Discovery Green’s Public Art Programming Enhances Houston Life
By Holly Beretto Discovery Green was built to be a place where art could thrive, so it was designed as a kind of public art project of its own. With green lawns, gardens and a sparkling lake set against a backdrop of downtown skyscrapers, the park is an oasis of beauty. Park founders Maconda Brown […]
Kathryn Lott: The preface and promise of Discovery Green’s Art Lab
Houstonians have cultivated a profound appreciation for the public art program at Discovery Green. Since launching in 2008, the Conservancy has exhibited 26 temporary large-scale public art installations, presenting each as a gift to our community free of charge. Millions of visitors have encountered these transformative works, making Discovery Green a key player in the […]
Discovery Green® Selects former Art Lab fellow Karen Navarro as featured artist for Fall 2025 Pop-Up Installation
Discovery Green Conservancy is proud to announce that Houston-based artist Karen Navarro, a former Art Lab fellow, has been selected to create the park’s fall 2025 temporary art installation.
Green Mountain Energy Earth Day at Discovery Green achieves “Zero Waste” goal despite record-breaking trash collection
This year’s Green Mountain Energy Earth Day celebration saw near-record attendance, with almost 30,000 people gathering at Discovery Green on Saturday, April 19 to enjoy beautiful spring weather and environmentally focused programming. Building on its mission of sustainability, the event once again met its ambitious Zero Waste goal—diverting over 90% of waste from landfills—even as […]
ATLAS by Jen Lewin provides a magical surprise for visitors to Discovery Green
By Holly Beretto On a chilly Friday in downtown Houston, as twilight transitioned to dusk, a jogger kept a brisk pace along Discovery Green’s George R. Brown Promenade, his steps creating a soft shhkth-shhkth sound on the dirt path. He looked up as his stride hit a certain spot on the walkway, triggering a trilling […]
Discovery Green Art Lab Fellow Gerardo Rosales Creates Art of Inclusivity
By Holly Beretto Growing up in Venezuela’s Andes region, Discovery Green Art Lab fellow Gerardo Rosales danced and played music before committing to visual arts in his late teens. Drawn to the folk art of the Andes – with its emphasis on the natural world – the self-taught Rosales created ceramics. That connection to the […]
Discovery Green Art Lab Fellow Karen Navarro Uses Art to Silently Express Identity and Legacy
By Holly Beretto For Discovery Green Art Fellow Karen Navarro, art was in her heritage, but it wasn’t until she lost the ability to communicate in words that the desire to create emerged. Originally from an artistic family in Argentina, Karen Navarro studied fashion design at the University of Buenos Aires. When she arrived in […]
Discovery Green’s ART LAB in the news
ATLAS by Jen Lewin consists of 24 oversized and illuminated moths hanging from the canopy of the Brown Promenade in Discovery Green. The ethereal creations are attracting a lot of attention from park visitors who discover not only are the fascinating to look at, they’re also interactive. If you haven’t seen them yet, make plans […]
The future of endangered moths looms large at Discovery Green this winter
The 24 moths hanging from the canopy that drapes over the Brown Promenade are larger than life. In this way ATLAS by Jen Lewin draws attention to the outsized impact moths can have on our environment as critical nocturnal pollinators. ATLAS will be on view at Discovery Green November 15 – February 16. Moths are […]
Jen Lewin talks art as discovery, mentorship and a need to metaphorically plan the party
Jen Lewin is the inaugural ART LAB mentor and the artist behind this year’s winter art installation at Discovery Green: ATLAS, on view November 15 through February 16. Consisting of 24 oversized moths hanging from the canopy of the Brown Promenade, visitors will be attracted by ATLAS’s glowing light and harmonious sound emanating from each […]