The Kinder HSPVA Visual Arts Department continues to prepare students to study at the nation’s top arts conservatories. Your gifts to HSPVA Friends allow the curriculum to expand and evolve. You provide the adjunct teachers, guest artists, equipment, and daily supplies that allow the faculty to offer a range of opportunities for students to take creative risks, master new techniques, and expand their artistic visions.
YOUR GIFTS PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING COURSES AND MASTER CLASSES:
- Painting with Alexis Pye
- Digital Photography and Film with Elisha Luckett
- Welding with Geison Alvizures
- Figure Painting with Kevin Lopez
- Printmaking with Jordan Buldoc
- Narrative Studies with Sebastien Boncy
- Textiles with Kathleen Christman
- Ceramics with Jacinta Majithia
- Journal Love Tour series with Robbie Austin
- Art Gallery master class with Nancy Douthey
- Finances in the Arts master class with Katie Hoffman
- Grants in the Arts master class with Corey Sherrard
- Professionalism in the Arts master class with Angel Oloshove and Tim Glover
- Round Robin Critiques with Karina Farek ’11, Alberto Careaga, Sarah Darro, Katherine Trimble, Areli Magallón, and Maureen Lax
Acclaimed sculptor Tim Glover visited and talked about commissions, public art, and his show at University of Houston-Downtown.
Angel Oloshove gave a lecture about professionalism in art, her show at Reeves Art + Design, past residencies, and her work. See Oloshove’s work at Houston’s Meow Wolf.
Your gifts also fund all of the art supplies for the year, from the everyday essentials like markers, pens, brushes, and high-quality paper to more specialized materials, including welding wire, steel, and lumber for sculpture and mixed media classes. Your support also makes it possible to purchase still life objects for our drawing and painting studios, stilt stones, slip trailing bottles, sponges, and scrubbers for ceramics, as well as new scroll saws and stands for our sculpture lab and a power washer for screen printing.
CONGRATULATIONS TO NATE BARCOT ’26
Nate Barcot ’26 won the Scholastic Arts Gold Key, a prestigious regional award for his artistic excellence. He advanced to win the National Gold Medal. Check out Nate speaking about his work.
VISUAL ARTS WINS AT ART BIKE PARADE
Visual Arts students created a giant ten-foot octopus for their first-ever participation in the Art Bike Parade. Out of 300 bikes and only 10 awards, the Visual Arts team won in the category of “It’s Alive!” Check out more photos.
STUDENTS EXPLORE ART IN THE COMMUNITY
The entire department took a full-day field trip to the Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University, the Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, and the Silos at Sawyer Yards, where students engaged in conversations with working artists. A full day of fun, inspiration, and learning!
