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Moody Center for the Arts | Rice University
Non-profit Organizations
Houston, Texas 523 followers
As a public-facing institution at Rice, the Moody facilitates cross-campus and community collaboration through the arts.
About us
The mission of the Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University is to encourage creative thinking and original expression, enrich curricular innovation, and promote cross-campus and community collaboration through transformative encounters with the arts. We are a public-facing institution that connects the arts at Rice to the greater Houston community. The Moody mounts three exhibitions a year in its galleries, curates numerous temporary and permanent public art installations throughout Rice's campus, and hosts performances, conversations, classes, and hands-on workshops. All of these events are open to the public. By centering these efforts on generative partnerships with artists, scholars, and students from various disciplines, the Moody presents unexpected and everchanging entry points into the arts which bridge communities and areas of interest, thus realizing its mission.
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https://moody.rice.edu/
External link for Moody Center for the Arts | Rice University
- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Houston, Texas
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2017
- Specialties
- art exhibitions, theater performances, dance , interdisciplinary , multimedia, public events, student involvement, campus life, lectures and talks, outdoor installations, public art, rentals, and events
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6100 Main St.
MS-480
Houston, Texas 77005, US
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We love sharing stories of artist and student collaborations through the marketing and communications team at Rice University!
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Covering art at Rice never feels routine; it feels like an education in perspective. This month, I had the chance to write about Houston artist Guadalupe Hernandez and his installation “Hijos de la Virgen morena,” now on view at the Moody Center for the Arts | Rice University. Created in collaboration with Rice University students, the work transforms the Moody Project Wall into a clay-painted reimagining of Tepeyac Hill where Indigenous and Catholic traditions converge through layers of papel picado and history. What struck me most was how Hernandez uses collaboration as a form of cultural continuity. In his workshops, students didn’t just learn technique —they participated in a living lineage of craft and storytelling that spans centuries. Writing about art like this reminds me why interdisciplinary work matters. It invites us to see heritage not as something fixed in the past, but as something reshaped shared, and still in progress. “Hijos de la Virgen morena” is on view at the Moody Center for the Arts through Dec. 20. Read my article about it here: https://lnkd.in/gbz3Kara
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From the student newspaper The Rice Thresher to Glasstire to the pages of The New York Times the Moody is making the news. Read about the stellar artists we've worked with and consider supporting excellent arts coverage in Houston and beyond. Bio Morphe in Glasstire https://lnkd.in/gE-mK--Q Yifan Jiang in The Thresher https://lnkd.in/g5TC47sb Hayv Kahraman in the NYT https://lnkd.in/ggPrMcP5
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Next week, we celebrate three Houston-based artists with works in our Tent Series. Installed in the heart of Rice campus, these large-scale murals remain on view for one academic year. Hear from Tay Butler, Loc Huynh, and Virginia L. Montgomery about their creative interventions.
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Thanks to Brandi Smith and the team at Rice News for sharing our amazing fall season! Read about everything happening at the Moody, and our commissions installed throughout campus. 👇
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The Moody Center for the Arts | Rice University is opening its fall season with Bio Morphe, an international exhibition exploring biomorphism, technology and the human body. The semester also features new campus commissions, performances, student collaborations and community events — all part of the Moody’s mission to connect art, science and dialogue. Check out a preview of the fall season here -> https://lnkd.in/gizBvKUw
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We're delighted to welcome Noor Alé to the Moody team. As the new Associate Curator at the Moody Center for the Arts, Alé will curate Moody exhibitions, public programs, and assist with acquisitions for the Rice Public Art collection. She has held positions at The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Abu Dhabi Project, New York; and Art Dubai. Learn more on our People Page: https://lnkd.in/gkJ3TKHN
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The Moody's is committed to "welcoming all voices," and at our Pride Happy Hour we get to meet that mission figuratively and *literally.* Join us on Thursday, June 26, from 5 - 7 pm to listen to an a cappella performance from the celebrated Pride Chorus Houston, paired with sets from DJ Krazzy Kris. https://lnkd.in/gnF3Sggq
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More opportunities to be a part of our team! We're looking for a collaborative Associate Curator to help shape the Moody's exhibition and public art programs. https://lnkd.in/g7nXazAk
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Did you know that in addition to supporting personal student projects, the Moody Makerspace often helps Rice researchers with fabrication and tooling needs? Recently, researchers at Materials Science and NanoEngineering - Rice University discovered how to use the polymer building blocks of natural wood and the technology of 3D printing to produce a greener alternative to tree-milled wood. With the assistance of Moody Makerspace Director Robert Purvis, this team of Rice University scientists created bespoke molds for hot-pressing samples derived from this new process. The individualized support provided by the Moody Makerspace reduces the time needed to source and test custom-designed equipment and gives researchers a deeper understanding of the material and engineering needs required to actualize their proposal. Read the article about their discovery! https://lnkd.in/e7DZBwRj
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"Breath(e)" will be on view for only a few more days, closing after May 10. Perfect timing for readers of the Spring 2025 issue of Rice Magazine, which features a deep dive into one work in the show, Xin Liu's "The Permanent and the Insatiable." Created in collaboration with microbiologist Erika Erickson and with the assistance of George N. Phillips, Rice University's Dorothy Looney Professor of BioSciences, this artwork demonstrates the creative potential of biology and art. Read more> https://lnkd.in/g7VddpCq
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