Tonight!

Operaskia Repeat Performance
Wednesday, December 12, 2007, 7:00PM
Room 317
Julie De Vries and Heather Shore
University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for The Arts Studio Residency

Lawndale Art Center and the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts present a repeat performance of Operaskia, a performative work-in-progress by visual artist Julie De Vries and classical musician and singer Heather Shore. With free studio space provided by Lawndale, Operaskia is the result of the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts Studio Residency, part of an ongoing collaboration between Lawndale and the Mitchell Center.

"Silhouettes, through abstraction, amplify the meaning of recognizable objects and allow a viewer to identify with characters and images through an economy of means. Opera is similar in its power to romanticize through music and voice causing an audience to identify with a character." - De Vries and Shore.

See a sneak peak on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25De5hevZbc