1515 Holcombe Blvd
Houston, TX 77005
(713) 348-4068
1515 Holcombe Blvd
Houston, TX 77005
(713) 348-4068
"The Skyspace will contribute to Rice students and all who visit here as a source of contemplation, interaction and wonder. It will ideally become a part of their daily life—an everyday experience—as I fully believe art, rather than being contained, constrained and rarified, should be about discovering the special and sublime in our everyday lives." – Rice University Alumna, Trustee, and Skyspace Patron, Suzanne Deal Booth ‘77 “Twilight Epiphany” a Skyspace by American artist James Turrell, represents a major milestone in Rice Public Art’s recent efforts to bring site-specific artworks to the Rice University campus. Propelling the public art initiative has been an important part of President David Leebron’s, “A Vision For Rice University’s Second Century,” that includes a 10-point plan for the future. In this Call to Conversation, President Leebron both echoes and builds upon the founding vision of Edgar Odell Lovett. Sharing this vision is alumna, Trustee and Art Committee member, Suzanne Deal Booth, who has a long history with Rice. Deal Booth’s involvement began when she was an art history student at Rice and assisted art collector and philanthropist Dominique de Menil. This early opportunity exposed Deal Booth to the value of cultural patronage. While working towards her master’s degree at New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts, Deal Booth was also an assistant to artist, James Turrell. She assisted him with his first realized Skyspace at PS1 in Queens and later with his retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art. In 2007 Deal Booth began a conversation with the Art Committee, and President Leebron, about approaching James Turrell, and commissioning him to conceive a Skyspace for Rice University. After initial discussions the project quickly became a priority for Rice’s new Public Art program, as it would further the program’s mission to challenge and inspire the community in a vitally important way. For the generous vision and patronage that Deal Booth put forward to make this project a reality, the Rice Board of Trustees made a proclamation on June 14, 2012, that “Twilight Epiphany” a James Turrell Skyspace, would also come to be known as the Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion. From inception to final completion, the Skyspace has been five years in the making and has involved collaboration between countless Rice stakeholders and the larger Houston community. Each individual element of the space from the sequencing of the light displays, to the Skyspace’s exclusive function—the acoustical engineering, was designed uniquely for the Rice campus context; thus setting this Skyspace apart from the 72 spaces that have preceded it. As a result the site-specific installation “Twilight Epiphany,” is simultaneously a functional performance space and an experiential work of art.
The Japan Festival is located in Hermann Park (near downtown Houston) and provides a wide variety of opportunities to absorb the rich and diverse culture of Japan.
The Houston Museum of Natural Science is a science museum located on the northern border of Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, United States. The museum was established in 1909 by the Houston Museum and Scientific Society, an organization whose goals were to provide a free institution for the people of Houston focusing on education and science. Museum attendance totals over two million visitors each year. The museum complex consists of a central facility with four floors of natural science halls and exhibits, the Burke Baker Planetarium, the Cockrell Butterfly Center, and the Wortham Giant Screen Theatre . The museum is one of the most popular in the United States and ranks just below New York City's American Museum of Natural History and Metropolitan Museum of Art and the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco in most attendance amongst non-Smithsonian museums. Much of the museum's popularity is attributed to its large number of special or guest exhibits.HistoryThe initial museum organization was called the Houston Museum and Scientific Society, Inc., and was created in 1909. The museum's primary collection was acquired between 1914 and 1930. This included the purchase of a natural-history collection assembled by Henry Philemon Attwater and a donation from collector John Milsaps, the latter of which formed the core of the museum's gem and mineral collection. First housed in Houston's city auditorium, the collection was subsequently housed in the Central Library for seven years, and then at a site in the Houston Zoo in 1929. The museum's now wide-ranging education programs began in 1947 and, in its second year, hosted 12,000 children.
Established in 1960, Chamber Music Houston, formerly known as Houston Friends of Chamber Music, is a key actor of the Houston music scene, and one of the nation’s premier chamber music presenters. Directed by a team of passionate music experts, the nonprofit brings the world’s most celebrated chamber music ensembles to Houston for a full season of intimate, engaging concerts inside the beautiful and acoustically ideal Stude Concert Hall, on the Rice University campus. Called “an unheralded leader among mainstream presenters” [Houston Chronicle], Chamber Music Houston invites audiences to experience the intimacy and excitement of chamber music at its best. In addition to its main concert series, the organization conducts outreach events to develop the appreciation for music within the community and to foster the young students’ appreciation of music and arts. The 2014/15 season of Chamber Music Houston starts with a new name and a beautiful new logo. Houston Friends of Chamber Music becomes Chamber Music Houston and introduces a new look to convey the excitement, intimacy and energy presented by its concert experience.
