation, Comics Without Borders. Opening in coordination with the multi-day event Comics Sans Frontières, guests can see how Rice students co-curated a selection of original comic art sourced from the archive of American comic book artist Jack Katz, recently donated to Rice University. Led by Rice faculty …
Art Spiegelman: In Conversation with Ofra Amihay
Rice University Moody Center for the Arts 6100 Main Street, HoustonJoin us for a public conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning comic artist Art Spiegelman, author of the groundbreaking graphic memoirs Maus and In the Shadow of No Towers. This keynote event kicks off Comics Sans Frontières, an open academic conference exploring the boundary-pushing tactics of graphic narratives that challenge visual, literary, and cultural expectations. RSVP is …
Opening Reception for Platform: Julia Gartrell
Rice University Moody Center for the Arts 6100 Main Street, HoustonThursday, March 27, 2025 | 6:00pm-8:00pm Rice University, between Lovett Hall and Herzstein Hall Celebrate artist Julia Gartrell's site-specific installation for the Moody's Platform series presented in collaboration with the Humanities Research Center at Rice University. For this iteration in the series, Gartrell is responding to the topic of "repair" by developing a site-specific sculpture …
Environmental Strings
Lois Chiles Studio Theater at moody Center for the Arts 6100 Main Street, Houston, TXExperience Kinetic Ensemble, Houston’s premier string orchestra, as they present the world premiere of performances centered around climate and environmental issues. The evening includes creative collaborations with student composers from the Shepherd School of Music and students in creative writing and visual arts at Rice University. Please note that seating is available on a first-come, …
The Chapel in the Hive
Lois Chiles Studio Theater at moody Center for the Arts 6100 Main Street, Houston, TXExperience The Chapel in the Hive, a live performance by poet and scholar Joseph Campana and composer and performer Kurt Stallmann. Inspired by a multidisciplinary exploration of environmental issues with a specific focus on biodiversity and multispecies worlds, Campana and Stallmann consider the sacred character of nature through the powerful but diminutive figure of the …
SPILL
Lois Chiles Studio Theater at moody Center for the Arts 6100 Main Street, Houston, TXOn the 15th anniversary of one of the largest environmental disasters in history, the Moody Center for the Arts presents the Houston premiere of SPILL, a documentary play about the tragedy of the Deepwater Horizon explosion as told by the Gulf Coast residents who lived through it. Written by the award-winning playwright Leigh Fondakowski (The …