'Enchanted Promenade' by TILT (2016)
Art Lab will award two Houston artists with an apprenticeship, practicum and honorarium of $4,500. They'll each work with a team of mentors that includes Brooklyn-based artist-engineer Jen Lewin, who has been commissioned by Discovery Green to create a new site-specific installation in the park this winter. The winning artists will work with her on the design, build and installation, gaining valuable experience and insights.
Weingarten Art Group and architecture and design firm Metalab will also play roles in mentoring the winning artists, who will submit proposals for their own pop-up art installation at Discovery Green. Since opening in 2008, the park has displayed and hosted nearly 30 temporary exhibits, and it also showcases permanent and traveling works from globally celebrated artists such as Jean Dubuffet, Jim Dine, Margo Sawyer and Doug Hollis. It's become a model for how to incorporate art within public green spaces.
“Public art has been at the heart of Discovery Green since its inception 16 years ago, and the park has grown into an open-air gallery with a world-class permanent collection and remarkable temporary installations that draw hundreds of thousands of visitors each year,” said Discovery Green Conservancy President Kathryn Lott in a statement. “Our goal with Art Lab is to keep connecting Houstonians and visitors to inspiring and thought-provoking works while creating opportunities for the incredibly talented artists in our own backyard.”
Applications for Art Lab are open now for artists, architects and designers who live within 75 miles of central Houston. The application process closes July 14, and selected artists will be announced in August, with the program beginning in September.
Jen Lewin (photo by Gabriel Hutchinson)
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'Earth Day Labyrinth' by Reginald Adams (2022)
'Cool Globes' by collection of international artists responding to climate change (2009)
'House of Cards' by OGE Group featuring work by 20 Houston artists (2020)
'Luminaria' by Architects of Air (2013)
'Firmament' by Christopher Schardt (2016)
'Monuments' by Craig Walsh (2020)
'Wings of the City' by Jorge Marin (2013)
Whitney Crane, Lauren Fertitta
“Houston ladies came out in droves to toast NY-based designer Adam Lippes’s first boutique outside of New York,” gushed a rep for the shop, adding, “2024 is a breakthrough year for the designer, who got his start at Oscar de la Renta, as he is slated to open new doors on Palm Beach’s Worth Avenue and a private salon up 5th Avenue later this year.”
Indeed, the guest list was a who’s who. Faces in the crowd included Natalie Steen, Jim and Whitney Crane, Jessica Phifer, Hilda Curran, Olivia Persia, Kelly and Karol Barnhart, Tiffany Masterson, Elyse Lanier, Christopher Sarofim, Gillian and Fayez Sarofim, Andrew and Mona Sarofim, Nicole Katz and CityBook Executive Publisher Lisa Holthouse.
Adam Lippes produces Resort, Spring/Summer, Pre-Fall and Fall/Winter collections each year. Current retailers, per the brand rep, include Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, Net-a-Porter and Saks Fifth Avenue.
The Lippes opening is just one piece of high-end retails news at River Oaks District since news broke that local billionaire Tilman Fertitta had bought the post shopping enclave. Luxury men’s clothiers Brioni and Stefan Ricci are set to bow later this summer.
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