Education

Art & Justice

How Art Is Changing Life Inside a Harris County Jail

At the Harris County Women’s Empowerment Center, arts education is helping incarcerated women reclaim purpose, stability, and a path forward

04/13/2026 By Meredith Nudo

Art Start

For the Houston Rodeo, Western Art Is a Year-Round Endeavor

Every year, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo handpicks 40 high school artists to attend the immersive Western Art Academy in Kerrville, focused on technique, history, and culture.

01/22/2026 By Meredith Nudo

Amid the Flowers

Craft Meets Community in HCCC’s Artsy, One-of-a-Kind Garden

Learn where dyes, papers, basket-weaving fibers, and other natural craft supplies come from thanks to Houston Center for Community Craft’s incredible collection of over 70 plants.

08/26/2025 By Meredith Nudo

Rabbit Hole

The Unexpected Ways in Which Houstonians Have Helped Shape Wikipedia

ImagiNoir/BLMHTX, the Menil Collection, and Rice University have all hosted edit-a-thons to help fight misinformation, as well as make local emergency services more accessible.

08/12/2025 By Meredith Nudo

Fundamental

These Houstonians Create Oases Among the City’s Literacy Deserts

In a county where one in three adults is functionally illiterate, Book Cycle, Class Bookstore, and Birthday Bash Box are all making books accessible to more people.

05/05/2025 By Meredith Nudo

Testing Overload

Two Years into Mikes Miles’s HISD Tenure, Parents Are Still Mad

Earlier this month, hundreds of parents pulled their kids out of school for a “sick-out” protest against the superintendent’s New Education System.

02/17/2025 By Uvie Bikomo

Bayougraphy

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Has Led an Extraordinary Literary Life

This University of Houston professor has won prestigious book awards while advocating for the rights of domestic violence survivors.

02/14/2025 By Holly Beretto

The Must List

MECA’s Día de Muertos Festival Keeps Indigenous Cultures Alive

For a generation of Houstonians, the arts organization has offered an opportunity to learn about the Mexica roots of Day of the Dead celebrations.

10/29/2024 By Meredith Nudo

The Must List

Looking for a Wild Time? Go to Houston Zoo’s Meet the Keeper Chats.

Elephant baths and giraffe feedings are all in a day’s work for local zookeepers, and zoo visitors get a daily chance to watch them on the job.

10/21/2024 By Meredith Nudo

Ahoy

Everything We Learned on the Free Ship Channel Boat Tour

The 66-year-old Sam Houston Boat Tour takes visitors through the first seven miles of the Port of Houston, dredging up educational treasures along the way.

10/18/2024 By Meredith Nudo