Performance Series to Raise Covid Vaccine Awareness Through Arts

GONZO247
GONZO247, graffiti muralist

In collaboration with Houston Methodist Hospital, the University of Houston Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts presents "Come Together Houston: A Community Arts and Health Partnership." The free event performance series is funded by the CDC Foundation, and focuses on raising COVID-19 vaccine awareness through the arts in immunization hesitant Houston communities.

The series runs May 5 through July 23, and will feature four Houston artists: GONZO247, graffiti muralist; Mariachi Pumas, UH Mariachi ensemble; Outspoken Bean, poet laureate; and Urban Souls; social arts organization promoting creativity.

Members of the community will be invited to share and record their personal experiences with COVID-19 during each event, and those stories will then be featured on the Come Together Houston website.

  • May 6, 5:30-8 p.m., MECA Dow Campus (Multicultural Education & Counseling through the Arts) 1900 Kane St, Houston, 77007
  • May 21, 12-2 p.m., Trinity Houston United Methodist Church, 2600 Holman St., Houston, 77004
  • May 27, 5:30 – 8 p.m., MECA Dow Campus (Multicultural Education & Counseling through the Arts) 1900 Kane St, Houston, 77007
  • July 23, 4-7 p.m., Discovery Green, 1500 McKinney St., Houston, 77010
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