Operaskia Julie De Vries and Heather Shore

Lawndale Art Center and the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts present Operaskia, a performative work-in-progress by visual artist Julie De Vries and classical musician and singer Heather Shore. With free studio space provided by Lawndale, Operaskia is the result of the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts Studio Residency, part of an ongoing collaboration between Lawndale and the Mitchell Center. The Studio Residency is a new program that considers proposals for the production of a new multi-disciplinary work from University of Houston students who have previously participated in the Mitchell Center Collaboration Among the Arts classes. “Silhouettes, through abstraction, amplify the meaning of recognizable objects and allow a viewer to identify with characters and images through an economy of means. Opera is similar in its power to romanticize through music and voice causing an audience to identify with a character.” – De Vries and Shore