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CAMH offers a variety of programs and events related to its exhibitions. You can browse based on your category of interest—exhibitions, music, family, and more.

Israel Alejandro Garcia Garcia: CAPIROTADA No. 1

Crossroads Hotel 2101 Central St, Kansas City, MO, United States

Israel Alejandro Garcia Garcia's exhibition, CAPIROTADA No.1 at the Crossroads Hotel, offers a powerful narrative on the immigrant experience in the Americas, exploring how cultural identity is maintained amidst displacement and hostile environments. Drawing from personal experiences of migration and the intricate dynamics of 'documentation' and border politics, the multimedia exhibition explores the fight against gentrification and the concept of boundaries.

Ming Smith: Feeling the Future

Spelman College Museum of Fine Art 350 Spelman Ln. SW, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

This special exhibition explores artist Ming Smith’s unparalleled and under-recognized career from the early 1970s through the present. The exhibition encompasses a multitude of artistic expressions to represent Smith’s vibrant and multi-layered practice, which is grounded in portraiture, and amplifies the heartbeat of Black life in the United States. Feeling the Future places works from the artist’s five-decades of creation in conversation with one another, exploring themes such as Afrofuturism, Black cultural expression, representation, and social examination.

Tay Butler and Lovie Olivia

Partnership Tower, 1st Floor Lobby 701 Avenida De Las Americas, Houston, TX, United States

Tay Butler and Lovie Olivia participated in Contemporary Art Museum Houston (CAMH)’s artist-in-residence program, CAMHLAB, in partnership with Houston Freedmen’s Town Conservancy (HFTC). While in residence, their research highlighted, honored, and animated the critical histories and stories of Freedmen’s Town, a neighborhood established in 1865 by over 1,000 newly freed Black people that is now recognized as Houston’s first Heritage District. The presentation at Houston First is inspired by the ideas Bulter and Olivia were toiling with during their CAMHLAB residency.

Hadley Clark: Gone Not Forever

Crossroads Hotel 2101 Central St, Kansas City, MO, United States

In Gone Not Forever, Hadley Clark deepens her ongoing exploration of material reuse, presenting an installation of plant-dyed sculptural garments crafted from textiles discarded by the Crossroads Hotel in Spring 2024. Clark transforms the hotel lobby into a stage for transient experiences—an unfamiliar space to be briefly inhabited.

Vincent Valdez: Just a Dream…

Brown Foundation & Zilkha Galleries

Vincent Valdez: Just a Dream… is the artist’s first major museum survey and spans over two decades of his work, from early career drawings to current allegorical portraits.

Bennett Road

Freedmen's Town Visitor Center 1204 Victor St, Houston, Texas

Through the collaborative works of Michael and Martellus Bennett, Bennett Road offers an immersive experience that encourages reflection, connection, and creativity, affirming the importance of Black labor in shaping our collective narrative.

Through Our Eyes: The Art of Family, Friendship, and Pastimes

Johnson Neighborhood Library 3517 Reed Road, Houston, Texas

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)’s Teaching Artists In Classrooms (TAIC) program is a collaborative initiative that integrates professional artists into school settings, fostering creativity and self-expression among students at South Early College High School (SECHS).

OUT OF STOCK

Nina and Michael Zilkha Gallery

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)’s Teen Council is proud to present OUT OF STOCK, the 14th biennial exhibition featuring work from Houston-area teen artists. OUT OF STOCK developed out of an open call for submissions and includes artwork by 33 teen artists responding to questions surrounding consumer culture.

Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe

Brown Foundation Gallery Houston, TX, United States

Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe unites a decade of the artist’s work across disciplines, building textured surfaces from textiles, ephemera, and archives materials to highlight the mechanics of systemic societal power and recognize the triumphs of communities of color.

Mary Ellen Carroll: How To Talk Dirty and Influence People

Brown Foundation Gallery Houston, TX, United States

Mary Ellen Carroll: How To Talk Dirty and Influence People charts the import and impact of the artist’s engagement with some of the most urgent issues of our time, including environmental sustainability, social justice, immigration, and urban legislation.