Glasstire counts down the top five art events in Texas. Shavon Aja Morris presents a series of photographic collage works that repurpose found imagery to offer a renewed encounter with the Black American woman. Predominantly sourced from vintage issues of Ebony Magazine and spanning both the past and present, Morris invites us to reconsider our understanding of resilience.

The annual Aperture Portfolio Prize aims to discover, exhibit, and publish new talents in photography—identifying contemporary trends in the field and highlighting artists whose work deserves greater recognition. Alongside the shortlisted artists, Aperture’s editors also selected a longlist of twenty outstanding artists to recognize: Shavon Aja Morris, Andrés Barón, Robin Bernstein, Jo Ann Chaus, Jesse Clark, Leah DeVun, Jenna Garret Read More

The Bert Long, Jr. Spring Survey Exhibition is open annually to Houston-area emerging artists. This year, there are nine artists on view, and one of the artists will be chosen for the 2024 Bert Long, Jr. Prize which includes a $3,000 cash award and a summer solo exhibition in the Bert Long, Jr. Gallery.
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Houston Endowment’s inaugural exhibition, “Salvation is my heart on display,” features works by Shavon Aja Morris, Jakayla Monay, Raul Rene Gonzalez, and Jessica Phillips. The show brings together artists working in a variety of media, including photography, painting, ceramics, and printmaking, to address “topics such as racism, colorism, parenting, and the complexities of human interaction.”
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Selected Houston artists are Shavon Aja Morris, Nela Garzón, Zulma Vega. Selected San Antonio artists are Monique Sullivan, Juan Carlos Escobedo. About the selection process, Mr. Blay told Glasstire, “There was a stunning breadth of incredible work from applicants in San Antonio and Houston.
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