Mercury Orchestra Blasts Off, with Fun Retro-Space-Age Gala and Supporters Like Lynn Wyatt

Jeff Gremillion

ONE OF HOUSTON'S most prestigious performing arts organizations, the Mercury orchestra, threw a fabulous “Retro-Futuristic” gala at the Post Oak Hotel, complete with a space-themed musical presentation and a top-tier guest list including Lynn Wyatt.

Using Old Photos, Knickknacks and Other Found Objects, Artist Transforms Gallery Into Space 'to Remember'

Chris Becker

“I’M INTERESTED IN the things left behind,” explains found-object and performance-based installation artist Viktor Givens, whose lovingly crafted installation Coffee/Kool Aid and the Tabernacle of (Re)Memory is on view through April 23 at Community Artists’ Collective.

Lillian Warren's 'On the Edge of Tomorrow'

DURING THE WORST months of the Covid-19 pandemic, when galleries and museums were closed to the public, and everyday acts such as buying groceries felt fraught with danger, Houston painter and video artist Lillian Warren found a way to stay sane: She took lots of walks.

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Nicky Sohn (photo by Julia Gang); Kayla Collymore (photo by Mark Henderson); Mary Grace Johnson (photo by Natalie Gaynor)

“AS A FEMALE Korean composer, I’ve always been a minority in our field,” says Nicky Sohn, who was born in Seoul in 1992, and came to the U.S. with her mother at age 14. “I’ve only had male mentors, and at a young age, I had all of these doubts about whether I could actually ‘make it’ as a composer. I simply didn’t see anybody who looked like me."

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