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A merican Hero: On Tuesday, July 25, a memorial at Houston Public L i b r a r y ' s A f r i c a n American Library at the Gregory School will be dedicated to one of the country's most inspiring stateswomen, the late Barbara Jordan. The Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs (MOCA) commissioned Jamal Cyrus of Houston and Brooklyn-based Charisse Pearlina Weston for the project; the collaborators sourced photos from Jordan's remarkable life and interspersed them with excerpts from her speeches to create collages of word and image upon glass to honor her. The Fifth Ward- raised daughter of a Baptist minister and church teacher, Jordan was a graduate of Wheatley High and TSU, where she launched her speaking career on the university's famed debate team. The most transformative chapter of her life began after she earned her law degree from Boston University and returned to Houston: In 1972, she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first African-American woman from the South to serve in Congress. The dedication will take place 49 years to the day of the gifted orator's 1974 "We, the people" Watergate speech. houstonlibrary. org/aahrc. Standing Up for South Africa: I will never forget my first encounter with a William Kentridge work 25 years ago. At the FotoFest Biennial in 1998, one of his hand-animated films screened. A quarter century later, the artist's leading character, mining baron Soho Eckstein, still embodies the oppression of South Africa's Apartheid. Now the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, hosts the Johannesburg- based artist's definitive r e t r o s p e c t i v e . "William Kentridge: I n P r a i s e o f Shadows" culls humanistic charcoal drawings, animated films, bronzes, prints, tapestries, and theater models — works both specific to South African society and universal to our time of racial reckoning (through September 10). Feminist with Fiber: Gallerist Yvonne Garcia rang up about a new talent in her Hooks- OBSESSIONS. DECORATION. SALIENT FACTS. ART NOTES Epstein roster: Angelica Raquel. This Laredo native, now based in San Antonio, wields a BFA and MFA from Texas State University and UTSA, respectively, and within the past year has shown at prime Houston spaces Inman Gallery and Lawndale. This summer, Raquel makes her Hooks-Epstein debut. "Leyendas [Legends] and Mine" melds painting, fiber art, sculpture, and drawing, with a sprinkling of glitter, along with animal avatar imagery (through August 12). Blast Off: The Post, aka the former Barbara Jordan U.S. Post Office Downtown, is an extraordinary reimagining of a government facility into a cool hub of culinary culture and music set in avant-garde OMA architecture. But don't forget: There's an exhibition space, too. Catch the Post's new collaboration with NASA in "Inner Space: NASA's Path to the Moon and Mars" (extended, through July 30) … Speaking of transformation, Meow Wolf is coming to town. The artists-driven immersive art experience may be the most intuitive and transportive of the eye-candy installations in the zeitgeist. The location — 2103 Lyons Avenue in the Fifth Ward, across from Saint Arnold Brewing Company — is owned by Jon Deal's Dealco. (Deal is no stranger to converting mammoth industrial buildings into art spaces — witness Sawyer Yards.) Meow Wolf 's new Houston home, the century-old Moncrief-Lenoir Building, was once a state-of-the-art sheet- metal manufacturing HQ. Come late 2024, Meow Wolf talents take over the 133,000-square-foot brick-and-wood-beam structure with installations that promise to be fabulous. How could they not be! Houston artists will rule the day. More on this story at papercitymag.com. Catherine D. Anspon William Kentridge's Cursive, 2020, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston COURTESY THE ARTIST AND MARIAN GOODMAN GALLERY, NYC, © WILLIAM KENTRIDGE. FIRST WARD ARTS DISTRICT | 1002 EDWARDS STREET 2 BR | 2.1 BA | MLS 93962177 w w w . j a y m o n r o e h o u s t o n . c o m Jay Monroe, BROKER ASSOCIATE , BROKER ASSOCIATE Circle of Excellence Member, Hall of Fame Circle of Excellence Member, Hall of Fame 713.504.6936 713.504.6936 Jay.Monroe@sir.com Jay.Monroe@sir.com 14