Alumni & Community News: Summer 2022
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…
Alumni & Community News: Winter 2022
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…
Fifty Years of Excellence: Rachelle Mendez (Theatre ’94)
Rachelle Mendez (Theatre ’94) is an award-winning television producer — that’s seven Emmy’s, one Producer’s Guild Award, and counting! Her work on unscripted television series like Undercover Boss and the…
Alumni & Community News: November 2021
Rachelle Mendez (Theatre ’94) won her 7th Emmy this fall, for her work on the Netflix reboot of Queer Eye. She also premiered her new fashion competition show on HBO, The…
Fifty Years of HSPVA Memories
During the summer of 2021, our intern Alexa Halim (Dance ’21) interviewed four former and current faculty members of Kinder HSPVA who had either taught with or attended each of…
Alumni & Community News August 2021
Visual artist, musician, and Kinder HSPVA consultant Lisa Harris (Vocal ’98) was awarded the inaugural “Houston Regional Affiliate Fellowship” by the University of Houston. As a fellow, she’ll spend the…
Call for Alumni Submissions
Call for Submissions: HSPVA Alumni 50th Anniversary Exhibition Celebrating 50 Years of Excellence Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and HSPVA Friends are partnering with DiverseWorks to present a…
Alumni & Community News June 2021
Isabella Byrd (Theatre ’05) has been named
Alumni & Community News April 2021
Helen Sung (Instrumental ’89) was named a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow for her work in Music Composition. Toya Lillard (Theatre ’91) recently spoke at the Brooklyn Community Foundation, about her…
Get to know 2021 Distinguished Alum Justin Simien (Theatre ’01)
HSPVA Friends is so excited to honor Justin Simien (Theatre ’01) as Kinder HSPVA’s Distinguished Alumnus at the 15th annual Encore event, Encore at the Drive-In! Our 2021 venue, the…