It all started when…

We had an idea to create some community dialogue around art. From the symphony to the museums, Houston has one of the largest and richest arts communities in the United States. We thought it would be a wonderful idea to introduce our neighborhood to the talented Houston artists, many of them are our neighbors!

We made a tiny art gallery and named it “Shepherd Park Projects.” We feature Houston area artists. Come by anytime to see our tiny gallery at 983 Chamboard Lane, Houston, TX 77018

Gallery Schedule:

2022:
July 31 – September 23: Patrick Renner
September 25 – October 31: Catherine Colangelo
November 6 – December 9: Steve Murphy
December 11– January 13: Thedra Cullar-Ledford
January 15 – February 17: Janavi Folmsbee

Exhibitions:

Diorama-O-Rama by Patrick Renner

Patrick Renner is a fourth-generation Houstonian and grew up in SPP on Curtain Street.

He received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2004 and his MFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2006. As a sculptor, Renner has established himself in the Houston art scene and at venues throughout the US and internationally. Renner has been a collaborator in various capacities, helping establish the alternative art space El Ríncon Social on Houston’s east side, and as a founding member of the multidisciplinary art group {exurb} from 2011-2016. He then co-founded the public sculpture production company Flying Carpet Creative, established in 2015, which has authored over a half-dozen large public projects to date throughout Texas cities as well as Memphis, TN, and Scottsdale, AZ.

Some career highlights include selection for Lawndale’s Big Show, the Houston Art Car Parade with his high school students, including a Mayor’s Cup (top prize); the Houston Thanksgiving Day Parade with collaborator Alex Larsen; the Museum District Business Alliance Cultural Arts Community Improvement Award for Funnel Tunnel in 2013; a Houston Press MasterMind Award in 2015; Artist of the Year awards from both the Houston Press and the American Institute of Architects (Houston chapter) in 2016; and most recently, #1 in Glasstire’s Top Five for his exhibition BOUNTY at Redbud Gallery in February 2020.

You can find out more about Patrick’s and his work at: https://www.patrickrennerarchive.com/

Neighborhood Garden Guardian by Catherine Colangelo

A Houston native and long-time resident of Shepherd Park Plaza, Catherine Colangelo and her family live on Cheshire Street and are active members of the community.

After earning a BFA in Painting from The Cooper Union in New York, Catherine Colangelo returned to Houston to pursue her art practice. She was one of five finalists for the 2017 Artadia Award – Houston, the recipient of 2011 and 2007 Individual Artist Grant Fellowships from the Houston Arts Alliance, and has been a Hunting Prize finalist in 2014 and 2010. Catherine’s work has been featured in many group exhibits and in the recent solo exhibitions Force Field at Front Gallery, Everyday Sorcery and Talismanic at Cindy Lisica Gallery (Houston), Ocular Rhythms at McMurtrey Gallery (Houston), and Sea Change at Conduit Gallery (Dallas).

To find out more about Catherine and her work:
https://www.catherinecolangelo.com

Gilding The Lilly by Steve Murphy

Our neighbor across the street, Steve Murphy, is a resident of Shepherd Park Plaza for over 31 years.

An alumnus of the University of Houston, he is an accomplished artist and his work has been exhibited internationally. He is represented by William Campbell Gallery in Ft. Worth and his sculptures are in several notable private, public, and museum collections.

Steve’s work deals with the classic elements of sculpture; form, volume, surface, and edge. His current body of work is the result of a continued reductive investigation of those sculptural elements. Minimalism is not strived for in these pieces but is referenced as a result of reducing these elements to simple yet engaging geometric formats.

About his work, Steve says, “I want the pieces to allow the viewer to slow down, have a quiet, meditative-like experience when contemplating these works, and hopefully walk away with a fresh way of seeing and experiencing the world around them.”

Solo exhibition at the 2018 Venice Architectural Biennale, The Museum of South East Texas, Houston Baptist University, Travis Tower and Houston City Hall. Also included in group exhibitions; Houston Artists: Gestural and Geometric Abstraction, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama, Texas Abstract Exhibition, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, Texas, Under The Rotunda, Texas Capitol Building, Austin Texas and A Panoramic View, Islander Gallery, A&M University, Corpus Christi, Texas.

To find out more about Steve and his work:
http://www.stevemurphyart.com