For more information about the exhibition

If you’re in Houston, just strut on over to Cherryhurst House! Music,
rhythm, felting, feeling, it’s all happening as we felt and listen to
the fabulous records that make up the
show, The Art of Music. Saturday 29 from 1 till 5 pm, stop by for a
quick visit or stay and felt with us the whole time.

Abstract Poetry offers the audience an opportunity to participate in a nighttime experience in which text decomposes in space through graphic abstraction and dissolution. This process proposes the reinterpretation of language through its transformation in space and time and the effect that sound adds to the experience, and Ripple, with its already fragmented space, is the perfect environment for this immersive journey.

Pablo Giménez-Zapiola will perform projections in dialogue with artist Carlos Pozo performing sounds. Both artists share an interest in clean simplicity as well as a low key search for beauty and the sublime. Carlos Pozo makes slowly evolving ambient soundscapes using a mix of abstract electronic drones and pulses with melodic loops and field recordings. Though generally working separately, Pozo’s sounds seem to sync uncannily when performed alongside Giménez-Zapiola's projected images.

Note: this is an outdoor experience, please choose cozy and sensible attire. To ensure the best experience for all guests, doors will be closed ten minutes after the start time of each showing and will reopen prior to the next scheduled showing.

Inside/Out is a multi-channel video installation highlighting the natural beauty surrounding Ripple. Hunter found her inspiration through the exposed layers revealing the long history of the bungalow. In response, Hunter will cover the white walls of the domestic interior with lush greenery in her films of grass, pine needles, and leaves, which we sometimes forget are alive. As Ripple reminds us how we grow the spaces that shape our lives, Inside/Out asks us to consider the planted environment that grows with us.

Photo by Allison Hunter

Inside/Out is a multi-channel video installation highlighting the natural beauty surrounding Ripple. Hunter found her inspiration through the exposed layers revealing the long history of the bungalow. In response, Hunter will cover the white walls of the domestic interior with lush greenery in her films of grass, pine needles, and leaves, which we sometimes forget are alive. As Ripple reminds us how we grow the spaces that shape our lives, Inside/Out asks us to consider the planted environment that grows with us.

Photo by Allison Hunter

Hope Stone Dance presents Honey, I’m Home, a site-specific performance inspired by Ripple, a sculpture created on the grounds of CH by recent artist in residence, Havel Ruck Projects. Featuring guest artists Jacquelyn Long and Natalie Varnum (appearing courtesy of Houston Ballet) along with the men of HSD, Honey, I’m Home explores a domestic space with walls, floors and ceilings exposed to the outside world – and neighbors.

Photo by Alana Campbell

Join us for the unveiling celebration of Havel Ruck's new immersive sculpture, Ripple. Everyone is welcome!

Friday February 23rd 5pm - 10pm
Jazz & Jambalaya
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Saturday February 24th 11am - 10pm
Pig Roast & DJ G-Funk 
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Sunday February 25 11am - 5pm
Quiche & DJ Clint Broussard

Heather will be accompanied by upcoming artist in residence, composer and musician Jonathan Friedlich and other artist-musician friends in her reading and commentary on how In Search of the Frightening and Beautiful is relevant to the 2016 post-election climate worldwide. Guests at the event are encouraged to contribute if they desire to do so.

Tickets are free but space is limited, so reserve a seat! 

Join artist in residence, Heather L. Johnson for a in-depth presentation about her ongoing motorcyle and visual arts project, In Search of the Frightening and Beautiful. Heather will read excerpts from her popular blog and talk about her newest body of work now on exhibition at Cherryhurst House.  Talk is free but seating is limited so be sure to reserve your spot!

Strangely Familiar is an exhibition of photography and mixed media artworks that explore ideas of being at "at home": in one's  environment, time and place. The exhibition features work produced by Daniela Edburg and Barbara Levine during their Spring 2015 artist
residency at Cherryhurst House.  More about the artists and the exhibition.

