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COURTESY CAMH OBSESSIONS. DECORATION. SALIENT FACTS. 16 B esides being one of the largest art books in my library, Keith Carter: Fifty Years is also the most immersive. The bold cover of gold type against a black background and DJ Stout's deft layout design transport the reader into Carter's unique world — the animals, human inhabitants, and coastal marsh and swamp forest enveloping Beaumont, Texas, a setting that seems attuned to the supernatural. Carter interjects a note of Magic Realism into the 250 prints in this volume that often recall biblical parables. He introduces Fifty Years with a revelatory tale about his fated entry into the kingdom of photography. $65, through area booksellers, and his Houston dealer, Catherine Couturier Gallery, which stocks Carter's prints. Catherine D. Anspon T his month, Decorative Center Houston's spring market, Uniquely Refined Designs, delves into how great design creates not just pretty rooms, but also incredible life experiences. Mark your calendar for Wednesday, April 24; showroom programs and open houses are scheduled from 9 am to 5 pm. Dallas- based Pulp Design Studios' Beth Dotolo and Carolina V. Gentry present the 10 am keynote, Experiential Design and the Luxury Market, moderated by PaperCity Houston home design editor Anne Lee Phillips, in the ground-floor gallery. For the 12:50 pm keynote in the ground-floor gallery, interior designer Fawn Galli, in from New York, presents her new book, Magical Rooms: Elements of Interior Design (Rizzoli, 2019), moderated by Citybook's Meredith Xavier. A reception REFINED DESIGN AT DCH THE PRIMORDIAL BEAUTY OF KEITH CARTER COUNTRY I t will be an indelible night when the collecting contingent gathers for Freeze Frame, Contemporary Arts Museum's Houston Gala and Art Auction, celebrating the CAMH's 70th anniversary. On Friday, April 12, co-chairs Haydeh and Ali Davoudi and Jordan and Dylan Seff oversee an evening of dining, cocktails, and a contemporary arts auction produced SNAPSHOT: CAMH'S GALA AND ART AUCTION T he beloved biannual DASH (Design | Art | Style | Home) market a t S i l v e r S t r e e t Studios returns next month. More than 80 unique dealers, who travel the country to leading markets, will offer home decor, furniture, gifts, fashion, and more. Shop early at the First DASH Preview Party Thursday, May 2, 6 to 9 pm, with live music, open bar, and bites. The evening's silent auction benefits Dwell DASH ON OVER and book signing follow in the Kravet showroom. Other highlights of the day include a 2 pm conversation at The Shade Store with interior designers Julie Dodson, Marie Flanigan, Meg Lonergan, and Veronica Solomon, moderated by Business of Home editor in chief Kaitlin Peterson, and happy hour on the rocks at Aria Stone Gallery at 4 pm. Market is gratis, but RSVP is a must at dchspringmarket2019.eventbrite. com; Decorative Center Houston, 5120 Woodway, decorativecenter.com. Anne Lee Phillips in collaboration with Christie's. Talents wrangled for lots include Jamal Cyrus, Thomas Glassford, Gael Stack, Floyd Newsum, and Aaron Parazette. After the bidding, Taylor E. Landry chairs a chic after-party. Tickets from $1,000, tables from $10,000, after-party $100, through camh.org. Matthew Ramirez with Dignity, the Dallas nonprofit that creates soothing, inspiring homes for families struggling with homelessness and poverty, which recently started a Houston chapter led by designers Julie Dodson, Sharon Staley, and Laurier Blanc's Suzanne Coppola. The market runs Friday through Sunday, May 3 through 5. At Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards St.; First Dash Preview Party $25; market general admission $10; tickets and schedule at dashhouston. com. Anne Lee Phillips Sunil Gupta and Charan Singh's Lily at Home, 2016-2019 Keith Carter LIBBY VINNELS Beth Dotolo Carolina V. Gentry Fawn Galli