September 10–
May 15
Exhibition
Moody Center for the Arts
9a–5p
Provisional Campus Facilities (PCF) Tents, located on the south side of Rice University’s campus
Across Loop Road from Herring Hall
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX 77005
About
In the sixth round of commissions for the Tent Series, the Moody Center for the Arts extends its engagement with Houston-based artists by inviting Tay Butler, Loc Huynh, and Virginia L. Montgomery (VLM) to create large-scale temporary artworks that will foster conversation throughout the 2026 academic year. Featured on Provisional Campus Facilities (PCF) Tents, located on the south side of Rice University's campus, across Loop Road from Herring Hall, these three works offer poignant expressions of creativity, innovation, and connection.
September 19–
August 23
Exhibition
Brochstein Pavilion at Rice University
9a–5p
Raymond and Susan Brochstein Pavilion
Rice University
Houston, TX 77005
*The closest location for visitor parking is available at the Visitor Founder’s Lot.
About
Cafeteria by Yifan Jiang is the next installation in the Moody's Off the Wall series. It was inspired by Jiang’s frequent visits to the Brochstein Pavilion while she audited philosophy classes at Rice University during her two-year Core Residency Program at the Glassell School of Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. To create this work, Jiang drew from Houston’s culinary histories, illustrating pastries through an expressive, freehand approach. Overlaid with acrylic paint, the mural depicts the silhouettes of windswept oak trees, birds in flight, and passing students, their shadows mirroring the world outside. In this space where contemplation and leisure intersect, Jiang’s Cafeteria raises questions about what we know, what reality is, and where it begins to slip into a dream.
April 2
Event, Exhibition
Moody Center for the Arts
6–8p
6100 Main MS-550
Houston, TX 77005
About
Join us to celebrate the opening of Moody Project Wall: Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin. This collaborative installation titled, I remember this one time... includes personal memories, archival histories, images, objects, and ephemera collected from Rice students and the Houston area, amplifying LGBTQ+ visibility.
April 7
Discussion
Moody Center for the Arts
6–7:30p
6100 Main MS-550
Houston, TX 77005
About
Join us for an interdisciplinary conversation with exhibiting artist Joan Fontcuberta led by Robert Howell, Rice University's Yasser El-Sayed Professor of Philosophy Department Chair. Internationally celebrated for his sharp, playful critiques of photography and authorship in the digital age, Joan Fontcuberta has been awarded the Hasselblad Award, Spain’s National Photography Prize, and the Royal Photographic Society’s Centenary Medal and has been exhibited at Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, Tate Modern, the Centre Pompidou, and the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, among others.
