Seeking refuge from the Texas heat? Instead of going to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull for the fourth time, check out these well-air-conditioned exhibitions.

Does The Program sound like your beach body diet regimen? Well unlike the South Beach diet, this program won’t demand that you forgo all things delicious in favor of food that tastes like dirt. The Program, a five-week series of video screenings and new media art presentations, begins this Saturday, July 26 at Houston’s Conduit Gallery.

If you’ve already tried all the flavors at Amy’s Ice Cream this week, check out a different kind of tasty treat at Amuse-Bouche, an exhibition featuring the work of 8 of UT Austin’s current MFAs at the Creative Research Laboratory until August 16.

Sometimes, it’s worth it to brave the heat and catch some rays at Barton Springs. Looking for a cool beach read? On August 2 from 7-9pm, come to Domy opening of Stupid Answers to Snappy Questions, Justin Goldwater’s upcoming show, and while you’re there, pick up a new graphic novel for those sunny Sunday afternoons.

We can’t promise refreshingly cool re-circulated air for this event, but there’s usually plenty of refreshingly cool beer to compensate at MASS Gallery, where Jesse Butcher’s exhibition, We’re all in Love with Dying, and we’re doing it in Texas is opening on August 2 from 8-10pm.

If the air-conditioning at Gallery Lombardi cools you down, the gallery’s latest show Erotica 2008 which opens August 2 from 8:00-11:00 pm is sure to heat you right back up again.

Texas is already hot enough, and global warming certainly isn’t helping matters. Chris Jordan’s photographic exhibition, Running the Numbers: An American Self-portrait, which takes American consumption as its subject, will be at the San Antonio Central Library and the Southwest School of Art & Craft beginning August 3, and Chris will give a lecture at the Municipal Auditorium on Wednesday, August 6.