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Annual ReportContemporary Arts Museum Houston 16–17

6 Timeline of Artists Shown at CAMH

14 Director’s Statement

16 2016–2017 Exhibitions

30 Art on the Lawn

32 Touring Exhibitions

36 Publications

46 Education and Public Programming

68 Communications and Marketing

76 Development

92 Financial Reports

100 Board of Trustees

108 Staff

The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is a leading destination to experience innovative art. CAMH actively encourages public engagement with its exhibitions through its educational programs, publications, and online presence.

Annual Report for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017

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Cover: Visitor views Atlas, Plural, Monumental at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2017. Photo: Ronald L. Jones.

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Tour of Origins of the Self and Workshop with Holy Trinity High School at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2017. Photo: Ronald L. Jones.

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Young Patrons Summer Lawn Party at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2017. Photo: Daniel Ortiz.

Where Tomorrow’s Art History is Created Today

Since its founding in 1948, the mission of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) has been to showcase art that reflects current society and the relevance of contemporary art production to the Houston community. As a non-collecting institution, CAMH has focused its efforts on being a central location to see emerging artists or artists having their first major survey exhibition. Reflecting back on the history of the institution showcases CAMH’s role in defining art history. Many of the artists who were shown at CAMH early in their careers are now luminaries of the art world and central to art history. In the timeline, “Notable” highlights artists who had one of their first museum exhibitions, first solo exhibition, or first time shown in the region.


1948The Contemporary Arts Association is founded and presents its inaugural exhibition This Is Contemporary ArtGroup Exhibition Notable: Charles Eames, Gyorgy Kepes

1952Texas Contemporary ArtistsGroup ExhibitionNotable: John T. Biggers

1953Women in ArtGroup ExhibitionNotable: Hedda Sterne

1956Shadow and Substance: The Shadow Theater of Montmartre and Modern ArtGroup Exhibition Notable: Jackson Pollock, Jim Love

1957Mark RothkoSolo Exhibition

1958Collage International: From Picasso to PresentGroup ExhibitionNotable: Alberto Burri, Robert Rauschenberg

1959Out of the OrdinaryGroup Exhibition

1960New EuropeansGroup ExhibitionNotable: Eduardo Paolozzi, Mimo Rotello, Antoni Tapies

1961The Emerging FigureGroup ExhibitionNotable: Alex Katz, Richard Diebenkorn

Ways and MeansGroup ExhibitionNotable: Frank Stella

1963Pop! Goes the EaselGroup ExhibitionNotable: Jim Dine, Roy Lichtenstein, Mel Ramos, James Rosenquist, Wayne Thiebaud, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann

1964Francis BaconSolo Exhibition

Dealers Choice: An Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, and PrintsGroup ExhibitionNotable: Helen Frankenthaler, Jules Olitski

1965Robert RauschenbergSolo Exhibition

1966Art Across AmericaGroup ExhibitionNotable: Ed Ruscha

1969Al Held: Recent PaintingsSolo Exhibition

1970Contemporary Black ArtistsGroup ExhibitionNotable: Sam Gilliam

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1972New Gunnar Birkerts building opens with Exhibition 10Group Exhibition Notable: Paul Sharits, William Wegman Notable: Paul Sharits, William Wegman

1973RE: Vision: A Series of Performances, Concerts, and FilmsGroup ExhibitionNotable: Philip Glass, Yvonne Rainer, Robert Whitman

1974Luis JimenezSolo Exhibition

1975John Chamberlain: Recent SculptureSolo Exhibition

James Surls: SculptorSolo Exhibition

1976Julian SchnabelSolo Exhibition

1977Marisol Escobar: Recent Drawings and SculpturesSolo Exhibition

1979FIRE!Group ExhibitionNotable: Mel Chin, Vernon Fisher, Roberta Harris, Jesse Lott, Cesar Martinez, Earl Staley

American Painting: The EightiesGroup ExhibitionNotable: Nancy Graves, Elizabeth Murray, Susan Rothenberg

1980Extensions: Jennifer Bartlett, Lynda Benglis, Robert Longo, Judy Pfaff Group Exhibition

Cindy Sherman: PhotographsSolo Exhibition

1981Jonathan Borofsky: An InstallationSolo Exhibition

1982Some Contemporary PortraitsGroup ExhibitionNotable: Robert Mapplethorpe

1983Arbitrary Order: Paintings by Pat SteirSolo Exhibition

1984Laurie Anderson: Works from 1969–1983Solo exhibition

1985Barbara Kruger: Striking PosesSolo exhibition

1987Eric Fischl: Scenes Before the Eye: The Evolution of the Year of the Drowned Dog and Floating IslandSolo Exhibition


1988Bill Viola: Survey of a DecadeSolo exhibition

Robert Colescott: A Retrospective 1975–1986Solo Exhibition

1989German Art of the Late 80sGroup ExhibitionNotable: Stephen Balkenhol, Katharina Fritsch, Jorg Immendorf, Im Knoebel, Albert Oehlen, Thomas Ruff, Rosemarie Trockel

1991Christian Boltanski: ShadowsSolo exhibition

1993Works by Lorna SimpsonSolo exhibition

1994Sophie Calle: RomancesSolo exhibition

1995George Condo: Recent PaintingsSolo exhibition

Andres Serrano: Works 1983–1993Solo exhibition

1996Carrie Mae Weems: The Kitchen Table SeriesSolo exhibition

1996Brilliant! New Art from LondonGroup Exhibition

1997Jenny Holzer: LUSTMORDSolo exhibition

Ann Hamilton: kaphSolo exhibition

1998David McGee: Black Comedies and Night MusicSolo exhibition

1999Nan GoldinSolo exhibition

2000Sharon Engelstein: Boolean UnionsSolo exhibition

2001Ghada Amer: PleasureSolo exhibition

Trenton Doyle Hancock: The Life and Death of #1Solo exhibition

2002William KentridgeSolo exhibition

Sanford Biggers: AfrotempleSolo Exhibition

2003Shirin NeshatSolo exhibition

2004Perspectives 143: Katharina GrosseSolo Exhibition


2005Double Consciousness: Black Conceptual Art Since 1970Group ExhibitionNotable: Chakaia Booker, David Hammons, Arthur Jafa, Jennie C. Jones

2006Kiki Smith: A Gathering 1980–2005Solo exhibition

Wishing for Synchronicity: Works by Pipilotti RistSolo exhibition

2007Mary Heilman: To Be SomeoneSolo exhibition

2008Perspectives 160: Class Pictures: Photographs by Dawoud BeySolo exhibition

2009No Zoning: Artists Engage HoustonGroup ExhibitionNotable: Mary Ellen Carroll, Rick Lowe

2010Hand+Made: The Performative Impulse in Art and CraftGroup ExhibitionNotable: Sheila Pepe, Anne Wilson

2011Donald Moffett: The Extravagant VeinSolo exhibition

2012Perspectives 177: McArthur BinionSolo Exhibition

Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary ArtGroup ExhibitionNotable: Theaster Gates, Senga Nengudi, Adrian Piper, Pope L., Xaviera Simmons

2013LaToya Ruby Frazier: WITNESSSolo exhibition

2014Rites of Spring (Outside the Lines series)Group exhibitionNotable: Michele Abeles, Lucas Blalock

2015Marilyn Minter: Pretty/DirtySolo exhibition

Jennie C. Jones: CompilationSolo exhibition

2016MPA— THE INTERVIEW: Red, Red FutureSolo exhibition

2017Angel Otero: Everything and NothingSolo exhibition

Paul Ramirez Jonas: Atlas, Plural, MonumentalSolo exhibition

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Visitors view Atlas, Plural, Monumental at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2017. Photo: Ronald L. Jones.


Bill Arning and Thedra Cullar-Ledford lead a walk-through of Thedra Cullar-Ledford: Lady Part Follies in Right Here, Right Now: Volume 2, 2017. Video still: Ronald L. Jones.

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Bill ArningDirector

The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, by its very nature and founding documents, is committed to bringing to the community an international panoply of arts that has a few overriding goals—to be stimulating, to be provocative, and to induce heated discussion.

In a city which has access to a lot of widely ratified artworks whose

importance have been given the consensus of teachers, historians, curators, and collectors, CAMH gets to take chances in ways that true mavens of edgy art cherish. Of course, some art viewers will leave in horror. Long-term board members have told me of friends and relatives who came to visit at their invitation once and have not forgiven them for what they encountered. The legendary opening exhibition of CAMH’s current building, Exhibition 10, sparked outrage amongst several key donors in 1972. Today, that same exhibition enjoys renown among scholars of the avant-garde.

The thorny questions of where and in what ways we need to grow and where we need to reinvest in infrastructure to maintain our current successes will be up to us to debate over the next months. But even in those debates, as complex as the issues raised in a changing city and country, it’s still a fascinating, never-ending mandate for the life-changing importance of art beyond decoration and investment. We see the effects of our Teen Council program on the future lives of budding art lovers. We see how investing time in museum-level scholarship on lesser-known artists has rewritten the art historical canon.

It is worth taking time and listening to many voices—our own and those within the communities that make Houston the cosmopolitan city that it is—as to what CAMH needs to become. As I was charged by one of the Museum’s longest-term benefactors when I arrived, “Please keep the CAMH Wild.” It is a task that I cherish and one of the many things that makes CAMH a special place.

It is worth taking time and listening to many voices—our own and those within the communities that make Houston the cosmopolitan city that it is—as to what CAMH needs to become.


15Director’s Statement

Visitors take part in a Participatory Gallery Tour in Atlas, Plural, Monumental at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2017. Photo: Ronald L. Jones.


Visitor views Atlas, Plural, Monumental at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2017. Photo: Ronald L. Jones.

2016–2017 Exhibitions

As one of the oldest, major non-collecting art institutions in the United States, the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston dedicates its resources to organizing, presenting, and touring exhibitions that showcase the most influential art being made today. Each season, CAMH features a combination of regional, national, and international artists through its diverse exhibition schedule. The Museum documents these exhibitions in publications designed for use by both scholars and the general public. Free programs accompany each exhibition to encourage engagement with contemporary art.

The 2016-2017 Exhibition Series was made possible by the Museum’s generous patrons, benefactors, and donors: A Fare Extraordinaire, Chinhui Juhn and Eddie Allen, Art Market Productions, Bergner and Johnson Design, The Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston, Jereann Chaney, Barbara and Michael Gamson, George and Mary Joseph Hamman Foundation, Blakely and Trey Griggs, Leslie and Mark Hull, Jackson and Company, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Mr. and Mrs. I.H. Kempner, KPMG, LLP, Lehmann Maupin, Mary Kathryn Lynch Kurtz Charitable Lead Trust, Mid-America Arts Alliance, National Endowment for the Arts, Beverly and Howard Robinson, Fayez Sarofim, Ms. Louisa Stude Sarofim, Susan Vaughan Foundation, Targa Resources, LLC, Union Pacific Foundation, Ruth Dreessen and Thomas Van Laan, Mr. Wallace Wilson, and Michael Zilkha.

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Right Here, Right Now: Houston, Volume 2

Brown Foundation Gallery

August 19– November 27, 2016

Works borrowed: 99

Amy Blakemore, Thedra Cullar-Ledford, and Susie Rosmarin could not make more visually diverse works. Moodily poetic photographs; wry, confrontationally-figurative paintings; and vivid, optically luscious abstractions, respectively, characterize loosely the practices of these three electrifying artists. What can we learn about these three artists who have survived the ups and downs of a city often overlooked in the global discussion of “hot art scenes?” None of the three has ever compromised their personal visions for the sake of external success and each has found audiences, collectors, critics, and curators who cherish their audacity and stubborn faith in themselves.

