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HMAAC is a museum for all people. While our focus is the African American experience, our story in Texas informs and includes not only people of color, but people of all colors. As a result, the stories and exhibitions that HMAAC will bring to Texas are about the indisputable fact that while our experience is a unique one, it has been impacted by numerous races, genders and ethnicities.
Muse
Jade Cooper, a Houston based artist, will present a series entitled Muse. Composed of twenty, two-dimensional works of Black American females, including ten oil painting portraits done on canvas and wood panel and ten charcoal drawing portraitures. ...
Sports and Culture Symposium: Part One
There are moments of transcendence in sports, just as there are in society, and there are revolutions in sports, just as there are in society. Sports, like any large and important social institution, is a complex weaving of forces and concerns just as the...
Otelo Burning
August 29, 2013 | 6:30 PM
Shot in Durban and directed by Sara Blecher (Surfing
Soweto), the film tells the story of a group of township kids who discover the
joy of surfing. It's set in 1989, against a backdrop of brewing conflict
between two political...
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| Sun - Monday | Closed |
| Tues - Saturday | 12pm - 5pm |
| Phone | 713·526·1015 |
| Address | 4807 Caroline Street Houston, TX 77004 |
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Dr. Rhea Brown Lawson
May 14,2013
Dr. Rhea Brown Lawson The Houston Museum of African American Culture has a long history of partnerships in the community. Recently, I spoke with Dr.... Read More
Exhibitions
Muse
Jade Cooper, a Houston based artist, will present a series entitled Muse. Composed of twenty, two-dimensional works of Black American females, including ten oil painting portraits done on canvas and wood panel and ten charcoal drawing portraitures. ...
Films
Otelo Burning
August 29, 2013 | 6:30 PM
Shot in Durban and directed by Sara Blecher (Surfing
Soweto), the film tells the story of a group of township kids who discover the
joy of surfing. It's set in 1989, against a backdrop of brewing conflict
between two political...
Sense the possibilities! The historical, the contemporary, the random and radical!
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Next On Deck
Revelations of Goddesses
June 8 - August 3, 2013
Eleanor Merritt, a trailblazer and ardent advocate for African American and women artists, and one of the most celebrated artists in Florida, will present Revelations of Goddesses. Her work involves strong mystical female images that seem to explode on surfaces through the combined use of acrylics, inks and paper materials. Those images,...
