Okay, so we let the cat out of the bag a few weeks back when we told you that Charles Huntley Nelson was one of the artists chosen by Project Row Houses for Round 25 of its commissioned artists program. But we've since held our tongue about the other artists invited to participate in the Houston-based project. Now PRH has announced its full list of participating artists.

A centerpiece of the current round will be the work of British artist Ingrid Pollard who has coordinated the work of four distinct artists working in various media. The work, called "Tradewinds--Landfall," commemorates the 200th anniversary of Britain's abolition of the slave trade by act of parliament (1807). The work considers Atlantic slave trade routes and is meant to resonate with the identity of Houston as a port city. The artists whose work together will form the "Tradewinds" project are

• photographer Faisal Abdul Allah (British)
• mixed-media artist Godfried Donkor (born in Ghana)
• composer Dominique Le Gendre (born in Trinidad)
• poet Dorothea Smartt (British)

Artists participating in PRH projects install work in the project's historic Third Ward row houses, which have been converted into art and social spaces. Each artist works with about 500 square feet of space. Round 25 at PRH opens 21 October.

Above: Dorothea Smartt, courtesy PRH

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