In three simultaneous solo presentations—Amy Blakemore: People, Cars & Buildings, Sculptures, Flowers, and Junk by Curator Dean Daderko; Thedra Cullar-Ledford: Lady Part Follies by Director Bill Arning; and Susie Rosmarin: Lines and Grids: The Lost Decade and Beyond by former Senior Curator Valerie Cassel Oliver—CAMH highlighted the depths and profundities of their achievements. In doing so, the cura-tors revealed aspects of each artist’s practice that even their substantial number of fans had never before seen exposed and given scholarly attention.

Right Here, Right Now: Houston, Volume 2 was made pos-sible in part by Mary and Marcel Barone, Julie Kinzelman and Christopher Tribble, and Dillon Kyle and Sam Lasseter.



Installation views of Right Here, Right Now: Houston, Volume 2 at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2016. Photos: Paul Hester.

A Traveling Show

Nina and Michael Zilhka Gallery

October 7, 2016– January 15, 2017

Works borrowed: 17

Matt Keegan and Kay Rosen are artists of different generations who have known each other for almost a decade. Nearly eight years ago, Keegan initiated a mail exchange with Rosen that continues to this day. Every few weeks a mailed package makes its way from one artist’s studio into the other artist’s hands; it may contain one or more drawings, collages, photographs, print clippings, and found objects. To date Keegan and Rosen have exchanged close to sixty packages. The items in them consti-tute an ongoing dialogue, a visual call and response that unfolds between two close friends.

A Traveling Show marked the first presentation of Keegan and Rosen’s mail art in the United States and followed its presenta-tion at the Grazer Kunstverein in Graz, Austria (2016). Mail art displayed alongside a selection of works by each artist was an effort to illuminate the effects and resonances of Keegan and Rosen’s exchange on their individual artistic practices. Like any good conversation, their visual exchange possesses continuity and surprises—current events, art history, and personal expe-riences are all fodder for their discussion. Spiked with generous doses of wit and humor, Keegan and Rosen’s mail art relates to, reflects, and magnifies concerns found in their individual practices.



Installation views of A Traveling Show at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2016. Photos: Emily Peacock.

Angel Otero: Everything and Nothing

Brown Foundation Gallery

December 9, 2016– March 26, 2017

Works borrowed: 34

Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Angel Otero has pushed against the art historical narrative with seductive canvases and dynamic objects made with porcelain and steel. The artist consistently tests the elasticity of venerable art canons while oscillating between familial memories and the immense gesture of painting and sculpture. Mining the expansive territory of these artistic traditions, Otero offers a trove of ideas that have informed not only the content of his work but also its mate-rial composition and processes. Angel Otero: Everything and Nothing chronicled the evolution of Otero’s practice, featuring four distinct bodies of work created between 2006 and 2015, which included his iconic skin and transfer paintings, early work created using silicon and collage, as well as sculpture.

In Everything and Nothing, all aspects of the artist’s practice were on view. The exhibition brought together work created over a decade, allowing viewers to consider the overt themes and more subtle underpinnings of the artist’s oeuvre. Otero digs deep into the corporeal, cultural, and intellectual repos-itories that have shaped him as an artist, and Otero’s use of these repositories allows the artist to cast wide the vast net of art history in an effort to assert his own place along its tangled and complex narrative. This struggle has sustained his creative endeavors over the past decade and promises to propel him well into the future.

Angel Otero: Everything and Nothing was generously sup-ported by Jill and Jay Bernstein, Jereann and Holland Chaney, Hilda and Greg Curran, Marilyn and Larry Fields, Louise Jamail, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Lehmann Maupin, Bernard I. Lumpkin and Carmine D. Boccuzzi, John and Amy Phelan, and Robin and Andrew Schirrmeister. The exhibition was also made possible in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.



Installation views of Angel Otero: Everything and Nothing at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2017. Photos: Tom Dubrock.


Installation views of Origins of the Self at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2017. Photos: Emily Peacock.

Origins of the Self

Nina and Michael Zilkha Gallery

January 27– May 7, 2017

Works borrowed: 87

The Teen Council is a group of dedicated high-school students who participate in a two year-long program where they receive in-depth, behind-the-scenes museum experience; learn about pathways to creative careers; and develop leadership, col-laboration, and critical thinking skills while gaining real-world experience planning exhibitions and events in a museum setting.

Every other year, CAMH’s Teen Council organizes an exhibition in the Nina and Michael Zilkha Gallery featuring new work by young, Houston-area artists. The Teen Council selects the theme and title of the exhibition while partnering with CAMH staff to develop exhibition design, a printed catalogue, and public programming. Origins of the Self focused on questions of personal identity, asking participants “What is the real you? Where is the real you? How do you define the real you in a con-stantly evolving landscape?”

Origins of the Self was supported in part by an award from Mid-America Arts Alliance, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and foundations, corporations, and individuals throughout Arkansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. Teen Council was generously supported by Ms. Louisa Stude Sarofim.


Paul Ramírez Jonas: Atlas, Plural, Monumental

Brown Foundation Gallery April 28– August 6, 2017 Works borrowed: 27

Atlas, Plural, Monumental served as Paul Ramírez Jonas’s first survey exhibition in the Americas. Including sculptures, photographs, videos, drawings, performative lectures, and participatory works made from 1991 to 2016, Atlas, Plural, Monumental demonstrated how Ramírez Jonas redefines “public art” through an innovative practice that mirrors his ongoing investigations into how a public is constituted, and what brings one together. He galvanizes connections between the personal, the collective, and the public, and makes these connections concrete and observable. Manifested in compelling forms, Ramírez Jonas’s work invigorates our cultural commons.

In his earliest works, Ramírez Jonas viewed historical references from a strategic vantage as he adapted early scientific exper-iments as “scores” inflected with his voice. Ramírez Jonas’s faithful reproductions of kites designed by inventors such as Alexander Graham Bell and Joseph Lecornu carried cameras into the air where re-engineered alarm clocks triggered their shutters, capturing images of the artist on the ground holding the kite’s string. In these works, Ramírez Jonas typically acti-vated the scores himself; his later works extend this invitation to viewers. For His Truth is Marching On (1993), the public was invited to take up a mallet and tap a suspended circular arrange-ment of water-filled wine bottles; their successive musical notes offer a rendition of The Battle Hymn of The Republic.

Atlas, Plural, Monumental was generously supported by Mary and Marcel Barone, Business Solutions International, and Cullen K. Geiselman. The exhibition was also made possible in part by a grant from the Union Pacific Foundation.



Installation views of Atlas, Plural, Monumental at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2017. Photos: Nash Baker.


Installation views of A Better Yesterday at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2017. Photos: Pablo Gimenez Zapiola.

A Better Yesterday

Nina and Michael Zilkha Gallery

May 19– September 3, 2017

Works borrowed: 18

“Forgiveness means giving up all hope of a better past” is a truism today, originally from the lips of our great, philosophicaly- minded comedienne and actress Lily Tomlin. It means simply that we need to radically accept that whatever traumas we have lived through are part of the life experience that created us, and we must build from there. The past is a neutral building block that should engender no emotion from us other than gratitude for who we are today. Still, creative people cannot help but muse over alternate realities that might have been and, through the telling, make sense of the actual narratives. And while such musings can veer toward the pathological, in the cases of Jack Early, JooYoung Choi, and Lily van der Stokker, these artists remake aspects of their pasts with glee. A Better Yesterday presented three personal histories and stories that were remade as ambiguously fictional situations.

Early presented Jack Early’s Life Story in Just Under 20 Minutes, a multimedia installation about the artist’s ups and downs recounted with a Garrison Keillor-like simplicity. The show also featured his family recreated as life-size pillow sculp-tures. JooYoung Choi created a TV studio, reminiscent of the charmingly amateurish sets of early public access television. The artist worked with school kids and other groups to build a set for videos, which was made onsite and displayed as it was finished. Lily van der Stokker is a Dutch artist whose medium is large-scale wall painting, with each resembling childlike illus-trations. Many of her subjects deal with nostalgic reverie and remembering the past fondly, making a rosy colored picture with just a hint of melancholia. The artist installed a mural spe-cifically for this exhibition.

A Better Yesterday was generously supported by Fergus McCaffrey, New York, New York. This program was supported as part of the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York, and was also made possible in part by a grant from the Mondriaan Fund.


Art on the Lawn: Activating the Museum DistrictArt on the Lawn is designed to activate the exterior of the Museum in order to provide a gathering point for the Houston community to engage with contemporary art outside of a tradi-tional gallery space. This series show-cases rotating work by artists featured in CAMH exhibitions, and works are installed in the Eleanor and Frank Freed Garden —an integral part of the lively corridor between CAMH, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Jung Center. Past works featured in the Eleanor and Frank Freed Garden as part of this series include Endless (2013) by Joseph Havel, installed in the Carol Chiles Ballard Fountain, and Rabbit (1988/2006) by Mark Flood.

In 2017, CAMH installed a newly com-missioned work by Paul Ramírez Jonas as part of the Museum’s ongoing Art on the Lawn series. Publicar X (2017) was the 10th iteration in the artist’s ongoing series, Publicar, and extended his 25-year survey exhibition Atlas, Plural,

Monumental into the Museum’s Eleanor and Frank Freed Garden.

The exhibition’s curator, Dean Daderko, explained that “like many works in Ramírez Jonas’s oeuvre, the Publicar series looks at typologies of monu-ments—in this case boulders fitted with bronze plaques, that are common in parks and at historical sites.” Such markers often contain typeset language describing past incidents or individuals of special significance. In this series, Ramírez Jonas upends our expectations by replacing the bronze plaque with natural cork to create a public bulletin board. Visitors were encouraged to use provided push-pins to attach personal items to the cork so passersby could see them.

If public monuments are typically fash-ioned in materials with an air of perma-nence, such as marble, stone, and bronze, Publicar X foregrounded the temporal, improvised, and ephemeral. Unlike the inscriptions found on plaques and the bases of monuments that speak in the singular voice of the state, Publicar X embraced a diversity of ideas and view-points. “In this monument, all we need is a scrap of paper, a pen, and a thumbtack to publish our voice,” stated Ramírez Jonas. He continued: “I called this series Publicar because in Spanish the word publicar means ‘to publish.’ You’re also literally conjugating the word public. I like the idea that publicar means to make things public. That’s what this monument does.”

I called this series Publicar because in Spanish the word publicar means ‘to publish.’ You’re also literally conjugating the word public.


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Installation view of Paul Ramírez Jonas’s Publicar X (2017) at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. Photo: Ronald L. Jones.


Installation view of Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2015. Photo: Paul Hester.

Touring Exhibitions

Presented in Houston and organized by the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, touring exhibitions extend the reach of the institution to engage with audiences across the United States. During the 2016–2017 Season, CAMH presented one touring exhibition.

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Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty

Co-organized with the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Colorado September 18, 2015–January 31, 2016

Toured to Orange County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California April 1–July 10, 2016 and Brooklyn Museum, New York, New York November 4, 2016–May 7, 2017

Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty’s national presen-tation was supported by generous grants from Amy and John Phelan, Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn/Salon 94, New York.

Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty’s Houston presen-tation was supported by generous grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Marita and J.B. Fairbanks, Barbara and Michael Gamson, Glen Gonzalez and Steve Summers, Lucinda and Javier Loya, Poppi Massey, Leigh and Reggie Smith, Elizabeth and Barry Young / UBS Wealth Management, and the Union Pacific Foundation.

For over three decades, Marilyn Minter has produced lush paint-ings, photographs, and videos that vividly manifest our culture’s complex and contradictory emotions around the feminine body and beauty. Her unique works—from the oversized paintings of makeup-laden lips and eyes to soiled designer shoes—bring into sharp, critical focus the power of desire. As an artist Minter has always made seductive visual statements that demand our atten-tion while never shirking her equally crucial roles as provocateur, critic, and humorist. Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty featured over 25 paintings made between 1976 and 2013, three video works, and several photographs that show Minter’s work in-depth.

