Now showing!

January – Get Schooled
A chalk-art tribute to Jump-Start Performance Co.
Opening reception: Opening viewing is a part of Performance Party 27, January 7, 2012 at 7 p.m.

Artwork on display until January 27, 2012

For Performance Party 27, Jump-Start Performance Co. is going back to school! As a part of our lobby gallery experience, Jump-Start welcomes community members to share chalk drawings, goals for 2012 or favorite memories about their times with Jump-Start. Come down and be a part of this art show today!

February – Mwamba-Salim Wilson
Opening reception: Thursday, February 2, 2012 | 6 -8 p.m.
Live demo: First Friday, February 3, 2012 | 7 – 9 p.m.

Artwork on display until February 24, 2012

A note from the artist:

Art was born in a corner in my soul. My mother’s family is an important part of my life. You could say I spent half of my life in Louisiana on a farm near Eunice, Opelousas, Lafayette in Church Point at my grandmother’s home, running after cows, pigs, riding horses, looking up at the clouds and so many stars. The Cajun is deep in my blood. On the other side of that was Houston’s 3rd Ward, a place of run down homes, destitution, a day-to-day struggle to survive, growing up in a home when you didn’t know if you were going to eat that day. I took from that experience, I learned to just live life and when you are put in a situation to make your dreams come alive, do it. Use that as a way to increase your good qualities. My art is not about justifying my work, or making it seem more important than what it is, to me it’s about understanding myself and making my dreams a reality. I would say that my art is primitive, colorful and abstract. The first time I picked up a paint brush was in 1997 while living in a homeless shelter after having a heated argument with my family. I felt it was time to go out into the world and become a man. From that day on, I put my all of my pain, love, hope and dreams into my art.