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Theater Design, DRAM 2335, Professor Snider, Stafford campus, MW 11-1230, CRN 18132 Enrollment for the fall semester is open now. Episode 07 July 26, 2022Professor Snider shares details about the new class offered for the first time in one of three possible tracks to a AA degree in drama at HCC. Theatre Design DRAM 2335 Students will be learning the fundamentals of design and how to apply them to designing sets, costumes, make-up, props, lights, and sound. Students will also learn how to read a script from a designer's point of view; learn the vocabulary of design in all the various fields; learn about theater as a collaborative art and how to work with other designers and production staff and learn the process of designing. Professor Snider's short CV Education BA | Design, Clemson University, Clemson, SC MFA | Theater, University of Houston, Houston, TX Professional Costume and Scenic Designer Stages Repertory Theater, Unity Theater, Revels Houston, Houston Shakespeare Festival Professional Crafts Master Stages, Houston Grand Opera, Houston Ballet, Alley Theater

HCC's Art Car is the culmination of the STEAM Artist in Residency at the West Houston Institute made possible with the support of Dr. Ewen, Dr. Hodges, and Dr. Perez under the artistic leadership of Studio Art Professor Ashley Hope and through the efforts of students enrolled in the ARTS Academic Cooperative (2018-2021). Image Credit | Jeffrey ChenBikes | Soaring PossibilitiesDonated by FreeWheels HoustonBill Mintz and Jeff Parker Ambulance | Terra FirmaDonated by the Public Safety COEJohnny Sessums, Dean, Public Safety (retired) Ambulance | Terra FirmaMade road-ready by the Automotive COEHugh Mann, Chair, Automotive DepartmentDavid Vogel,  Dean, Transportation COE Students | Art Car Bikes Seth MoodyJessica AronewBrian RodriguezRicky Rivera Students | Crossover SemesterEnrique Chacon-HerreraBraxton JohnsonFaten Al AniIdalia Ruiz Students | Art Car AmbulanceEmily MariscalMickayla SmithCorey TranAna Gabriela PessoaDrew CuppThanh Ha GnoAndrea EmanMarissa ThompsonRashad SamuelsYesenia JacoboNatalie AzúaCrystal TavarezKarina Reyes Faculty, Staff & SupportAshley HopeJeffrey ChenBianca BermudezAnthony ReillyElizabeth DepewDonna PinnickAndre BrooksJohnny WindDaniel BertalotCaio de Aragon CruzNathan HaleFran Smith, Michayla's momAdministrationKurt Ewen, PhDNorma Perez, PhDJerome Drain, PhDMichael Webster, PhDHCC Northwest CollegeZachary Hodges, EdDKathleen Anzivino, EdDWest Houston Institute Jordan CarswellIsrael GarzaJohn SwannMedia, Visual & Performing Arts Center of ExcellenceColleen Reilly, PhD, DeanKatherine Rhodes Fields, MFA, ChairArt Car Chat Filmmaking CrewJulye Newlin, FacultyShahd Shahroor, MVP Arts InternYvan-Etienne Olivia, SoundRuben Courtade, CameraJonathan Alvarado, CameraAwardsArt Car Parade | April 11-14, 2019HCC Entry Title | Soaring PossibilitiesGrand Trophy of the Cycle Division (Bike brigades, scooters, motorless entries) Orange Show's Art Car Experience | May 14-16, 2021HCC Entry Title | Terra FirmaJudge's ChoicePeople's ChoiceArt Cartist's ChoiceArt Car Channel on EduTube

A return to our in-person student exhibitions. Features art studio students at West Loop and Stafford. Juried for awards in Drawing, Painting (Acrylic and Watercolor), 2D Design, 3D Design, Ceramics, Sculpture, Life Drawing, Art Metals, Digital Art, and Photography.  

The Factory Seconds Brass Trio (members of the Cleveland Orchestra) comes to HCC to share their musical talents with our students in a recital. They will also be reading student works earlier on the same day. Host Dr. Joel Love.

