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How has humanity given form to spiritual beliefs across time and cultures? Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples explores that quest in an expansive exhibition featuring more than 200 objects from the past 4,000 years. Images: Top row, left to right: Mosque Lamp, Egypt, c. 1319, colorless glass; blown and decorated with polychrome enamels and gold, The al-Sabah Collection, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait, LNS 5G. Incensario Stand with Seated Ruler, Central and South America (Maya), 600–1000, earthenware with pigment, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase funded by the Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Accessions Endowment, 2022.681. Gangajali (Sacred Water Urn), Jaipur, 20th century, silver, Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum Trust. © Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum. Middle row, left to right Hanukkah Lamp, Eastern Galicia or western Ukraine, 1752–53, copper alloy, the Jewish Museum, New York, gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman, F 1423. Simone Cantarini, The Risen Christ, 1644–48, oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, gift of Azita Bina and Elmar W. Seibel and Henry H. and Zoe Oliver Sherman Fund, 2002.340. © 2024 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Shiva Nataraja, India, late 19th–early 20th century, bronze, collection of John and Fausta Eskenazi. Photo: John J. Eskenazi Ltd. Bottom row, left to right Figure (Mbulu Ngulu), Kota Region peoples (possibly Mahongwe or Shaké) Democratic Republic of Congo, late 19th–early 20th century, wood, brass, and copper, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of Frank Carroll in memory of Frank and Eleanor Carroll, 2020.495. Ernst Mattäi, after Bertel Thorvaldsen, Venus, 1816–20, marble, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Endowment, 85.309. Buddha in Meditation, Gandharan, Afghanistan or Pakistan, 4th–5th century, stucco, private collection. Photo: Mark French, Hong Kong.

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Houston Center for Contemporary Craft is pleased to present "Designing Motherhood," the first exhibition of its kind to consider the arc of human reproduction through a design lens. HCCC’s iteration of "Designing Motherhood" is the first mounted in the Southern United States and the first to extend the contents to highlight the craft perspective on the topic. About the photos: 1. Installation view of HCCC’s Winter 2024 exhibition, This Side Up. Photo by Katy Anderson. 2. Main St. entrance of Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Photo by HCCC. 3. View of HCCC’s Fall 2024 exhibition, Designing Motherhood. Photo by HCCC. 4. HCCC Resident Artist Gabo Martinez in her studio, 2024. Photo by Katy Anderson. 5. Former HCCC Resident Artist Hai-Wen Lin at Hands-on Houston, April 2024.

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Join us during the holiday season at Asher: Off the Wall to shop an expanded selection of handcrafted jewelry, objects, wearables, prints, and sparkly gift items made by more than 30 local and national craft artists. We’re excited about the fantastic variety of merchandise and artists included this year. A few things you’ll find: papier-mache ornaments by Andrea Condara, earrings by Younha Jung, fun apparel by Baby Cats of CA, vegan handbags by Ceibo, ceramics from Gabo Martinez, and clever wooden whistles by Connie Roberts. See the full list of participating artists and vendors on our website!