FLATS

FLATS FLATS is a nomadic photography exhibition series and photo lab.

We aim to create a platform for Houston-based photographers to connect and show their work in intimate, non-traditional settings.

Join us for Rhonda’s Baby, a visual prayer by artist Bria Lauren, opening Friday, June 19th from 6–9pm at FLATS.Through ...
06/02/2026

Join us for Rhonda’s Baby, a visual prayer by artist Bria Lauren, opening Friday, June 19th from 6–9pm at FLATS.

Through portraiture, arts activism, storytelling, multimedia installation, and community programming, Bria Lauren centers Black women’s interior lives, ancestral memory, Black mother-daughter relationships, and the dimensions of Black women’s relationships with one another while building infrastructures of radical care and liberation around their livelihoods and futures.

“Rhonda’s Baby is dedicated to Black daughters, loving and healing from Black mamas that don’t know how to love them back.” - Bria

Bria Lauren is a transdisciplinary visual artist, community architect, and Third Ward, Houston native. She is also the founder of Gold Was Made Fa’ Her (GWMFH) , a 501(c)(3) arts and healing movement for Black women and communities across the Black South.

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Manifested collectively by the artist in conversation with curators Laura Earle , Ashley DeHoyos Sauder , and Jessi Bowman

📍 FLATS
🗓 June 19 – September 26, 2026
Opening Reception: Friday, June 19, 6–9pm
RSVP at link in bio

Gallery Hours:
Tues–Thurs: 3–6pm
Fri: 12–7pm
Sat: 11am–4pm

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05/31/2026

Want to join the Film on Tap competition but don’t know how to develop film with beer? We’ve got you covered. 🍺📷

FLATS and Saint Arnold are making it easy to jump into the world of beer-developed film. We’re offering a special $25 Film on Tap day pass (normally $30) that includes access to FLATS’ community darkroom and everything you need to develop your film in beer—including the beer itself.

Never developed film before? Totally okay. We’ve created this walkthrough video, and we’ll also be hosting a hands-on workshop, on JUNE 5TH, to guide you through the process step by step.

Photography has always been rooted in experimentation, and this is your excuse to try something new.

🍺 Reserve a day pass
🎞 Sign up for the workshop
📷 Submit your work

All through the link in bio.

Important Dates:
🍺 Open call closes June 14
🎞 Finalists announced June 17
🏆 Community voting night at Saint Arnold: June 26

Thank you to everyone who came out in the rain on Saturday and sang, drank, ate, and cried with us 💧🎤It was such a speci...
05/27/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out in the rain on Saturday and sang, drank, ate, and cried with us 💧🎤

It was such a special way to celebrate You Weren’t There by Jacinto Deleon and spend time with Britt Thomas’ interactive work, Peel & Feel Instant Tears. Seeing everyone engage with the exhibition through performance, emotion, karaoke, and community felt incredibly meaningful.

Big thank you to for the amazing food, .between for the matcha, for education, and everyone who helped make the night so memorable.

You Weren’t There remains on view through June 6 and you can use the Peel & Feels at FLATS’ photobooth

05/20/2026

FILM ON TAP 🍺📷

FLATS and Saint Arnold are teaming up for Film on Tap, a photo competition celebrating experimentation, darkroom magic, and mildly unhinged analog decisions. Shoot a roll, develop it in beer, and submit your favorite images for a chance to win prizes from FLATS and Saint Arnold.

Never developed film in beer before? No worries. We’ve got you covered:

🍺 Beer developing workshop — June 5
📷 Special $25 darkroom day passes (includes materials + beer)
🏆 Open call closes June 14
🎞 Finalists announced June 17
🎉 Community voting party at Saint Arnold — June 26

After some serious scientific research, we found Saint Arnold Citrus Shandy gave us the best results.

Link in bio for submissions, our class, an instructional youtube video, and more details.

Every year, the FLATS team curates a cinematic photography exhibition to accompany the Admit One Analog Film Showcase, a...
05/13/2026

Every year, the FLATS team curates a cinematic photography exhibition to accompany the Admit One Analog Film Showcase, a collaboration with . 📸

On view in the MATCH gallery (right outside the theater), this free exhibition features Houston-based analog photographers whose work captures the mood, grit, and beauty of film stills. The gallery is open all evening during the event—no ticket required to visit.

✨ This year’s featured artists:
Andi Meyer
April J. Johnson
Connor E
Jennifer Anaya
Joel Hernandez
Max Zuanich
Omar Marquez .quez
Padma Múzquiz
Sara Saavedra
Vincent Villagomez
Zach McKenzie

🎟️ Tickets for the screening are going fast—don’t wait!
🗓 Monday, May 18th
🕕 Doors at 6:30PM | 🎬 Screening at 7:30 PM
📍 MATCH (Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston)
🎟 Link in bio

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Because so much of Jacinto’s family kept asking where the karaoke was at the opening… we decided to make it happen 🎤Join...
05/11/2026

Because so much of Jacinto’s family kept asking where the karaoke was at the opening… we decided to make it happen 🎤

Join us for a special karaoke night alongside You Weren’t There by Jacinto Deleon. will be back with their delicious eats, and we will have matcha by .between , and plenty of songs queued up for y’all to sing your little hearts out.

We’ll also have an interactive project by Britt Thomas () inside the FLATS Photo Booth: Peel & Feel Instant Tears — a modified vending machine dispensing custom glass stick-on teardrops inspired by Man Ray’s Glass Tears. The piece treats emotion as something performative, wearable, and applied. So bring your quarters!

Free photo strip for anyone using the Peel & Feel Tears! *during event only*

📍FLATS, May 23rd, 6-9pm

Come hang, sing, cry a little, and spend time with the exhibition before it closes.

Sponsored by and funded in part by and the City of Houston.

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One month left to see You Weren’t There by Jacinto Deleon.This exhibition moves through immigrant identity, memory, and ...
05/05/2026

One month left to see You Weren’t There by Jacinto Deleon.

This exhibition moves through immigrant identity, memory, and the feeling of living between two ideas of home — the Philippines and the American South. Through photography, archive, and found objects, Deleon reflects on belonging, labor, and generational memory shaped across distance.

On view through June 6. Come spend some time with the work.

Alternative printmaking alert ☀️Step outside the darkroom and into the sun with artist Lisa Bridges (). In this hands-on...
04/28/2026

Alternative printmaking alert ☀️

Step outside the darkroom and into the sun with artist Lisa Bridges (). In this hands-on class, you’ll explore cyanotypes and lumen prints, using light and organic materials to create one-of-a-kind images.

No camera needed, no experience required. Just show up and make something beautiful. All supplies included.

🗓️ May 9th
Link in bio

04/14/2026

A little piece of Houston history, now for your fridge.
FLATS’ first fridge magnets are here! Inspired by the blue and white tiles around Montrose 💙

First embedded into curbs in the 1920s as Houston’s original street signs, these tiles have become one of the city’s most iconic details — history hiding in plain sight.

Now they get to live on your fridge, framing your photo strip from Houston’s first photobooth in over 15 years.

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Tuesday 11am - 6pm
Wednesday 11am - 6pm
Thursday 11am - 6pm
Friday 12pm - 7pm
Saturday 11am - 4pm

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