The Stafford Fine Arts Center is back in action. Randall Williams highlights artists as they take us on the journey of Black History through the Arts. Broadcast March 4th, 2022 on Stafford METV.This event is a collaboration between the Music Department and the Office of Student Life, featuring HCC music students and faculty, the HCC African Dance Ensemble, and guest artist dancer Jorrell Lawyer-Jefferson.

It's always rewarding to see faculty perform what they teach. Randall Williams gets in tune at the annual Music Faculty Recital. Broadcast March 4th, 2022 on Stafford METV.HCC's music faculty presents music in many genres and styles online. February 22, 2022. Opening welcome by Music Program Coordinator, Dr. Kathleen Ruhleder “I'd like to welcome you to our spring 2020 (*2022) faculty recital. We're really hoping this is the last one that we're doing virtually and putting online. I would love to see you all at our events ??? and later this semester we've got lots of great in-person events coming up as well. But we're so glad that you're here to support HCC faculty as we share some really fantastic music with you.So on tonight's program, you're going to see, what we typically have on these recitals are some shorter pieces that really highlight some of the skills of the performers. You're going to hear some personal compositions being performed by the composer which is so exciting and then we have something a little different at the end of our program. We're going to have a much longer piece, about 17 minutes long, and really shows off the skills of one of our adjunct faculty members, Doug DeVries performing on the flute with a string quartet. It really shows how incredibly challenging and incredibly rewarding it can be to record a much longer piece. The type of focus required for that is pretty amazing so I hope you all will enjoy tonight's program.Next week is our annual Black History Month concert which will also be online and we'd love to have you join us for that on the 28th and after that check out the calendar of events for all the cool in-person concerts we have coming up later this semester.Enjoy."Viewing Link and program on EduTube https://edutube.hccs.edu/media/Music+Faculty+Recital+Spring+2022/1_m7jxb0s4

Professor Megan Lasher dances with Motion suit to record accurate, responsive human motion data by Nick Kume, intern in the Reality ColLab who graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a bachelor in animation. The MoCap suits are used to capture sessions for pre-visualization, in-game clips, cinematic cut scenes, film, and television, and now at HCC for dance and practice sequences.

An introduction to new art faculty Esther Delaquis-Baidoo through her art. She is a painter and printmaker. She features some pieces showing her native Ghana open markets and her adopted Walmart market. Art Gallery at Stafford Fine Arts Center. Reporter Randall Williams. Broadcast February 11th, 2022 on Stafford METV. 

Six programs and the Heinen Theatre and Central XR Lab came together to support the Film & Fashion Project: Fashion, Fashion Merchandising, Filmmaking, Digital Photography, Cosmetology, and DramaInterviews: Colleen Reilly, PhD  Dean, Media, Visual & Performing Arts Center of ExcellenceSuzette M. Brimmer, B.S., M.B.A. Dean, Consumer Arts & Sciences Center of ExcellenceCheryl Whitaker, M.F.A.   HCC Fashion Merchandising Professor, Program CoordinatorJulye Newlin, MH. HCC Professor, FilmPhotographs by Elizabeth Díaz, MFA Art+Design Program Specialistand Matthew Gonzalez, ER Lab at Central.

During the pandemic, The Visual and Performing Arts COE used social media to stay connected. In our HCC Beat this week, Randall Williams goes behind the scenes with the Media Arts Chair Michael Cohn to learn how Filmmaking met the challenges. Broadcast May 21, 2021, on Stafford METV.

A message from Dean Colleen about Art Car 2021:I am thrilled to announce that "Terra Firma", our entry into the Houston Art Car Experience, has swept the awards for Judge's Choice, People's Choice, and Art Cartist's Choice.  Please join me in congratulating our students, Professor Hope, the West Houston Institute, and the dedicated HCC leaders, faculty, and staff who made this extraordinary achievement happen.This project is exemplary of what we can accomplish in collaboration, and I am incredibly proud to serve with everyone who worked to see us enter into Houston history with this achievement.Congratulations to Professor Hope and the Arts Academic Cooperative!  Proud to be HCC,Colleen

Becoming an artist takes hard work and a creative eye. In our HCC Beat this week, Randall Williams learns how the visual arts program is helping students to be the best artists they can be. Broadcast May 14th, 2021 on Stafford METV.

