Molly Block Finds

03/11/2026

Go ahead and RSVP for the March 24 opening reception of my photography exhibition at Preservation Houston (3907 Main St.). I’m not sure at what number PH will need to cap attendance, but if the first day of RSVPs is any indication, it might be soon. Hope you can join us!

RSVP here: https://www.preservationhouston.org/calendar/2026/3/24/signs-of-the-city

03/07/2026

Sneak peek at Preservation Houston:
An exhibition of 31 of my photographs will be featured in PH Studio, Preservation Houston’s newly expanded space for talks, workshops, exhibits, and member and community gatherings, at 3907 Main St. in midtown Houston.

Join us for the opening on Tuesday, March 24, at 6:30 pm. The exhibit will be on view through June 30, 2026.

All photos will be available for purchase, and 10% of sales will benefit Preservation Houston.

PH members attending the members’ open house tomorrow (Saturday, March 7) will get an early look. Find me and say hi if you’re there!

Hope you’ll stop by and see vintage Houston through my lens! 📷

02/19/2026

Catherine Couturier Gallery and I donated an 8” × 8” print of this photograph of mine to Houston Center for Photography for its annual print auction and dinner — this year honoring two people many of us know and love, who have shaped the arts scene in Texas in such meaningful ways: Keith Carter and Jereann Chaney.

Silent auction bidding is open through tonight, so if you’d like to bid online, including on my print, today’s the perfect day to do so! If you’re the winning bidder of one or more silent auction items and won’t be at HCP’s event this evening, HCP will work with you to get your item(s) to you.

Here’s the auction link (my print is #169): https://qtego.us/qlink/hcponline

Proceeds from the event support HCP and its education programs, so bid generously! ⭐

If you’ll be at the dinner at Hotel ZaZa tonight, I hope I get to see you there!

08/20/2025

Today’s a good day to celebrate the photography community — World Photography Day 📷

Many of us wear, or have worn, multiple hats: photographer, communicator, strategist, manager, fundraiser, editor, and more. The creative path isn’t always linear, and that’s part of what adds to its richness, story, and meaning.

Grateful for the collaborators who help bring our artwork into the world: equipment makers (thank you, ), publishers, editors, curators, dealers, gallerists, printers, framers, handlers, shippers, and everyone behind the scenes whose expertise makes the final image possible.

This particular archival print (36” square on metallic photo paper; signed edition of 25) was one of four acquired last month by a collector of my work. Huge thanks to , who’s represented me for nearly a decade, and to for overseeing this most recent acquisition and placement.

And speaking of evolving: a new chapter in my professional career is on the horizon.
Stay tuned!

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04/02/2025

Raise your hand if blue is one of your top 3 fave colors! 💙🙌

11/08/2024

Prepping some new 15” archival fine art metallic prints so they can go to good new homes. Very grateful to all who choose to collect my work.🙏
Special thanks also go to Bayou Fine Art Imaging for their printing expertise.

The current photography exhibition, Molly Block: Sign of the Times, is on view at Catherine Couturier Gallery in Houston through Nov. 30.

10/19/2024

TODAY is THE DAY! The Molly Block: Sign of the Times show is up on the walls at Catherine Couturier Gallery — and looks fantastic, thanks to Catherine, Arnaud, and Reyna! Our opening reception is today from 4-6 pm at the gallery at 2635 Colquitt St. in Houston. Join us!

Catherine Couturier Gallery is pleased to announce "Sign of the Times," their second exhibition with Houston photographer Molly Block. The exhibition celebrates vintage signage and aims to capture the stories of these unique vestiges of Texas' history.

Molly Block's focus in photographing vintage signs stems from her appreciation for each sign's uniqueness and the craftsmanship involved in making each sign: each sign truly is a work of art. Also, the fact that weathering changes the appearance of signs, combined with property owners and/or real-estate developers who may not see value in preserving old signs, compels her to continue documenting signage and other roadside sights that still stand today. After all, the appearance of such artifacts may be different tomorrow, that is, if something is even still standing tomorrow.

A Texan by birth and a Houstonian by choice, Molly moved to Houston after living in Austin, Toronto, Southern California, and the Chicago area.

Molly's photography work has been shown at the Houston Center for Photography, Griffin Museum of Photography, Museum of Neon Art, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and other venues in Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Denver, Fort Worth, San Francisco, and Vienna (Austria), among other cities; and featured in the Houston Chronicle and Houston Press and on various websites, including Don’t Take Pictures, Texas Monthly, Collectors Weekly, and the Houston-based real estate site, Swamplot.com, among others.

For more information, please visit www.catherinecouturier.com.

10/18/2024

Sneak peek (installation day 1) of Molly Block: Sign of the Times exhibition at Catherine Couturier Gallery in Houston! Please join us at the gallery at the opening — Sat., Oct. 19, 4-6 pm. Thumbs up if you know which song this is!

09/04/2022

First time since COVID to have work physically hanging on the walls of an art gallery outside the U.S.! Thanks to Zsolt Batori — juror & gallery director of PH21 Gallery in Budapest — for this opportunity. ❤️

📷 Photos courtesy of PH21 Gallery

06/02/2022

Grateful & honored that juror Alison de Lima Greene — Modern & Contemporary Art Curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston — selected a print of this “Motel No More” image of mine for inclusion in the Visual Arts Alliance’s 38th Juried Open Exhibition. The exhibition, which opened on May 8, will be up through June 11 at Sabine Street Studios in Houston. Check it out, if you’re so inclined & are in Houston!

In photo #2, I tried to surreptitiously take a photo of three of my friend/fellow artist Frances Carter Stephens’s fans at the exhibition opening, but they saw me (and smiled). 😃

12/24/2021

Wishing you *steam heat* — or whatever brings you comfort & joy! 🌲🎄🌲

Photos from a fun May 2018 New Mexico trip with friends. ❤️
http://www.catherinecouturier.com/artists/molly-block/gallery/