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Mari Carmen Ramirez

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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Rick Lowe

Founder, Project Row Houses Political activist and installation artist Rick Lowe left his native Alabama for Houston in 1985. In the time since, the painter-turned-volunteer has helped shape the city's Northern Third Ward thanks to his vision and creativity. Growing up on a sharecropping farm in the rural south, Lowe was raised amidst inequality, poverty and racism-social aspects that inspire works like his Project Row Houses. Founded in 1993, the nonprofit project initially centered around…

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Toby Kamps

Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Menil Collection In recent years, Toby Kamps has curated one of the most acclaimed exhibitions in Houston. The Old, Weird America , a 2008 Contemporary Arts Museum show he organized, won a national award for thematic presentation from the U.S. chapter of the International Association of Art Critics while several other exhibitions he's curated have gone on to other museums and won critical praise. Kamps earned a master's degree in art history from Williams…

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Trenton Doyle Hancock

Artist Contemporary artist Trenton Doyle Hancock plays it cool in his thrift store fashion and vibrant, oversized glasses, but the rising star creative continues to earn serious respect in the national arts arena. From his studio, based in Houston's Acres Homes neighborhood, Hancock turns out a mix of prints, drawings and collaged felt paintings that tell stories of a fantastical nature. His work has been featured in PBS' Art:21 - Art in the Twenty-First Century, Philadelphia's Institute of…

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Valerie Cassel Oliver

Senior Curator, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston As a child growing up in Houston, Valerie Cassel Oliver immersed herself in places like the Museum of Fine Arts and the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. The bohemian streets of Montrose were her playground-the sort of place one could go to be exposed to different people and experiences. After college, Cassel Oliver went to work with the National Endowment for the Arts and later the Art Institute of Chicago before returning to Houston and joining…

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Guy Hagstette

Project Consultant, Buffalo Bayou Partnership For more than three decades, Guy Hagstette has preached the gospel of green space in Houston. He's served as director of planning and development for the Downtown Management District and advised City Hall on urban design issues. But far from a sidelines bureaucrat, Hagstette has rolled up his sleeves, steering a new wave of urban parks stretching from Downtown to the winding shores of Buffalo Bayou. A registered architect and urban designer who…

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Lucinda Loya

Interior Designer Trendsetting interior designer Lucinda Loya brings eclectic, high-end style to her Houston-based firm, Lucinda Loya Interiors. From Los Angeles to Houston to Manhattan, the Art Institute grad is known for her residential and commercial work that's been touted in national magazines and, recently, on an episode of HGTV's Selling New York. In addition to her professional acumen, Loya is also known for her forward-thinking fashion sense and philanthropic efforts in Houston. In…

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Tally Hall

Goalkeeper, Houston Dynamo With a brand new pro stadium and a highly competitive team, soccer has become a big deal in Houston. And Tally Hall is riding the wave of fan enthusiasm. After playing for San Diego State in college, Hall spent two years with the Danish soccer club Esbjerg before returning stateside and joining the Dynamo in 2009. He quickly garnered attention for his goalkeeping skills and earning a shutout in his Major League Soccer debut against DC United. In 2011 he was named to…

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Bun B: Dazed and Confused

Bun B

Rapper Houston's reputation on the rap scene wouldn't be what it is today without the help of Bernard Freeman--better known to the world as Bun B. In the early '90s, the American rapper made up one-half of the southern rap duo (UnderGround Kingz), along with the late Pimp C. Together, the pair released several chart-topping albums, including the self-titled UnderGround Kingz, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. It included collaborations with noted names like Rick Ross, Slim Thug…

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Chloe Dao

Fashion designer, owner of Dao Chloe Dao boutique After an eight-year stint in New York, where she earned a pattern-making degree from FIT, fashion designer Chloe Dao returned to her Houston hometown in 2000 to open her boutique, DAO Chloe DAO (formerly Lot 8). The store showcases Dao's feminine and flattering designs, as well as limited-edition pieces and a bridal collection. In the years since returning to her hometown, she's taken top honors on Season 2 of Project Runway, designed travel…

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