From the beginning of her career, Minter has been embroiled in controversies over the relationship of her art to feminism, fashion, and celebrity. As her own profile as an artist interested in these vexed cultural intersections has grown, her work has risked looking as effortless as a mirror held up to the most supercilious aspects of today’s “bling” lifestyle. Yet Minter’s work is not merely a mirror of our culture, and this exhibition provided, for the first time, a critical evaluation of her practice as an astute interpreta-tion of our deepest impulses, compulsions, and fantasies.

The exhibition explored in detail the myriad image choices Minter has made as a painter and photographer, the evolution of her style and technique, and her mode of production, including her organization of an unusual studio of assistants trained to create hyper-real, sometimes dizzyingly painted surfaces. Pretty/Dirty illustrated Minter’s progress from a curious youth looking critically at the domestic landscape before her to the media-savvy cultural producer whose images simultaneously define and critique our times. The exhibition was co-organized by the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston and the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Colorado. The exhibition was co-curated by Bill Arning, Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and Elissa Auther, Windgate Research Curator, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York, and the Bard Graduate Center, New York, New York.


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Installation views of Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2015. Photos: Paul Hester.

Publications of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. Photo: Amanda Thomas.


Publications

The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston produced catalogues for every exhibition organized by its curatorial staff during the 2016–2017 Season. Each catalogue included high-quality images and critical essays by acclaimed scholars. These publications are sought after for their scholarly merit and for their innovative, sophisticated exploration of new ideas, artists, and movements in current art history. Often, they are the first museum references about these artists, serving to document them early in their careers and artistic practice. CAMH catalogues are found across the globe in public libraries, institutions, and galleries, promoting the international exchange of ideas.

All of CAMH’s publications are made possible by a grant from The Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston.

Please note that the catalogue distribution numbers are for CAMH only and do not reflect touring venues or the distribution of publishing companies via retailers.

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Matt Keegan and Kay Rosen: A Traveling Show

2016 ISBN: 9781933619651 Publisher: Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Catalogue distribution: 360

More than seven years ago, Matt Keegan and Kay Rosen struck up a correspondence, mailing drawings, collages, photographs, found objects and the like. This volume presents the contents of these mailings alongside a selection of works by both artists. In addition, it features a conver-sation between CAMH Curator Dean Daderko and artists Matt Keegan and Kay Rosen, exhibi-tion installation views, and artist biographies. This catalogue was designed by CAMH’s Graphic Designer, Amanda Thomas.

Right Here, Right Now: Volume 2

Amy BlakemorePeople, Cars & Buildings, Sculptures, Flowers, and Junk

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2017 ISBN: 9781933619644 Publisher: Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Catalogue distribution: 600

Right Here, Right Now: Volume 2 is comprised of three individual volumes for each of the exhibi-tions featured artists. Lady Part Follies focuses on Houston-based artist Thedra Cullar-Ledford (born 1970) who pairs humor with feminist state-ments, exploring mastectomy as an area in which women’s bodies are modified by men. This book collects her paintings concerning breasts in art history with text by CAMH Director Bill Arning. Lines and Grids: The Lost Decade and Beyond features Susie Rosmarin (born 1950) whose “paintings are born out of strategies to defy the two-dimensional frame,” notes former CAMH Senior Curator Valerie Cassel Oliver. Lines and Grids assembles works created at various stages of the Op artist’s career, spanning 30 years of drawings, paintings, sculpture and digital compo-sitions. The final folio in this collection is dedicated to the exhibition of Amy Blakemore’s photography, People, Cars & Buildings, Sculptures, Flowers, and Junk, with text by CAMH Curator Dean Daderko. Over the past three decades, Houston-based Amy Blakemore (born 1958) has created a rich body of photographic still lifes, portraits and everyday vignettes. A champion of the worn, the awkward and the plain, Blakemore wrests beauty from the commonplace.


Angel Otero: Everything and Nothing

2017 ISBN: 8857231445 and 978-8857231440 Publisher: Skira Catalogue distribution: 2,000

Angel Otero’s practice is process-driven. Whether made on canvas or with porcelain and steel, Otero’s creations mine the fissures of art-histor-ical canons, as well as the personal histories that they evoke. Angel Otero’s works, while abstract, are embedded with deeply personal narratives. While the artist rejects the literal nature of narrative, it is explicit in the work, particularly in his early figurative paintings and his more recent bodies of “transfer paintings,” created using coal dust and charcoal on linen. Occupying a liminal space between abstraction and figurative work, Otero’s transfer paintings provide viewers with a glimpse into the landscape of the artist’s familial memories. This publication includes an introduc-tion and essay by the organizing curator, Valerie Cassel Oliver, as well as contributions by scholars in the field of contemporary art. The monograph also features color and black-and-white images of the works presented in the exhibition, a bibliog-raphy of general reading, and a chronology of the artist’s life and work. The overall scope and com-prehensive material featured in the accompanying catalog promise to serve as a scholarly reader and a critical and lasting document.

Origins of the Self 2017 ISBN: 9781933619675 Publisher: Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Catalogue distribution: 400

Every other year, CAMH’s Teen Council orga-nizes an exhibition in the Nina and Michael Zilkha Gallery featuring new work by young, Houston-area artists. The Teen Council selects the theme and title of the exhibition while partnering with CAMH staff. Origins of the Self focused on ques-tions of personal identity, asking participants “What is the real you? Where is the real you? How do you define the real you in a constantly evolving landscape?” Teen Council members also develop a catalogue that meditates on the themes of the exhibition. Featuring texts written by Teen Council Coordinator Michael Simmonds and Teen Council Participant Isabella Neblett, the catalogue documents the exhibition both thematically and through checklists, installation photographs, and individual works. This cata-logue was designed by CAMH’s Graphic Designer, Amanda Thomas

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A Better Yesterday 2017 ISBN: 9781933619682 Publisher: Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Catalogue distribution: 350

A Better Yesterday focuses on three artists who use the past as building blocks for their creations. Traumas lived through are part of the life experi-ence that created each artist and, in turn, become the framework from which they build their art. Each muses over alternate realities that might have been and, through the telling, make sense of the actual narratives. And while such musings can veer toward the pathological, in the cases of Jack Early, JooYoung Choi, and Lily van der Stokker, these artists remake aspects of their pasts with glee. A Better Yesterday presented three per-sonal histories and stories that were remade as ambiguously fictional situations. The accompa-nying catalogue written by CAMH Director Bill Arning examines each artist in individual essays as well as in the larger context of the exhibition. This catalogue was designed by CAMH’s Graphic Designer, Amanda Thomas.

Paul Ramirez Jonas: Atlas, Plural, Monumental

2017 ISBN: 0998632619 and 978-0998632612 Publisher: Dancing Foxes and Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Catalogue distribution: 600

Published to accompany the artist’s first survey exhibition in the Americas, Atlas, Plural, Monumental is the most comprehensive pub-lication on the artist’s work to date, including sculptures, photographs, videos, drawings, public actions and participatory works made from 1991 to 2016. It includes an introductory essay by CAMH Director Bill Arning, an essay by CAMH Curator Dean Daderko, and commissioned essays by Claire Barliant and Shannon Jackson, as well as a checklist of works included in the exhibition and biographic and bibliographic information.


Publications of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. Photo: Amanda Thomas.

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Online Publication ArchiveA number of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston’s original publications are reproduced digitally on Issuu.com. This online library is a rich resource for academic research and study with curatorial essays, artist interviews, and images that describe the art-world’s ever-changing landscape through the CAMH’s perspective. You can subscribe to CAMH’s account on Issuu to be alerted when new publications are added to the library.

All of CAMH’s online publications are supported by a grant from The Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston.

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Douglas Crimp and Dean Daderko speak at In Conversation and Book-Signing: Douglas Crimp presents Before Pictures, 2016, at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. Photo: Casey K. Betts.

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Texas Noise and Ambience at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2016. Photo: Casey K. Betts.

Art at Noon with Catherine Anspon at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2016. Photo: Casey K. Betts.

Education and Public Programs

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Felice Q. Cleveland Director of Education and Public Programs

At the Contmemporary Arts Museum Houston, we often talk about how we can open the door for our visitors. This means that we want people to feel welcome, start a conversation, ponder a new idea, and ruminate on an artwork. The end goal is for a visitor to be so intrigued by an exhibition, a program, or piece of art that they keep coming back. We know that our visitors may not always agree with us, like everything we have on display, or understand it, but we want the door to be open for whenever they choose to come in.

Last year CAMH launched an ambitious slate of new programs. In July of 2016 we hosted our first monthly Open Studio program and visitors took notice. Projects included: Strange Doll Still Life Drawing session with artist Thedra Cullar-Ledford, screen-printed Op-Art Tote Bags inspired by Susie Rosmarin, an Analog Social Media Party organized the CAMH Teen Council, and we sewed soft sculptures in response to the imaginative worlds in A Better Yesterday. The hands-on, all-ages program gives audiences an opportunity to explore a new material while thinking more deeply about each exhibition. We are looking forward to a new line-up of Open Studio projects in the 2017–2018 Season.

In September of 2016, CAMH also launched our Art at Noon program—a short and informal gallery talk followed by light lunch. Art at Noon invites curators, professors, artists, and a host of other creatives and professionals to discuss an exhibition from a different perspective. The inaugural season of Art at Noon brought famed local curator Clint Willour; Executive Editor at PaperCity magazine Catherine Anspon; University of Houston professors Rex Koontz, Natilee Harren, and Roberto Tejada; licensed clinical social worker Tony Aucoin; and Ryan Dennis, Public Art Director of Project Row Houses.

CAMH continues to embrace interdisciplinary topics and new audiences who have a wide range of interests. During the last fiscal year, we hosted a reading and conversation with critic, art historian, curator, and activist Douglas Crimp, an engaging and

An early introduction to a museum through a school tour can encourage visits outside of school and later in life. At CAMH, it is our goal to build life-long museum-goers.


informative lecture with glaciologist Kurt Cuffey, a site-specific dance performance with Chapman Dance, in-gallery yoga workshops, film screenings, and a celebration of Texas Noise and Ambience by inviting six performers to share their work. We also hosted the inaugural speaker, Jim Hodges, for our ongoing Gamson Lecture Series. We plan to continue the series and invite innovative contemporary artists to Houston to share their artistic process and work with our community.

In January of 2017, Origins of the Self, the 10th biennial youth art exhibition curated by CAMH’s Teen Council opened in the Nina and Michael Zilkha Gallery. Drawing from an open call, the Teen Council received nearly 400 submissions. The teens selected work representing a variety of media by 63 Houston-based teen artists. Teen Council worked diligently on every aspect of the exhibition and also organized a number of ambitious and thoughtful programs to complement the exhibition’s theme of identity. These included a poetry slam, music fest, and fashion show. Teen Council member Matthew Watowich reflected on his two-year tenure in this way: “Being a part of Teen Council has been fascinating and my mind has been exposed to so many new things that I had never pictured before and I had never known about the art world.”

During the 2016–2017 school year, the CAMH Education Team focused on expanding our tour program. During the summer of 2016 we sent a targeted letter to teachers with our tours brochure, an invitation to our Educator Open House, and information about how

to set up a tour and workshop. Many teachers took us up on the offer! 3,550 participants from school and community groups toured the Museum over the past school year, and 40% of all tours included a hands-on workshop designed in conjunction with a current exhibition. According to the American Alliance of Museums, “Students who attend a field trip to an art museum experience an increase in critical thinking skills, historical empathy, and tolerance. For students from rural or high-poverty regions, the increase was even more significant.” An early introduction to a museum through a school tour can encourage visits outside of school and later in life. At CAMH, it is our goal to build life-long museum-goers.

This coming year, we are looking forward to expanding our Drop-in Experiences program by creating more tailored and unique in-gallery experiences from meditation and movement, Spanish language tours, and photography scavenger hunts. Our goal is always to invite visitors to engage more deeply with the work on display. We are also researching partners and programs that can build upon our ongoing accessibility efforts and inclusivity within the Museum.

