Opening Reception: Summer Exhibitions

Saturday, June 7, 2025
11:00am—5:00pm

On June 7, 2025 we will open our three summer exhibitions, a way to mend, curated by Doug Welsh, ¡Cuidado! X Arriaga Cuellar & Adán Vallecillo and Saif Azzuz-Keet Hegehlpa’ (the water is rising) .

Join us for a full day of opening reception events, readings, activations and performances supported by the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts.

Format:

10am-12pm | SEEDSAVING STORYTELLING CIRCLE

Co-facilitated by Erika Mei Chua Holum (Assoc. Curator, Blaffer Art Museum), Christian Toledo, Rea Sampilo, and Trisha Morales (Lualo Studios), Anita Wadhwa (Restorative Houston), and Anakbayan Houston

Join a storytelling circle centering the relationship between the land and our bodies. In recognition of shared histories of displacement and dispossession, this circle welcomes community members to learn and share stories about ancestral homelands, land stewardship practices, interconnected struggles and resistance movements.

RSVP FOR THE STORYTELLING CIRCLE

Location: Blaffer Art Museum, Fine Arts Courtyard

11am-1pm | ZINE WORKSHOP WITH CUT THE SMALL TALK! ZINE CLUB

Location: Blaffer Art Museum, Cafe

12-1pm | READING WITH ANGELIQUE ROSALES SALGADO

Location: Blaffer Art Museum, High Ceiling Gallery

1-1:30pm | GALLERY TALK WITH DOUG WELSH AND PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Location: Blaffer Art Museum, Joanne Guest Wilson Gallery

2-2:45pm | ARTIST TALKS, SAIF AZZUZ & ERIKA MEI CHUA HOLUM

Location: Blaffer Art Museum, 2nd Floor

3-4pm | MUSICAL PERFORMANCE, ESSEX MOOR

Location: Blaffer Art Museum, Fine Arts Courtyard

5pm | MUSEUM CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC

Location:
Blaffer Art Museum
FREE and open to the public