Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

07/10/2025

Join us for a light lunch 🥪 and conversation at next week’s ‘Art at Noon’ in gallery conversation at CAMH withTeen Council Alum (2010-12) Sophie Asakura and current Teen Council member Chloe Cheuk. ⁠
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During this discussion, Asakura and Cheuk will chat about the themes featured in the OUT OF STOCK exhibition, the experience of putting together an exhibition, and their perspectives on CAMH’s Teen Council throughout its 25 year history.⁠
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This event is free to attend. RSVP ➡️ https://camh.org/event/art-at-noon-out-of-stock-sophie-asakura-and-chloe-cheuk-july-2025/
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♻️ The Teen Council 25th Anniversary Bash and Sustainability Summer Programs are generously funded in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts.

07/09/2025

CAMH is hiring for a Director of Finance! If you or anyone you know is located in Houston and wants to work in a collaborative Museum space dedicated to connecting artists and audiences through the catalytic possibilities of contemporary art, please consider applying ➡️

07/08/2025

This Weekend 🗓 The Museum’s annual Summer Community Celebration is happening this Saturday, July 12 from 1–4PM! 😎☀️

This year’s celebration includes a chance to explore the galleries, make hands-on activities, and special community partnership activations with Houston Food Bank, Houston Habitat for Humanity, and TSU Shape Initiative.

✂️ Hands-On Activities Include:

🔎 Scavenger Hunt for Shapes and Patterns
✂️ Sculptural Collage Making
🔨 Deconstruction Construction | Tools, Safety, and a Safe and Guided ‘Rage Room’ Experience with Girl with Grit Program

For more information and to RSVP for this event ➡️ https://camh.org/event/summer-community-celebration-july-2025/

♻️ The Teen Council 25th Anniversary Bash and Sustainability Summer Programs are generously funded in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts.

07/03/2025

Teen Artist Zainab Basit’s artworks 'Wailing' (2024) and 'Steel Wings' (2024) warn against irreversible transformations in how we relate to nature, focusing on the impacts to animals from often brutal industrial animal farming. Zainab asks visitors to consider, “When does a creature become a commodity, something to be exploited for human gain, rather than a sentient being deserving of respect and protection?”

Experience this artwork in person inside the Teen Council 14th Biennial Exhibition, OUT OF STOCK 🛒, on view at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston through October 19, 2025 🗓

Visitors dropping by CAMH’s galleries this Saturday, July 5 between 1–4PM 🗓 have the chance to participate in an Open Studio session using mixed media materials to decorate a small pot as inspired by Basit’s ‘Steel Wings’ ⚙️🪴🔩

Admission at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is Always Free.

07/02/2025

CAMH is now hiring for a new Communications Coordinator! 🌟 This full-time role supports the Museum’s digital marketing initiatives through managing social media channels, creating email blasts, maintaining the website, and organizing the communications archive.

Apply today ➡️https://camh.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Communications-Coordinator-Job-Description_FY25.pdf

07/01/2025

“For Jackson, the questions have always mattered more than the answers. What is a painting? What is a sculpture? Can color carry memory? Can sound carry grief? Can emotion reshape space?”

Check out writer Michael McFadden’s latest piece on CAMH's latest exhibition Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe, ‘Value in Hu(e)manity’ in Arts and Culture Texas ➡️

This is how Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe, on view at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston through March 29, 2026, begins—or how it continues.

07/01/2025

Whether you want to cool off from the Houston heat or you want to stay dry from the Houston rain- Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is ready to welcome you to our galleries this summer! Check out our list of upcoming programs including designing a custom pot for your succulents, Art at Noon, and Music at the Museum! ⬇️

🪴 Open Studio | Mixed Media Potted Plant Holder
🗓 Saturday, July 5, 2025 | 2–4PM

☀️ Summer Community Celebration
🗓 Saturday, July 12, 2025 | 1–4PM

🎤 Art at Noon | Sophie Asakura and Chloe Cheuk
🗓 Friday, July 18, 2025 | 12–1PM

🖍 Drop-In Experience | Design a Button
🗓 Saturday, July 19, 2025 | 1–4PM

🎶 Music at the Museum with DJ Brother Jackson
🗓 Thursday, July 24, 2025 | 6–8PM

✂️ Drop-In Experience | Layering Textures
🗓 Saturday, July 26, 2025

Programs at CAMH are made possible thanks to ✨ For full and updated calendar of events visit camh.org 🔗

🚨 Please note the Museum will be closed Friday, July 4 2025 in observance of Independence Day. The Museum will resume operating hours on Saturday, July 5, 2025.

