Results tagged “davidadickes”

Happy Friday Eve. We began amping up for St. Paddy's last night with Blaggard's at Brian O'Neill's (yes, we're dragging - don't ask). Okay, fine - we like Guinness, whatever. Here's some goings on for you to peruse for this evening. more ›

We'll so does the Orange Show, and this week they are getting around to the Caroline Collective for the last of their Gala workshops this Tuesday, October 29th from 7-10pm. more ›

Houston developer Richard Browne is planning a mixed-use center near Pearland, combining commercial and residential spaces with a 30-acre lake - oh, and giant busts of all 42 presidents. Browne has spent $5.5 million buying 50 acres and the 42 18-foot-tall statues from Houston artist David Adickes in an effort to create what he calls the "Venice of Houston." The development is called the WaterLights District and will be located just southwest of the Beltway and 288. more ›

This Saturday is the Inner Art Corridor's Second Annual Open Studio Tour. That means that all artists in the warehouse and private art sector will open their studios to the public. This is a great opportunity for artists and art lovers alike to see new works of art and to meet and chat with artists at their studios. more ›

Houston’s old artist friend David Adickes is shifting his focus from painting back to the monumental sculpture that he’s known for. Even if you’re unacquainted with Adickes and his neartown studio littered with giant busts of all forty-three presidents, you’d surely recognize the gigantic Sam Houston statue, his most famous work as well as our favorite part of making the trip to Dallas. Adickes has decided to take his work in a new direction though.... more ›

The staggering amount of concrete in Houston — whether it's in the shape of strip malls, freeways, parking lots or society matrons' hair — is one of those things you learn to live with around here. A nice old building gets torn down to make way for a parking lot and we just shrug and say, "Eh, all in a day." But now there's something new: an effort to install art in a parking lot.... more ›