In conjunction with the FotoFest 2016 Biennial and our current exhibition, Strangely Familiar: Works of Visual Fiction by Barbara Levine and Daniela Edburg, Cherryhurst House will host four special evening soirées designed for artists and reviewers participating in the FotoFest Biennial to visit the space, view the exhibition and meet the current and past artists in residence.  Artists Daniela Edburg and Heather L. Johnson will also be showing projected images from their travels that have inspired their process and work. On March 24, Pablo Gimenez Zapiola will be showing his light projection art on the outside walls.

During FotoFest, Cherryhurst will also be open 12 - 4 pm on Wednesdays and Saturdays starting March 12 through April 30th. We are located at 1603 Cherryhurst Street.

For more information: barbara@cherryhursthouse.com

In honor of Cherryhurst House receiving a Preservation Houston Good Brick Award, Architect Carrie Glassman Shoemake will moderate a lively discussion with renowned Chef Monica Pope, Composer Anthony Brandt, and  Architect Kristin Akkerman Schuster on the connections between sensory impressions and shared human experience. We will explore how memories evoked by the senses inform our spatial relationships and the creative process.

Admission to this special program is free but seating is limited.
Reserve your space

Literacy Through Photography (the FotoFest Writing and Photography Project) and Cherryhurst House present a special teen photography workshop exploring the way we photograph and represent ourselves in social media.

In this intimate and supportive workshop, young women ages 13-19 are invited to explore the "selfie" as a photographic form and expressive technique. The workshop will be held at Houston's Cherryhurst House, an innovative contemporary art space dedicated to artistic process and exchange.

Participating students will work with artists and educators Barbara Levine and Rebecca J. Hopp to examine their personal selfies in relationto self-portraits from the contemporary world as well as photographic history. Utilizing reflective writing and visual awareness exercises, participants will take a deeper look at how they are portraying themselves to others.

Participants will then make their own original works of art as they create self-portraits that meaningfully express their identity. Artwork createdin this workshop will be exhibited in FotoFinish, FotoFest's annual exhibition of student art, to be held May 14-21, 2016 at Silver Street Studios.

For more information.

Come spend the afternoon with Marta Aguilar while she teaches you how to cook her out of this world classic Mexican chicken enchiladas. Delicious and easy to prepare and in the intimate setting of the Cherryhurst House kitchen.
For more details email: info@cherryhursthouse.com

Long forgotten issues of National Geographic magazine, old postcards, stickers, sparkle, scissors and glue - sounds like things you will find at gathering of people who love making collage! Our collage afternoon also includes the relaxing environment and art at Cherryhurst House, wonderful people, conversation and other goodies!

All levels of collage artists welcome. Participants need to bring materials to cut and paste and share and scissors or other tools you like to make collage with (baked goods and wine are are also encouraged!).

Admission is free but space is limited so reserve your seat at the collage table now.

Join independent consultant, artist, and former executive director of Lawndale Art Center, Christine Jelson West, in conversation with Cherryhurst House curator and artist in residence Barbara Levine and artist in residence, Daniela Edburg about their exhibition Strangely Familiar: Works of Visual Fiction. Discussion promises to be lively and will focus on the artist in residence experience and art that investigates the meaning of place, changing artistic practices, finding form for ideas and breaking down the false dividing line between the artist and viewer.

Free of charge but seating is limited so reserve your space now!

Above, detail, Barbara Levine (with Martin Venezky), We have been where you are going, 2015

Join us for a lively conversation between PaperCity's arts and culture writer, Catherine D. Anspon and Cherryhurst House artists in residence, Daniela Edburg and Barbara Levine. The discussion will center on their exhibition Out of Place: Photographs and Other Fictions and cover topics such as process as an important part an artist's work, material as metaphor and how environment challenges the way an artist works.

Admission is free. Seating is limited to 30.

Come by for an open house and to welcome visiting artist Daniela Edburg, recently returned for her Spring residency. The evolution of her artwork in our current exhibition, Out of Place: Photographs and Other Fictions, will include a massive outcropping of crocheted mosses crawling throughout the exhibition. Come to Cherryhurst House (1603 Cherryhurst Street) for the fun of conversation and crochet and help Daniela grow her piece of living art.

Have you ever had an idea or started an art project and then it just stalls or stops or you can't find a form for your idea?

Or don't know practical or technical options for doing what you want?

