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  Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)

  5216 Montrose
  Houston, TX 77006

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

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• • Current Events

    03/22/13- 06/30/13

    Parallel Practices: Joan Jonas & Gina Pane Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) Parallel Practices: Joan Jonas & Gina Pane Presented by Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) March 22-June 30, 2013 Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) presents Parallel Practices: Joan Jonas & Gina Pane. On View: March 23 – June 30, 2013. Opening Reception: Friday, March 22, 2013, 7-9PM. Parallel Practices: Joan Jonas & Gina Pane brings together a selection of works by two renowned artists spanning the courses of their careers. Designed to function as two solo exhibitions staged in a single space at the same time, this exhibition offers viewers an...

    02/28/13- 06/09/13

    Perspectives 181: Human Nature Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) Perspectives 181: Human Nature Presented by Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) February 28-June 9, 2013 The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston presents Perspectives 181: Human Nature. On View: March 1 – June 9, 2013. Opening Reception: Thursday, February 28, 2013, 6:30-9PM. Perspectives 181: Human Nature is the 8th youth art exhibition organized by the CAMH's Teen Council and will explore conceptions of humanity: what it is to be human, to be inhuman. The exhibition asks artists to consider the questions: Is there a universal human experience?...

• • Upcoming Events

    06/20/13- 10/13/13

    Perspectives 182: LaToya Ruby Frazier Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) Perspectives 182: LaToya Ruby Frazier Presented by Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) June 20-October 13, 2013 The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston presents Perspectives 182: LaToya Ruby Frazier. On View: June 21 – October 13, 2013. Opening Reception: Thursday, June 20, 2013, 7-9PM. LaToya Ruby Frazier’s work explores the psychological connections of intergenerational relationships within her family and community through photographs and videos that blur the line between self-portraiture and social documentary....

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Upcoming Events

• Current Events

  03/22/13- 06/30/13

  Parallel Practices: Joan Jonas & Gina Pane Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) Parallel Practices: Joan Jonas & Gina Pane Presented by Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) March 22-June 30, 2013 Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) presents Parallel Practices: Joan Jonas & Gina Pane. On View: March 23 – June 30, 2013. Opening Reception: Friday, March 22, 2013, 7-9PM. Parallel Practices: Joan Jonas & Gina Pane brings together a selection of works by two renowned artists spanning the courses of their careers. Designed to function as two solo exhibitions staged in a single space at the same time, this exhibition offers viewers an...

  02/28/13- 06/09/13

  Perspectives 181: Human Nature Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) Perspectives 181: Human Nature Presented by Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) February 28-June 9, 2013 The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston presents Perspectives 181: Human Nature. On View: March 1 – June 9, 2013. Opening Reception: Thursday, February 28, 2013, 6:30-9PM. Perspectives 181: Human Nature is the 8th youth art exhibition organized by the CAMH's Teen Council and will explore conceptions of humanity: what it is to be human, to be inhuman. The exhibition asks artists to consider the questions: Is there a universal human experience?...

• Upcoming Events

  06/20/13- 10/13/13

  Perspectives 182: LaToya Ruby Frazier Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) Perspectives 182: LaToya Ruby Frazier Presented by Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) June 20-October 13, 2013 The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston presents Perspectives 182: LaToya Ruby Frazier. On View: June 21 – October 13, 2013. Opening Reception: Thursday, June 20, 2013, 7-9PM. LaToya Ruby Frazier’s work explores the psychological connections of intergenerational relationships within her family and community through photographs and videos that blur the line between self-portraiture and social documentary....

