Julia Barbosa Landois

VOICES OF HOUSTON is a choral ensemble dedicated to building community through the performance and practice of the Negro Spiritual. Founded in 2019 by educator and musician Christopher Carter, Voices of Houston offers an immersive experience that honors and preserves one of America’s most significant forms of folk music.

FORGN STUDIO aims to blend traditional craftsmanship with digital innovation, creating a sustainable community of visionary artists and technologists. By transforming industrial spaces into vibrant hubs for art, technology, and culture, FORGN STUDIO drives local creativity and economic growth.

Aufheben Ensemble is a contemporary dance and physical performance company directed by Isabella Vik with a dedication to creating avant-garde, boundary-pushing performances for the stage, galleries, and impractical spaces.

Vitacca Ballet builds approachable contemporary ballet work that combines wit, beauty, athleticism, and intellect. Driven by creation, we share a progressive ballet lens with a diverse community of artists and patrons within Houston and beyond.

Throughline is an artist-run space that showcases a diverse range of contemporary art and programming. We believe that artist-run spaces are vibrant epicenters of creativity, fueling the artistic landscape with innovation and freedom of expression.

Third Coast Clay is a unique, minority artist owned and operated community ceramic studio in Houston’s Independence Heights. The goal of Third Coast Clay is to build an inclusive ceramic community by offering accessibility to classes taught by working ceramic artists.

The Call Me Mother Experience (CMM) is an interactive performance installation and exhibit that combines digital storytelling, text-based art, spoken word, film, and live performance, as a platform to examine Black folks and the profound ways they and their communities navigate the journey towards motherhood.

Creative Movement Practices (CMP) is a movement-based theatre company established in 2020 to champion movement in theatrical productions while also redefining what the rehearsal process should look like in the modern era.

Ramona Residency is the first dedicated mother artist residency in Texas. Our mission is to create unique opportunities for artist mothers to network, expand their artistic practice, and build community by providing essential support to balance motherhood with making.

This new documentary tells the story of a tiny grocery store building in Houston’s First Ward that changed the face of the city’s theater scene.