Rick Lowe in front of duplexes designed by Rice students as part of Lowe's Project Row Houses, from the NY Times

Artist / activist Rick Lowe is speaking at Jimmy Mak's this Monday for the second installation of Portland Spaces' Bright Lights Discussion Series. Lowe is the founder of Houston's Project Row Houses, "a nonprofit arts organization, established by African-American artists and community activists to create a positive presence in Houston's Northern Third Ward community." Lowe's mission is to use art and the community it creates to revitalize inner city neighborhoods, and he'll be speaking about "the new intersections of art and urbanism." The Bright Lights Discussion Series happens the second Monday of every month at Jimmy Mak's.

Artist discussion • 6pm • February 9
Jimmy Mak's • 221 NW 10th • 503.295.6542



Julie Ault & Martin Beck, "Installation" at Secession 2006

Artist, author, and curator Julie Ault is speaking Monday for PMMNLS. One of the co-founders of 30-year-old social arts collective Group Material, Ault's work "emphasizes interrelationships between cultural production and politics."

Artist lecture • 7pm • February 9
PSU • 1914 SW Park • Shattuck Hall Room 212