Up To The Minute spotlights HCC’s Art Car for its “Virtual Family Fun Day,” featuring the District-wide collaboration blending artistic creativity and scientific technology. Israel Garza, IdeaStudio Manager, and Jeffrey Chen, Makerspace Technician, review the role of the Makerspace in this year’s Art Car, while Jordan Carswell, Interim Director of the West Houston Institute, and Dr. Colleen Reilly, Dean of the Visual & Performing Arts COE, take a look at future interdisciplinary, project-based learning.

An evening of student ensembles features The Student Choir directed by Dr. Andrew Briggs and three Jazz Ensembles directed by Dr. Joel Love (The Groove Business), Dr. Woody Witt (The Monday Night Jazz Ensemble), and Joe LoCascio (The Thursday Night Jazz Ensemble). The concert consists of pre-recorded videos, multi-track recordings, and live recordings.April 27

The six HCC campus art galleries are closed until further notice but that doesn’t stop our student artists from showing what they've created this semester. Instagram will be our gallery walls for the non-juried exhibition that features all studio classes from all colleges in the HCC system.https://www.instagram.com/hcc_visual_arts/http://

Gi60 HoustonPresented by ScreamingMediaProductions in association with Houston Community College's Center of Excellence for the Visual and Performing Arts, Gi60 Houston will be a fully online performance featuring selected plays from around the world brought to the stage by the HCC Drama Program's Spring 2021 Practicum students.Gi60 Houston premiered on April 23, 2021 on the official Gi60 International One-Minute Theatre Festival YouTube channel

Our music faculty recital features an eclectic program of Romantic, Impressionist, and contemporary classical music. Back in the day, music was performed not only in large public venues but also in small private salons. You will get a taste of that as the artists invite you to the cozy confines of their homes, and to recital spaces and concert halls.April 08  |  To view the Spring 2021 Music Faculty Recital https://edutube.hccs.edu/media/Music+Faculty+Recital+Spring+2021/1_nwcaba9a

HCCTV Up To The Minute_ April 1, 2021On today’s Up To The Minute, HCC Studio Art Instructor Ashley Hope reports that Houston’s beloved Art Car Parade — now called an Experience — is returning and HCC will be represented. As HCC’s Art Car Advisor, she is joined by student Mickayla Smith, who gives a first-hand account of artistically re-envisioning and transforming an old ambulance to represent rebirth from Hurricane Harvey to COVID. To learn more about Art Car Experience: https://www.artcarexperience.com/From this year’s Art Car Experience application, submitted by Professor Hope, “The Art Car Cooperative at Houston Community College is a STEAM project that brings together students from across many disciplines in order to design, engineer, and construct art cars exemplary of HCC's innovative and collaborative spirit. For the 2021 Art Car Event, HCC has transformed an ambulance into a narrative of "rebirth after destruction". The idea was conceived by the students after their realization that they were all at HCC after some sort of struggle. Perhaps it is the character of a community college:  The students are grabbing at chances their parents never had, or at second chances they weren’t sure would ever come to them.  But always, the idea was about grabbing the opportunity to be more. I think the students at Houston Community College don’t just feel this way about their college, but also their city.  After Harvey, and now Covid, they are communicating their will to overcome, to be reborn after hardship.  So they made a design that was meant to offer all Houstonians an opportunity to get to higher ground—hence the title of the project: Terra Firma.We have a mighty resilient city, and our Art Car entry tells that story: the story of rising from the ashes to bloom. It is a very timely work of art, and hope it gets the chance to be seen this year.”

Ever wonder what happens behind the scenes of editing movies? This week, The HCCTV Student Lounge gang talks with HCC Professor and Division Chair of Media Arts, Michael Cohn, about this and how Texas is growing as America's third coast for making films.

The HCCTV Student Lounge is a newscast produced by HCC students, for HCC students. This week, the gang talks with Dr. Colleen Reilly about choosing the right electives for college.

Guests on The Topic December 01, 2020Colleen Reilly, Ph.D. Dean, HCC Visual & Performing Arts Center of Excellence Michael Flanagan, MFA Instructor, Drama David Sharma Adjunct Professor, Audio Recording Technology Host: Todd Duplantis

Students from the studios of Professors Yoojin Lee and Joel Love will submit videos and give a virtual recital.

