Fall 2024/Spring/Summer 2025

Ashé Market

The Community Artists’ Collective held its seventeenth Annual Ashé Market December 19-21 at its new location at 4111 Fannin, Suite 100A. Admission is free.

The market, which also serves as an introduction to The Collective’s new home, features a curated selection of unique items made by local artisans. Additional items include African fabric, masks and other art pieces from various African nations. 

Women of the Earth

The Community Artists’ Collective opened its 2025 exhibition season in its new home at 4111 Fannin, Suite 100A, Saturday, February 1, with “Women of the Earth,” a collaboration between three Houston artists.

The exhibition unites the creative voices of Kanika Blair, Andrea Venson and Audrianna Woods—three artists whose work is deeply entwined with the natural world. Through distinct yet harmoniously aligned practices, they explore the intersection of femininity, nature and spiritual connection.

Andrea navigates a captivating balance between structure and fluidity in her collages; Kanika animates ethereal dreamscapes that transport viewers to otherworldly dimensions; and Audri’s evocative paintings draw on ancestral energy and wisdom.  Together they highlight the power of women working in harmony to create art that is bold, sensual and deeply rooted in the earth.

The exhibition continued through March 22.  An opening reception was held Saturday, February 1, from 5 to 8 p.m.

Out of the Blue

“Out of the Blue,” opened Saturday, April 12, featuring the works of Janice Warren and Joseph Dixon, whose art expresses their life’s journey through the complex maze of raising, educating and advocating for children on the autism spectrum, as well as for their own.

The exhibit, which running through May 24, coincided with National Autism Awareness Month in April.

Warren’s compilation is a series of thought-provoking imagery of abstract and mixed media works that capture the emotional exertion families face while raising a child with autism or other related developmental impairments.

Dixon presents works from his Faces of Autism series, a body of works in pencil and acrylic that features images of students with special needs that he has been involved with since 2008. These works capture moments in time that depict their personality and passions. This ongoing work in progress is an effort to promote awareness of individuals living with autism and other related learning and physical challenges.