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Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)

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The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is a non-collecting institution dedicated to presenting the best and most exciting international, national and regional art of the last 40 years. Founded in 1948, the Museum prides itself on presenting new art and documenting its role in modern life through exhibitions, lectures, original publications and a variety of educational programs and events.

The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston occupies the famous stainless steel building in the heart of the Houston Museum District. This highly recognizable building was designed for the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston by the award-winning architect Gunnar Birkerts and opened in 1972.
 

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    Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)

    5216 Montrose Blvd.
    Houston, TX 77006-6598

    Phone: 713-284-8250   |   Fax: 713-284-8275   |   Email   |   Official Website

  • Current Events

    02/09/12	Musiqa Loft Concert: The Deconstructive Impulse Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) Musiqa Loft Concert: The Deconstructive Impulse Presented by Musiqa and Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) February 9, 2012 Musiqa presents  Musiqa Loft Concert: The Deconstructive Impulse, Thursday, February 9, 2012 at  6:30pm at The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. In conjunction with the museum's exhibit The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973-1991, on view January 20 through April 15. Join us for the popular loft concert held by Musiqa, a nationally...
    02/05/12- 02/12/12	CAMH/MFAH Premieres Film Screening: ¡Women Art Revolution (¡W.A.R) (Sundays) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium CAMH/MFAH Premieres Film Screening: ¡Women Art Revolution (¡W.A.R) (Sundays) Presented by Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium February 5-February 12, 2012 The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a CAMH/MFAH Premieres Film Screening: ¡Women Art Revolution (¡W.A.R), 2010 (82 minutes). Directed by Lynn Hershman Leeson, participating artist in The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973-1991. FOR MATURE AUDIENCES...
    01/20/12- 04/15/12	The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973-1991 Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973-1991 Presented by Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) January 20-April 15, 2012 The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston presents the survey exhibition The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973-1991, on view January 21 through April 15. Opening reception: Friday, January 20, 7pm-9pm. The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is pleased to present The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973-1991, a survey of leading women artists that examines the crucial feminist...
    01/05/12- 04/01/12	Perspectives 177: McArthur Binion Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) Perspectives 177: McArthur Binion Presented by Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) January 5-April 1, 2012 The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston presents Perspectives 177: McArthur Binion. On View: January 6 - April 1, 2012. Opening Reception: Thursday, January 5, 6:30-9PM.  Gallery Walk-Through with the Artist, Thursday, January 5, 6:30PM. Perspectives 177: McArthur Binion is the Houston debut for this Chicago-based, mid-career painter and the artist's first solo museum exhibition. For this exhibition, Binion has created a new body of work that extends...

  • Upcoming Events

    03/24/12

    CAMH Artists/Scholars Talk: Deborah Kass Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) CAMH Artists/Scholars Talk: Deborah Kass Presented by Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) March 24, 2012 The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is pleased to present an Artists/Scholars Talk: Deborah Kass, Saturday, March 24 at 2pm. In conjunction with the exhibition The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973-1991, on view January 21 through April 15. Deborah Kass (pictured) is an...

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  Upcoming Events

  • Current Events

    02/09/12	Musiqa Loft Concert: The Deconstructive Impulse Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) Musiqa Loft Concert: The Deconstructive Impulse Presented by Musiqa and Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) February 9, 2012 Musiqa presents  Musiqa Loft Concert: The Deconstructive Impulse, Thursday, February 9, 2012 at  6:30pm at The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. In conjunction with the museum's exhibit The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973-1991, on view January 20 through April 15. Join us for the popular loft concert held by Musiqa, a nationally...
    02/05/12- 02/12/12	CAMH/MFAH Premieres Film Screening: ¡Women Art Revolution (¡W.A.R) (Sundays) Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium CAMH/MFAH Premieres Film Screening: ¡Women Art Revolution (¡W.A.R) (Sundays) Presented by Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium February 5-February 12, 2012 The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents a CAMH/MFAH Premieres Film Screening: ¡Women Art Revolution (¡W.A.R), 2010 (82 minutes). Directed by Lynn Hershman Leeson, participating artist in The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973-1991. FOR MATURE AUDIENCES...
    01/20/12- 04/15/12	The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973-1991 Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973-1991 Presented by Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) January 20-April 15, 2012 The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston presents the survey exhibition The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973-1991, on view January 21 through April 15. Opening reception: Friday, January 20, 7pm-9pm. The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is pleased to present The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973-1991, a survey of leading women artists that examines the crucial feminist...
    01/05/12- 04/01/12	Perspectives 177: McArthur Binion Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) Perspectives 177: McArthur Binion Presented by Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) January 5-April 1, 2012 The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston presents Perspectives 177: McArthur Binion. On View: January 6 - April 1, 2012. Opening Reception: Thursday, January 5, 6:30-9PM.  Gallery Walk-Through with the Artist, Thursday, January 5, 6:30PM. Perspectives 177: McArthur Binion is the Houston debut for this Chicago-based, mid-career painter and the artist's first solo museum exhibition. For this exhibition, Binion has created a new body of work that extends...