Virtual Student Exhibition | Fall 2020 | Instagram ON INSTAGRAM | HCC Virtual Arts Center | @hcc_visual_artsNovember 16—January 16, 2021Registration is not required for this event.The six HCC campus art galleries are closed until further notice but that doesn’t stop our student artists from showing what they've created this semester. Instagram will be our gallery walls for the non-juried exhibition that features all studio classes from all colleges in the HCC system.

The purpose of the Music & Entertainment Student Alliance (MESA) is to bring together students for both educational and social activities and to undertake fundraising activities that will benefit students in the music business curriculum. Co-Advisors: Scott.Gehman@hccs.edu | Christopher.William3@hccs.edu

(Recorded pre-COVID-19 Shutdown, February 2020)Ashley Hope, Art professor, and Israel Garza, West Houston Institute, talk with host Dr. Toni Rao-Southerlan about how WHI is moving forward combining creative art with engineering at Houston Community College. Featured project: HCC’s own Art Car Academic Cooperative.

HCCTV's The Topic (#261) will be talking art in connection with this year's Bayou City Art Festival and their new virtual Happy Hours in lieu of a live festival.Scheduled guests includeKelly Batterson, Executive Director of Bayou City Art FestivalFormer HCC student Alex Roman, Jr. aka DonkeeboyJeryn Mayer, HCC Professor of Art History Professor Mayer comments on the importance of festivals and the challenges facing the visual and performing arts organizations in this new COVID world. ART TALK VIRTUAL HAPPY HOURThe Happy Hour Series, in partnership with Frost Bank, KPRC 2 and Stella Artois, is part of Bayou City Art Festival’s “Save Our Art” fundraising campaign to support the continuation of Bayou City Art Festival’s mission.Thursday, October 15, 2020, 6 p.m. featuring Donkeeboy.

3:20—9:38  Melinda Laszczynski Visual Arts Professor on HCCTV’s Up to the Minute, July 20, 2020.

2:07—12:28 Maggie Lasher Dance Professor on HCCTV’s Up to the Minute, September 02, 2020

Velbert Lewis, President, F2F Music Foundation, and VPA Dean Colleen Reilly discuss the HCC’s Summer Camp for Jazz Improvisation at HCC with F2F on HCCTV's The Topic March 23, 2020. This was recorded prior to the Harris County COVID shutdown that canceled numerous events throughout the nation in 2020. The Topic # 241.

A concert of improvised music performed by music faculty Joe LoCascio and Woody Witt.At the NW PAC Theatre OneSunday, February 23, 2pm

Overwhelming (Im)PossibilitiesThis exhibition of images includes work by members of the South-Central chapter of the Society for Photographic Education. The chapter includes students, educators and photography professionals from Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Tennessee. These artists approach photography from a variety of intentions and techniques. The exhibition coincides with the 2020 Annual SPE conference in Houston.Image Credit Kristy Peet, Title: Objects owned by a 4-year-old and a 65-year-old that live in Space City, Medium: Archival Inkjet Print

LineByLineMaking Your Mark Through the ArtsHCC's Filmmaking Department created a Webseries, BE MINE. Key student personnel including Head Writer Abraham Ayala, Art Director & Props Master Jeff Novaez, Camera Operator Caio Cruz joined Webseries Instructor and Chair Michael Cohn and Host Toni Rao Southerlan to talk about their experience creating the 6-part series as students in the Filmmaking Department.

Friday, May 22 | 7pm          Student Film Night | Selected Works from Selected ClassesOn YouTube | HCC Virtual Arts CenterFriday, May 22 | 7pmSelected student works from the Filmmaking program will be showcased. This COVID-19 abbreviated event replaces the regular end-of-the-semester festival of student short films.Screening ProgramTV/Video Field Production - 62 minutes (7:00-8:02 PM)TV Production Workshop - 9 minutes (8:02-8:11 PM)Video Graphics & Visual Effects - 1 min (8:11-8:12 PM)Cinematography - 17 minutes (8:12-8:29 PM)Directing - 8 minutes (8:29-8:37 PM)Web Series - 28 minutes (8:37-9:05 PM)

Created by Nathan Hale's Digital Video Class.

