Mission:
Art League Houston's mission is to cultivate awareness, appreciation, and accessibility of contemporary visual art within the community for its cultural enrichment.

History:
Celebrating its 65th anniversary in 2013, Art League Houston is one of Houston’s oldest non-profit art organizations. It was established in 1948 by a group of sixteen artists as member organization whose mission was to design a building that would house a studio workshop and gallery for the continual exhibition of artwork by local artists.

In its early years, Art League Houston sponsored many exhibitions and lectures including the annual “Spring Arts Festival” in the exhibitions hall of the Shamrock Hotel. By the fall of 1953, Art League Houston had become a non-profit organization, signed-up its 300th member, and staged the first ever outdoor art fair at Hermann Park.

By 1956, Art League Houston had raised enough capital to build its first permanent building, which was designed by architect Paul Elliot and built on property leased to them at 906 Tuam St.  After eleven years, the land was sold and in 1968, Art League Houston purchased and moved into two connected, circa 1920s houses located at 1953 Montrose, where the Art League Houston adult art school was established later that year.