Katie Oxford is a Houston-based writer for CultureMap. She was twice a juried poet in the Houston Poetry Festival. Recently, one of her poems was honored at the Jambalaya Writers'…

Patsy Cravens (1936-2022) was a native Houstonian, photographer, artist, writer, and film producer. She wrote Leavin’ a Testimony: Portraits from Rural Texas (University of Texas Press, 2006), and her photographs…

Richard M. Donovan worked in the timber and real estate industry, and, as time passed, has volunteered more and more of his time to preserve the habitat and way of…

Michelangelo Sabatino, is a professor of architecture of Illinois Institute of Technology. He was previously assistant professor at the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, University of Houston. He was…

Mena Mark Hanna is the founding dean and professor of musicology and composition at the Barenboim-Said Akademie in Berlin. He received his Ph.D. from Merton College, Oxford, where he studied…

Stephanie Smither (1941-2016) was a renowned collector and supporter of folk art. Her extensive collection of artwork by 20th–century self-taught artists has been shown in many museums, including the Museum…

Robert Shimko is the Director of the UH School of Theatre & Dance and the Executive Director of the Houston Shakespeare Festival. He is also assistant professor of playwriting and dramaturgy…

Patricia Covo Johnson was born in Mexico City where she lived until moving to Houston in 1973.  She earned a BA in art history from the University of California, Santa…

David Ferris is an associate professor of musicology in the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. He teaches seminars on the classical style, Mozart, Romantic song, Mendelssohn, Schumann, text…