Developing Personal Projects  focuses on sharing experiences, strategies, sources, and influences that help  develop and sustain individual personal projects.  It is geared towards artists, photographers, writers, and family archivists / story tellers.

Two sessions: February 21st and 28, 12-4. At Cherryhurst House in Houston's Montrose neighborhood.  Limited to 8 people.  Free of charge. Easy parking.

Each participant should bring work-in-progress to the workshop - the bare beginnings of a project, half-finished piece or idea they feel leads to another project they wish to start.

In session one, each participant will describe their idea or project and articulate what the obstacles or questions are that have put their project on the back burner. Through structured group discussion, each participant will leave with a next step to do for the following session. In the second session, participants will show or speak to their progress and receive tips and strategies to complete their projects.

Barbara Levine is a collector, artist and curator specializing in vernacular photography and unusual collections. She is the author of Finding Frida Kahlo (2009), Around The World: The Grand Tour in Photo Albums (2007), and Snapshot Chronicles: Inventing the American Photo Album (2006, all Princeton Architectural Press). Her collection of early vernacular photograph albums is in the permanent collection of the International Center of Photography in New York and she is the former exhibitions director at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Currently, she is an artist in residence at The Cherryhurst House, Houston where she has been artist and co-curator of the exhibitions CAMERA ERA (catalogue available) and Out of Place: Photographs and Other Fictions by Barbara Levine and Daniela Edburg.  Her website is www.projectb.com.

Learn to prepare some of Chef Gabriela Green's favorite recipes in this fun, hands-on cooking class. A native of Mexico City, Gaby will teach you how to make these five authentic Mexican dishes while utilizing fresh, local ingredients.

Aquachile de Camaron y Callo de Almeja - succulent appetizer made with shrimp and scallops
Moscas Guacamole - recipe from Gaby's family that you won't find in any restaurant
Anchos a Tres Quesos - dry ancho chiles stuffed with Gaby's favorite cheese combination, topped with green tomatillo sauce ***great dish for vegetarians***
Enchiladas con Carne - just in time for the holidays, learn how to make this crowd pleaser with a little Mexico City twist
Margaritas made with fresh-squeezed limes and seasonal fruit

You will hear the origins of these unique dishes and ingredients while Gaby shares lots of interesting stories from her family's kitchen. Bring your questions and curiosity, as well as a big appetite! You'll enjoy a Mexican comida with the chef after you prepare this delicious meal

Chef Gabriela Green resides in San Miguel de Allende and has run three restaurants, a food truck, a catering company and a cooking school over the past 15 years. Gaby learned how to cook early on in her grandmother's kitchen, where she had her own stool and utensils. While her specialties come from her family's recipes, Gaby adds a modern twist to make her own variations of regional Mexican cuisine.

Julep owner Alba Huerta and the soon-to-open Chicken Ranch's Joshua Martinez teamed up for “Art of the Cocktail at Cherryhurst House,” an evening devoted to blending cocktails, food and art into an immersive experience, on Thursday, October 16th.

Limited to an intimate group of 20, participants had the opportunity to create three different cocktails under Huerta’s instruction that she chose specifically for the location, including a special Cherryhurst Cobbler. Huerta took inspiration from the surrounding art and architecture at Cherryhurst House when creating the menu. Keeping with the theme of Huerta’s love for southern-inspired classics, Martinez treated guests to his signature fried chicken and sides from The Chicken Ranch, his newest project with partner Paul Sedillo.

Guests were one of the first inside Cherryhurst House, a spectacularly restored 1920’s bungalow on Cherryhurst St. in Montrose that is slated to host regular exhibitions, artist collaborations, salon dinners and special events designed to encourage dialogue about contemporary art and culture.

The current exhibition CAMERA ERA, from Cherryhurst House artists-in-residence Project B, is a collection of vintage vernacular photography, recast into large-format archival pigment prints.

Friends of Fresh Arts were invited to raise a glass, while enjoying musical performances by Say Girl Say, multimedia projections by artist Sandy Ewen and the exhibition Camera Era, by Cherryhurst House artists in residence, Project B. The evening marked the unveiling of Fresh Arts' new "look," and the launch of the patron membership campaign to support Fresh Arts' programs and services for the Houston art community.