2 locations :6128 Bershire Lane Dallas TX 75225 214-987-1440 2365 D Rice Blvd Houston TX 77005 713-520-6888
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston was created in 1972 by The UT System Board of Regents. UTHealth is located in the Texas Medical Center, considered the largest medical center in the world. It is composed of six schools: McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston, UTHealth School of Dentistry, UTHealth School of Nursing, UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics and UTHealth School of Public Health. UTHealth faculty have been instrumental in pioneering the use of Tissue plasminogen activator and the development of Life Flight.AboutThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston was established in 1972 as Houston’s health university. The most comprehensive academic health center in The UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region, UTHealth is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, medicine, nursing and public health. UTHealth educates more health care professionals than any health-related institution in Texas. It also includes the Harris County Psychiatric Center and a growing number of clinics throughout the region.
Since 1970, Rice Cinema has continued to screen films from around the world—foreign features, shorts, documentaries, and animation. Rice Cinema reaches beyond the university's hedges to the diverse communities of Houston. We offer a living alternative to the monolithic commercial cinema of Hollywood and have screened films from every continent. Among the internationally known filmmakers who have appeared on our campus over the years include Roberto Rossalini, Werner Herzog, Rakhshan Banietemad, Atom Egoyan, Shirin Neshat, Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese, Andy Warhol, Jean-Luc Godard, George Lucas, Stan Brakage, Les Blank, Arturo Ripstein, Fernando E. Solanas, Albert Maysles, Patricio Guzman, Lordes Portio and Dennis Hopper. Rice Cinema works in concert with our academic programs to enrich our students' undergraduate experience. Our film students are provided state-of-the-art screening facilities to examine and study the historical and methodological aspects of movies from around the world in 16, 35 millimeter or digital 4K with Dolby Digital Sound. Film production students can showcase their work during the academic year on our new silver screen in recently renovated projection facilities. Come experience art at 24 frames per second at the Rice Cinema. Rice Cinema operates during the academic year screening films almost every weekend. To find out what is playing, look online at http://cinema.rice.edu or call the informational telephone line at 713-348-4853
Tudor Fieldhouse is multi-purpose arena in Houston, Texas. Previously known as Rice Gymnasium, it was renamed in honor of Rice alum Bobby Tudor, who spearheaded the renovation of the facility with a multimillion-dollar donation. The court is designated "Autry Court" in memory of Mrs. James L. Autry. Her husband James Lockhart Autry was a descendant of Micajah Autry, who was a hero of the Battle of the Alamo. Her daughter, Mrs. Edward W. Kelley, made a generous donation to the gymnasium building fund in honor of her late mother, an ardent supporter of Rice. The arena opened in 1950. It is home to the Rice University Owls men's and women's basketball, and volleyball teams.HistoryThe facility was constructed in 1950. An air conditioning system was added in 1991. Other renovations include a new ceiling, new lighting, and a new scoreboard. The facility currently seats 5,000 people.Autry Court is also home of the notorious Autry Army, a group of students who attend every basketball game and heckle opponents. They have recently been referred to as the "Blue Army of Death" by former University of Memphis men's head basketball coach John Calipari. The blue curtain on one side of the court is called a "distraction" by many colleges. At the end of the game, young fans are invited onto the court to shoot a free-throw. If they make it, they win a basketball.On February 7, 2007, a $23 million renovation of Autry court was announced by Rice University. The renovations are to be completed in time for the 2008-09 basketball season. In the interim, Rice played its home games at Merrell Center in Katy, TX (5 games), Reliant Arena (8 games) and Toyota Center (1 game) in Houston.
