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Revenue Sharing: DJ Flash Gordon Parks

Thursday, January 17, 2013 | 12:15 to 1PM

Join us for a presentation on the history of Soul music in Houston by Flash Gordon Parks.

Jason Woods, aka Flash Gordon Parks, is the documentarian for Peace Uv Mine Entertainment LLC. An accomplished photographer of over ten years, Woods began his study of the art form at Jack Yates Senior High School. He continued his study and progression as an artist at Sam Houston State University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Photography. During that time Woods began cultivate all of his inherent artistic talents. A lifelong lover of music, he began to dig deeper into the history and inner workings of music through crates of records.

As a DJ, Parks strives to reach the souls of people with music. He believes his job is not only to entertain, but expose the masses to artists of which they are not aware. Listening to his sets can be a mixture of a lesson in music history, walk down memory lane, and listening party for new artists.

Revenue Sharing is based on the 1960s “Teach-In” and is held in conjunction with Theaster Gates’ mixed media installation See, Sit, Sup, Sing: Holding Court featured in the exhibition Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art. The 30-45 minute lunch presentations begin at 12:15PM.

Slide Jam: Wayne Gilbert and Mark Ponder

Thursday, January 17, 2013 | 6:30 to 8PM

Slide Jams explore the ideas and inspirations of a range of artists in Houston's diverse and ever-changing arts community. This event's featured artists, Wayne Gilbert and Mark Ponder, will show and discuss recent work, talk about their creative practices, and answer questions from the audience. Artist's Reception from 6:30-7PM. Presentations start at 7PM.

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Performance: Danny Tisdale

Saturday, January 19, 2013 | 2PM

In Transitions, Inc., Danny Tisdale becomes Tracey Goodman, the head of a fictitious company that specializes in transforming one’s physical appearance for the purpose of greater social access and financial reward.  In 1992, Tisdale spent two days standing on a crowded street corner advertising and promoting his company, whose tagline is “we turn minorities into majorities,” and its products. Tisdale’s performance confronted passers with questions concerning societal norms surrounding appearance, class, and the construction of identity.  The promotional materials for Tisdale’s company included products such as hair relaxers, skin lighteners, and hair extensions.  These products are featured as an installation work and will be on view for the duration of the exhibition. 

Danny Tisdale (b. 1959) is an artist, educator, and community activist who lives and works in New York.  Much of Tisdale’s work focuses on the nexus of identity, race, politics, and the push for societal change.

Revenue Sharing: Lisa E. Harris

Thursday, January 24, 2013 | 12:15 to 1PM

What is opera? Find out with Lisa E. Harris at this week's Revenue Sharing. Harris will talk about opera in general and one in specific, Lilith, which she is currently developing.

Revenue Sharing is based on the 1960s “Teach-In” and is held in conjunction with Theaster Gates’ mixed media installation See, Sit, Sup, Sing: Holding Court featured in the exhibition Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art. The 30-45 minute lunch presentations begin at 12:15PM.

In Dialogue: Kalup Linzy

Saturday, January 26, 2013 | 2 to 3PM

Special Location: Freed Auditorium, Glassell School of Art, 5101 Montrose Blvd., Houston 77006

In conjunction with Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art, join us for a talk by artist Kalup Linzy at the Glassell School of Art at 2PM and later for a performance by the artist at Houston Museum for African American Culture (4807 Caroline Street, Houston 77004) at 7PM.

In Dialogue is co-sponsored by Glassell School of Art and the performance is co-sponsored by Houston Museum for African American Culture.

Performance: Kalup Linzy

Saturday, January 26, 2013 | 7PM

Special Location: Houston Museum for African American Culture, 4807 Caroline Street, Houston 77004

Introducing Kaye (Romantic Loner) (2012) debuts one of Kalup Linzy’s newest characters, Kaye, a forlorn artist coming to terms with a series of failed relationships.  Using the video as a backdrop to Kaye’s experiences, Linzy will perform the soundtrack created for the Romantic Loner project (a feature length film), accompanied by a five-member band. 

Kalup Linzy (b. 1977) is a multidisciplinary artist who utilizes familiar tropes from pop culture—notably the melodrama found in soap operas—to highlight the complexities of race, gender, sexuality, and class. Linzy originally released his video shorts episodically on YouTube, which allowed viewers to follow the trajectory of the characters in, for example, his series All My Churen (2003).  

C0-presented by Houston Museum for African American Culture

Performance: Trenton Doyle Hancock

Thursday, January 31, 2013 | 6:30PM

In Off-Colored, sleep-deprived artist Trenton Doyle Hancock snoozes atop a wooden structure, covered in a colorful, fur-striped sheet. Upon awaking to the sound of an alarm clock, Hancock is fed huge bowls of various colors of Jell-O. And, in an amusing twist on the logic of consumption, he expels colorful balloons out of the rear of the structure. This performance, like much of Hancock’s work, engages in the artist’s epic narrative of the Mounds and their nemesis, the Vegans–sets of mythical creatures that are in constant battle.

Trenton Doyle Hancock (b. 1974) is known for his ever-evolving saga of the Vegans and the Mounds, half-animal, half-plant creatures, that live, love, dream, and die all in the narrative the artist creates in his work. His work not only investigates moral quandaries and Biblical themes, but also the formal qualities that are inherent to a given medium.

In Dialogue: Adam Pendelton

Saturday, February 2, 2013 | 2 to 3PM

Special Location: Freed Auditorium, Glassell School of Art, 5101 Montrose Blvd., Houston 77006

Join us at the Glassell School of Art for a talk by artist Adam Pendelton, featured in CAMH's group exhibition Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art.

Performances: Xaviera Simmons, Sherman Flemming, and Jacolby Satterwhite

Friday, February 15, 2013 | 6:30PM

Join us for performances in conjunction with Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art:

Xaviera Simmons, Score Two: Multitudinousness Summer or Color of Moon, 2010; and This Black Woman, 2012
Sherman Fleming, TBA
Jacolby Satterwhite, Reassignment no.4

In Dialogue: Sherman Fleming, Jacolby Satterwhite, and Xaviera Simmons

Saturday, February 16, 2013 | 2 to 3PM

Special Location: Freed Auditorium, Glassell School of Art, 5101 Montrose Blvd., Houston 77006

Join us at the Glassell School of Art for a panel discussion with artists Sherman Fleming, Jacolby Satterwhite, and Xaviera Simmons, featured in the exhibition Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art. The discussion is moderated by Franklin Sirmans, Terri and Michael Smooke Curator and Department Head of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

2013 Gala and Art Auction

Friday, March 1, 2013 | 7:00 PM - MIDNIGHT

Special Location: Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston hosts an unparalleled evening in Houston—a lively gala for the city’s most visionary arts enthusiasts and a live art auction featuring today's most sought-after artists, like Robert Gober, Donald Moffett, Joyce Pensato, and Lisa Yuskavage. CAMH's Gala and Art Auction benefits CAMH’s innovative exhibitions and arts programming. Check back early this spring for more information. If you would like to underwrite this event, please click here to download the underwriter response from.