LOCAL Houston | The City Guide JANUARY 2016 | Page 24

MUSEUM DISTRICT

HIGHLIGHTS

Miguel Ángel Rojas, Broadway, 1996/2010, coca leaves and steel needles
with museum putty on the wall, the Museum of© Fine Arts, Houston,
Museum purchase funded by the Caribbean Art Fund. Miguel Ángel Rojas

Palden Weinreb, Cascade of the Enshrined, 2011mixed media, 78’x72’

MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON
1001 Bissonnet Street, 77006
www.mfah.org

1. Contingent Beauty: Contemporary
Art from Latin America, at the Museum
of Fine Arts Houston through February 28, features
the works of 21 major artists from throughout
Latin America and the Caribbean. There are
32 pieces, mainly pooled from the museum’s
permanent collection, curated by Mari
Carmen Ramírez, Wortham Curator of Latin
American Art. The exhibition features a medley of mediums and materials used by the
artists to express their political, socioeconomic, sustainability, environmental and personal
concerns. “In the hands of these artists, the
work of art – while formally sophisticated and
seductive – becomes not an end in itself but a
tool to heighten viewers’ awareness of critical
factors shaping their everyday environment,”
said Ramírez.

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CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF HOUSTON
1500 Binz Street, 77004
www.cmhouston.org

2.

The Children’s Museum of Houston will be
featuring Made in Your Mind (on view from
January 16–May 8) which is inspired by
Instructables, the “world’s largest show and
tell,” encouraging children to have the full “do
it yourself” attitude. With tons of activities, this
exhibit will allow children to utilize problem
solving and will demonstrate that with critical
thinking and communication they are able to
do anything they set their mind to.

ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER
1370 Southmore Blvd., 77004
www.asiasociety.org

3. Bringing together four amazing artists
where nature plays a main role in the inspiration of their artwork, Drawn from Nature
will be on display until February 21. With materials
such as beeswax, bamboo, pebbles frozen
with water, wire, wood, the study of geometry
and charcoal, this will be Asia Society Texas
Center’s first-ever exhibition dedicated to
nature, allowing visitors to see its continuing
impact as a source of artistic inspiration.