ArtFeel: Weekly fix of Woodlands arts scene
An art maven’s weekly fix of the local arts scene: what to see, what to hear, what to do, who to meet and musings about how art makes people feel— their ArtFeel.
• ArtHear: Ben Sollee, a Kentucky-based cellist, singer-songwriter and composer plays his mix of folk, bluegrass, jazz and R&B elements at The Inspire Film Festival in February 2018. Along with his cello, Sollee will bring “Ditch the Van” a documentary film in which he trades his car for a cargo bike — strapping his instrument to his new mode of transport, which sets him off on a five-year and 5,000-mile cross-country adventure. To meet, hear and see Sollee’s film, get your Inspire Film Festival passes at http://bit.ly/2nmrogq and check out https:// www.youtube.com/ watch?v=P4cV0idkOEI.
• ArtSee: The opening of “Winter Show” at Kitchen by Hubbell & Hudson with an “&Eight” Reception on Monday, Dec. 11, from 6-8 p.m. This collection features works by Lauren Combs, Sue Donaldson, Holly Nowak, Carrie Allbritton, Joe Cuccurullo, Jim Hill, Rose Bertus and Liz Hill and runs through the end of January. www.hubbellandhudson.com
• ArtFeel: In the spotlight this month, Conroe artist Bob Mosier’s art bench “Hail and Farewell Henry Moore,” which sits along The Waterway near Town Green Park and was generously underwritten by art patrons Cindy and Rob Hardin. Amy Lecocq, a Woodlands Hometown Hero and former Woodlands Arts Council President, finds Mosier’s piece evokes “remembrance of the building of this bench with the incredibly talented Mosier, who carved the tough-to-manage African mahogany wood in 100-degree weather, his burying of a time capsule inside the art itself, how the piece accommodates many to sit/lounge and how the Hardins are mentors and friends I respect immensely.”
A special thank you to artist Sue Burke Harrington for photographing the area residents on the art benches. To join ArtFeel simply “like” and “follow” The Woodlands Arts Council on Facebook and vis-it www.thewoodlandsartscouncil.org/artfeel.