Thank you for making the 2023 Encore Event a huge success! The 17th Annual Encore Event was Tuesday, April 11, in the rooftop gardens of POST Houston. Event Chairs Victoria & Alex Lazar and Carey Jordan & Brian Simmons welcomed 300 guests to celebrate 2023 Community Honoree Joan Vachule Murrin and 2023 Distinguished Alumna and 8-time Emmy® winner Rachelle Mendez. Thanks…
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…
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…
Thank you, Brookfield Properties! HSPVA Friends celebrates Brookfield Properties, which has partnered with Kinder HSPVA for nearly twenty years by underwriting performance and exhibition opportunities for students. In preparation for the school’s move downtown in 2019, Brookfield Properties expanded its support in both Allen Center and Houston Center to connect Kinder HSPVA students to…
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 juried exhibition of recent work by alumni in celebration of our fiftieth school year. The exhibition will be presented at the MATCH Gallery from October…
We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Priscilla Rivas, Kinder HSPVA’s new principal! When Dr. Scott Allen announced his retirement in April 2021, HISD immediately launched their search for the school’s next great leader. HISD’s interview committee represented the Kinder HSPVA community: Faculty members Courtney Jones (Dance ’99), Jennifer Chase (a two-time HSPVA parent), Oscar Perez,…
We will miss you, Dr. Allen! This June, we celebrate and wish a fond farewell to beloved Kinder HSPVA principal, Dr. Scott Allen. Dr. Allen’s accomplished twelve-year tenure at Kinder HSPVA caps off a distinguished career as an educator and administrator in the state of Texas, and while we’ll miss him terribly, his retirement is…
The Class of 2021 started their fall Freshman semester just after Hurricane Harvey hit Houston. They spent their Sophomore year moving from the Montrose campus to 790 Austin Street downtown. Junior year, they went into lockdown with the pandemic, and have spent most of their Senior year in remote or socially distanced learning. But this…
What is The PVA Show? “The PVA Show” is a brand new event for 2021! It combines two traditional HSPVA Friends fundraising events: the annual Theatre Guild Gala and the annual Print Show. How can I participate? Shop the Auction! The PVA Show offers anyone a chance to bid online for student art work and prize…
There’s no question 2020 has been a challenging year for everyone. Some factors have been in our control — like washing our hands and wearing masks at school — and some have not, like when and for how long instruction would be virtual. But Kinder HSPVA’s community of supporters has been an enormous bright spot!…