From Moody Center for the Arts: "The Moody Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the groundbreaking exhibition Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice,…

01.24.25 | 05.10.25

From the Moody Center for the Arts: "The Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University will inaugurate its Fall 2024 season with an innovative…

09.06.24 | 12.21.24

From the Moody Center: "Join the Moody, the Shepherd School of Music, and the artist to celebrate the opening of Eva LeWitt’s monumental wall-based sculpture…

11.22.24 | 11.22.24

From Rice University School of Humanities: Description of Artist: Mel Chin was born in Houston and is known for taking a broad range of approaches…

11.12.24 | 11.13.24

From the Moody Center for the Arts: "Join Artist-in-Residence Lucy Kim and Rice University researcher Kirsten Adam as they discuss the capacity of human perception…

10.24.24 | 10.24.24

From Moody Center for the Arts: "Celebrate the large-scale murals by local artists by Lorena Molina and Sindhu Thirumalaisamy, installed on south side of campus,…

09.11.24 | 09.11.24

From the Moody Center for the Arts: "The Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University announces the exhibition Resonant Earth: Contemporary Perspectives on Land…

05.31.24 | 08.17.24

From the Moody Center: "As in the past three rounds of commissions for the Tent Series, artists were invited to respond to the current moment…

08.21.23 | 05.15.24

From the Moody Center for the Arts: "The Moody Center for the Arts presents the work of Hayv Kahraman (b. 1981, Baghdad, Iraq), opening January…

01.03.24 | 05.11.24

From the Moody Center for the Arts: "Experience a groundbreaking interactive performance that explores the intersection of image, poetry, and artificial intelligence (AI).  The result…

04.12.24 | 04.12.24

From the Moody Center: "jackie sumell’s work explores the interdependence of social sculpture, mindfulness practices, humanness, and prison abolition. She has spent the last two…

03.07.24 | 03.07.24

From the Moody Center: "Join the Moody at the Ralph S. O’Connor Building for Engineering Science to celebrate a new installation by Martha Friedman. With…

11.14.23 | 12.15.23

From the Moody Center for the Arts: "The Moody Center for the Arts is delighted to present the first solo exhibition in Texas of the…

09.15.23 | 12.14.23

From the Moody Center for the Arts: "Join us to celebrate four large-scale installations that activate the heart of Rice University's campus. Works by Devin…

10.12.23 | 10.12.23

From the Moody Center for the Arts: "Open Air is an original multi-media performance that imagines the earliest sounds made by humans and integrates them…

10.07.23 | 10.07.23

From the Moody Center for the Arts: "Join artist and Rice CERCL fellow Gabriel Martinez for the opening of the latest installation in the Moody…

10.04.23 | 10.04.23

From the Moody Center: “The creativity inside of us can bring us all on an incredible voyage, led by love. The love of others who…

05.25.23 | 08.26.23

From the Moody Center for the Arts: "The Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University announces the exhibition Narrative Threads: Fiber Art Today, opening…

01.13.23 | 05.13.23

From Rice University Moody Center for the Arts: "Join the Moody at the opening reception for Urban Impression: Experiencing the Global Contemporary Metropolis. Focusing on…

09.16.22 | 12.17.22

From Moody Center for the Arts: "Join us for the opening reception of,   "_____ as Myth,"  a community-centered art exhibition led by Deborah D.E.E.P.…

10.27.22 | 10.27.22

To register for the upcoming reception on June 3, 2022, go here. From The Moody Center: "The first solo exhibition in Houston for the Texas-born,…

06.03.22 | 08.27.22

From the Moody Center for the Arts: "The second iteration of the Moody Project Wall series is led by Houston-based artist Reginald Adams. Through a…

03.05.22 | 05.14.22

To register for the upcoming artist talk with Jamal Cyrus and Anthony B. Pinn on April 7, 2022, go here. From the Moody Center for…

01.28.22 | 05.14.22

To register for the upcoming workshop on February 11, 2022, go here. From the Moody Center for the Arts: "Born in Cheyenne, WY in 1972,…

02.11.22 | 05.14.22

Reception Location:  Lois Chiles Studio Theatre From Moody Center for the Arts: "Celebrate Earth Day with Ocean Music Action! Enjoy their ocean-inspired event, an hour-long…

04.23.22 | 04.23.22

From the Moody Center for the Arts: "Join us for a very special evening of live performances that will activate several of the music-based artworks…

04.14.22 | 04.14.22

To register for this event, go here. From the Moody Center for the Arts: "Experience the award-winning virtual reality film, Samsāra, and speak with the…