The door is open—we hope to see you soon.

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Words and Art workshop at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2017. Photo: Ronald L. Jones.


Educational Programs

The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston programs offer something for everyone. Through regularly scheduled events for children, teens, and adults, the Museum is dedicated to creating exciting ways for visitors to access and enjoy, as well as learn more about, contemporary art and artists. Programs are a vital platform for experimentation where visitors experience art and performance in the gallery space.

CAMH thanks the following supporters of its Education and Outreach Programs and Teen Council: Vera and Andy Baker, Bank of Texas, The Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston, Renée Lewis Cary and John Cary, Barbara and Michael Gamson, Louise Jamail, Kinder Morgan Foundation, Leticia Loya, Marian and Speros Martel Foundation Endowment, M.D. Anderson Foundation, Mary Ann and Mark Miller, Carol and David Neuberger, Nordstrom, Ms. Louisa Stude Sarofim, Leigh and Reggie Smith, Texas Commission on the Arts, Union Pacific Corporation, Vivian L. Smith Foundation, and Marion and David P. Young.


Talk, Lecture, and Reading

CAMH offers various talks, lectures, and readings.

Art at Noon with Rex Koontz and Natilee Harren at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2017. Photo: Casey K. Betts.


In Conversation

In Conversation programs feature a gallery talk or a lecture with an artist and curator about a current exhibition. This pro-gram provides a unique and vital opportunity to hear directly from the artist about their work and process. In Conversation programs that were a highlight of the 2016-2017 Season include a lively gallery walk-through with artist Angel Otero and former CAMH Senior Curator Valerie Cassel Oliver, a discussion with artist Jack Early and CAMH Director Bill Arning followed by a unique slide show that animated Early’s musical autobiography: Jack Early’s Life Story in Just Under 20 Minutes (2014), and an in-depth conversation between artists Matt Keegan and Kay Rosen with CAMH Curator Dean Daderko.

Art at Noon

Art at Noon is a short gallery talk followed by a light lunch. Local curators, artists, musicians, and other experts are invited to CAMH to share a new perspective on a specific exhi-bition. Past speakers include curator Clint Willour on the work of artist Amy Blakemore, Ryan Dennis of Project Row Houses on the social practice of artist Paul Ramírez Jonas, MFAH Contemporary Curator Alison De Lima Greene on the artist Susie Rosmarin, and licensed clinical social worker Tony Aucoin on the themes of shame, relationships, and identity in the exhi-bition A Better Yesterday.

20Hertz 20 Hertz is a lecture series conceived around the themes of musical influences in everyday life. Artists, musicians, and all-around creatives are invited to share the music that has influenced them in their life and work. Program highlights of the 2016–2017 Season included a presentation by multi-disciplinary musician Jawwaad Taylor.

Exploratory Lecture

Exploratory lectures highlight contemporary art and current topics. The 2016–2017 Season found CAMH hosting a reading and book-signing with renowned critic, curator, art historian, and activist Douglas Crimp. There was also the launch of the Gamson Artist Lecture Series with a presentation by renowned New York-based artist Jim Hodges who shared his work and process.


Music, Film, and Performance

The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston opens up the unique and ever-changing gallery spaces as a place to experience new music, film, and artistic performances. Inspired by current exhibitions, these programs are in partnership with area musicians, artists, institutions, and creatives.

Teen Council Music Fest at the Contempo-rary Arts Museum Houston, 2017. Photo: Lucas Martins.


Loft Concerts with Musiqa

Loft Concerts with Musiqa are the result of an ongoing col-laborative partnership. The renowned contemporary classical music group celebrates CAMH exhibitions through concerts that highlight modern music inspired directly by the work on display. During the 2016–2017 Season, Musiqa performed concerts inspired by Right Here, Right Now: Houston Volume 2; Angel Otero: Everything and Nothing; and Atlas, Plural, Monumental.

Film Screenings Film Screenings feature old favorites, new films, and experi-mental media all shown within the gallery space. The carefully curated selection of films reflect current exhibitions and contemporary art trends. Screenings during the 2016–2017 Season included Who Framed Roger Rabbit in conjunction with the exhibition A Better Yesterday, and an Evening of Israeli Films.

Performance Performance events focus on artists who respond to the work on display through sound and movement. Artists also have the opportunity to perform within the gallery space. Performance highlights of the 2016–2017 Season include Thedra Cullar-Ledford’s powerful Piñata Smashing (F**K CANCER) during the Opening Reception of Lady Part Follies, and a new installment of CAMH’s Texas Noise and Ambience series featuring musi-cians from throughout the state.


Hands-on

Connect more deeply with the artwork on display in the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston galleries by experimenting with a new material or idea through a hands-on workshop.

Open Studio

Open Studio is a drop-in, hands-on activity related to current exhibitions for creatives of all-ages. Open Studio is the first Saturday of every month from 2–4PM. Favorite projects of 2016–2017 included a Strange Doll Still Life Drawing Session with artist Thedra Cullar-Ledford, Screen printing Op-Art Tote Bags inspired by the work of artist Susie Rosmarin, an Analog Social Media Party led by CAMH’s Teen Council, and sewing Soft Sculpture inspired by the exhibition A Better Yesterday.

Artist-led Workshops

Artist-led workshops are a rare opportunity to engage with an artist in an intimate setting. Learn more about their work and process while creating something unique. Past workshops have included Style Your Letters Boldly with Erik Marinovich and Paracosm 101: World Building with JooYoung Choi.

Family Day Family Days are a time when the galleries, lawns, and education spaces are full of interactive activities, tours, and hands-on crafts related to the media and themes found in current exhibi-tions. Food trucks, Art Guides, and tours are also all available. CAMH hosted three large-scale Family Days in 2017.


Open Studio | Soft Sculptures at the Contemoprary Arts Museum, Houston 2017. Photos: Ronald L. Jones.


Open Studio | Soft Sculptures at the Contemoprary Arts Museum, Houston 2017. Photo: Ronald L. Jones.


Things CAMH visitors said when asked...

What was the best part of today?

— Amazing supplies. This is a really fun project!!

— Using my imagination to build my box.

— The diorama idea and fun materials.

— Hanging with my pals and girlfriend.

— Seeing new art and getting inspired.

— Spending time with my beautiful daughter.

— Shared creative energies.

— I like your friendly staff.

— The people.

— Kids love it.

— Fun!

— Art and friendly people.

— The staff is very approachable.

— Finger painting for the first time in a loooong time.

— I love putting my hands in paint!


Tours

Tours at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston are designed to cultivate critical and flexible thinking.

Drop-in Experiences

Drop-in Experiences are available between 1-4PM every Saturday. All ages are welcome. Drop-in Experience is a guided in-gallery discussion or pop-up activity that provides a creative opportunity for visitors to experience the current exhibitions in a unique and meaningful way. Led by our FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Team, a group of artists and historians who assist with contextualizing CAMH’s dynamic exhibitions for diverse audiences. Launched in late 2017 and inspired by the work of artist Paul Ramírez Jonas, the first Drop-In Experience was the “Leave a Promise, Take a Promise” activity that inspired a lot of engagement and questions from visitors and offered further discussion of the work Public Trust.

Group Tours Group Tours at CAMH are designed to cultivate critical and flexible thinking. CAMH offers group tours for visitors of all ages, backgrounds, and interests. During guided tours, trained member of our esteemed FAQ Team encourage visitors to cre-atively observe their surroundings. The FAQ Team promotes open-ended discussion and reflection, making connections between art and the everyday. Educators can also choose to have students participate in a hands-on workshop where they gain insight into new materials, the artistic process, and cre-ative approaches to making.

Family Guides Family Guides are designed for children of all ages, and pro-vide opportunities for exploration, discovery, and conversation about the art on view. The guides are available in English and Spanish for free at the front desk of the Museum and on CAMH’s website.


Tour of Origins of the Self and Workshop with La Porte High School at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2017. Photos: Ronald L. Jones.


Members of CAMH’s Teen Council meet to discuss the planning of Origins of the Self at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2017. Photo: Ronald L. Jones.


Teen Council: Eighteen years of empowerment in the arts

Composed of 14 young arts enthusiasts, the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston’s Teen Council serves as the Museum’s vehicle for attracting the teen population of Houston and exposing them to the vibrant world of contemporary art. For Teen Council members, the group serves as a highly collaborative creative incubator that opens up opportunities for leadership, visual literacy, and life skills development. During weekly meetings, the Teen Council is introduced to the inner workings of museums and to the dynamic Houston arts community.


During each meeting, members are guided through the practical steps of program development, and members are empowered to take the lead in this process, thinking critically about what events, subjects, and themes will resonate with their peers. Teen Council organizes several events each year for their peers. The events are collectively brainstormed, organized, and implemented by the Teen Council members and can change annually depending upon the group. Past events include art markets, fashion shows, film screenings, listening parties, poetry readings, and concerts, all featuring work by Houston-area teens. Teen Council members take initiative with each of these programs by speaking at these events, sharing their thought processes, and discussing the subject matter involved. Throughout this process, members receive in-depth, behind-the-scenes museum experience, learn about pathways to creative careers, and develop leadership, collaboration, and critical thinking skills, all while gaining real-world experience planning exhibitions and programs in a museum setting.

In addition to their regular programming, Teen Council organizes an exhibition in the Museum’s Nina and Michael Zilkha Gallery on a biennial basis. Teen Council members select the theme and title of the exhibition while partnering with CAMH staff to develop exhibition design, a printed catalogue, and public programming. The Teen Council’s most recent exhibition, Origins of the Self (2017), was the 10th biennial youth art exhibition organized by CAMH’s Teen Council, and dealt with issues of personal identity. The Teen Council received almost 400 submissions responding to the questions: What is the real you? Where is the real you? How do you define

the real you in a constantly changing landscape? The exhibition featured 87 works by 63 Houston-area teens in a variety of media including photography, video, and sculpture. The works were made by the students to illustrate issues that they face in a world overwhelmed by social media as they experience adolescence and growing independent of their family and friends.

CAMH’s Teen Council was one of the first organizations of its kind in the United States. This diverse group of teenagers from the Houston area is empowered by CAMH to create high impact, teen-spe-cific programming with the goal of making the Museum a welcoming public space for young audiences. CAMH recently partic-ipated in a study funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services, spearheaded by the Whitney Museum of American Art, that explored the lasting impact of intensive teen programs in art museums in Room to Rise: The Lasting Impact of Intensive Teen Programs in Art Museums. The study focused on the four museums that originated teen-focused programs in the 1990s: the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, to determine how the short-term impact of these programs extends to meaningful long-term out-comes for the alumni and the institutions. The study found that the programs had a powerful impact on the alumni, including a greater sense of identity; exposure to new career paths; a greater appreciation for community, collaboration, and diver-sity; recognition of the importance of ser-vice; and acquisition of practical life skills.


Members of Teen Council meet to discuss the planning of Origins of the Self at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2017. Photo: Ronald L. Jones.


Opening Reception of A Traveling Show at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2016. Photo: Casey K. Betts.

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A visitor attending a public program for A Better Yesterday at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2017. Photo: Ronald L. Jones.

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Visitors participate in His Truth is Marching On in Atlas, Plural, Monumental at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2017. Photo: Ronald L. Jones.

Communications and Marketing


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Kent Michael Smith Director of Communications and Marketing

The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston was recently referred to as “Houston’s epicenter of what’s cool, new and cutting edge,” by the travel blog Lonely Planet. Travel and Leisure magazine called the Museum an “innovative, world-class institution.” This is the CAMH that is known throughout the country and the world. It will be a primary focus of the newly-established Communications and Marketing Department to broadly and emphatically share the story of CAMH with our neighbors near and far, new and old… and in expanded languages!