  • Upcoming Events

    03/24/12

    CAMH Artists/Scholars Talk: Deborah Kass Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) CAMH Artists/Scholars Talk: Deborah Kass Presented by Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) March 24, 2012 The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is pleased to present an Artists/Scholars Talk: Deborah Kass, Saturday, March 24 at 2pm. In conjunction with the exhibition The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973-1991, on view January 21 through April 15. Deborah Kass (pictured) is an...

• Past
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  • Past Events

    02/02/12	CAMH Perspectives Talk: Valerie Cassel Oliver Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    01/26/12	CAMH Artists/Scholars Talk: Dr. Jenni Sorkin Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    01/21/12	CAMH Artists/Scholars Talk: Helaine Posner Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    12/15/11	CAMH Artists/Scholars Talk: Bill Arning Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    12/09/11	Film Screening: Untitled by Jim Hodges, Carlos Marques da Cruz, and Encke King Glassell School of Art
    11/17/11	Musiqa Loft Concert: The Extravagant Vein Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    11/10/11	CAMH Slide Jam: GONZO247 and Myke Venable Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    11/05/11	CAMH Artists/Scholars Talk: Douglas Crimp Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    10/14/11- 12/31/11	Perspectives 176: Glen Fogel: With Me… You Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    10/06/11	CAMH Slide Jam: Matt Messinger and Catherine Winkler Rayroud Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    09/30/11- 01/08/12	Donald Moffett: The Extravagant Vein Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    09/15/11- 09/17/11	Jack Ferver & Marc Swanson: Two Alike DiverseWorks ArtSpace
    08/18/11	Video Jam: John Carrithers / Ford Gunter and Carlton Aherns Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    08/04/11	Panel Discussion - Homespun: Houston Stories Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    07/29/11- 09/18/11	The Spectacular of Vernacular Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    07/21/11	CAMH Artists/Scholars Talk: Bill Arning Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    07/14/11	Video Jam: Allison Hunter / Michael Brims Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    06/30/11- 10/09/11	Perspectives 175: Marc Swanson: The Second Story Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    06/24/11	Steel Lounge Underground - June 2011 Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    06/23/11	Video Jam: Kelly Sears / BE Johnny Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    06/18/11	CAMH Artists/Scholars Talk: Bill Arning Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    06/11/11	CAMH Artists/Scholars Talk: J. Pittman McGehee Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    05/14/11	Expanded Cinema Houston Museum of Natural Science - Burke Baker Planetarium
    05/13/11- 07/10/11	Stan VanDerBeek: The Culture Intercom Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    05/07/11	CAMH Teen Music Fest Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    04/21/11	MFAH Film Revival: Play Time Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
    04/10/11	MFAH Special Film Screening: Unmistaken Child Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium
    04/07/11- 06/26/11	Perspectives 174: Re: Generation Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    03/31/11	CAMH Slide Jam: Steffani Jemison and Jenny Schlief Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    03/24/11	CAMH Slide Jam: Patrick Renner and Rachelle Vasquez Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    02/11/11- 04/24/11	Answers to Questions: John Wood and Paul Harrison Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    01/27/11	CAMH Perspectives Talk: Bevin Bering Dubrowski Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    01/22/11	CAMH Artists/Scholars Talk: George E. Lewis - In Search of Benjamin Patterson: An Improvised Journey Glassell School of Art
    01/15/11	CAMH Artists/Scholars Talk: Valerie Cassel Oliver Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    01/13/11	CAMH Concert: Texas Noise and Ambient Environment #1 Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    01/06/11- 04/03/11	Perspectives 173: Clifford Owens Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    12/15/10	CAMH Screening and Panel Discussion: David Wojnarowicz's A Fire in My Belly Glassell School of Art
    12/09/10	CAMH Slide Jam: Paul Kittelson and Gabriel Martinez Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    12/05/10	Family Day at CAMH (with a special performance by Alchemist Theatre) Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    12/04/10	Pamela Z Concert Houston Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC)
    11/07/10	Musiqa Loft Concert: Born in a State of Flux(us): The Aktion Music of Ben Patterson Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall
