VISUAL ARTS + MUSEUMS

Steel Lounge Underground is an opportunity to chill and meet other cool folks in an informal atmosphere of music, art and cocktails.

Steel Lounge Underground is a monthly event showcasing Houston based musical artists performing live in the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. Steel Lounge Underground showcases Houston’s diversity and talent by bringing together musical artists representing a variety of genres and attracts an audience representing all walks of life. During the event, the audience is free to explore the exhibitions currently on display within the Contemporary Arts Museum.

DJ Pooks and Josh Zulu host the next edition of Steel Lounge Underground Friday March 27th at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (5216 Montrose Blvd, 77006) from 8pm-11pm.

This is a free event!

This month’s musical line-up features Jaekim, Young Mammals & Ceeplus Bad Knives!

Musical Lineup:
Jaekim – http://www.myspace.com/jaekim  – http://www.myspace.com/phunkwhatchaheard
Young Mammals – http://www.myspace.com/youngmammals
Ceeplus Bad Knives – http://www.myspace.com/ceeplusbadknives
 

In the Zilkha Gallery:
Perspectives 165: Contents Under Pressure
Exploring the Dual Theme of Containers & Containment – Work by Houston Area Teens

The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston’s Teen Council presents their sixth annual juried exhibition of work by Houston area teens. The exhibition is open to all teen-aged artists (13-19 years old) currently living in the Houston area. Artists are encouraged to openly interpret the exhibition theme and title through their work, in any media, including but not limited to: painting, drawing, sculpture, video, and installations. This year’s exhibition juror is artist Dario Robleto.

In The Brown Foundation Gallery:
The Puppet Show
January 17 – April 12, 2009

International in scope, The Puppet Show brings together contemporary artworks in a variety of media that explore the imagery of puppets. From actual puppets, to works that evoke topics associated with puppetry and others that introduce new variations to this historical and global form of theater, The Puppet Show features works that are, in various ways, movable and/or moving objects that perform as alter-egos for the artist or as human surrogates – often with wicked good humor.

Featured artists include Guy Ben-Ner, Nayland Blake, Louise Bourgeois, Maurizio Cattelan, Anne Chu, Nathalie Djurberg, Terrence Gower, The Handspring Puppet Company, Pierre Huyghe, Christian Jankowski, Mike Kelley, William Kentridge, Cindy Loehr, Annette Messager, Paul McCarthy, Matt Mullican, Bruce Nauman, Dennis Oppenheim, Philippe Parreno and Rirkrit Tiravanija, Laurie Simmons, Doug Skinner and Michael Smith, Kiki Smith, Survival Research Laboratory, Kara Walker, and Charlie White.

”The Puppet Show” is organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania. It is co-curated by Ingrid Schaffner, ICA Senior Curator, and Carin Kuoni, Director, The Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School.

ICA thanks the following funders of The Puppet Show: Barbara B. & Theodore R. Aronson; Etant donnes: The French-American Fund for Contemporary Art; Susquehanna Foundation; The Toby Fund; The Bandier Family Foundation; Goldberg Foundation; Sotheby’s; Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation; The Chodorow Exhibition Initiative Fund; and the Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative, a program of The Philadelphia Center for Arts and Heritage, funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts, and administered by University of the Arts.