This past year, CAMH experienced a number of positive steps towards growing and diversifying the Museum’s audience and reach. Beginning with the exhibition Telepathic Improvisation, the Museum now offers dual language didactics and labels. With 27% of Texans speaking Spanish—spoken by an even greater percentage of Houstonians—this inclusive measure will assist in making CAMH more accessible and better equipped to attract, educate, and retain a more diverse demographic of visitors. Additionally, in 2017 CAMH announced the donation of its extensive archives to the Woodson Research Center, a division of the Fondren Library at Rice University, Houston, Texas. The archives document the illustrious history of CAMH since its founding in 1948. Exhibitions, interviews, and lectures—with once-emerging artists and now luminaries of modern and contemporary art history—will be of great interest and accessible to scholars, lovers of art, and future art historians. The relationship between CAMH and Rice University will be ongoing, as the Museum continues to add to the repository of materials in the coming years. This partnership will allow CAMH’s archival collection to be available and searchable for all interested in the art history that has occurred in Houston.

As social media and technology continues to fuel the “social evolution” that we are all currently experiencing, CAMH continues to devote energy and resources toward ensuring that the institution remains at the forefront of current and new information distribution platforms and methods of expanded dialogue. Social media users have increased by more than 62% in the past decade and mobile social media

By telling our story and engaging an ever-expanding demographic through the numerous and fluid landscape of social media platforms, CAMH will continue to strengthen its connection within the immediate community, while also broadening its appeal to the larger global art community


is currently tracking at a growth clip of 30% year-over-year. It is also worth noting that social media advertising engagement was up 139% in the first quarter of 2017, when compared to the previous year. These numbers tell us clearly and convincingly that social media ads are being seen and tangible connections are being formed through this engagement conduit. By telling our story and engaging an ever-expanding demographic through the numerous and fluid landscape of social media platforms, CAMH will continue to strengthen its connection within the immediate community, while also broadening its appeal to the larger global art community that already boasts respect and admiration for the institution’s exhibitions and programming.

It is true that every museum shares a common desire—all want a younger, more diverse audience. While CAMH has a better grasp on this demographic than many museums, adaptations are being made to increase the appeal to these coveted constituents. In the final quarter of 2017, CAMH launched a new, fully-mobile website that immediately displays a clean, responsive design that works well in all browsers and on all devices, making it easy to explore the site and share content via social media. Further exploration reveals increased functionalities for allowing greater interaction with CAMH exhibitions, programs, and our visitors can now experience an ease in donating to the Museum. Combined with an ongoing commitment toward social media growth, this new website has literally put CAMH in the hands of more people than ever before.

CAMH’s continued prominence in local and national press has been a significant factor in our growing audience numbers both online and in person. The 2016–2017 Season saw a number of high profile exhibitions, which garnered strong press coverage. Some of the year’s press highlights included:

For Paul Ramírez Jonas’s Atlas, Plural, Monumental:

• Preview by Jeffrey Kastner in Artforum

• An online preview in Blouin Artinfo• An online review by Jeanne Claire

van Ryzin for Hyperallergic• Preview of the exhibition in the April

issue of Art in America

For Angel Otero: Everything and Nothing:• Preview and Review by Molly

Glentzer for the Houston Chronicle• Online review by Michael McFadden

for Arts+Culture• Online article in Terremoto titled

“Everything and Nothing.”

By continuing to develop and extend our reach both within the Museum and through integrated marketing measures in the next fiscal year, CAMH will continue to fulfill its mission of presenting the best and most exciting international, national, and regional art to an ever-increasing audience.


Communication and Marketing by the Numbers

68,879 Visitors at CAMH

104,447 Visitors at Touring CAMH exhibitions

159,982 Individual visits to the CAMH website

350,616 Total page views on the website

29,829 Facebook “Likes”

10,122 Twitter followers

10,856 Instagram followers

140,289 Tumblr followers

173,414 Video views on YouTube*

720 YouTube subscribers*Most viewed video of FY17 was Radical Presence: Black Performances in Contemporary Art—Three Performances (Maren Hassinger, Senga Nengudi, and Tameka Norris) from 2012. Viewed 21,465 times during the 2016–17 Season, and a total of 95,222 views to date.


Phoebe Tudor, Todd Fiscus, and Leigh Smith at the Annual Gala and Art Auction at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2017. Photo: Daniel Ortiz.

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Mary Patton and Divya Brown at Another Great Night at the home of Peggy Kostial, 2017. Photo: Jenny Antill.

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Annual Gala and Art Auction at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2017. Photo: Daniel Ortiz.

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Ryah Barazi and Nicholas Cody at the Opening Reception of Angel Otero: Everything and Nothing, 2016. Photo: Martin Yaptango.


Libby Conine Director of Development

We are incredibly grateful to our generous donors who once again have provided the crucial support we depend on to maintain our commitment to the arts in Houston. The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston grows stronger each year through your steadfast philanthropic investment and unbridled enthusiasm for the role that this institution plays as one of the region’s greatest cultural assets.

The generous contributions received during the 2016–2017 Season further our ambitions to better meet the needs of the community through dynamic exhibitions, scholarly publications, and accessible educational programs. CAMH dedicates resources to presenting visionary and thought-provoking art by living artists,

accompanied by a variety of innovative educational programs, with the desire to create and maintain a thriving, culturally aware community. We strongly believe that art and arts education should be accessible to everyone, and your support allows us to continue our promise to the community of offering exhibitions and educational programs free of charge.

During our 2016–2017 Season, Trustees, individuals, foundations, corporations, and government agencies provided support totaling $2.52 million, including $1.37 million in unrestricted funds. Most notable this year was a grant from Houston Endowment of $350,000 that was secured to replace the Museum’s aging chiller. Our ladies’ gala, Another Great Night in November, welcomed nearly 200 women who gathered together in celebration of the Museum on November 2, 2016. CAMH’s Annual Gala and Art Auction on April 7, 2017, saw impressive numbers, with 245 people in attendance and 48 pieces of art purchased in support of the Museum.

With community engagement and stewardship at the forefront of our goals for the Museum, we are pleased to have seen our patron groups blossom and succeed this season. Most notably, our Young Patrons membership group welcomed a remarkable 51 members in its inaugural season, well above the goal set for the group. Overall, CAMH membership reached 362 households and the Museum saw a 32% increase in attendance over the past three seasons.

On behalf of the CAMH family, thank you for allowing us the resources and opportunities to create and further our legacy.

CAMH grows stronger each year through your steadfast philanthropic investment and unbridled enthusiasm for the role that this institution plays as one of the region’s greatest cultural assets.

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Annual Gala and Art Auction at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2017. Photo: Daniel Ortiz.

Young Patrons at Dance House Fitness mixer, 2017. Photo: Erin Thigpen.80 Annual Report 16–17

Membership

The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston’s members support an innovative roster of exhibitions and programs, the majority of which are offered free of charge throughout the year.

CAMH offers various levels of membership with art-centric perks designed to fit our supporters and their individual interests in contemporary art. Members are invited to delve into contemporary art scholarship with special rates on subscriptions to national and international art magazines and discounts on CAMH exhibition catalogues; explore art beyond Houston with reciprocal benefits at participating museums across the country; and enjoy VIP opportunities at select contemporary art fairs, as well as CAMH exhibition openings and special events.

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Collectors Circle An active group of art enthusiasts, collectors, and philan-thropists, CAMH’s Collectors Circle offers members the opportunity to expand and enrich their knowledge of contemporary art. Members receive access to behind-the-scenes visits to artists’ studios, tours of renowned private collections, an invitation to attend an annual trip, and opportunities to connect with CAMH Curators and Director Bill Arning. Contributions to Collectors Circle benefit the Museum’s cutting-edge exhibitions and arts education programs.

In the 2016–2017 Season, members toured the private art collections of Elizabeth and Steve Crowell, Blakely and Trey Griggs, Janet and Paul Hobby, Elisabeth and Brian McCabe, Bill Colburn, and Lynn Goode and Harrison Williams. In addition, members visited the artist studio of Earl Staley and peeked inside the cor-porate collection of Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Also in 2017, CAMH Director Bill Arning led the group’s annual trip, taking members on a tour of Frieze Art Fair in New York City, New York.

Collectors Circle tours the studio of Paul Ramírez Jonas in New York, 2017. Photo: Christina Brungardt.


Young Patrons CAMH’s Young Patrons is a fantastic way for young art enthusiasts and supporters to learn about arts and culture in Houston. Members enjoy a year’s worth of events that offer chances to see, create, and share contemporary art with their peers.

CAMH’s Young Patrons launched in the 2016–2017 Season with a series of exciting events. First, CAMH Director Bill Arning led members on a private tour of the 2016 Texas Contemporary Art Fair. Next, CAMH Curator Dean Daderko and Visiting Lecturer Veronica Roberts joined guests for a happy hour at Brooklyn Athletic Club. In the spring, Hermann Park Conservancy’s Urban Green co-hosted a Dance House Fitness class in the park’s Centennial Gardens. And finally, art advisors Sara Cain and Cali Alvarado Pettigrew led an Art Collecting 101 workshop at Jonathan Hopson Gallery.

Jean-Paul Tiblier, Aubrey Burghardt, Stephanie Gonzalez at CAMH Young Patrons Summer Lawn Party at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2017. Photo: Daniel Ortiz.

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Another Great NightCelebrating over 25 years of art and elegance, the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston’s Another Great Night in November is a unique fête des femmes full of stunning art, friendly competition, and Houston’s most spectacular women. This ladies-only soirée, deemed by PaperCity as “one of the season’s most elegant affairs,” has garnered an enthusiastic following of Houston’s finest female art lovers. The evening included our popular cocktail hour quiz, as well as an elegant seated dinner by A Fare Extraordinaire, décor by Rebekah Johnson of Bergner & Johnson, and prizes generously provided by Deutsch & Deutsch Jewelers.

2016’s Another Great Night was chaired by CAMH Trustees Allison Armstrong Ayers and Cat Baen Hennessy, and hosted by Peggy Kostial. The event honored Amy Blakemore, Thedra Cullar-Ledford, and Susie Rosmarin. Each of these women have established their artistic practices in Houston and are recognized as longtime con-tributors to the city’s vibrant cultural landscape. Blakemore, Cullar-Ledford, and Rosmarin were all featured in CAMH’s Right Here, Right Now: Houston, Volume 2 in 2016.

Proceeds from the evening benefited CAMH’s exhibitions and related education and outreach programs that inspire thousands.


Another Great Night, 2016. Photos: Daniel Ortiz.

Top row, left: Co-Chair Cat Baen Hennessy, Hostess Peggy Kostial, Co-Chair Allison Armstrong Ayers. Right: Kelley Lubank, Leigh Smith, Phoebe Tudor, Marty Finger, Sandra Moffet.

Middle row, left: Marita Fairbanks, Susie Criner. Right: Kara Childress, Lisa Holthouse, Terri Havens, Lisa Eads, Marcy Taub.

Bottom row, left: Honoree Thedra Cullar-Ledford, Honoree Susie Rosmarin, former CAMH Senior Curator Valerie Cassel Oliver. Right: Winning table: The Art Gals.

Annual Gala and Art AuctionEach year the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston hosts a vibrant evening in Houston—a lively gala for the city’s most visionary arts enthusiasts and an art auc-tion featuring some of the best contemporary art the world has to offer. The Annual Gala and Art Auction benefits CAMH’s outstanding exhibitions and arts program-ming. Many find it to be an excellent place to start building their art collections.

