December 21st, 2011

Street Art of the Week: Holidays Filled with Noodles and Penguins

This week’s Street Art comes to us from The Black Sheep Agency and Jenni’s Noodle House. Jenni’s has commissioned Ack! to create a holiday art installation, to be up for the next six weeks. We’ve got the usual Ack!, only this time with hungry holiday-clad penguins in tow.

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Look closely and you’ll see work not done by Ack!. Identify.

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Location: Jenni’s Noodle House in the Heights
Artist: Ack!
Photographer: Joelle Eid

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— Paul

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July 25th, 2011

Postcards From Houston: First Class Schooled

“There are two lasting bequests we can give our children: One is roots, the other is wings.” – Hodding Carter

When on my way to the first Postcards from Houston lecture, I only had a loose interpretation of its vision. The moment I walked into the classroom at Texas Art Supply on Montrose, I had certain expectations. I was hoping to discover explanations, inspirations and some of the history behind the architecture and art of our beloved anomalous city.

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— Richard

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January 26th, 2011

The Look Ahead: Owls vs. Coogs, Don Carlo, Artopia and The Happen-Ins

We’re dissolving two of our favorite columns, Your Regular Scoop of Houston and Procrastinator’s Plan, and giving them a new look this year. Gone is the single serving of events in Houston. Here is a five-times-a-week battery of things to do. We will publish a few events every morning. If we’ve missed something let us know with an email to contact@theloopscoop.com or tweet at us @TheLoopScoop.

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— The Loop Scoop

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October 6th, 2010

Stay Up by David Elizondo: An Interview with the Author

When I jumped head first into an obsession with Houston street art it was easy to realize that I had only made it into the kiddie pool. There were a whole host of other photographers, writers and, most importantly, the artists themselves that had been making waves without the aid of floaties for a long time. Luckily for me, the pros were rather accepting and willing to show me the ropes – even while they created new ropes altogether.

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— Paul

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July 21st, 2010

Houston Street Art: A Photo Essay

It’s hard to know exactly what you’re looking for. Guaranteed, you’re missing a lot along the way as you search for whatever it happens to be. I can personally attest to this because until Sunday I hadn’t really opened my eyes on my A-to-B journeys. An entire culture of Houston art was ignored because it wasn’t in a press release from a gallery in my email. After a video went viral last week showing a graffiti marriage proposal it was obvious that I was going to have to start paying attention.

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— Paul

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