03.11.22 | 03.11.22

From the Moody Center for the Arts: "In 2008, artist Dornith Doherty (b. 1957 Houston, Rice class of 1980) began the project Archiving Eden as a…

10.29.21 | 01.30.22

From the Moody Center for the Arts: "In the fall of 2021 the Moody Center for the Arts will present a solo exhibition of work…

09.17.21 | 12.19.21

From the Moody Center for the Arts: "Hearn’s durational solo, presented in the Moody galleries and terrace, features movement, contemplation, singing, and sound. Every season,…

11.05.21 | 11.05.21

From the Moody Center for the Arts: "A Houston native, trained in classical opera and a graduate of The New School's Mannes College and the…

10.27.21 | 10.27.21

From the Moody Center for the Arts: "Join editor Rainey Knudson, Rice Gallery director and chief curator Kim Davenport , Rice Gallery curator Joshua Fischer,…

10.07.21 | 10.07.21

To register for the opening reception for Brie Ruais: Movement at the Edge of the Land on June 5, 2021, go here. To register for…

06.05.21 | 08.28.21

"Sondra Perry (b.1986, Perth Amboy, New Jersey) addresses concepts of Blackness, productivity and labor, often combining her personal experiences as an African American with fictional…

09.26.20 | 08.01.21

An installation of outdoor sculpture by Rice faculty, students, and other collaborators. From the Moody Center for the Arts: "Walk, bike or drive by the…

09.29.20 | 05.21.21

To attend one of the timed ticketing slots for the opening reception on January 22, 2021, go here. From the Moody Center for the Arts:…

02.16.21 | 05.15.21

For registration to the opening reception for this exhibition, go here. From the Moody Center for the Arts: "The Moody's fall exhibition, "States of Mind:…

09.18.20 | 11.15.20

Note: This is an online only event. Registration can be found here. An online conversation featuring Catherine Opie, organized by the Moody Center for the…

10.22.20 | 10.22.20

Note: This event is online-only. For registration, go here. From the Moody: "Join the Moody for a conversation with Coco Fusco, the Fall 2020 Leslie…

10.08.20 | 10.08.20

A summer window exhibition series from the Moody Center for the Arts. From the Moody Center for the Arts: "The Moody presents the second installation…

08.01.20 | 09.12.20

Over the summer, the Moody Center for the Arts will present a window series with original works by Texas-based artists. With the goal of supporting…

06.13.20 | 07.25.20

Radical Revisionists: Contemporary African Artists Confronting Past and Present, an exhibition that addresses the violent erasure of marginalized histories and the ways in which artists…

01.24.20 | 05.16.20

The Moody Center for the Arts hosts the Jazz Church of Houston Revival Series led by artist and radio host Tierney L. Malone. The three-part…

04.04.20 | 04.18.20

Harrison Guy, 2019-20 CERCL Artist-in Residence and Founder/Artistic Director of Urban Souls Dance Company, presents "Black Bodies in White Spaces: A Performance Ritual." Choreographed by…

02.19.20 | 02.19.20

A group exhibition featuring work in commemoration of the exploration of the moon. "For the first time, Robert Rauschenberg’s Stoned Moon series of 34 lithographs…

09.20.19 | 12.21.19

In 1968, Sol LeWitt (1928-2007) began making wall drawings that challenged the status and process of creating a work of art. Ever since, his revolutionary…

12.07.19 | 12.07.19

"Join the Moody for a conversation between artist Matthew Day Jackson and former NASA astronaut and International Space Station commander Leroy Chiao. The discussion, moderated…

11.07.19 | 11.07.19

"Inprint is pleased to present a special evening celebrating the launch of ZE Books and the publication of Glenn O’Brien’s Intelligence for Dummies on Wednesday,…

10.30.19 | 10.30.19

A conversation with artist Nina Katchadourian, who will discuss her creative process and her current Rice University Public Art exhibition Please, Please, Pleased to Meet’cha.…

09.21.19 | 09.21.19

"Houston resident and French native Émilie Duval invites us to delve into her creative process as she explores how society organizes space and the people…

09.11.19 | 09.11.19

A discussion between artist Tacita Dean and choreographer Kimberly Bartosik.