The co-chairs Cerón and Todd Fiscus and Kathryn and Colby Swain presented the theme, What Came First? Great Artists or Great Patrons?, celebrating the vital relationship between artists and patrons. The egg-themed décor presented by Todd Events transformed CAMH’s Brown Foundation Gallery. The evening began with a lively cocktail hour including specialty cocktails by Casa Dragones Tequila, the opportunity to view the contemporary artworks on display, and bidding on the silent auction items. It was followed by a seated dinner courtesy of Jackson & Company and a live auction of provocative works by some of CAMH’s favorite artists. CAMH’s exclusive After Party featured dancing in the galleries and music by DJ S.O.U.L.Jah.

Featured artists in the auction included Houston hometown hero, Mark Flood, whose exhibition at CAMH Mark Flood: Gratest Hits opened in April 2016; Los Angeles-based artist Mary Weatherford; Wu Tsang, an artist who moves fluidly between documen-tary, activism, and fiction; Scooter LaForge who uses his work as a “confessional”; the Houston-born collage artist Mary McCleary; and Paul Ramírez Jonas, whose survey exhibition Atlas, Plural, Monumental was at CAMH in 2017.


Annual Gala and Art Auction, 2017. Photos: Daniel Ortiz.

Top, left: Co-Chair Cerón, Auctioneer Steve Zick, Co-Chair Todd Fiscus. Right: Isabel David.

Middle, left: Holly Meier, Amber Elliott. Right: Artist Orna Feinstein, former Senior Curator Valerie Cassel Oliver, and Artist Felipe Lopez.

Bottom, left: Co-Chairs Colby and Kathryn Swain, Holly and Austin Alvis. Right: Elizabeth Satel Young and Benjy Levit.

The Contemporary Art Museum Houston would like to thank donors whose contributions have made its exhibitions, operations, and programming possible during the 2016–2017 Season. Included are those who supported us through the Annual Art Auction and Gala. All proceeds from the event support CAMH’s exhibitions and programs.

$100,000 and aboveThe Brown Foundation, Inc. of

HoustonCity of Houston through the

Houston Museum District Association

Houston Endowment, Inc.Fayez Sarofim

$50,000–$99,999Dillon Kyle and Sam LasseterMs. Louisa Stude SarofimRobin and Andrew SchirrmeisterThe Wortham Foundation, Inc.

$20,000–$49,999Chinhui Juhn and Eddie AllenAllison and David AyersBarbara and Michael GamsonGeorge and Mary Josephine

Hamman FoundationBlakely and Trey GriggsMaureen and Jim HackettLouise JamailMr. and Mrs. I. H. Kempner IIILeticia LoyaNational Endowment for the ArtsCandace S. Baggett and Ron

RestrepoLeigh and Reggie SmithPhoebe and Bobby TudorUnion Pacific FoundationRuth Dreessen and Thomas Van

LaanElizabeth and Barry YoungMarion and David P. YoungMichael Zilkha

$10,000–$19,999 Vera and Andrew BakerMary and Marcel BaroneHolland ChaneyJereann ChaneyEstela and David CockrellHilda and Greg CurranMarita and J.B. FairbanksGreater Houston Community

FoundationMelissa and Albert J. Grobmyer IVCat Baen Hennessy and Matt

HennessyLeslie and Mark HullGregory McCord / KPMG LLPErica and Benjy LevitM.D. Anderson FoundationCatherine and George MastersonElisabeth and Brian McCabeBill Arning and Mark McCrayKathrine McGovern / McGovern


FoundationMid-America Arts AllianceCabrina and Steven OwsleyMary Hammon Quinn and Jacob

QuinnBeverly and Howard RobinsonLeslie and Shannon SasserAnn and Karl SternThe Susan Vaughan Foundation, Inc.Texas Commission on the ArtsRanda and K.C. Weiner

$5,000–$9,999Bank of TexasEllen and David BermanMargaret Vaughan Cox and

Jonathan CoxConsulate General of the

Netherlands in New YorkDeutsch & Deutsch JewelersDiane Lokey FarbCerón and Todd FiscusCullen K. GeiselmanThe Holthouse Foundation for KidsKelley and Stephen LubankoNordstromCorrinn Davis and Vernon PerryElisa Stude Pye and Cris PyeJulia Robinson and Thomas Will

RobinsonScurlock FoundationKathryn and Colby SwainBecca Cason Thrash and John

ThrashTribute Goods, Karen PulaskiVivian L. Smith FoundationBridget and Patrick Wade

$2,000–$4,999Art BaselOliver BadgioBernard I. Lumpkin and

Carmine D. BoccuzziChristina BrungardtLeslie and Brad BucherDonna ChapmanSusie and Sanford CrinerStephen DavisSara Paschall DoddTracy and Michael EklundGerry and Bruce FehnMarilyn and Larry FieldsCece and Mack FowlerHeidi and David GergerBeverly and Wayne GilbertLiz and Tom GlanvilleBrenda and William GoldbergThe Greentree FundCecilia and Wil Harris

Linda and George KellyPage KempnerKinder Morgan FoundationKinzelman Art ConsultingPeggy A. KostialNancy and Erik LittlejohnMarley LottLouis VuittonChristine and Max LukensClare Casademont and Michael

MetzMary Ann and Mark MillerMondriaan FundJ. A. NairnCarol and David NeubergerJudy and Scott NyquistThe Oshman FoundationLaura RatheCarolyn and Jimmy RobertsonLeslie and Russ RobinsonMichael Naul and Stephen SchwarzMarc SchindlerKatherine SteelyTootsiesJeffrey WattersMarion and Bim Wilcox

$1,000–$1,999Gail and Louis AdlerLiz and David AndersKerry Inman and Denby AubleBB&T BankJames M. Bell, Jr.Gayle and Lloyd BentsenLeah R. BennettJill and Jay BernsteinRachel Baxley and David BlackKathy and George BrittonKristen and David BuckFrank Butler IVRenée Lewis Cary and John CarySara CainMary Ann CarricoMeredith R. and Patrick ChastangGisela and Igor CherchesWilliam E. ColburnMary Beth CrabbElizabeth Howard CrowellBecky Roof and Matt CuttsRuth and Neill DavisHaydeh and Ali DavoudiCarolyn DodsonClayton and Sheldon EriksonMartha and Richard FingerCaroline and Jeremy FinkelsteinCherie and Jim FloresJeff FortFredericka Hunter and Ian GlennieAra Griffith

Janita and Garney GriggsLauren B. HarrisKellie and Jeff HepperDorene and Frank HerzogDanielle E. HunterJennifer JacksonBrenda and Brad JonesCoble JorgensenTracy and Brian KapiloffJoan and Marvin KaplanMark KaufmanKelly KavalerWendy and Mavis KelseyJill and Jerry KyleElizabeth and Charles LeykumLucinda and Javier LoyaKimberly and Scott Martin Poppi MasseyMr. and Mrs. Robert McClainJohn McLaughlinMary Hale McLeanSally and Robert MeadowsLainie Gordon and David MincbergMelissa and Michael MithoffSandra and Ken MoffetSara and Bill MorganJohn E. (Sandy) ParkersonElizabeth and George PasselaAmy and John PhelanKatherine and Bill PhelpsSusanne and Bill PritchardJennifer Smith and Peter RagaussPatricia and Mark RauchMinnette RobinsonGenie and Jimmy SchmidtBetsy and Edward SchreiberMaria Ines SicardiRowena M. Young and Myron F.

Steves, Jr. Karen SumnerEllen and Steve SusmanGerard and Kim TrevinoMarcy Taub and Thomas Wessel Michael and Ann WildeRussell and Vallette WindhamGeraldina and Scott WiseCyvia and Melvyn Wolff

$500–$999Joan and Stanford AlexanderHolly and Austin AlvisTamra and Ken BentsenCatherine BradleyKiana Kei CalebKarol Kreymer and Robert J. Card Maude L. CarterBettie CartwrightJoell and Thomas DonekerSherrie and Alan Eisenman

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Karen FarberEloise FrischkornValerie FullerKathy and Greg GeibJ. Michael HafnerCecilia and Emerson K. HankamerBrian HodgeCarolyn and Jay KaplanSharon and Jim KempnerAnne Lamkin KinderCarolyn and Paul LandenWhitney Kuhn LawsonMarian LivingstonVictoria and Marshal LightmanKimberly Washington MalakoffConnie McAllisterEvelyn and Roy NolenValerie Cassel OliverMegan and Jonathan ParkerJ.A. RobinsAnna Kaplan and Carlos SierraBarbara and Louis SklarJoyce Kao Soliman and Jack

SolimanCaroline StarryL. B. StewardMeghan ThrashJovon TylerRachel Winer

$100–$499Jessica AndersonNarguess ArjomandRaana ArjomandArt Horizons International, Inc.Susan and David AskanasePaul Forsythe and David AylsworthAislyn BarclayJustine BakkerPaul T. BarrKatharine B. BarthelmeBryan BeeneMarion BellKate Bellin and Andrew Della Croce

BellinMary B. BentsenKathy and Drew BerkmanBev and John BerryAmy BlakemoreMinnette BoeselMr. and Mrs. Thomas BondJan BresHeather BrownNancy and William BrownellJulio Rivera BuilSuzy and Clyde BurlesonCindy and Larry BurnsJudith BuscheKelly Butler

Virginia and William CamfieldGwyneth CampbellSara CarterNatalye L. Appel and John J.

CasbarianGracie and Bob CavnarElinor and Martin ColmanJerome Coodinich Jr.Emily CorwinJoan K. Bruchas and H. Philip

CowdinRochelle and Joel CyprusJane DabneyAshlyn DavisEmmy DavisSarah Balinskas and Jeffrey

DebevecGeorge DoddDan DubrowskiJane EiflerNanette FingerRichard E. FluhrSarah FoltzBrandon H. FontenotTim Turner FormanHelen Winkler FosdickJack Paul GayThe Geib FamilyAna and Bob GrahamSara McDaniel and Doug GrayTimothy G. GreenRob GreensteinNonya and Jonathan GrenaderDana and Tom GriffithTerry HagiwaraBrett HamiltonLinda and Brad HarmesAlecia HarrisHarriet Schubb and John HarrisJoseph HavelRachel HeckerSarah HendersonBarbara and Marks HintonJanet and Paul HobbyRoger HochmanRose and Carl Cullivan HockBetsy Strauch and Lonnie

Hoogeboom Lynn K. Hammond and David C.

