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Carroll Parrott Blue advocated for a resurgence in southeast Houston and sought to use waterways to connect people to one another.
Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle / Houston Chronicle
It’s not easy to classify the diverse body of work (and work-in-progress) left by native Houstonian Carroll Parrott Blue when she died Dec. 12. Blue was an award-winning filmmaker, author and interactive multimedia producer. Although she used a variety of media and genres to tell her stories, one theme was ever present: honoring the lives and contributions of African Americans and bringing positive change to their communities.
Houston has a global reputation for the quality of its art museums, both the architecutre and collections of art from around the world amassed with oil and gas wealth. What many Houstonians may not realize is that Houston artists have drawn international acclaim as well, but not so much for a painting style. Rather, Houston is known for art that seeks to engage, uplift or heal communities — a movement often labeled “social practice” and synonomous with Project Row Houses. Unfortunately, we tend to overlook artists and women of color in particlar, such as Blue, who embodied this socially engaged way of working for decades.
