Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

Happy International Museum Day from CAMH, where admission and public programs are always free! Come see us this week 🖼️

We have some exciting opportunities at CAMH for teachers and art enthusiasts! ⁠ For more information and to apply, visit https://lnkd.in/esr3bVJ6⁠ ⁠ Applications for the next cohort of educators to join our Teacher Advisory Group (TAG) for 2026–27 are now open! To learn more, visit the Open Calls page on our website.⁠ ⁠ CAMH is also hiring for a full-time Teen Council and Tour Program Coordinator to steward our upcoming Teen Council exhibition, work closely with the incoming group of teen art organizers, and facilitate exhibition tours for groups from Houston and beyond. To learn more and apply, visit the Employment page on our website. 

CAMH is hiring a Teen Council and Tour Program Coordinator! If you'd like to bridge contemporary art, artists, and the broader Houston community through tours, relationships with teachers, and connections with Houston-area teens, please consider applying ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gNq9JjTn

We're excited to honor Sissy and Denny Kempner at this year’s Annual Benefit and Art Auction, CAMH PARTY. The Kempners are longtime trustees, patrons, and donors to CAMH's Major Exhibition Fund across numerous exhibitions, including The OUT OF STOCK Teen Council exhibition (2025). Sissy and Denny Kempner has collectively served over four decades as trustees. Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is honored to celebrate their legacy with Co-Chairs Susie and Sanford Criner as well as Cece and Mack Fowler on Saturday, April 25, 2026. Limited tables and tickets remain. If you are interested in joining us for the event, please email camhparty@camh.org. If you're unable to join, your donation in honor of the Kempners is appreciated. https://lnkd.in/g-5i92PW

It's fundraising season at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)!⁠ ⁠ Our commitment to showcasing groundbreaking contemporary art, uplifting emerging artists, and keeping art free and accessible for all is only possible because of supporters like you.⁠ ⁠ As we count down to our 2026 Annual Benefit and Art Auction—CAMH PARTY—we’re fundraising to continue presenting bold, thought-provoking exhibitions and public programs that educate and inspire.⁠ ⁠ Will you make a donation today to support CAMH's mission?⁠ Your donation supports:⁠ ⁠ 🎟 Free admission for all⁠ 🥳 Public programs and events⁠ 🖼 Exhibitions and contemporary artists⁠ 🎨 Free hands-on art-making activities⁠ 🧑🏫 Teacher Advisory Group (TAG) Initiatives⁠ 🌟 Teen Council programming⁠ and more!⁠ ⁠ Every contribution helps keep CAMH an accessible space for art and innovation in Houston. To make a tax-deductible donation to art, visit https://lnkd.in/g-5i92PW 📸 Photos: Tasha Gorel

It's the final week of Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe 🎆 at CAMH! We have been so honored to have this mid-career survey by Tomashi Jackson on view at the Museum. Jackson created vibrant, research-driven work utilizing printmaking, video, photography, fiber, and sculpture. Jackson’s work is informed by region-specific research grounded in interviews with local community members, historians, and advocates, as well as archival materials and ephemera. Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe is influenced by California muralists and traditions reflecting peoples’ movements of the 1950s-1990’s. Jackson's work scrutinizes the mechanics of societal power and recognizes the triumphs of the empowerment of communities of color. Plan a visit to see it this week and grab some exhibition merch from CAMH.SHOP. Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe is on view through March 29, 2026. 📸 Visitors of the exhibition Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe. Photos: Tasha Gorel

We're so thrilled to announce the upcoming performance lecture, A Tailgating Duet: On Infrastructural Intimacies, with Raquel Gutiérrez. ⁠ ⁠ Raquel will be joining us from Tucson, Arizona to offer a creative inquiry into the modern and contemporary imaginaries of ruins in and of the Southwest United States and how we arrive to them.⁠ ⁠ This performance lecture will premiere new work inspired by the exhibition Mario Ayala: Seven Vans and Southwest car culture. We will be joined by Dreamers Bookstore, who will provide copies of Raquel's book and new poetry collection, "Brown Neon" and "Southwest Reconstruction", for those interested in purchasing.⁠ ⁠ This event is FREE to attend. Please RSVP via the link: https://lnkd.in/gqEzNuke 📸 Raquel Gutiérrez, 2025. Photos: Jason Williams

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) is excited to announce the upcoming exhibition Mary Ellen Carroll: How To Talk Dirty and Influence People 🗣️.⁠ ⁠ This is the first exhibition to survey the work of acclaimed conceptual artist Mary Ellen Carroll. The exhibition focuses on a selection of key projects spanning more than four decades and includes works exhibited for the first time. The exhibition charts the import and impact of Carroll’s engagement with questions of agency and identity, as well as the artist’s exploration of some of the most urgent issues of our time, including environmental sustainability, social justice, immigration, and urban legislation.⁠ ⁠ Mary Ellen Carroll: How To Talk Dirty and Influence People is organized by Contemporary Arts Museum Houston and curated by Rebecca Matalon, Senior Curator, with Yiran Chi, 2025-26 Rice Curatorial Fellow.⁠ ⁠ Join us for the Public Opening of the exhibition on 🗓 Thursday, May 21, 2026 from 7–9PM. This event is free to attend, but RSVP is recommended. RSVP: https://lnkd.in/drXx-TiE 📸 Rebecca Matalon and Mary Ellen Carroll prototyping scaffolding for Mary Ellen Carroll: How To Talk Dirty and Influence People, 2025. Photo: Tasha Gorel.

Applications for the Teen Council 2026–27 cohort year are now open! 🌟 11 paid spots are open for the 2026–27 school year. This cohort’s primary activity will be curating the biennial exhibition, showcasing Houston-area teen art that responds to the chosen theme of utopias. Teens must be aged 13–19 years old to apply and be able to attend in-person meetings every Thursday during the school year, 4:30–6:30PM at CAMH⁠. Applicants can apply online or by paper application. 💻Online applications are due March 19, 2026 at 9AM. 📝Paper applications are due at CAMH’s front desk on March 18, 2026 at 5:45PM. For more information about Teen Council applications, visit https://lnkd.in/gTVN96Uv

We are excited to announce Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) has been awarded a multi-year program support grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in support of its artist-in-residence program! We send the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts our deepest appreciation for their commitment to funding the arts, and supporting our mission of exemplifying the art of today. To learn more about the 2025 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts grant, read here: https://lnkd.in/dU9YeYcT