06/30/2025

Have you gotten your hands on the exhibition catalogue for Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe 🎆 yet? We only have a limited amount of copies left! ⁠
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This catalogue is the first book presenting the evolution of Jackson’s work and offers a comprehensive look at the overarching themes and developments in her process by gathering bodies of work in a variety of media created over time and in different locations. ⁠
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Order yours today ➡️ https://camh.shop/collections/book-collection/products/tomashi-jackson-across-the-universe-catalog

06/25/2025

Add these songs to your summer playlist! ☀️ 🎶 Check out the Museum’s Teen Council’s playlist for their curated exhibition OUT OF STOCK 🛒 This playlist includes songs from artists like Lorde, Madonna, Fiona Apple, Björk and more and touches upon the featured themes of the exhibitions art such as human consumption, obsession, and materials.

Featured works and artists in this post include:

🖼 Port-AI-Its, 2023 by Khoi Chu

🖼 It’s all just Pixels to Me, 2024 by Faina Maredia

🖼 Crimson Ghost, 2024 by Ryder Tang

🖼 Devouring Realities, 2022 by Tingyu Wu

🖼 A Vivid Dinner, 2024 by Naomi Lee

🖼 Naeeman (Blessing), 2024 by Dana Alageli

Bring your headphones and listen to this playlist while exploring the exhibition! OUT OF STOCK is on view at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston through October 19, 2025. Admission is Always Free.

Want to listen to the playlist? Visit ➡️ https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Zl3FWQYdY5cz8rJq6FCfg?si=yKUDvI0pR12ONU63r4IdCA 🎧

06/23/2025

Now on view Around Houston in Houston’s Midtown! Teacher Advisory Group’s ‘Threat of Joy’, previously featured in Houston Chronicle, is officially on view in Mid Main Lofts Gallery. 🖼

Threat of Joy is a collaborative exhibition of student and teacher artwork showcasing joy and rebellion organized by Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)’s fourth cohort of the Teacher Advisory Group (TAG). The thought-provoking work in the exhibition is made to fight oppression, as a reminder to create in spite of a lack of motivation, and to choose joy when the pressures of the world can feel heavy and overwhelming.

Experience the works of our Teacher Advisory Group and their students at Mid Main located on 3550 Main St. through September 4, 2025 🗓 For gallery hours and more information, visit https://camh.org/event/threat-of-joy-teacher-advisory-group-exhibition/🔗

06/20/2025

“The work is meant to be overwhelming, symbolizing how we are constantly bombarded with content on the internet and social media.” says artist Bells Bosell. “We live in a very consumer driven society, and I wanted to capture that by having every screen filled, showing how many options and avenues we are given to consume. Our consumerist culture makes it seem like there is an endless abundance of things, but that’s an illusion. In reality, our habits of consumption have disastrous consequences to our health and planet.”

Visitors can experience Bosell’s work in person within the Teen Council 14th Biennial Exhibition OUT OF STOCK at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston through October 19, 2025.

Dropping by tomorrow? Join us in the galleries from 1–4PM for a special Drop-In Experience where visitors are invited to create bookmarks inspired by the glitch lines and images featured in Bosell's work! 🖼

06/17/2025

THIS WEEK 🗓 Join us for the upcoming Drop-In Experience | Glitch Collage Bookmarks where visitors are invited to create bookmarks inspired by the glitch lines and images featured in teen artist Bells Bosell's work, 'The Illusion of Abundance'! 🖼

✂️ Drop-In Experience | Glitch Collage Bookmarks
🗓 Saturday, June 21, 2025 | 1–4PM

Admission at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is always free.