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What’s on the Ballot, Now? was a community gathering designed to help artists, cultural workers, and organizers better understand the 2026 elections and what they mean for the arts in Houston. The session created space to break down what’s on the ballot, share how candidates responded to the HouArts questionnaire, and discuss how artists and arts organizations can engage in voter education safely and effectively.
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Saturday, April 4, 2026
What’s on the Ballot, Now? was a community gathering designed to help artists, cultural workers, and organizers better understand the 2026 elections and what they mean for the arts in Houston. The session created space to break down what’s on the ballot, share how candidates responded to the HouArts questionnaire, and discuss how artists and arts organizations can engage in voter education safely and effectively.
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Saturday, April 4, 2026
Thank you for joining us for the first annual Greater Houston Arts Forum — an interactive gathering designed to bring together artists, cultural workers, nonprofit leaders, funders, educators, and policymakers from across the Greater Houston Region.
Tuesday, 0ctober 14, 2025, 9am – 5pm | The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
This interactive forum connected artists, funders, and policymakers to discover how Houston’s arts ecosystem operates and share challenges and ideas.
Hosted by HouArts, Houston Arts Alliance, the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, and Houston Endowment.
Thank you for joining us for the official launch of the HouArts Platform—a bold, community-driven vision to champion arts & culture in the Greater Houston Area!
Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 9 – 11am | Houston Endowment Inc, 3683 Willia Street Houston, TX 77007
At this interactive sector-wide meeting we brought together artists, organizations, advocates, and cultural leaders to:
Thank you for joining us for a collaborative working session where we dove into the HouArts platform and strategy and explored how we can collectively champion Houston’s arts and culture sector.
See here for the slides from the meeting, including an overview of the HouArts initiative, a landscape update from Chris Kiley (Texans for the Arts), and the draft platform content.
HouArts in Action hosted a bus trip to Austin on Wednesday, February 5, for Texas Arts Advocacy Day at the Texas State Capitol which is hosted each legislative session by Texans for the Arts. More than 200 citizen activists from across the state gathered to learn, share and participate in the democratic process. The nearly 50 Houstonians on the trip had the opportunity to put their passion for the arts into constructive and informative advocacy through orientation, training and legislative meetings.
Thank you for joining us to learn Houston’s participation in Texas Arts Advocacy Day. This virtual event was an opportunity to hear what to expect for the 2025 Texas Arts Advocacy Day in Austin, including learning about the Texans for the Arts’ Legislative Agenda for the 89th Session.
Thank you for joining us for the Town Hall Meeting! If you missed the meeting, you can see the slides and meeting summary below.
Thank you for joining us for the Community Kickoff Meeting to launch HouArts in Action, the first sector-wide meeting focused on developing a shared agenda to champion arts and culture across Greater Houston! If you missed the meeting, you can watch the recording to learn about the context and goals of the initiative and a breakdown of how to get involved in the months ahead.
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