Forward Operating Galleries
Forward Operating Galleries (F.O.Gs)
are pop up gallery events featuring Veteran and military connected artists and artwork.
Now Showing
Spring Street Studios
2nd Floor - East Gallery
Monday - Saturday
9am - 5pm
ENTRANCES:
(1) Facing Spring Street, front
(1) Facing Sabine St, east side (open during events only)
PARKING:
Parking lot available at Sabine/Ovid or 1824 Spring Street, 77007
About (WAR)RIOR
Viewers may see literal interpretations of events or more abstract and symbolic pieces within this collection, which was created by a diverse population of artists whose contributions reflect their individual backgrounds, forms of expression, and artistic mediums.
This series invites viewers to consider how its artists’ range of circumstances, personalities, and artistic expression find common ground and how their shared experiences of war nonetheless remain intensely personal. Viewers are also encouraged to reflect on how the external impacts of service and warfare can both reflect and yet obscure the internal effects.
Title TBD
What does it mean to be a woman in the Armed Forces? How do we reconcile the feminine and the warrior?
Are the spirits of woman and warrior as different as we've been told to believe?
Create art, visual or written, for consideration for our F.O.G. in honor of Women Veterans Day, June 12th 2025
Submissions open February 2025
Past F.O.G.s
Here are some of our past events and the artists who participated in them.
Mettle & Honor
May 2023 - June 2023
We are kicked off our Forward Operating Galleries with a collaboration with the University of Houston Clear Lake. We were proud to showcase the work of Veteran and Military connected artists in the Bayou Building on the UHCL campus. The theme of "Mettle and Honor" paid respect to the determination, resilience, and pride shown by Armed Service members and their loved ones and the perseverance shown by members of our community on a daily basis. This gallery ran from 22 May 2023 through June 2023. A receptionwas held for artists, friends, and family on 25 May 2023. This event featured the work of: Amanda DeViney, Nicole Harford Dodd, Katharine Graham, USA, Gaw S. Jones, Jr., USMC, Christopher Martinez, USN, James Meyer, USAFR, Jason Turner, USA
SALUTE
November 2023
We collaborated with Ardest Gallery in The Woodlands to bring together artists from all over Texas to display their works in this beautiful gallery space in celebration of Veteran's Day.