HornBradley HoustonCristy and Mike JadickLaura Jahn Caroline and Ben JansenMatt JohnsMark JohnsonIna and Toby KampsTheresa Clarke and Christian

Kelleher

Madeline KellyFrazier KingPhyllis KissmanSharon and Gus KoprivaKress Employment Screening Inc.Chip KrollDoug LawingHelen LeudersJoan Schnitzer LevyPatricia LindLiza LittlefieldMisty MatinGundi McCandlessMarion Andrus McCollamEmily McWilliamsRose Ann MedlinBailey MillerMatthew MillerDiane and David ModesettBetty MoodyClive MuirKatherine and Paul MurphyRoopa NalamRaj Natarajan Jr.Paula Greenberg and Tom

NiemczuraMr. and Mrs. Roy L. NolenTeri OggEthel and Bernard PattenMary PattonCalia Alvarado Pettigrew and Peter

PettigrewJudy and Lawrence PirtleEsther and Gary PollandVictoria RidgwayRoberto Cavalli BoutiqueMelanie L. RogersPatricia and David RosenbergSusie RosmarinAbigail Ogilvy RyanPam and Art SandersMerry and Palmer SchooleyChristopher ScottDaniel Emberley and Michael SetoMichelle Miller and Cliff SheddChristine and Michael SigmanJustin SmithKevin SmithTracy SmithDoreen StollerRichard G. StoutWilliam P. StrengBrad Nagar and Reid SuttonNatalie SvacinaJudd SwansonMary Lou SwiftMaria Rodriguez and Andrew TallinPeter ThompsonEmily Todd


Ellie and Jon TotzAnn and Richard VaughanAlicia VeselyMr. and Mrs. William C. VisinskyJanie C. Lee and David WarrenConnie Watkins-McTopyIan WellsClint WillourJulie ZamoraJo and Paul ZiderLinda and Peter ZweigJanna and Adam Zylman

$99 and belowMark AbelendaMarilyn and Jay AlbertAmazon Smile FoundationJacques W. AmschwandAlejandro ArmijosBrady BaugusJeffrey BeauchampBridget BrayPeter T. BrownAlan BrutonPatricia BunchAntoinette CalvertPenny CerlingMr. and Mrs. Derwood J. ConeKathryn CunningClaire CusackTerry DuganXandra EdenMarilu EllisKristina EvansLaura EwingJulie FarrKaren Hanson-Flowers and Joe

FlowersHans GroppeTricia GrossmanGuy HagstetteSusan Speert and Steve HanarahanAllison HunterBarbara and Robert KauffmanDavid LakeWm. F. LassiterLeigh-Ann LaughlinVictor LundyKristi S. MartinPhyllis MartinMelissa W. MillerHelen and Robert MorganAnne Lewis and David MorrisJanice and Floyd NewsumChristie NguyenDiane and Charles OfnerPeck & Company, Inc.Teresa PelanneBeth Peré

Patrick PickettRandalls Good Neighbor ProgramEmily ReedyRiver Oaks Women’s Breakfast ClubAnne H. RobertsAshley SimpsonLouis H. Skidmore, Jr.Gail and Rodney SusholtzArthur TurnerJan Purzer WallaceRenée WallacePeter WalshLinda J. WebbLettalou G. WhittingtonDavid L. WoodardDr. and Mrs. Byron P. York

In kind—Corporate/IndividualA Fare ExtraordinaireAztec Events & TentsBenjy’s / Erica and Benjy LevitBergner & Johnson DesignBright Star ProductionsBuffalo Bayou Brewing Co.Business Solutions InternationalCasa DragonesChristie’sDeutsch & Deutsch JewelersDillon Kyle ArchitectsDJ S.O.U.L.JahEquality VodkaFergus McCaffrey, New YorkBarbara and Michael GamsonBeverly and Wayne GilbertGulf Coast EntertainmentJackson and CompanyKavi GuptaLehmann MaupinM A T T E RBill Arning and Mark McCrayMCV Consulting / Margaret Vaughn

CoxPaperCity MagazinePedras Winery / Cecilia HarrisPhoenicia Specialty FoodsStacy ManelaLeigh and Reggie SmithCaroline StarryTodd EventsUnited AirlinesThe Vinyl Shoppe

In kind—Artist BenefactorsAndrew Mroczek & Juan Jose

Barbosa-Gubo Debra BarreraJosh BernsteinJesse BransfordThedra Cullar-Ledford

Cheryl DoneganNathaniel DonnettChris DoyleOwen DoyleOwen DrysdaleJack EarlySkylar FeinTommy FitzpatrickHeath FlagvedtMark FloodDanielle FrankenthalDavid GilbertWayne GilbertAnthony GoicoleaBrian GuidryRoberta HarrisRyan HawkKaren HawkinsOliver HerringColin HuntDavid KelleyBradley KerlPeter KrashesScooter LaForgeFelipe LopezMary McClearyWill MichelsJeffry MitchellEileen MylesMcKay OttoDan SchmalPeter SorianoEarl StaleyJim VerburgMary WeatherfordAmy BlakemoreKatherine HubbardMatt KeeganPaul Ramírez JonasKay RosenTony SonnenbergWu Tsang

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Financial Reports


Financial Reports

A visitor attending a public program for A Better Yesterday at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2017. Photo: Ronald L. Jones.

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ASSETS

Cash $ 489,142

Prepaid expenses and other receivables 123,428

Inventory 103,925

Pledges receivable for operations 209,669

Property and equipment, net 1,283,344

Pledges receivable for endowment, net 48,837

Investments 7,374,892

TOTAL ASSETS $ 9,633,237

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

Liabilities:

Accounts payable and accrued expenses 130,239

Deferred revenue 0

Total liabilities 130,239

NET ASSETS

Unrestricted 3,008,982

Temporarily restricted 334,548

Permanently restricted 6,159,468

Total net assets 9,502,998

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 9,633,237

Statements of financial position as of June 30, 2017


OPERATING REVENUE

Contributions 1,519,054

Special events 652,996

Donor benefit costs of special events (210,119)

Endowment distribution for operations 282,539

Museum shop sales 173,066

Cost of goods sold (91,266)

Exhibition and other revenue 89,302

TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE 2,415,572

NET ASSETS RELEASED FROM +

Program expenditures 163,850

TOTAL 2,579,422

OPERATING EXPENSES -

PROGRAM SERVICES

Exhibitions 1,466,777

Education 258,728

Communications and marketing 141,324

Museum shop 131,470

TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES 1,998,299

Management and general 359,669

Fundraising 360,952

TOTAL 2,718,920OPERATING SURPLUS (DEFICIT) $ (139,498)

Statement of activities for the year ended June 30, 2017 (unrestricted)

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FY17 Audited Functional Expenses

Exhibitions54%

Education10%


5%

Museum Shop5%

Management and General

13%

Fundraising13%


Exhibitions54%

Education10%


5%

Museum Shop5%

Management and General

13%

Fundraising13%

FY17 Contributions Revenue

Exhibitions28%

Education4%

Membership6%

General Operating Support

22%

Special Events26%

Capital Contribution14%

Other0%

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Contributions/Pledges72%


Earned Income6%

Exhibition Tour Income2%

Misc. Revenue0%

Endowment Draw9%



Earned Income6%


Misc. Revenue0%

Endowment Draw9%



Earned Income6%


Misc. Revenue0%

Endowment Draw9%



Earned Income6%


Misc. Revenue0%

Endowment Draw9%



Earned Income6%


Misc. Revenue0%

Endowment Draw9%

FY17 Operating Revenue



Earned Income6%


Misc. Revenue0%

Endowment Draw9%



Earned Income6%


Misc. Revenue0%

Endowment Draw9%


$7,458,625

$8,077,717

$8,971,615 $9,015,987

$9,633,237

FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17

FY17 Year-Over-Year Total Assets

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2016–2017 Board of Trustees

OfficersJonathan B. Fairbanks, ChairmanJereann Chaney, PresidentDillon A. Kyle, Vice PresidentAndrew C. Schirrmeister III, Vice PresidentElizabeth Satel Young, SecretaryVera Baker, Treasurer

Elected OfficialsAllison Armstrong AyersCandace BaggettEstela CockrellMargaret Vaughan CoxRuth DreessenMichael GalbrethBarbara GamsonW.G. “Trey” Griggs IIIMelissa Kepke GrobmyerCat Baen HennessyLeslie Ballard HullLouise JamailErica LevitCatherine MastersonElisabeth McCabeGreg McCordMary Hammon QuinnCabrina OwsleyHoward RobinsonReginald R. SmithDavid P. Young


Board of Trustees Service History

Joe Adams2001–2007

Mrs. Louis K. Adler1973–1984

Thomas Alexander1966–1967

Edwin Allday1964–1967

Edward R. Allen III1996–2014

Judy Allen1992–1995

Nancy Allen1977–1984, 1985–1993;Advisory Board 1976–1977

Robert H. Allen1978–1983

Dina Alsowayel1995–1998

Ralph A. Anderson, Jr.1954–1957

Mrs. Thomas G. Armstrong1979–1980

Isaac Arnold, Jr.1971–1976

Mrs. Isaac Arnold1968–1969

Bernard Arocha1998–2004

Kirby Attwell1971–1975

Eugene Aubry1980–1985

Thomas Au2003–2004

Allison Armstrong Ayers2016–Present

Fred W. Ayers1954–1956

Candace Baggett2016–Present

Benjamin Bailar1988–1992

Sarah Roady Baker1982–1988, 1989–1991

Vera Baker2014–Present

Carol Ballard1976–1985, 1986–2014

Howard Barnstone1961–1965

Donald Barthelme1960

Toni Beauchamp1985–2006

James M. Bell, Jr.2017–Present

Fran Berg2000–2001

Mark Berg1997–2000

Dr. Edward J. Bernacki1984–1987

Darrell Betts2008–2011

Dr. John BiggersAdvisory Board 1976–1979

Mrs. Elizabeth B. BlakeAdvisory Board 1977–1979

C. Ronald Blankenship1983–1987

Jack S. Blanton1971–1975

Kelli Blanton2007–2013

Leon Blazey, Jr.1982–1987

Mrs. Gus Block1974–1977

Mrs. Dan Bloxsom1976–1981

Preston M. Bolton1953–1958, 1968–1975,1986–1993

Robert Bouiffle1950–1953

Berry Bowen1987–1993

Mrs. Peter A. Bowers 1979–1981

Mrs. Lewis E. Brazelton III 1980–1986

Mrs. John B. Brent1989–1993

Tom Bres2003–2007

Rodney Brisco1994–1999

Deborah Brochstein2000–2006, 2007–2010

Raymond Brochstein1991–1992

Dr. Franz R. Brotzen1961–1966

Peter Brown2006–2009, 2009–2010

Richard Brown1976–1977Advisory Board 1977–1979

Ron Brown1976–1977, 1977–1978,Advisory Board 1978–1979

Edward Bruhl1956–1958

Brad Bucher2000–2002

Thomas A. Bullock1961–1963

Dr. Gene Burke1970–1971

Clyde W. Burleson1979–1981

Mrs. Gordon A. CainAdvisory Board 1976–1979

Ellie Allday Beard Camberg1999–2005

Tom Campbell1993–1996

Robert Card, M.D.1994–2011

Robert J. Carney1975–1978

Mary Ann Carrico1991–1996

John F. Carter II1977–1980

Mrs. Winifred Carter1958–1961

Bob Casey, Jr.1991–2004

Breaux B. Castleman1982–1988

Sylvia Cavazos2003–2006

Mrs. C. Fred Chambers1977–1979

Jereann Chaney2010–Present

Mrs. O. Donaldson Chapoton1980–1986

Mrs. Evelyn ChittwoodAdvisory Board 1977–1979

Maureen Civiletto1994–1996

Estela Cockrell2016–Present

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Mrs. Morton Cohn1974–1978;Advisory Board 1978–1979