Scenes from a Screen | HCC DramaON FACEBOOK | LIVE MAY 02Live Theater in the form of Drama Practicum Class Capstone Project Presentation | Monologues, a Scene, Songs, Design Presentations | Theatre Practicum II & III DRAM 1221 & 2120Drama Instructors at HCC host this very special online presentation of Drama Practicum students’ capstone projects. They will showcase dramatic and comedic monologues, costume designs, scenes, and even songs to help raise funds for the HCC Foundation’s Emergency Fund for Covid-19 Student Support.Students presenting are: Spencer Aravelo, Aliyah Barnes, Brenda Camacho, Megan Chavez, William Coronado, Olivia Knuckols, Kevin Ly, Jennifer Mendoza, Austin Mcleod, Abigail Penaflor, Lauren Riojas, Lian Seastrand, Gaby Ytuarte.PROFESSORS: Michael Flanagan and Kathy Snider

Scenes from a Screen | Costume Design and Performances from HCC DramaDrama Instructors at HCC host this very special online presentation of Drama Practicum students’ capstone projects. They will showcase dramatic and comedic monologues, costume designs, scenes, and even songs to help raise funds for the HCC Foundation’s Emergency Fund for Covid-19 Student Support.

Scenes from a Screen | Costume Design and Performances from HCC DramaSaturday, May 02 | 5pm    ON FACEBOOK | https://www.facebook.com/wearehccs/Description: Drama Instructors at HCC host this very special online presentation of Drama Practicum students’ capstone projects. They will showcase dramatic and comedic monologues, costume designs, scenes, and even songs to help raise funds for the HCC Foundation’s Emergency Fund for Covid-19 Student Support.Students presenting are: Spencer Aravelo, Aliyah Barnes, Brenda Camacho, Megan Chavez, William Coronado, Olivia Knuckols, Kevin Ly, Jennifer Mendoza, Austin Mcleod, Abigail Penaflor, Lauren Riojas, Lian Seastrand, Gaby Ytuartehttps://hcc.events.idloom.com/online-drama-spr2020PROFESSORS: Michael.Flanagan@hccs.edu and Kathy Snider

Molière's The Learned Ladies Directed by Ed Muth. Les Femmes savantes is a comedy by Molière in five acts, written in verse. A satire on academic pretension, female education, and préciosité, it was one of his most popular comedies. It premiered at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on 11 March 1672.

Compositions for Shakuhachi & Soprano | World PremiereThe recital features a world premiere by HCC Composer Stephen Yip and a Houston premiere by Shakuhachi Master Shawn Renzoh Head.  Dr. Yip's composition was written expressly for Frances Fenton and Shawn Renzoh Head.   Shakuhachi Master Shawn Renzoh Head became the youngest Shihan (Master) in history and is dedicated to promoting coherence and possibilities between Eastern and Western music.  He was awarded the honor of being an OSS Tai Shogun in 2019. Frances Fenton, HCC Voice Faculty, has premiered many compositions in the U.S. and Europe and is the singer of choice for several composers.

Trailer:Six Webisode series written, produced, and directed by Houston Community College students in the Filmmaking program.

“The present of my life looks different under trees,” is a quote from a passage in Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek in which she muses on the differences between “soft-shelled humans” and the trees with their bark shields and immense lifespans. Trees 'remember' the weather through their growth rings and, in fossilized remains, the pattern of these rings is used to study past climates. What will current, living trees tell the future?This installation consists of sixty 11’ high panels, each one representing a year of weather data from Hobby airport. The lightweight, fabric panels hang from the ceiling creating an immersive environment. Each panel varies in width based on the rainfall intensity, and the color, from ice-blue to blue-black, represents the average nighttime temperature for that year. More shocking than any graph, this forest-like environment shows the story of rising temperatures and intensifying rain events.

