Art Valet: Save these September art dates

Labor Day Weekend is in a week, school reopens Monday and it’s time to fill up those empty spaces on your September calendar with art events. Of course, I am happy to help.

Starting Saturday, September 2, First Saturday Arts Market returns to 540 W. 19th St., starting at 11:00 a.m. and hopefully no one melts away before closing at 6. The Market at Sawyer Yards starts back the following Saturday, Sept 9, at 1502 Sawyer St., in Arts District Houston. Details on both can be found at https://firstsaturdayartsmarket.com/

Archway Gallery presents Look Closer, opening reception on Saturday, September 9, 5 - 8:00 p.m. featuring new works by Denise Giordano and guest artist Fatima Donaldson. The artists will be available to visit with guests during the opening reception with an Artist Talk at 6:30 p.m. On view September 2 through October 5, 2023. Archway Gallery, 2305 Dunlavy ArchwayGallery.com.

ARTcetera Houston returns Saturday, September 16, 2023 6 - 9:30 p.m. at Norris Conference Center, Houston, 816 Town & Country Blvd, Suite 210, Houston, TX 77024. ARTcetera, according to their website, is an interactive, live art event giving you a behind the scenes look into the creative process in action. A selection of Houston's most talented artists create original artworks for charity during the event. There is live entertainment, cocktails, culinary bites and more. Attendees can bid on live art, a large-scale silent auction (also available online) and framed photographs taken by kids with cancer from a recent Shutterbugs class.

The invitation only Showcase Artists will paint throughout the evening. Each will be featured in the Grand Finale Live Art Auction. The Showcase Artists are Taft McWhorter, Edgar Medina, Lauren Luna and Amy Malkan. The Premier artists are Chu Okoli, Tra` Slaughter, Rebekah Molander, Jaymes Earl, Faye Barber, Johnny Van Slyke Summers, Jordan Marble, Sheng Kuan Chung, Monica Melgar, Katharine Ligon, and Crystal Wreden.

The Pablove Foundation produces this popular interactive fundraiser. Their mission is to give hope and healing to kids with cancer, improve the lives of children living with cancer through the arts and invest in underfunded, cutting-edge pediatric cancer research. Learn more at www.pablove.org Purchase tickets in advance on the website https://www.artceterahouston.com.

Sawyer Yards announced big news this month, Winter Street Studio artists are moving back into their studios. Damage caused by an arsonist in December 2022 was so extensive that the entire building had to be closed and revamped. The portion of the building that took the most damage, C wing, is still undergoing construction.

It may be too soon to expect to find a full house at Winter Street on Second Saturday Open Studios in September, but a planned Sawyer Yards event at the end of the month will be a buzz with the reopened studios.

Sawyer Yards presents Art Ramble, you are invited to explore five art studio buildings Saturday, September 30, from 2 - 7:00 p.m. The walkable art event is designed to showcase the amazing and diverse group of local artists. Local drink vendors will be pouring their finest, while talented musicians fill the corridors with their sounds for an all-encompassing celebration of art and community. Details, a growing list of participants and a map still in the works can be found online, https://www.sawyeryards.com/events/art-ramble.

Are you familiar with Urban Eats, 3414 Washington Ave.? Their byline is bistro, bar and market and it is amazing. Suitable for any occasion from coffee to dinner. In addition to being an absolute wonderful restaurant, owners Levi Rollins and Eric Munoz have supported and showcased local artists from day one. All walls in this 2 story restaurant are always adorned with art rotating out every 3 months. The wait list to display art is long I hear!

Save this date - Saturday, September 23, for an afternoon reception for current artist, Carolyn Bertrand Hodges. That’s right, the nonagenarian Houston artist that I have often written about in this column is the current artist on display through the end of October. Visit https://feasturbaneats.com/urban-arts for details or better, drop in for any meal to see the art and experience Urban Eats if you haven’t yet. “Miss Carolyn” will be at the reception to greet you. I’ll bring you more details here in September.

I’d like to remind you that I add additional information, events and photos to many of the Art Valet columns on my website, ArtValet.com.

Cohen is an artist and founder of the First Saturday Arts Market and The Market at Sawyer Yards. Find him at ArtValet.com for additional highlights and artist’s stories.

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