Scoot-In
Curator Bart Weiss in Attendance
As part of Insight|Out Festival
Saturday, May 19, 8:30PM
Location: Sesquicentennial Park, 500 Block of Preston Street (between Bagby and Smith)
FREE Admission
Take a ride on your two-wheeler and join Aurora Picture Show for a one-of-a-kind Scoot-In screening on Saturday, May 19th at 8:30PM in Sesquicentennial Park at the 500 block of Preston Street (between Babgy and Smith streets). Aurora reunites with Buffalo Bayou Partnership and the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts to bring Houston another unique drive-in event in partnership with Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas of Houston. Geared toward scooterists and bicyclists as part of Insight|Out Festival, this site-specific film screening will feature artist-made short-length films and videos about two-wheelers (scooters, bicycles, unicycles, tricycles and motorcycles). Bart Weiss of the Dallas Video Festival will be the guest curator for this program.  MORE INFO

I Can Do Anything!
With Performance by GRCH Camper All-Star Band
Curated by Sarah Gish
Friday, June 8, 7PM  
Location: Discovery Green, 1500 McKinney Street
Free Admission
The I Can Do Anything! screening of film shorts by, about, and for kids celebrates children who truly can do anything because they still know how to dream! You’ll get to see a vintage 1972 “Fat Albert” clip – the first cartoon with an all black cast -- as well as the dreamy skydiving film, Chute, by French filmmaker Mathias Lachal. Other treats include funny films about babies and the story of elementary school students who turned their concrete playground into a garden paradise. Before the screening as the sun sets, please join us for a special performance by Girls Rock Camp of Houston All Star Band.  Screening to start at dark. READ MORE

Youth Stop-Motion Animation Workshop
Saturday, June 9th, 12:00-3:00PM
Location: Whole Foods Market Montrose Location
Free Admission with Advance Registration Requested
Aurora’s stop-animation workshop teaches children a form of animation in which still photographs and objects are filmed and manipulated in ways that make them appear to move on their own.  Youth will use fruits and vegetables from Whole Foods Market to create short films that spread the message of environmental responsibility or healthy habits. Aurora Picture Show volunteers will help participants create their story and local filmmakers will help bring them to life.  READ MORE


AURORA NEWS


Support Aurora Picture Show
Contribute to our Kickstarter Campaign
After years of research and planning, Aurora is excited to announce that we are moving to a new home located in the Rice/Kirby area on June 1st, specifically the former artist studio on Bartlett Street where we have housed Extremely Shorts Film Festival for the past few years.  This new space will accommodate our needs for interior (air-conditioned) screenings, youth education programs, the video library, as well as our offices.  But we need your help to make this possible in time to host our first screening event- the Extremely Shorts Film Festival! Please contribute to our Kickstarter Campaign today so we can purchase chairs, equipment and furnishings.  DONATE NOW

Artist-made Aurora Membership Cards
Learn How to Participate
We love our artist-made designs for T-shirts and pint glasses and we want our membership cards to be just as wonderful as our merchandise! So, we decided they should be artist-made as well!  Since our events are one-of-a-kind - your membership card will be too.  For the first round of these new cards, we sought inspiration from the Fluxus creative process. READ MORE

Education Station
An Update on Mobile Media Literacy with Aurora
Aurora Picture Show recently partnered with Whole Foods Market to host a free stop-motion animation workshop at the Bellaire location.  The youth worked with fruits and vegetables from the store to create short films.  Check out their animations HERE.  In addition to the visit to their store, Whole Foods Market also supported a matching visit in the community.  This animation workshop took place with the Texas Children's Hospital Arts In Medicine Program at the Texas Children's Cancer Center and Hematology Service.  Check out those animations HERE. Interested in learning more about these workshops for your organization, click HERE.

Meet Amy Jenkins
Featured in the Curator's Corner this Summer
Each quarter, Aurora Curator Mary Magsamen will highlight an artist from Aurora's diverse membership to showcase their work and introduce you to the Aurora congregation. This season, our featured member is Amy Jenkins.  View "To Have and to Hold", an animation of a bed slowly spinning to the music box tune “Honeymoon Waltz” as it unmakes itself down to bare bedposts.  READ MORE