{"id":9069,"date":"2026-06-02T14:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T14:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=9069"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:17:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:17:27","slug":"theaster-gates-and-studio-zewde-to-create-performance-space-for-houstons-freedmens-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/theaster-gates-and-studio-zewde-to-create-performance-space-for-houstons-freedmens-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Theaster Gates and Studio Zewde to create performance space for Houston’s Freedmen’s Town"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Artist Theaster Gates<\/a> and landscape designer Sara Zewde have designed a pavilion from recovered building materials that will be a community centre in a historic Black neighbourhood in Houston<\/a>, Texas.<\/span><\/p>\n

Part of an ongoing Rebirth in Action partnership between Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH<\/a>), Houston Freedmen’s Town Conservancy (HFTC<\/a>) and Gates<\/a>, the project will serve as a performance and gathering place for the organisation and wider community.<\/p>\n

Zewde<\/a>, founder of her eponymous studio, will work with Gates to create the stage, which has been depicted as a semi-circular pavilion with a structural system supporting a slightly sloped awning.<\/p>\n

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Theaster Gates, Studio Zewde and Hines Architecture + Design have designed a community center for Freedman’s Town in Houston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Facing a grass area stacked bricks will act as a screen behind the slightly raised stage area. The bricks are an important part of the project, as they represent a continuation of Stage One of the Rebirth in Action initiative, which aimed to preserve the area’s historic brick streets and buildings.<\/p>\n

So far the work has included the cataloguing and preservation of 20,000 bricks. According to HFTC, its goal is to show how preservation can become a shared endeavour for a community.<\/p>\n