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.

One month left to experience Rhonda’s Baby 🌹Bria Lauren’s deeply personal exhibition remains on view at FLATS through Se...
08/27/2026

One month left to experience Rhonda’s Baby 🌹

Bria Lauren’s deeply personal exhibition remains on view at FLATS through September 26.

A visual prayer dedicated to Black daughters loving and healing from Black mamas who don’t know how to love them back, Rhonda’s Baby moves through motherhood, daughterhood, ancestral memory, forgiveness, and the complicated work of healing what has been passed down.

If you haven’t had a chance to spend time with the exhibition—or have been meaning to come back—there’s still time.

Rhonda’s Baby
Bria Lauren
On view through September 26, 2026

Gallery Hours
Tuesday–Thursday, 3–6pm
Friday, 12–7pm
Saturday, 11am–4pm

08/21/2026

The LOS ANGELES VINTAGE PHOTOBOOTHS booth at FLATS is all freshened up and ready for the weekend! 💃

08/20/2026

I’m going to make this a scheduled post for tomorrow. Sharing Ruby’s video and here is text for review:

☎️ THE PHONE LINES ARE STAYING OPEN!

We’re extending the Operators Are Standing By 2026 Variety Show Open Call through August 28th!

We’re looking for musicians, comedians, ventriloquist, magicians, performance artists, puppeteers, experimental acts, impressionist, and anyone with something wonderfully weird to bring to the stage.

Selected acts will perform at Operators Are Standing By on December 10th at the Eldorado Ballroom and receive a $125 honorarium.

Got an act? Got an idea? Know someone we need to see? Send this their way.

☎️ New deadline: August 28th
🔗 Apply at the link in bio.

SHOOT THE S**T PHOTO CRIT is heading to FRIENDS Gallery! 📸This round, we’re joining forces in the East End for an evenin...
08/18/2026

SHOOT THE S**T PHOTO CRIT is heading to FRIENDS Gallery! 📸

This round, we’re joining forces in the East End for an evening of photography, conversation, and community critique. Featuring Jessica Carolina González (Jessica González) as our guest critic, alongside FLATS organizers Cass + Jeremy.

A space for the People! Friends Gallery is a volunteer-run artist collective focused on Trans, Q***r, BIPOC, and Houston artists. As an anti-imperialist and de-colonial space, they are interested in art as a place of community, culture, political education, and a method to shift and improve the conditions of oppressed people.

Want to present?

We’re opening 10 critique slots (first come, first serve) for photographers at any stage in their practice. Digital and physical work are both welcome, with approximately 8 minutes of discussion and feedback per photographer.

Participants please RSVP + submit your work through the link in bio.

Don’t have work to show? Come anyway!
Critique is just as much about learning how to look, listen, and talk about photographs as it is about presenting your own. Come hang out, join the conversation, and support your fellow photographers. Attendees please RSVP through the link in bio so we can plan seating.

📍 FRIENDS Gallery
📅 Thursday, September 10th
⏰ 6:00–8:30 PM
Crit begins at 6:15 PM

This event is pay-what-you-can. Donation QR codes for both FLATS and FRIENDS will be available throughout the evening. Supporting these community spaces helps keep programming like this accessible and sustainable.

🖼️: Andres Soler

✨ Introducing Date Nights at FLATS ✨Looking for a different kind of night out? Join us after hours this fall for a new s...
07/16/2026

✨ Introducing Date Nights at FLATS ✨

Looking for a different kind of night out? Join us after hours this fall for a new series of creative workshops led by artist Morgan Newton (). Whether you bring a partner, best friend, sibling, parent, or coworker, each workshop is designed to help you make something together and leave with both a handmade keepsake and new memories.

📸 August: Vintage Photobooth Scrapbook Frame
🔑 September: Photo Keychain & Felt Frame Magnet
🌑 October: Photogram Postcards in the Darkroom
✂️ November: Gratitude Collage Workshop

Morgan Newton is a multidisciplinary artist working across painting, collage, cyanotype, and installation. As a teaching artist, she creates welcoming, beginner-friendly workshops that invite participants to explore new materials, experiment creatively, and make meaningful work inspired by photographs, memory, and everyday moments.

✨ No experience necessary. All materials are included.
🎟️ Each ticket admits up to two participants.

Grab someone you love spending time with and join us for a creative evening at FLATS. Registration is now open through the link in our bio.

✨ One of a kind, just like the memories they’ll hold.We’re excited to have a small collection of handcrafted stained gla...
07/01/2026

✨ One of a kind, just like the memories they’ll hold.

We’re excited to have a small collection of handcrafted stained glass photo strip frames by Light & Shadow Glass available in the shop beginning tomorrow. Each frame is uniquely made to perfectly showcase your favorite analog photo booth strips.

Stop by before they’re gone—there are only a few available.

🍺📷 Thank you to everyone who came out to our very first Film on Tap competition!It was so much fun celebrating the creat...
07/01/2026

🍺📷 Thank you to everyone who came out to our very first Film on Tap competition!

It was so much fun celebrating the creativity and experimentation of everyone who took on the challenge of developing film in beer. A huge thank you to all of the photographers who submitted work and to everyone who joined us at Saint Arnold to cast their votes.

Congratulations to our winners!

🥇 1st Place: Amy Leonards ()
🥈 2nd Place: Blaketography ()
🥉 Tied for 3rd Place: Andrea Aranda (.drea) & Gabrielle Huang ()

We can’t wait to do it again. 🍺📷

06/24/2026

🍺📷 FILM ON TAP: COMMUNITY VOTING NIGHT 📷🍺

Join FLATS and Saint Arnold for a night of photography, beer, and friendly competition as we celebrate the finalists of Film on Tap. View the work, grab a pint, and cast your vote to help determine the winners.

All photographs were shot on film and developed using Saint Arnold beer.

🏆 Community voting will decide 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes
🍺 Beer available for purchase from Saint Arnold
📷 See the wonderful and experimental results of beer-developed film

June 26 | 6–9 PM
Saint Arnold Brewing Company
RSVP in bio

This year’s photographers:

Steven Rodriguez


Alexandro Valdez


Dallana Camargo


Amy Leonards


Blaketography


Austin Lilleyart

Eric Ramirez 


Moe Penders


Gabrielle Huang


Andrea Arandadrea

Katy Gray


Connor Reinwald reinwald.photo

Christopher Hernandez .christopher_

Free to attend. Bring a friend and help us crown Houston’s Beer Film Champion.

Thank you to everyone who came out Friday night for the opening of Bria Lauren’s Rhonda’s Baby.We are deeply grateful to...
06/23/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out Friday night for the opening of Bria Lauren’s Rhonda’s Baby.

We are deeply grateful to everyone who spent the evening with us, shared conversation, and helped hold space for this powerful and vulnerable body of work. Through portraiture, storytelling, and installation, Rhonda’s Baby invites us into a meditation on Black motherhood, daughterhood, healing, and the possibilities of grace.

- [ ] A special thanks to the hard work of the artist, Laura & Rich Earle , and Ashley DeHoyos Sauder

🌹 Rhonda’s Baby remains on view through September 26.

06/18/2026

POV: You came to FLATS to support your team 🇲🇽🇺🇸🇧🇷🇦🇷🇫🇷⚽

Stop by FLATS and show your support with a one-of-a-kind analog photobooth photo. Who are you cheering for?

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Opening Hours

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

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