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17

Dec

Satellites x Socialists

Alternative Art Spaces · community · Houston · West Oaks Art House · West Oaks Mall | Blog · Projects

Houston, Texas. A city I have been lucky to visit and engage with in recent years since the first conception of WOAH (West Oaks Art House) was born in early November 2011. As a first-time traveller, worldwide urban-dweller and self-professed city-junkie, Houston was one of those destinations where I really didn’t know what to expect, […]

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17

Dec

Satellites + Socialists

Alternative Art Spaces · community · Houston · West Oaks Art House · West Oaks Mall | Blog

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21

Nov

HIP Pops-Up in Houston

art workshop · Black Friday · fashion design · Houston · Houston Incubator Project (HIP) · KVPAC · KVPAC West Oaks · Pop-Up · Temporary Projects · Toni Whitaker · West Oaks Art House · West Oaks Mall | Blog · Commentary

As part of the programs facilitated and supported through WOAH’s mobile Houston art space, West Oaks Art House, we are pleased to announce the upcoming opening of the HIP Pop-Up. Making it’s grand debut on the biggest national shopping day of the year –– yes, that would be Black Friday–– the HIP Pop-Up sets-up-shop at […]

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