Past
Events

• Past Events

  05/09/13	Musiqa Loft Concert: Parallel Practices Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  03/27/13	Roscoe Mitchell and Alvin Fielder Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  01/12/13	Performance: Clifford Owens Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  11/16/12- 02/16/13	Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art UPDATED Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  11/06/12	Jonathan Horowitz: Your Land/My Land: Election '12 - Election Eve Viewing Party Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  11/01/12- 02/17/13	Perspectives 180: Unfinished Country - New Video from China Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  10/20/12	CAMH Artists/Scholars Talk: Gabi Ngcobo Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  10/11/12	CAMH Slide Jam: Beili Liu and Jang Soon Im Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  10/08/12- 04/30/13	Rob Pruitt: The Andy Monument Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  10/04/12	Musiqa Loft Concert: Surveys (from the Cape of Good Hope) Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  09/28/12- 11/11/12	Jonathan Horowitz: Your Land/My Land: Election '12 Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  08/23/12	CAMH Video Jam: Prince Varughese Thomas and team Patrick Bresnan and Ivete Lucas Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  08/10/12- 11/04/12	Jane Alexander: Surveys (from the Cape of Good Hope) Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  07/19/12- 10/21/12	Perspectives 179: Alvin Baltrop - Dreams Into Glass Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  07/13/12	Steel Lounge Underground Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  07/12/12	CAMH Video Jam: Nick Bontrager and Stephanie Saint Sanchez Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  05/17/12	Musiqa Loft Concert: Alternate Tracks Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  05/11/12- 07/08/12	It is what it is. Or is it? Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  04/12/12- 07/08/12	Perspectives 178: CINEPLEX Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  03/24/12	CAMH Artists/Scholars Talk: Deborah Kass Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  03/07/12	Speakeasy@CAMH: Grand Theft Art-O Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  03/01/12- 04/02/12	CAMH Teen Council Exhibition: Afterwards (FotoFest 2012) Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  02/23/12	CAMH Perspectives Talk: Floyd Newsum Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  02/09/12	Musiqa Loft Concert: The Deconstructive Impulse Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  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)
  01/20/12- 04/15/12	The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973-1991 Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  01/05/12- 04/01/12	Perspectives 177: McArthur Binion Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  12/15/11	CAMH Artists/Scholars Talk: Bill Arning Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  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)
  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)
  05/13/11- 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)
  04/07/11- 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)
  02/17/11	Musiqa Loft Concert: Answers to Questions 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)
  01/15/11	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)
  12/09/10	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)
  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)
  09/23/10	Musiqa Loft Concert: Music with Camera Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  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)
  07/15/10- 09/26/10	Perspectives 171: Jennifer West Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)
  06/29/10	Hamra Abbas: Artist Talk 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)
  05/20/10	Musiqa Loft Concert: Hand + Made 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)
  02/18/10	Musiqa Loft Concert: Birth of the Cool 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)
  11/19/09	Musiqa Loft Concert: Immeasurable Distance 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)

Facility
Information

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  Rental Contact Information

  Rental Contact Name: Amanda Bredbenner

  Rental Contact Phone: 713/284-8262

  Rental Contact Email: abredbenner@camh.org

  General Information

  Parking Info: Visit web site for directions and parking information.
  
  
  
  
  
   

  Union Affliations: None

  Beer / Wine Permitted: Yes

  Liquor Permitted: Yes

  Food Permitted: Yes

  Catering Services allowed: Yes

  Catering Services available: No

  Support Staff available: No

  Insurance Required: No

  Insurance Provided: No

  Security Personnel Required: Yes

  Box Office: No

  Organizations/Artists which have previously used this space: Call for details

  Additional Details: Additional Liquor Permitted Info: Food and liquor are permitted depending on the exhibition. No red wine or coffee. Contemporary Arts Museum Houston does not own any of the work in the exhibitions. Each exhibition has it own regulations and most are not approved for food and drink in the space. If an exhibition does not allow food and drink, no event can be scheduled during that time. Religious ceremonies or fundraising events are not permitted. Events must be scheduled during non-public hours and all set-up must take place during non-public hours. $5,000 donation is required. In addition venue space is rented at $300 per hour for the duration of the event including set up and take down. Security, insurance, and supplies must be obtained by the renter.

• Facility Information

  Seating (range): 100 - 249

  Seating (exact #): 150 (depending on the exhibition)

  Stage / Venue Width: Upper gallery is 7,100 sq feet, lower gallery is 3,500 sq feet.

  Removable Seating: No

  Lighting Available: Yes

  Sound System Available: Yes

  Audio Recording Available: No

  Reception Area: Yes

  Loading Dock: Yes

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• Pricing

  Non-profit Rates: No