The O'Kane Gallery at the University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) is hosting its final spring exhibition, High Art 2023, May 13–20, with the opening reception on Saturday, May 13, 2 - 4 p.m. The annual High Art exhibition features student work from high schools throughout the Houston area. Nineteen high schools are participating in this year's exhibition with a variety of media including sculpture, painting, drawing, jewelry, video, photography, and ceramics. (Pictured above: Lolita Lopez, Lee Oak Ridge HS)

Thanks to Anne Trask, former director of the O’Kane Gallery, High Art made its debut in the late ‘90s. UHD Professor of Art Mark Cervenka continued the tradition when he took the reins as Gallery Director in 2000. (Pictured left: Jeraldine Monje, Westside High School)

Participating schools are:

Alief Taylor High School

Summer Creek High School

Booker T. Washington High School

Carver High School

DeBakey High School

Episcopal High School

Klein Cain High School

Hastings High School

HSPVA (High School for the Performing and Visual Arts)

Memorial High School

North Shore Senior High School

Sharpstown International High School

South Houston High School

Spring Wood High School

Sterling High School

Waltrip High School

Westbury High School

Westchester Academy for International Studies

Westside High School

The O’Kane Gallery is on the third floor of the Girard Street Building on the UHD campus. Parking is available in the Visitor Parking Garage, 201 Girard Street. For more information, visit https://www.uhd.edu/academics/humanities/news-community/okane-gallery/Pages/okane-gallery-visit.aspx