Keeping Art in the arthouse
Arthouse Houston
A community-based nonprofit enriching and preserving Houston’s artistic film culture and arthouse spaces.
Co-Presented with The orange show
Come experience the acclaimed road trip film by director W. Ross Wells and producer Merideth Melville, documenting the ART GUYS (Michael Galbreth and Jack Massing) and the tour of their multidisciplinary performance art project by the same name. Here they explore the connection between fashion, art, and commerce in a project that only these irrepressible mavericks could have conceived.
The two Houston-based artists spent a year crisscrossing the country wearing suits by designer Todd Oldham on which they had sold advertising space to 56 American companies. SUITS captures their often hilarious experiences in their guise as human billboards. The SUITS are now part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Come early to enjoy live music by Pecos Hank and Fiddle Witch and order drinks and dinner. Stay after the screening to be part of the post-show Q&A and discussion.
Part of ticket proceeds will benefit the Orange Show of Visionary Arts.
Dress code: SUIT & TIE!
Screening Info
When: Tuesday, January 6th, 2026
Where: River Oaks Theatre (2009 W Gray St, Houston, TX 77019)
Directed by: W. Ross Wells
Year: 1999
Length: 76 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
One of the things in this world you genuinely and definitely cannot construct is an old building. Add to that: the rarity of an actual existing and operational movie palace. This one has a history literally like no other left in Houston.
Wes Anderson
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We are now in post-production and need to fundraise $65,000 to complete the project. No amount is too small!