Art League Of Houston

Programs: Education program. Founded in 1968, the art league school seeks to develop houston-area artists through its quarterly studio art classes and workshops. Each year, over 1,000 adult students of diverse backgrounds, skill levels, and ages enroll in over 100 classes and workshops annually at the art league school. Led by professional artist instructors, classes and workshops take place in three fully equipped studio spaces where students work in painting, drawing, watercolor, printmaking, mixed media, collage, jewelry, and other media. To ensure individual attention and to accommodate varying skill levels, courses are maintained with a limited number of students. There are no prerequisites for enrollment and courses are offered at an affordable cost to allow broad access to anyone interested. Students also have access to live model labs twice a week to observe and explore different techniques of approaching the human form on paper or canvas.

visual arts program. Founded in 1948, alh's visual arts program has radically evolved beyond the parameters of a traditional art league and embraces 21st approaches to curatorial programming, community building, place-making, arts education and outreach to underserved communities. Alh has a strong reputation for brightening houston's public spaces, along with presenting compelling and original visual arts programming by a diverse group of regional, national and international artists. Alh is dedicated to presenting exhibitions that cross into public and social spheres and incorporate ideas of social practice and social justice. As an artist centered organization, alh was the first visual arts organization in texas to become w. A. G. E certified, which means alh has made a commitment to paying artists equitable wages.

outreach program. Art league houston is committed to providing access to visual art education opportunities within the community. In 1990, art league houston founded its free healing art program for adults living with hiv+/aids. In 1995, this program expanded to serve the needs of adults living with other severe illnesses including cancer, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, and physical disabilities. Alh healing art classes are conducted in a fun and supportive atmosphere each friday, september to may. Additionally, art league houston's in-school artist residency program, artbound! , is a curriculum-based program at h. I. S. D. Title-1 elementary schools with little or no visual art instruction. Each residency has an art league houston teaching artist visiting a school eight to ten times during a semester, working with three classrooms per visit. In 2014, alh began a summer high school intensive for high school students seriously interested in art. The program was a huge success and will grow into two concurrent groups from 15 to 30 students in 2017.