The Houston Endowment Jones Artist Awards Program was created by the Foundation in 2023 to recognize local artists and reflect the many stories and perspectives of Greater Houston’s residents. Jones Artist Award recipients receive individual grants and the opportunity to exhibit their work on a rotating basis in Houston Endowment’s headquarters.

Shoutout HTX is part of the Los Angeles based Voyage Group of Magazines and our flagship publication, VoyageLA was started in 2015. We had the good fortune of connecting with Venessa Monokian and we’ve shared our conversation.

Canvas Rebel Interview Conversations with Entrepreneurs, Artists & Creatives :

The heart of our mission at VoyageHouston is to find the amazing souls that breathe life into our city. In the recent weeks we’ve had the privilege to connect with some of the Houston’s finest artists, creatives, entrepreneurs and rabble rousers and we can’t begin to express how impressed we are with our city’s incredibly deep talent pool.

You can find my Instagram account here see images and experimentation I'm working on as well.

Venessa Monokian's art is by turns playful and mysterious. Learn more about her process and how she used art to overcome a learning disability in this inspiring episode of ArtStreet.

Filmed during the lead up to Art Basel Miami Beach in 2011, Rising Tide is a story about the visual artists who live and work in this emerging art city. Featuring Venessa Monokian, Jen Stark, the TM Sisters, Funner Projects, Brookhart Jonquil and gallery owner Brook Dorsch, this documentary takes you inside the working worlds of these unique creative talents and serves as the perfect introduction to the history and trajectory of Miami's creative development.
Produced, Directed and Edited by Andrew Hevia, Rising Tide is a production of WLRN-TV, and was funded in part by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

I teach an online class at FIU called PGY 46117 Photography and Social Media. This link will take you to our class blog where you can view student work

I teach an online class at FIU called ART 3647 Internet art. This link will take you to our class blog where you can view student work

Click on this link to see more video work by Venessa and to see works in progress.

Often as artists we experience a creative block. Working is typically the best way to move past that. This is a space I (Venessa Monokian) have developed for myself to play and post my results. Here, I abandon the need to construct or work within a larger concept. I thought the title was most appropriate for this form of activity.