    11/05/10- 01/30/11	Benjamin Patterson: Born in the State of FLUX/us Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    10/14/10	Core Performance Company Collaboration: Navigating the Hallway Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    10/09/10	Stokes & Stokes: Points of View on Dance With Camera Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    10/07/10	Film Screening: Hail the New Puritan Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    10/02/10	Deborah Hay: Lecture on the Performance of Beauty Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    09/30/10- 01/02/11	Perspectives 172: Kirsten Pieroth Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    09/17/10- 09/18/10	The Rice Dance Film Festival Rice University - Rice Media Center/Rice Cinema
    09/16/10	Dance Performance: Points and Coordinates Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    09/02/10	Dance Performance: Richard Hubscher Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    08/27/10	Steel Lounge Underground - August 2010 Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    08/19/10	Dance Performance: FLIP/SWITCH/REEL Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    08/12/10	Perspectives Talk: Peter Lucas Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    08/06/10- 10/17/10	Dance with Camera Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    07/30/10	Steel Lounge Underground - July 2010 Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    07/17/10	A Closer Walk with Thee: Performance by Theaster Gates
    07/15/10- 09/26/10	Perspectives 171: Jennifer West Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    06/25/10	Steel Lounge Underground - June 2010 Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    05/28/10	Steel Lounge Underground - May 2010 Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    05/14/10- 07/25/10	Hand+Made: The Performative Impulse in Art and Craft Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    05/06/10- 07/11/10	Perspectives 170: Cruz Ortiz Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    02/11/10- 05/02/10	Perspectives 169: Odili Donald Odita Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    01/29/10- 04/18/10	Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    11/12/09	CAMH Houston Artists/Scholars Talk: MIT professor David A. Mindell Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    11/05/09- 02/07/10	Perspectives 168: Anna Krachey, Jessica Mallios, and Adam Schreiber Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    10/30/09	Steel Lounge Underground - October 30, 2009 Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    10/16/09- 01/17/10	Matthew Day Jackson: The Immeasurable Distance Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    10/01/09	CAMH Houston Lyceum Lecture Series: The Cause and Laws of Storms Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    09/25/09	Steel Lounge Underground - September 25, 2009 Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    08/13/09- 11/01/09	Perspectives 167: Jason Villegas Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    08/06/09	Jacuzzi Movies Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    07/31/09	Steel Lounge Underground - July 31st 2009 Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    07/23/09- 10/04/09	SKYDIVE at CAMH Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    07/09/09	NOZONE: Houston's Mayoral Forum on Land Use at CAMH Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    06/26/09	Steel Lounge Underground - June 26th 2009 Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    06/25/09	Jacuzzi Movies Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    06/11/09	Jacuzzi Movies Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    05/29/09	Steel Lounge Underground Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    05/28/09	Astrodome Cinema Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    05/14/09- 07/26/09	Perspectives 166: Torsten Slama Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    05/09/09- 10/04/09	No Zoning: Artists Engage Houston Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    04/24/09	Steel Lounge Underground Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    03/27/09	Steel Lounge Underground Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    02/27/09	Steel Lounge Underground Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    02/26/09- 05/10/09	Perspectives 165: Contents Under Pressure Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    01/17/09- 04/12/09	The Puppet Show Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    12/11/08- 02/22/09	Perspectives 164: Stephanie Syjuco: Total Fabrications Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    10/18/08- 01/04/09	Cinema Remixed & Reloaded: Black Women Artists and the Moving Image Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
    10/28/06- 01/17/09	Saturday Morning Storytellers Club Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)

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    • Event Name: Steel Lounge Underground - June 2010
      "!!Music!!"
      Comment posted by: Bowie from H-Town, Jun 23, 2010
      

      This is gonna be an exciting night! Let's go HOUSTON!

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      This is gonna be an exciting night! Let's go HOUSTON!

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