Dine-and-Discover Meetings and Events
Our meeting date is the last Wednesday of the month. Special event dates will be announced. RSVPs are due by noon on the Monday prior to each meeting as online registration automatically closes at that time. If registration is closed and you find you can attend, please contact Mary Abshier to check on seating availability.
Below is a menu of programs that are sure to satisfy any intellectual appetite. Join HFCW’s meetings where lifetime learners gather. Be a part of our long history of sharing wit and wisdom with HFCW members and their guests since 1974.
Questions? Contact Mary Abshier at marketing@hfcw.org or 281-923-9241
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Behind the Scenes of a Renowned Artist-Owned Gallery: Can Artists Operate a Gallery? For 43 Years?
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Discover a dynamic artist-owned and artist-managed gallery that has been in business since 1976. Learn how Archway Gallery got its name and see how it holds a part of the thriving Houston art community. Currently, the gallery has 32 artists who represent an array of styles and media. In true Houston fashion, these artists come from around the globe and share their diverse backgrounds.
Archway Gallery finds it important to give back to our community. Besides a monthly opening reception, the gallery frequently hosts musical and dance performances, literary readings, and figure-drawing sessions. Generally free, these distinctive events are open to the public. To include area artists in a high-profile exhibition, Archway provides the rare opportunity of a juried exhibition to show their works. During this annual exhibition, Archway partners with and promotes a charity.
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Born in 1953 and raised in Pasadena, Texas, Liz Conces Spencer studied art at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, graduating with a BA/ART in 1975. She has shown her work extensively since 1976 in galleries, festivals, competitive exhibitions and alternative spaces. An active member of the cooperative Archway Gallery in Houston, she has worked at Mother Dog Studios since the mid-1990’s.
Past commissions include works for the Houston Arts Alliance, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Talento Bilingue of Houston, Cool Globes, Silver Eagle Distributing, The City of Houston, Camp Aranzazu, the Houston Congregation for Reform Judaism, Weingarten Art Group, Lamar Towers, and the Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston/Houston. She works solo or collaboratively, frequently with glass artist Gene Hester. A teaching artist for Young Audiences of Houston, she works with children, teens and adults and writes professional development content for teachers and teaching artists. A full resume is available at www.lizconces.com. |
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