When Casa Luz opened two years ago at 3536 Navigation, our vision was to create a space for artists & a home for everyone.
Every person that has stepped through our doors has supported a wide range of initiatives, including our wellness classes, community events and workshops, creative productions, artist residency program, and group art exhibitions.
Much gratitude to you all for your openness and trust.
We are leaving 3536 Navigation Blvd proud of the tiny part we’ve played in bridging gaps in our community and are excited to continue this work.
Join us Friday, March 28th, from 8pm to 1am to celebrate our time at 3536 and to ring in what’s ahead.
In the meantime, we encourage you to support our friends at @sanmanstudios , @edenplant.co , @wethelist_ , @thereadingroom.htx , @wonderlikewander , @emergentandco , @houstonfreedmenstown , @lawndaleartcenter and @moth.htx .
Hasta pronto!
Labor Of Love
2/22/25-3/15/25
We’d like to thank everyone who took time to see Labor of Love! Y’all helped make our third group exhibition a success.
We couldn’t have done with without the work and creativity of all 17 exhibiting artists. Thank you for your trust and creativity!
Special thanks to @lilcoopswrld@nataliejjames@stayclosetay & @cielito.no.tan.lindo who gave so much of their time to make this come together.
And lastly, much love to @brijanturner at @wethelist_ for trusting us with activating her newly opened space, to @chefcourtneyhtx for a beautiful preview night, & to @robbiemadisonmusic and friends for sharing their music with us.
Reminiscing on the Labor of Love live reading, featuring Tay Butler and Natalie James, whose original literary works complemented and deepened the themes explored in this group exhibition celebrating Black History Month✨
📝Guests were invited to respond to the bodies of text read that evening and post their words up next to an artwork that spoke to them. Blinking without Eyelids, a personal essay by Tay Butler, can be read by following the link in his bio (@stayclosetay )
💥We hope to see you TONIGHT from 7 PM to 12 AM for the closing reception and afterparty of Labor of Love!
📍201 Roberts St @wethelist_
📸: @casaluz.htx
📌 FEATURED IN LABOR OF LOVE
Eve Gene
2023
Marcus Wilson
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Good Hair, Good God
2024
Omari Jesse
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Something on your face
2023
Saj Baldwin
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The Sacred Connection
2025
Andrea Venson
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on view at @wethelist_ til March 15th
We appreciate everyone who has taken the time to come experience Labor of Love. Join us this Saturday, March 15 for the closing reception and after party of this special three week exhibition. Our good friends @brijanturner & @slickvicthedj will provide the sounds for the night. See you there!
📍 201 Roberts Street
A full house for Labor of Love’s artist talk ✨
Grateful to everyone who joined and contributed to a thoughtful and candid conversation, creating a communal space that welcomed vulnerability. With beautiful art and a thoughtfully facilitated discussion by Natalie James, the evening was filled with depth, openness, and connection.
📌 FEATURED IN LABOR OF LOVE
Uncle Brother
2024
Brody Campbell
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Kut Klose
Magnolia Street
Beaumont, TX
2006
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Beyond Aisles
2025
DeCarté May
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on view at @wethelist_ til March 15th
Step into an evening of soul-stirring jazz on Thursday, March 6, 2025, at 7 PM as Nicoya Polar and Robbie Madison bring their signature artistry to The List (201 Roberts Street), Houston’s newest café. In conjunction with Labor of Love, this special concert celebrates the timeless elegance of jazz and R&B, honoring legends like Ella Fitzgerald, Betty Carter, and Ray Charles, while embracing the modern evolution of sound.
Nicoya and Robbie have graced the stages of Candlelight Concerts, Sofar Music, and more, and now, they’re inviting you into an intimate night of storytelling through music—where tradition meets innovation, and artistry takes flight.
Drinks available at Room 808’s bar. Tickets available on casaluzhtx.com/shop. See you there!
📖 Artist Tay Butler (@stayclosetay ) and narrative storyteller Natalie James (@nataliejjames ) will read original literary works TODAY, from 1-3 PM, at 201 Roberts St in response to the exhibition Labor of Love 📖
Out of 101 submissions from artists across the country, 18 Black artists were selected for their visual works exploring the communal and individual experience of laboring towards Black legacy, Black community, Black healing, and Black joy. Tay Butler and Natalie James took these themes and reinterpreted them into the written and spoken word, mirroring and deepening the exhibition they collaboratively brought to life along with @lilcoopswrld , @cielito.no.tan.lindo , & @troyezeq ✨
📚Art, coffee, and a live reading. Can’t think of a better way for you to spend your Sunday afternoon!
Labor of Love Preview with @chefcourtneyhtx & @flashgparks
We’d like to thank everyone who came out and helped us make it a beautiful night.
You still have a couple of weeks to stop by @wethelist_ (201 Roberts Street) to experience Labor of Love! Gallery hours: Thurs-Sunday, 2-7 PM
photos by @thecsvisuals
Join us TONIGHT from 7 to 9 PM for an artist talk featuring the exhibiting artists from Labor of Love and moderated by narrative storyteller and art writer @nataliejjames !
We’ll be at The List (📍201 Roberts St) with incense, writing prompts, and plenty of thought provoking conversation starters✨
🖊️Bring your curiosity, your thoughts, and favorite pen (materials will be provided)! This is your chance to engage directly with the makers featured in our Black History Month exhibition and delve deeper into the themes our curatorial team explored as the exhibition came together.
We hope to see you soon!
Thank you to everyone who came out to the opening reception of Labor Of Love! 💐
Multiple artists sold work and all of them gained new fans✨
@lilcoopswrld@nataliejjames@stayclosetay & @cielito.no.tan.lindo came together to put together this special exhibition and we appreciate @brijanturner at @wethelist_ for having us! Special thanks to @slickvicthedj@soozieee@chanelofhouston@wichobray@mich.el.son@amandaaanevesss@lastnamevick@teyasparks@damian.ruiz_ & @salut_monsieur_tist for helping us get the space ready & work installed. The exhibition will be up at @wethelist_ until March 15th. Gallery hours: Thursdays through Sundays 2-7 PM. Come through!
🗓️ Join us THIS Thursday at 7 pm
(📍@wethelist_ 201 Roberts Street) where exhibiting artists from Labor of Love will come together for an artist conversation facilitated by narrative storyteller and art writer Natalie James. Audience and artist engagement, a writing exercise, and free form questions will further bring the themes explored in Labor of Love to life.
See y’all there!