Reckling Park is the baseball stadium at Rice University in Houston, Texas, USA. It serves as the home field of the Rice Owls baseball team. The stadium was built on the site of Cameron Field, Rice's home from 1978–99, in time for the 2000 season. The Owls have hosted 10 NCAA regional and five super regional tournaments at Reckling Park, including one of each in their national championship season of 2003 and in the years of other College World Series appearances, 2002, 2006, 2007, and 2008. The stadium was named for its principal donor, former Rice player Tommy Reckling.The nearby Texas Medical Center can be seen from the outfield.Program historyIn the first game, the University of Houston beat Rice 6-2 on February 8, 2000. Since then, Rice has been very successful at Reckling Park. Under head coach Wayne Graham, the Owls are 219-46 at Reckling Park, an.826 winning percentage. Rice won three consecutive NCAA regionals at Reckling Park from 2001–03 and advanced to the College World Series by winning back-to-back NCAA super regionals at home in 2002 and 2003.The Owls have made late-inning rallies traditional at Reckling Park, starting with the 2001 season. On February 10, 2001, Rice beat top-ranked Georgia Tech 5-4 after trailing 4-3 with two outs and no runners on base in the ninth inning. The Owls used similar drama to win the 2001 NCAA regional in its decisive seventh game. Rice trailed 4-2 entering the ninth inning against Baylor but rallied to win 5-4.
The Shepherd School of Music is a university school of music located on the campus of Rice University in Houston, Texas. From its inception in 1974 under dean Samuel Jones, the Shepherd School has emphasized orchestral, chamber music, and opera as the central elements of its performing curriculum.HistoryThe Shepherd School has existed in name since 1950, with an $8 million endowment by Sallie Shepherd Perkins in honor of her grandfather Benjamin A. Shepherd. It was opened in 1974 under the deanship of conductor and composer Samuel Jones. The school's building, Alice Pratt Brown Hall, was dedicated on October 4, 1991. Prior to its existence, concerts were given in Hamman Hall, Cohen House, Fondren Library’s Kyle Morrow Room, Rice Memorial Chapel, Milford House, and various churches in Houston.AcademicsShepherd students participate in a program that allows for individual study at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Courses are taught exclusively by faculty, with classes averaging fewer than thirty students. A small number of courses are offered to Rice University students as a whole (without special admission requirements), including Fundamentals of Music, Music Theory for Non-Music Majors I and II, and Music Literature for Non-Music Majors I and II.The voice and opera program includes about thirty students and presents two operas each year.Shepherd accepts about 10-15% of graduate applicants and 15% of all undergraduate applicants.ConcertsEach year more than 400 free concerts and recitals are given by students, faculty, and visiting artists and attract about 70,000 concert-goers annually. Numerous world-renowned classical musicians have come to the Shepherd School to give concerts and conduct master classes, including Yo-Yo Ma, André Watts, Itzhak Perlman, Cecilia Bartoli, and Renée Fleming.
"The Skyspace will contribute to Rice students and all who visit here as a source of contemplation, interaction and wonder. It will ideally become a part of their daily life—an everyday experience—as I fully believe art, rather than being contained, constrained and rarified, should be about discovering the special and sublime in our everyday lives." – Rice University Alumna, Trustee, and Skyspace Patron, Suzanne Deal Booth ‘77 “Twilight Epiphany” a Skyspace by American artist James Turrell, represents a major milestone in Rice Public Art’s recent efforts to bring site-specific artworks to the Rice University campus. Propelling the public art initiative has been an important part of President David Leebron’s, “A Vision For Rice University’s Second Century,” that includes a 10-point plan for the future. In this Call to Conversation, President Leebron both echoes and builds upon the founding vision of Edgar Odell Lovett. Sharing this vision is alumna, Trustee and Art Committee member, Suzanne Deal Booth, who has a long history with Rice. Deal Booth’s involvement began when she was an art history student at Rice and assisted art collector and philanthropist Dominique de Menil. This early opportunity exposed Deal Booth to the value of cultural patronage. While working towards her master’s degree at New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts, Deal Booth was also an assistant to artist, James Turrell. She assisted him with his first realized Skyspace at PS1 in Queens and later with his retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art. In 2007 Deal Booth began a conversation with the Art Committee, and President Leebron, about approaching James Turrell, and commissioning him to conceive a Skyspace for Rice University. After initial discussions the project quickly became a priority for Rice’s new Public Art program, as it would further the program’s mission to challenge and inspire the community in a vitally important way. For the generous vision and patronage that Deal Booth put forward to make this project a reality, the Rice Board of Trustees made a proclamation on June 14, 2012, that “Twilight Epiphany” a James Turrell Skyspace, would also come to be known as the Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion. From inception to final completion, the Skyspace has been five years in the making and has involved collaboration between countless Rice stakeholders and the larger Houston community. Each individual element of the space from the sequencing of the light displays, to the Skyspace’s exclusive function—the acoustical engineering, was designed uniquely for the Rice campus context; thus setting this Skyspace apart from the 72 spaces that have preceded it. As a result the site-specific installation “Twilight Epiphany,” is simultaneously a functional performance space and an experiential work of art.