Join us on Friday, May 18th for an exhibition of projects, prototypes, and process from the the Industrial Design department at the University of Houston. See how some of the city’s freshest designers develop a product from idea to object!

The exhibition will exhibit the senior thesis work from:

Umbelina Cantu
Aide Gutierrez
Sehyoung Hamjong
Juan Jimenez
Kellee Kimbro
Rick Salinas
Meredith Tucker

and interesting projects from:

Cody Blazek
Matthew Burton
Terence Gelo
Christy Gonzales
Juan Restrepo

WHERE: Caroline Collective | 4820 Caroline, HTX, 77004
WHEN: Friday, May 18th 7-10PM
HOW MUCH: Free!

On the second Friday of every month we’ll waive the drop-in fee for coworking, so bring a friend or come by and make a few! We’ll provide the chairs, internet, and atmosphere – bring yourself and something to work on.

A little change in scenery and socialization might be just the cure for your home-office blues, or perhaps it’s the catalyst in your next creative breakthrough. You’ll have to see it to find out.

Towards the end of the day things will slowly shift into the weekly office happy hour!

WHERE: Caroline Collective! 4820 Caroline, HTX, 77004
WHEN: Friday, May 11th 10AM-6PM
HOW MUCH: Free!

We are seeking motivated and creative individuals to provide assistance for marketing, content management, business administration, and event production. Candidates should be comfortable with the internet, social media and familiar with the Microsoft and Google suites of products. Experience with Adobe Creative Suite is a major plus but not necessary. Qualified applicants will be available 10-20 hours per week during business hours. The internship will last from early June through August (dates flexible for intern).

Working closely with the operations manager, interns will aid with:
-Being physically present at community-based events and outings
-Creating and implementing marketing plans for community-based events and campaigns
-Managing social media campaigns surrounding events and brands
-Maintaining a contact database
-Conceiving and designing events and brand marketing plans
-Maintaining and verifying website content
-Designing and sending weekly email newsletters
-Special projects

To apply for this internship, please send a resume and statement of interest to carolinecollective (at) gmail (dot) com by Wednesday, May 9th with the subject line “Internship at Caroline Collective”.

Suite 101

Suite 101 is a comfortable 150sf office with a large window that looks into the courtyard. Delicious oak-filtered light pours into this space without getting irritatingly bright. PLUS, this space has built in storage for all of your office needs! That means more space to go uncluttered by your bookcases and file cabinets.

Suite 103

Suite 103 is of similar dimension and view to Suite 101 above, but trades the built in storage for extra floor space — reaching an ample 175sf. The walls are also a snazzy green!

Of course, when you join as an office member you get a lot more than just four walls. Office membership includes:
+Keys for 24-hour access
+Professional business address
+Conference room access (with projector and white board) — Book the times you need on a google calendar
+High speed wifi (click for a speedtest screen shot – actual speeds may vary by network use).
+Shared printer
+Coffee!
+Coworkers from diverse backgrounds
+Access to events and programming from tech meetups and entrepreneurial workshops to art openings!
+Ability to reserve the event space for workshops, receptions, meetups, and anything else you can think of!

For rates, availability, and tours, please contact us directly by email or call us at 832.429.6867. Our office hours are weekdays between 9a-6PM.

We’re doing it two weeks in a row! Our friends and office members at the Music Therapy Center of Houston are having a Cultured Cocktails!

This Thursday, the large and popular Cultured Cocktails happy hour at Boheme will feature A+C with a portion of the bar tab going directly to the MTCH!  Join us and hang out with the Music Therapy Center!

WHERE: Boheme Cafe and Wine Bar | 307 Fairview
WHEN: Thursday, April 26th 5-10 PM
HOW MUCH: Free admittance, but it’s a bar. Bring money for food/bev.

RSVP on Facebook!

More on Cultured Cocktails:
Every Thursday, Spacetaker and Boheme Cafe & Wine Bar host a different local arts group. At this special happy hour, get up close and personal with the artists that make Houston unique. Even better, a portion of the proceeds from the event benefits the artists.

We hope you’ve heard of A+C Magazine by now, but they’re a new arts publication in town that emphasizes critical and thought-provoking content with a pulpy tactile magazine. They’ve been a member at Caroline Collective since they launched in Houston, and we’re happy to have them in our community. In fact the editor of A+C is a longtime light member here. But we digress!

This Thursday, the large and popular Cultured Cocktails happy hour at Boheme will feature A+C with a portion of the bar tab benefiting the recently merged Fresh Arts/Spacetaker. Join us and meet the A+C team in person!

WHERE: Boheme Cafe and Wine Bar | 307 Fairview
WHEN: Thursday, April 19th 5-10 PM
HOW MUCH: Free admittance, but it’s a bar. Bring money for food/bev.

RSVP on Facebook!

More on Cultured Cocktails:
Every Thursday, Spacetaker and Boheme Cafe & Wine Bar host a different local arts group. At this special happy hour, get up close and personal with the artists that make Houston unique. Even better, a portion of the proceeds from the event benefits the artists.

More on A+C Magazine:
Arts+Culture is a free periodical for the community with a focus on the contemporary visual and performing arts and how it affects life and lives in Houston and North Texas.  A+C magazine features articles, interviews, and reviews on gallery and museum shows, theater productions, people in the arts, classical music, contemporary dance, opera and books.  Our direct intent is to promote cultural commentary with ideas and opinions vividly expressed to engross readers.

More on Spacetaker/Fresharts:
Two fantastic arts service organizations are in the process of merging. We won’t begin to try to capture or weigh in on the nuances of this, but feel free to check out their merger FAQ.

Of course, we often rely on sponsors for reduced rate or that rare unicorn of no-cost beer. Today, we would like to thank a certain rare unicorn (or as the case may be, buffalo) for sponsoring some beer for the upcoming Not Another Damn Fairytale Ending! exhibition.

Thank you, Buffalo Bayou Brewing Co! You are a rare unicorn! In commemoration, we’ve unicorn-ized the Buff Brew logo. You think they’ll go for it?

No? Maybe we should just stick to the original. Don’t tell Culture Pilot what we did, OK?


Be sure to join us next Friday for Not Another Damn Fairytale Ending! with a dozen female UH alum artists! It was already a great exhibition, but now there will be some delicious local beer available. Hooray!

Join us Friday, April 20th for Not Another Damn Fairytale Ending!, an exhibition of photography and video from twelve female UH alums located in Houston and Abroad!

PS – There will be a dance party at the end.

WHERE: Caroline Collective! 4820 Caroline, HTX 77004
WHEN: Friday, April 20th 8-11PM
HOW MUCH: Free!

RSVP on Facebook!

Not Another Fairytale Ending! is curated by Shannon Duncan with the assistance of Geoff Smith, and support from Buffalo Bayou Brewing Company and Paynter Media.

On the second Friday of every month we’ll waive the drop-in fee for coworking, so bring a friend or come by and make a few! We’ll provide the chairs, internet, and atmosphere – bring yourself and something to work on.

A little change in scenery and socialization might be just the cure for your home-office blues, or perhaps it’s the catalyst in your next creative breakthrough. You’ll have to see it to find out.

Towards the end of the day things will slowly shift into the weekly office happy hour!

WHERE: Caroline Collective! 4820 Caroline, HTX, 77004
WHEN: Friday, April 13th 10AM-6PM
HOW MUCH: Free!