Writers Remix | "Hew Locke: Passages"
Date & Time
Fri. Jul. 10, 2026
6:30 PM-7:30 PM
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Location Main Campus | Beck Building
Parking at Beck Garage
Drop off at Beck Building
Drop off at Beck Building
Writers Remix
In this interactive program, local writers perform their own works in response to special exhibitions and the MFAH art collections.
Email Your Questions [email protected]
Writers Remix | "Hew Locke: Passages"
Date & Time
Fri. Jul. 10, 2026
6:30 PM-7:30 PM
This event has passed
Location Main Campus | Beck Building
Parking at Beck Garage
Drop off at Beck Building
Drop off at Beck Building
Writers Remix
In this interactive program, local writers perform their own works in response to special exhibitions and the MFAH art collections.
Experience the MFAH like never before—through the power of the written word. Local writers bring art to life by performing original works in the galleries.
Artist Hew Locke reinvents the signs and symbols that define public spaces—from statues to coats of arms, royal insignia, official portraits, monuments, and imperial architecture. He uses photography, drawing, sculpture, and assemblages to explore the histories of colonialism across five continents—filtered through present-day realities of global trade, migration, and diaspora.
The most comprehensive survey of Locke’s work to date, Hew Locke: Passages showcases the spectrum of his practice through three decades of his sculptures, collages, and assemblages.
The most comprehensive survey of Locke’s work to date, Hew Locke: Passages showcases the spectrum of his practice through three decades of his sculptures, collages, and assemblages.
Plan Your Visit
- Included with Museum admission
- This event takes place on the Lower Level of the Beck Building.
- Parking Information | Museum Hours | MFAH Campus Map
About the Program
Writers Remix is presented in collaboration with Public Poetry.
About the Speakers
Detrick Hughes is an American poet, author, spoken word artist, and entrepreneur based in Houston. He received his MFA in creative writing from Ashland University, and has published several collections of poetry and two spoken word albums. A dedicated advocate for the literary arts community, he serves as the board president of Public Poetry and previously served as the director of the American Root Reading Series. He teaches at both Houston City College and Texas Southern University, and is the co-owner of Pen & Leaf Press, an independent publishing house dedicated to bringing chapbooks and full-length literary works to light.
Writers Remix is presented in collaboration with Public Poetry.
About the Speakers
Detrick Hughes is an American poet, author, spoken word artist, and entrepreneur based in Houston. He received his MFA in creative writing from Ashland University, and has published several collections of poetry and two spoken word albums. A dedicated advocate for the literary arts community, he serves as the board president of Public Poetry and previously served as the director of the American Root Reading Series. He teaches at both Houston City College and Texas Southern University, and is the co-owner of Pen & Leaf Press, an independent publishing house dedicated to bringing chapbooks and full-length literary works to light.
Nihal Osama is a Sudanese-American writer and educator whose work centers on themes of identity, displacement, and tradition. Nihal's short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction have appeared in Solidago, The Gordian Review, Copper Nickel, Mizna, Arkana, Qafiyah Review, midnight & indigo, and elsewhere.
Võ Đức Quang is a bilingual Vietnamese-American artist and the executive director of Public Poetry, a nonprofit organization that supports established and emerging poets in the literary community. A music contributor to the Vietnamese Alliance of Cultural Artists (VACA), his works have appeared on diaCRITICS and elsewhere, including the exhibition Space for Us: Afrofuturism and the Poetic Imagination.
Chan Tea is a trans, nonbinary Khmer person and multidisciplinary poet and artist whose work has been featured in publications including Glass Mountain, Sybil, Infrarrealista Review, Holy of Holies, and Location/Houston. In addition to poetry, Tea’s head is filled with pool sequences and chess calculations.
Email Your Questions [email protected]
On Thursdays, admission to the MFAH Permanent Collections is free, courtesy of Shell USA, Inc.
Learning and Interpretation programs receive generous funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services; Samuel H. Kress Foundation; The Brown Foundation, Inc.; Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; Houston Junior Woman's Club; Sharon G. Dies; Sterling-Turner Foundation; Susan Vaughan Foundation; and additional generous donors.
"Hew Locke: Passages" is organized by the Yale Center for British Art in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Major support is provided by:
Jerold B. Katz Foundation
Jerold B. Katz Foundation
Generous support is provided by:
Dillon Kyle and Sam Lasseter
Winnie Scheuer and Kevin Bonebrake
Dillon Kyle and Sam Lasseter
Winnie Scheuer and Kevin Bonebrake