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Frank Huang

Nov. 06, 2019

Concertmaster, Houston Symphony At age 11, Beijing-born violinist Frank Xin Huang performed his first solo with the Houston Symphony. In the time since, the Chinese-born American has gone on to win several international music competitions, most notably the 2003 Naumburg Competition. In 2009, he was appointed the first violinist of the Grammy award-winning Ying Quartet and a professor of violin and chamber music at the Eastman School of Music. In January 2010, Huang began his tenure as…

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Joel Orr

Nov. 06, 2019

Puppeteer, Bobbindoctrin Puppet Theatre Joel Orr, the founding Artistic Director of Houston's Bobbindoctrin Puppet Theatre, has been producing avant-garde puppet productions since 1989. The English Lit major, who grew up just outside Houston in Alvin, Texas, has written and directed many puppet plays, including The Black Box, Corpus Struwwelpeter, Ivan the Fool, The Mauist and The Crime of the Assistant Master Butler . As a Bobbindoctrin artist, Orr has enjoyed many collaborations with Houston…

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Josh Hopkins

Nov. 06, 2019

Guest Principal Artist, Houston Grand Opera Chosen as one of 25 artists "poised to break out" by Opera News magazine, Canadian baritone Joshua Hopkins is taking Houston Grand Opera audiences by storm. The McGill University grad studied with famed vocal coach Dixie Ross Neill and her husband William, before joining the Houston Grand Opera Studio in 2003. Some of Hopkins' studio highlights include the HGO's 2004 revival of Rachel Portman's The Little Prince , where Hopkins sang the pilot's role…

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Nao Kusuzaki

Nov. 06, 2019

Soloist, Houston Ballet Japan-born Nao Kusuzaki moved to America at age 10 to study at the Washington Ballet. Seeing the professional company perform captivated the young talent and, ultimately, inspired her to pursue dance. In the United States, Kusuzaki trained with Mary Day and Patricia Berrend at the Washington School of Ballet and with Tatiana Legat, Laura Young, and Sydney Leonard at the Boston Ballet School. She went on to dance professionally for five seasons with the Boston Ballet…

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Tamarie Cooper

Nov. 06, 2019

Associate Director, Catastrophic Theatre Tamarie Cooper might've been born in a Chicago hospital, but the ‘born-again Texan' has long considered Houston home. The co-founder and artistic director of Catastrophic Theatre lived several places growing up, but settled in H-Town longer than anywhere else. Here, she attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, where she met best friend and Catastrophic Theatre co-founder Jason Nodler. The duo launched the fringe group in 2007, which…

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Barbara Davis

Nov. 06, 2019

Owner, Barbara Davis Gallery West Coast transplant Barbara Davis has helped shape Houston's contemporary art scene since the early '80s, when she opened her internationally-recognized Barbara Davis Gallery. In addition to helping launch the careers of talents like Julie Mehretu and Mie Olise, Davis has challenged a generation of art collectors-both seasoned and aspiring-to see the beauty and value in works by rising-star artists. She has helped draw cutting-edge exhibitions such as Leipzig…

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Todd Waite

Nov. 06, 2019

Company Artist, Alley Theatre With more than a decade under his belt at the Alley Theatre, Canada-born actor Todd Waite has appeared in more than 60 productions including four Christmas seasons of the one-man show: The Santaland Diaries . Previously, he spent six seasons with the renowned Shaw Festival, played Enjolras in the Canadian premiere of Les Miserables , and guest-starred on all major U.S. and Canadian networks. Some of his awards include the Critic's Choice Award for Intimate Exchanges…

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GONZO247

Nov. 06, 2019

Graffiti Artist Graffiti artist GONZO247 started imparting his spray paint-based street art on the Houston scene more than 25 years ago. Since then, the self-taught artist has owned and operated Aerosol Warfare Gallery/Studio, established a Houston Wall Of Fame (the city's first art production of its kind), worked with top brands like Red Bull, Converse, Scion and Hennessy on urban-inspired advertising campaigns, and produced videos documenting street art. In addition to his mural, studio and…

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Janet Hobby

Nov. 06, 2019

Partner, MKG Art Management It was marriage that brought Janet Hobby to Houston. Here the Fort Worth-native and University of Texas graduate quickly fell in love with a city that embraced her. Entrepreneurial minded, she launched the video fashion website Virtual Runway and sold it to a Los Angeles company in 2003. Hobby and her husband began collecting art early in their marriage and that prompted her to focus on the arts in her nonprofit work with organizations such as the Menil and theHobby…

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Mari Carmen Ramirez

Nov. 06, 2019

Director, International Center for the Arts of the Americas at MFAH Time magazine has called her one of the most influential Hispanics in America. To be certain, Mari Carmen Ramirez is setting the tone for how the world sees Latin American art. Ramirez began her rise in Puerto Rico where she served as director of the Museum of Anthropology, History and Art at the University of Puerto Rico. After that she spent 12 years in Austin establishing the Latin American program at the Blanton Art Museum…

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