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Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts
A dark room with rounded, shiny, black sculptures arranged on the floor in front of a projection screen showing a landscape of large yellow sand dunes and blue sky.

An Interdisciplinary Arts Organization

The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts at the University of Houston is the interdisciplinary arts resource for UH students, faculty and staff, and the general public. In order to bridge disciplines, stimulate dialogue and support the creation of innovative work, the Mitchell Center supports a variety of programs such as lectures and workshops, performances and exhibitions, scholarships, residencies and visiting artists.

Nine people dressed in black in front of an immense water feature stand spaced apart gazing upward during a performance.

2024-25 Visiting Artists

A building lit up at night with ‘Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts’ inscribed on the cream stone façade of the ground floor and dark glass on the second floor and people are gathered near the lit entrance.