Enjoy a free reception for "Simple Stories: The Photography of Robert Houston" on Saturday, December 7 from 5:30-7:30pm. Artist's comments begin at 6pm.

Over the past few decades Baltimore has struggled with fragmentation. Rather than seen as a unified city, Baltimore is instead viewed as a grouping of disparate neighborhoods. However, art has the power to transcend limiting imagined identities. The photographs of Robert Houston celebrate the underlying essence of humanity embodied by each and every one of us.

A curatorial project of Sandra Abbott’s UMBC Museum Studies class, "Simple Stories" explores the work of photographer, Robert Houston. Houston's photographic career documents half a century of portraits and everyday life, including his work for LIFE magazine and images of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The exhibit runs Dec. 6 – 14, 2013, with a reception on Sat. Dec. 7, 5:30 – 7:30 pm, at which the artist will deliver comments at 6 pm.

About the Venue:

The reception and artist's comments for "Simple Stories: The Photography of Robert Houston" will be held in the Amalie Rothschild Gallery in the Creative Alliance at the Patterson.

Creative Alliance at The Patterson
3134 Eastern Ave., Baltimore, MD 21224
For directions, visit: http://creativealliance.org/planavisit