Houston, the largest city of Texas, is known for its space center. But the city has an artistic heart beneath the threshold of apparent technological and scientific advancement. If you are an artist or aspiring to test your creative gene by learning something, Houston has a lot of things to offer.

Houston has a marvelous Theater district that hosts nine major performing arts organizations and six halls. The Museum District has numerous cultural organizations and exhibitions, which is visited by 7 million people per year. Among the facilities The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Museum of Natural Science, Holocaust Museum and Contemporary Art Museum are most famous. Bayou Bend, a private museum situated in River Oaks has one of the finest collection of decorative art, paintings and furniture in USA.

Besides just attending exhibitions, you have scopes to hone your creative skills in Houston. Texas Art Supply is an awesome shop that offers everything that you can think of and artists are purchasing from this famous shop for last 51 years.

If you have the necessary skills and enthusiasm, you can even take art classes. Glassell School of Houston allows you to tutor aspiring artists. The Junior School, a museum facility is committed to provide art lessons for kids. Adults are also admitted, though the admission is a kind of expensive.

If you are a photography enthusiast, you can choose one that suits your needs and skills from number of different courses offered by The Houston Centre for Photography. The course fee is very much within the reach and discounts are commonly offered for members.

Lastly, if you have a knack for writing, you can consider taking a writers workshop that will be started on January 2010. Inprint, a Houston based organization offers a number of writing courses covering anything from journalism to poetry. They even have free course offers for teachers.