Art Stars

The Butlers

HGO’s 43-yearold, worldrenowned school for young singers has been renamed the Sarah and Ernest Butler Houston Grand Opera Studio, in honor of the patrons who earlier this year made the largestever single gift to the company — $22 million.

Spring to Life

Under the leadership of chief curator Christopher Blay, The Houston Museum of African American Culture continues its mission to engage visitors of every race, gender and ethnicity through art. The museum’s spring exhibitions open in April and include the Bert Long Jr. Gallery Spring Survey Exhibition, a diverse group exhibition of Houston- and Texas-based artists working in a variety of mediums; and Evita Tezeno: Out of Many, a collection of vibrant, contemporary folk-style collages by Tezeno depicting everyday scenes of Black life, as in this one, called “Secrets are Kept.”

Deborah Mouton

In her debut memoir Black Chameleon, poet, playwright, and performer Deborah “D.E.E.P.” Mouton shares her own story. Publishers Weekly calls it “a spirited portrait of Black American womanhood.”

Classical Conditioning

The Bach Society, toasting 40 years this season, performs Johann Sebastian’s masterpieces at pop-up concerts around Houston. Listen to the Brandenburg Concertos at the MFAH’s European Galleries on April 14!