Baseera Khan

DJ GNDRBNDR

Pride Chorus Houston has partnered with the Moody Center to bring you a special performance from the chorus at 6 p.m., bookended by happy hour tunes from the DJ GNDRBNDR starting at 5 p.m. Complimentary specialty cocktails will be provided by Social Beer Garden and attendees can see the current exhibition, Baseera Khan: Weight on History during this free after-hours event.

Baseera Khan: Weight on History is the first solo exhibition in Houston for the LGBTQ+ Texas-born, New York-based multidisciplinary artist features new and recent work, including a monumental sculptural commission, that collectively offers a means to critique existing power structures and envision alternative futures.

Khan, a self-identified femme Muslim American, raised in Denton, Texas, explores the complex and often overwhelming issues of commodification, politics, and the body through pop culture, architecture, fashion, and music. Shifting seamlessly between mediums and materials, the artist creates spaces of beauty and safety, while pointing to structures that systematically exclude or misrepresent marginalized populations. The combination of disruption and reprieve offered by Weight on History allows visitors to linger in the visual allure of the works on view while contemplating difficult issues surrounding cultural prejudice, thus creating an entry point toward imagining a more inclusive society.

You can find GNDRBNDR at several events around Houston including the Social Beer Garden's Slay All Day Drag show on Saturdays at 2:30 p.m.

This event is free and open to the public.

Driving + parking
The Moody Center for the Arts is located on the campus of Rice University, and is best reached by using Campus Entrance 8 at the intersection of University Boulevard and Stockton Street. As you enter campus, the building is on the right, just past the Media Center. There is a dedicated parking lot adjacent to the building. Payment for the Moody Lot is by credit card only. Maps are available at rice.edu/maps.

Please note: Our address is the general address to Rice University. To find us on campus, enter “Moody Center for the Arts” on Google or Apple maps.

METRO bus + rail
The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, (METRO) provides bus and rail service from destinations around Houston. There is a METRORail stop across the street from the main entrance of the Rice campus is the Hermann Park/Rice University station.