The (Identity) collection is actually about women's rights, especially in Muslim and patriarchal society. — Mahtab BasiriThis is a great opportunity for the HCC students and the Houston art audience to see incredible paintings made by a contemporary artist from Iran. Ms. Basiri analyzes the human experience with figural paintings imbued with personal content and intelligent symbolic combinations. Her stunning use of light, color, pattern, texture and space is sophisticated and charismatic. She makes multifaceted allusions to female challenges with her contemporary realism. — Stanley Kaminski

The HCC Northeast Art Gallery and Student Life Department commemorate Black History Month with an exhibit titled Resurrection featuring Houston artist Kentra Gilbert. Gilbert’s work features geometric pattern paintings on canvas and wood with various types of acrylic paint. She uses colors and shapes to create optical illusions and what she describes as a beautiful deception. After earning degrees at Southwestern Christian College and the University of Houston, Gilbert graduated from Houston Baptist University with a Master of Fine Art in 2017. During her time as a student and afterward, Kentra showed her artwork in numerous group shows and juried exhibitions; however, this is her first one-person-show in a Houston gallery. While at HBU, she received 2nd place in 2017 Rockport's Center for the Art's "Rising Eye of Texas." Among her achievements are becoming a finalist at the "Biennial: Origins in Geometry" (2017) and a recent participant of the "Fresh Look: Selection of Women Artists in the MADI Collection" and "Artist of the Month" for October at the Museum of Geometric and MADI Art (2019). She was selected multiple times as a participant in the "Citywide African American Artists Exhibition," a collaborative exhibit put together by Texas Southern University's University Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.

Jessica Simorte and Max Manning both hold Master of Fine Arts degrees from the University of Cincinnati, and both have been exhibited regionally, nationally and internationally.  They are now based in Northwest Houston, and Simorte is on faculty at Sam Houston State University.While the work of both is largely abstract in appearance, the artists are very much rooted in specific time, art practices, and places.  Simorte reflects on the deep relationships between people and places, with her work evoking fragments of rooms, windows, or remembered patterns of past places.Manning seeks to be “retro-contemporary but not retrograde,” interrogating the “timeline of art history with one foot on the past and the other on the present.”  His work is particularly influenced by Cubism, with its interest in forcing the viewer to see the painting both as object and as subject matter.

Houston Symphony Principal Timpanist Leo Soto is joined by his colleagues Wei Jiang, viola and Annie Chen, violin in a unique chamber music program. Featured pieces include Michael Colgrass's Variations for Four Drums and Viola and Joe LoCascio's new work, Three Windows. Lou Harrison's Varied Trio featuring pianist Sherry Cheng also performed.

LineByLineMaking Your Mark Through the ArtsHCC's James V Thomas is a guest after receiving the 2019 National Black Theatre Festival's award in Scenic Design.

LineByLineMaking Your Mark Through the Arts Kendall R. Moore, DMA, Music Professor, Trombonist, Composer & Arranger at Houston Community College, VPA Sarah Bouse, Music Professor, Pianist, Vocal Coach at Houston Community College, VPA

The award-winning HCC Monday Night Big Band, under the direction of Dr. Woody Witt,presents their fall concert, highlighting classic big band repertoire by such composers atThad Jones, Sammy Nestico, Bob Mintzer and others, as well as original arrangements bymembers of the ensemble.

The Center of Excellence for Visual and Performing ArtsMusic DepartmentSystem-Wide Honor’s RecitalFall 2019Piano Sonata in Bb Major, Op. 22          I. Allegro con brioLudwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)Young Sun Yi, pianoStudio of Dr. Yoojin Lee

The Center of Excellence for Visual and Performing ArtsMusic DepartmentSystem-Wide Honor’s RecitalFall 2019Sonata 14 in C# minor“Moonlight,” Op. 27, No. 2III. Presto AgitatoLudwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)Loc Nguyen, piano Studio of Dr. Joel Love

The Center of Excellence for Visual and Performing ArtsMusic DepartmentSystem-Wide Honor’s RecitalFall 2019Voi che sapetefrom Le nozze di FigaroW. A. Mozart (1756-1791)Lisette Guevara, soprano Studio of Dr. Seong Shin RaAccompanist Dr. Esther Park