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MUSEUM DISTRICT
HIGHLIGHTS
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The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston’s Teen Council is presenting the 9th biennial youth art exhibition,
PERSPECTIVES 189: FROM THE MARGINS, features works by Houston- area teen artists. Focusing on marginalization and its personal, political and social manifestations, there are works by 48 teens in a variety of media ranging from photography
and video to sculpture and installation. Drawing from an open call, the Teen Council received over 400 submissions.
Teen council member Kizer Shelton says, “The direct goal of this exhibition is to produce – from an environment of
authority – a space which gives full attention to marginalized teenage voices.” Thru July 19 | Zilkha Gallery
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
5216 Montrose Blvd.
Houston, TX 77006
www.camh.org
2. Take a tour through the human body and learn more about how all of your major organs work at the AMAZING BODY
The Health Museum
1515 Hermann Dr.
Houston, TX 77004
www.thehealthmuseum.org
PAVILION, one of The Health Museums’ permanent exhibits. Appearing in this exhibit will be approximately 30 interactive videos and audio kiosks, a 22 foot-long backbone with ribs (creating a feeling of being inside a giant rib cage),
a
27 ½-foot intestine, a 10-foot walkthrough brain with memory games, a heart wall, scream booth and
many more amazing features.
3. Celebrate star-spangled superheroes that have contributed to making America the land of the free and the home
of the brave at the SUMMER OF EPIC ADVENTURE – FORCES UNITE on Kidpendence Day this July 4th.The MAKE A WISH! “TANABATA
”JAPANESE STAR FESTIVAL will be July 7. As the tale is told in the Japanese culture, the Milky Way separates Vega and
Altair and they are allowed to meet only once a year on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month.This reunion marks the
celebration of the Tanabata, which means the evening of the 7th. The museum will also “raise the woof” at the
Houston World Series of Dog Shows, with musical demos, Frisbee catching and many more at the DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
on July 9 and 11 while also showing you the truths, tricks and “tails” of pet ownership, care and medicine with interactive workshops at the FUTUREVET® “WOOF-SHOPS” on July 16 and 18. Don’t forget to enjoy some mouthwatering ice
cream on National Ice Cream Day at the SUMMER OF EPIC ADVENTURE – FORCES UNITE on July 19.
Children’s Museum of Houston
1500 Binz
Houston, TX 77004
www.cmhouston.org
Rienzi
1406 Kirby Dr.
Houston, TX 77019
4.
Rienzi invites families to come together for STORYTIME TOURS and SUMMER FINE ARTS WORKSHOPS, to create art, write, read
stories and watch performances inspired by the collection of the MFAH house museum on select Wednesdays and
Sundays this summer.
www.mfah.org/calendar
5. WORKS ON PAPER is an exhibition of Texas artist Benito Huerta’s drawings, watercolors and prints that will be displayed
Houston Museum of African American Culture
4807 Caroline Street
Houston, TX 77004
this summer at the Houston Museum of African American Culture. With images appropriated from popular culture and
art history, Huerta’s art addresses money, politics, environment, war and Mexican culture. Being a realist, he often
finds inspiration in the nineteenth-century artists and works that began the Realist movement. He aspires, in this exhibition, “to be in a position to translate the customs, the ideas, the appearance of my epoch, according to my own
estimation...to create a living art.”
www.hmaac.org
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