The Visual Arts students are hard at work this spring! Here are just a few highlights of what’s happening in their studios and workshops. 9th-grade students are creating wearable designs in their Idea Development and 3D Design courses. Students are embedding small screens in sculptures for their Immersive Video course. The kilns are firing at…
The HSPVA Black Alumni Network (BAN) is hosting the Emerald City Experience on Saturday, February 25th, before the Kinder HSPVA Black History performance of The Wiz. The pre-show reception will feature a presentation by Olly Sholotan (Theatre ’15), who co-stars as Carleton in the TV series Bel-Air. Proceeds will help BAN provide scholarships and summer intensive training…
You’re invited to celebrate with us! Tuesday, April 11 Outpost at POST 401 Franklin Street 11:00am || Registration & Reception 11:30 – 1:00pm || Seated Luncheon Event Co-Chairs Victoria & Alex Lazar || Carey Jordan & Brian Simmons Honoring 2023 Distinguished Alumna and 8x Emmy® winner Rachelle Mendez ’94 Celebrating HSPVA Friends’ 2023 Community…
Thank You to Our 2021-2022 Supporters! We sincerely thank all of the donors below who contributed to HSPVA Friends between August 1, 2021 and July 31, 2022. You provide the essentials of a quality arts education. Please click the button below to see the complete list! 2021-2022 Supporters Don’t see your name? Let’s add it…
You can listen to Jazz guitarist Mike Moreno (Jazz ’97) play with the Houston Jazz Collective from the 2021 Houston Jazz Festival on this episode of Encore Houston. Allen Gilmore (Theatre ’76) was nominated for the Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for Yale Repertory Theatre’s Spring production of Choir…
Callie Holley (Theatre ’18) has been named a 2022 Marshall Scholar. The award will provide financial support for graduate study in the United Kingdom. She plans to pursue an MA in Black Studies from the University of Birmingham and an MA in Producing for Film and Television from Royal Holloway University of London. Robert…
Part I: Party in the Park Part II: Celebration & Performances Part III: After-Party Celebration & Performances Miller Outdoor Theatre // 6000 Hermann Park Drive 8:15pm Free to the public Kinder HSPVA’s Encore 50 invites audiences of all ages to join the party as Houston’s High School for the Performing and Visual Arts celebrates fifty…
Part I: Party in the ParkPart II: Celebration & Performances Part III: A Toast to the Next 50 Years After-Party: A Toast to the Next 50 Years Axelrad Beer Garden // 1517 Alabama Street 10:00pm – Midnight $75/person; Advanced registration required. CHAIRED BY FARELL MARBLESTONE DIAMOND (VOCAL ’93), MATTHEW JAMISON (THEATRE ’10), & CHIARRA ELAYDA…
Part I: Party in the Park Part II: Celebration & PerformancesPart III: After-Party Party in the Park Lott Hall in Hermann Park // 6201 Hermann Park Drive 6:00-7:30pm $500 – $50,000 CHAIRED BY PATRICIA BONNER, BOB EURY, & KAREN OSTRUM GEORGE COMMUNITY HONOREES: PHOEBE & BOBBY TUDOR CORPORATE HONOREE: BROOKFIELD PROPERTIES All proceeds benefit current…
Elissa R. Sloan (Visual Art ’03) is the author of 2020’s The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes, “a page-turning peek inside the glamour and brutality of life as a pop star.” Elissa didn’t always plan to be a writer — she studied dark-room photography at HSPVA! She began the project that became her first book in…