VISUAL ARTS + MUSEUMS

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) presents CAMH Slide Jam: Matt Messinger and Catherine Winkler Rayroud, Thursday, October 6, 6:30pm.

Slide Jams provide windows into the ideas, images, and people in Houston's diverse and ever-changing arts community. Featured artists Matt Messinger and Catherine Winkler Rayroud will show images of their work, discuss their inspirations and creative practices, and answer questions from the audience. Held in the Cullen Education Resource Room on the lower level of the Museum.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Catherine Winkler Rayroud (pictured) is an award-winning papercutter. Since 1981 Catherine practices the aged art of papercutting, which she learned as a young child living in her native country of Switzerland. Trained as a ceramicist in England, Greece, and Switzerland, Catherine has a ceramic degree from the School for Applied Arts in Bern, Switzerland.

Matt Messinger is a Houston native who made the move from graphic design to fine art in search of a freer exploration of aesthetics. His paintings mix serious ideas and icons with lighthearted techniques and imagery. Messinger enjoys symbolism and is inspired by anything from logos, advertisements, and animals, to something as simple as a number, or as subtle as a texture.