06.01.19 | 06.01.19

"Michel Blazy's site-specific installation We Were the Robots is a fable about resilience. It features burnt wood pallets depicting robots and animals working on the ruins…

01.25.19 | 05.18.19

"Sideways to the Sun, a site-specific installation by Natasha Bowdoin commissioned by the Moody Center for the Arts, will offer a new orientation towards nature. Bringing…

01.25.19 | 05.18.19

"PLANET ∞, a film by Momoko Seto, is an organic tale in Virtual Reality. Explore a world in ruins where only fungi and mold grow…

01.25.19 | 05.18.19

"WE ARE THE ASTEROID III, a conceptual, text-based artwork by Brooklyn-based artist Justin Brice Guariglia will be on view on the Moody's west lawn. One…

01.25.19 | 04.15.19

Events in association with the collective's residency with the Moody Center. Artist Talk: "Poncili Creación is a performance collective whose work intersects puppetry, sculpture, performance…

03.19.19 | 03.23.19

"Join us for four short presentations by Rice faculty Anthony Brandt, Jesús Vassallo, Karim Al-Zand and Amber Peace Dermont, and learn about their creative process.…

03.20.19 | 03.20.19

A Night of Philosophy and Ideas 2019 is "a unique event bringing philosophers, musicians, artists, and authors from around the world together with the Houston…

01.26.19 | 01.27.19

Professor Cécile Fromont will present the talk Images on a Mission: Envisioning Kongo and Angola in the Early Modern Period. Cécile Fromont is Associate Professor of…

01.17.19 | 01.17.19

Particle Chamber is an immersive new installation by Leo Villareal. Utilizing the latest projection technology to create dynamic points of light across a hemisphere of…

02.02.18 | 12.31.18

An exhibition featuring works by New York artist Matthew Ritchie. "The Demon in the Diagram is a multi-layered, site-specific installation that includes paintings, lightboxes, an interactive…

09.21.18 | 12.22.18

A new, site-specific installation made of dyed crêpe paper by the Dutch collective We Make Carpets (Marcia Nolte, Stijn van der Vleuten, and Bob Waardenburg).

06.09.18 | 09.08.18

"Rice Public Art hosts this multimedia artist talk and panel discussion with Houston-based artist Erika Blumenfeld. Join us as she details her practice, her current…

09.06.18 | 09.06.18

"The Moody is pleased to host Rice Architecture Construct's Six Projects on Accessory Dwelling, a pop-up exhibition of current research and building. Experience +House, a…

08.30.18 | 09.01.18

Josiah McElheny's Island Universe is "a monumental installation of five sculptures inspired by the multiverse scenario of eternal inflation, an extension of the big bang theory.…

02.02.18 | 06.02.18

Pile the Wood High! is a new exhibition of sculpture, drawing, and collage organized by Rice Professor Lisa Lapinski that celebrates generational influences and enduring…

02.02.18 | 05.19.18

Celebrate the Moody Center for the Arts' first birthday! The event will feature a concert by the Wild Moccasins, beverages and, of course, cake.

02.23.18 | 02.23.18

Diana Thater's nine-monitor video work The Starry Messenger nods to Houston's role in space exploration. The piece, which was filmed in the Griffith Observatory Planetarium in…

02.24.17 | 02.01.18

"Mickalene Thomas: Waiting on a Prime-Time Star features paintings, photographs, collages, prints, and mixed-media works that explore the artist’s complex vision of female sexuality, identity,…

09.28.17 | 01.13.18

Vital Constitutions: The Appearance of "Health" in History is an interdisciplinary graduate conference hosted by Rice University. "Vital Constitutions aims to facilitate an open and…

10.14.17 | 10.14.17

A new site-specific sculpture by Brooklyn-based artist David Scanavino. From the Moody Center: "Repeater is an immersive sculpture made of commonly available industrial tiles that create…

06.03.17 | 08.26.17

Flowers and People, Cannot be Controlled but Live Together — A Whole Year per Hour is an interactive installation created by Tokyo-based art collective teamLab. The…

02.24.17 | 08.13.17

Aurora Picture Show and the Moody Center for the Arts are partnering to screen films from the international Punto y Raya (Dot & Line) festival. This free,…

06.03.17 | 06.03.17

"Nature & Politics is an exhibition of color photographs depicting scientific research and manufactured landscapes by the Berlin-based artist Thomas Struth."

02.24.17 | 05.29.17

In this project, Olafur Eliasson addresses the international refugee crisis and the politics of global migration. The show includes a workshop teaching participants how to make…

02.24.17 | 05.06.17

Join Rice University to celebrate the opening of the Moody Center for the Arts! For a full list of events, please visit the Moody Center's website.

02.24.17 | 02.27.17