Mrs. Arthur Cole1963–1969

John Coleman1988–1992

Darla Comeaux1985–1992

Margaret Vaughan Cox2015–Present

Susie Criner2002–2012, 2013–2015

Dr. Carey Croneis1956–1958

Mrs. H. Markley Crosswell III1988–1994

Elizabeth Howard Crowell2002–2016

Rose CullenAdvisory Board 1976–1977

Mary Cullen1976–1978

Miss Nina J. Cullinan1949–1950, 1951–1957

Robin Curtis1950–1951

Jeffrey A. Daly2000–2002

Mrs. Robert Davant1968–1971

Mrs. Ralph Pye Davidson1973–1982

Jonathan Day1978–1983

Ernest Deal1976–1979

Jack DeGregory1961–1963

Lenora Detering1957–1959

Jan Diesel1988–1994

Don DePasquale2002–2004

Chadwick Dodd1996–2001

Sara Paschall Dodd2000–2006, 2011–2015

Ruth Dreessen2009–2015, 2016–Present

Barbara Franzheim Dror1974–1982

Helen Runnells DuBois1982–1988

Thomas H. Dungan1987–1993

Mrs. Albert H. Ebert, Jr.1973–1981

Cathy Echols2005–2008

Larry Ellis1985–1992

R.H. Donnelly Erdman1972–1974

J.B. Fairbanks2007–2017

A.J. Farfel1957–1959

William I. Farmer1948–1950

Daniel E. Farnsworth1952–1954, 1961–1963

Jerry Ferguson1997–2000

Mrs. William B. Ferguson III1980–1982

Jerry Finger1978–1987

Nanette Finger1969–1976

Martha Baxter Finger2009–2010

Richard Finger1991–1997

G. Stephen Finley1998–2009

Joan H. Fleming1982–1986

Deborah Fiorito2001–2005, 2008–2012

F. Julius Fohs1953–1958

Diedra Fontaine2003–2009

Mrs. Louis Fontenot 1988–1994

Gregory Fourticq, Jr.2013–2016

Mrs. Hugh France 1969–1971, 1976–1980

Mrs. Harding S. Frankel1972–1973

Mrs. Russell M. Frankel 1982–1985

Ronald Franklin2008

Preston J. Frazier, Jr.1954–1956

Dr. Simon Fredricks1975–1976

Mrs. Frank Freed1953–1954, 1956–1958,1961–1962

Joe French2001–2005

James Furr2008–2014

Michael Galbreth2013–2017

Barbara Gamson2008–2014, 2015–Present

Susan Garwood1992–1998

Daphne Gawthrop1982–1988;Advisory Board 1976–1979

E.O. Gaylord1971–1975

Mrs. E.O. Gaylord1975–1976

Cullen Geiselman2011–2014

Don J. Genitempo1965–1971

Heidi Gerger1997–2003, 2004–2007

Dr. Nicholas L. Gerren1964–1967

Robert L. Gerry III1973–1996

Mrs. Harold Gershinowitz1951

Susan Glesby1976–1978, 1978–1984

Billy Gibbons1979–1981

Valerie Gibbs2011–2015

Dan Gilbane2010–2016, 2017–Present

Christina Girard1987–1989

Miles GlaserAdvisory Board 1976–1977

W. Merrill Glasgow1992–1998

James L. Glass1961–1964

Susan G. Glesby1976–1978, 1978–1984

Mrs. Norman Glosserman 1968–1973

H.F. Goeters1961–1963, 1965–1969

William Goldberg2000–2015

Glen Gonzalez2012–2016

Dr. Richard J. Gonzalez1948–1951

Glenn T. Good1969–1976

Hugh Goodrich1962–1963


William F. Goodwin, Jr.1995–2001

Lainie Gordon2002–2008

Mrs. Robert H. Gow 1968–1974, 1976–1979

Linda Gray1996–1998

Rodney Gray1990–1996

Saundria Chase Gray1995–1998

O’Neil Gregory1992–1998

Patricia Gregory1998–2004

Blakely Griggs2017–Present

W.G. “Trey” Griggs III2015–2017

Debra Grierson2005–2008

Windi Grimes1993–1996

Melissa Kepke Grobmyer2015–Present

E. Henry Groppe, Jr.1961–1964

Mrs. E. Henry Groppe, Jr.1970–1977

John Guess, Jr.1998–2015

Ann Hamman1981–1987, 1989–1995

Mrs. Ann O’Connor Williams Harithas1977–1979;Advisory Board 1976–1977

Antony Harbour1987–1992

Dana Roy Harper1998–2001

Rachel Hecker1996–2009

Cat Baen Hennessy2016–Present

Lynn Herbert2009–2015

J.W. Hershey1970–1973

Mrs. J.W. Hershey1963–1968

Bruce Herzog1999–2002

Frank Herzog1968–1973

Mrs. Frank C. Herzog1973–1976

Isabell Herzstein1993–2004

Sarita Hixon1992–1998

Mrs. William P. Hobby, Jr. 1961–1963

Fred Hofheinz1978–1980

Henry Hopkins1987–1989

William J. Howard, Jr.1988–1995

Pam Holm2005–2006

David Horn2007–2008

Ford Hubbard, Jr.1964–1970, 1971–1973,1980–1983

Mrs. John Huggins1985–1989

Leslie Ballard Hull2005–2011, 2015–Present

Thad T. Hutcheson, Jr.1983–1986

Louise Jamail1995–2014, 2016–Present

Elaine Jefferson2003–2007

Mrs. Charles W. Jennes1983–1986

Olive M. Jenney1984–1991

Joan Johnston1976–1981

Jill Jewett1997–2003

Joan Blaffer Johnson1976–1981

Luke Johnson, Jr.1978–1983

Joan Johnston1976–1981

Dr. Charles JonesAdvisory Board 1976–1979

Mrs. Charles F. Jones1978–1970

Mrs. Jack Greenwood Jones1983–1989

Leonard Jones2000–2008

Mrs. Michael Judd Advisory Board 1976–1979

Mady Kades2015–2016

Karl Kamrath1948–1951

Nicolas Kanellos1991–1994

Burdette Keeland, Jr.1965–1970

Sam Keeper1968–1971

Mavis P. Kelsey, Jr.1973–1976; Advisory Board 1976–1979

Harris Kempner, Jr.1974–1978; Advisory Board 1978–1979

I. H. Kempner III 1984–2001

Mrs. I. H. Kempner III1973–2014

Mrs. Fred Kessler1968–1973

Mrs. John E. Kilgore, Jr.1974–1982, 1983–1989

Karl Kilian1979–1981

J. David Kirkland, Jr2003–2009, 2010–2015

Benjamin F. Kitchen III1981–1983

Michael Klein1992–1998

Carmen Knapp1998–2004

Dr. Vernon Knight1977–1981

Arthur C. Koch, Jr.1949–1950, 1952–1956

Mary Lynch Kurtz1975–1980, 1996–1999

Dillon Kyle2011–Present

Lynn Lasher1998–1999

Patricia Lasher1990–1996

Mrs. Theodore N. Law1984–1985

Maurice Lazarus1950–1952

Elwyn Lee1997–2002

Mrs. William A. Lee1966–1968

Bernhardt Lemmel1953–1954

Jerry Levey2005–2007

Erica Levit2013–Present

Chad Libertus2007–2013

J.W. Link, Jr.1965–1971

Mrs. H.W. Linnstaedter, Jr.1961–1964


Nancy Littlejohn2013–2014

Mrs. Barbara Livitz1976–1979

C.D. Lockwood1954–1958

Meredith Long1970–1977

Janiece Longoria1992–1998

Marley Lott1997–2012

Sharon Lorenzo1974–1983, 1985–1992

Leticia Loya2010–2016

Lucinda Loya2017–Present

Mike Loya2003–2008

Isabel Lummis1991–2006

Ransom Lummis1997–2000

Stephanie Mackie1984–1991

Jon F. Maher1953–1954

Edward Marcus1956–1957

Lawrence Marcus1973–1977

Mrs. Rodney Margolis1976–1979

Lester Marks1994–2009

Sara Anne Marks1984–1986

L.G. Marsters, Jr.1963–1969

Mrs. L.G. Marsters, Jr.1956–1959, 1961–1962

Poppi Massey2010–2013

Mrs. Carlos B. Masterson 1962–1968

Catherine Masterson2016–Present

Libbie Masterson2010–2015, 2017–Present

Mrs. Stewart Masterson1982–1988

Jean May1993–1999

Richard Mayor1971–1978

Susan Clayton McAshan1949–1958, 1972–1973,1985–1986

Elisabeth McCabe2011–2017

Greg McCord2014–Present

Mrs. Sanford McCormick 1977–1984, 1985–1992

Don McCrory1991–1997

Dossett McCullough1968–1974

Mrs. Marjorie R. McDowell1965–1968

Andrew McFarland2010–2016

David McGee2011–2015

Allen McInnes1989–1993

Mac McManus2017–Present

Mrs. Downing Mears1979–1981, 1985–1988

Mrs. Herbert R. Mears1956–1958

William C. Menasco1964–1965

Christophe de Menil1963–1969

John de Menil1948–1954, 1956–1958

William B. Meyer1958–1959

Frank Michaux1957–1959

Mrs. Charles Dow Milby1953–1958

Willie Miles2005–2008

Leila Mischer1984–1989

Ginni Mithoff1998–2004

Dr. Marc Moldawer1963–1968, 1973–1977;Advisory Board 1977–1979

Arturo Moreno1989–1990

Desrye Morgan2003–2006

Niel Morgan1977–1982

Richard Morgan2002–2005

Jack Moriniere2017–Present

Mrs. G.H. Morris1955–1958

M. Peter Morris1977–1982

S.I. Morris1987–1993

Kyle Morrow1949–1954

Mrs. Robert Mosbacher1965–1970

Angela Myres2000–2003

Hugo V. Neuhaus, Jr.1967–1968, 1984–1986

Mrs. Hugo V. Neuhaus, Jr.1949

Evi Newar1998–2001

Pat NicholsonAdvisory Board 1976–1979

Roy Nolen1989–1995, 1997–2003

Jeri Nordbrock1990–1993

Judy Nyquist2003–2009, 2010–2012

Madeline O’ConnorAdvisory Board 1977–1979

Susan O’Connor1979–1984, 1985–1991

Blanca O’Leary1988–1995

Marilyn Oshman1970–1977, 1979–1984

Stewart Orton1967–1973

D.A. Otto, Jr.1954–1956

Mrs. Kevin Dale Owen1965–1971; 1972–1973

Mrs. Alvin Owsley 1961–1967; 1983–1989

Cabrina Owsley2007– 2013, 2015–Present

Mrs. Charles Pagan1971–1975

Robert Palmquist1995–2009

Annise Parker 1998–2004

F. Cameron Payne1977–1980

John Peavy, Jr.1995–1998

Sara Meredith Peterson1956–1958

Mrs. Thomas W. Pew 1957–1959

Belinda Phelps2004–2009, 2011–2014

George Pierce1960–1961


Mrs. R.A. Pittman, Jr.1967–1973, 1982–1985; Advisory Board 1976–1979

Miss Margy Pollard1968–1972

Mary L. Porter1996–1999

Carl Poston III1991–1994

Kathleen Pressler2001–2004

Robert Preusser1948, 1952–1954

Karen Pulaski2002–2007

Mary Hammon Quinn2015–2017

Risher Randall, Jr.1991–1997

Harry S. Ransom1961–1963

Davis Richardson1993–1994

James Robertson2008–2011

John Andrew Robins1995–1998

Joan Seeman Robinson1979–1981

Howard Robinson2001–2008, 2008–2014, 2016–Present

Mrs. Judson Robinson, Jr.1970–1976

James Rodriguez2010–2016

Alvin Romansky1948–1951

Lauren Rottet2008–2014

Robert A. Rowland III1975–1980, 1991–1994

Mrs. H.G. Safford, Sr.1950–1956

Bernard Sampson1968–1971

David Saperstein2003–2006

Norna S. Sarofim1981–1987

Leslie Elkins Sasser1992–1997

Eric Scheffey, M.D.1991–1994

E.M. Schiwetz1948–1951

Kristi Schiller2008–2010

Andrew C. Schirrmeister III2011–Present

Pierre M. Schlumberger1965–1973

Kenneth L. Schnitzer1977–1980

H.F. Schoenberg1977–1980

Mrs. Henry Schumacher1977–1981

David N. Scoular1979–1984

A.L. Selig1954–1958

Marvin Seline1994–2000

Jeff Shankman2000–2006

Mrs. Rex Shanks, Jr.1964–1970

Marc Shapiro1982–1985

Thomas H. Shartle1968–1970

Robert A. Shepherd, Jr.1978–1981

Nicholas Silvers2017–Present

L.E. Simmons1981–1987

Dr. David G. Simons1968–1971

Charles Smith1998–2001

Mrs. Kenneth L. Smith1958–1959

Lester Smith2004–2006

Mrs. Lloyd H. Smith1958–1960

Reginald Smith1998–2017

Richard Stowers Smith1982–1988

Samuel M. Sprunt1963–1968

Gael Stack1988–1994

Edward Stanton1988–1991

Francesca Stedman1988–1992

Israel Stein1961–1963

John Erle Stephen1953–1957

William F. Stern1981–1987, 1988–1995

John C. Stetson1964–1970

Mrs. Donald J. Stone1965–1970

Mrs. Robert Straus1948–1950, 1953–1958,1982–1987

Robert D. Straus1974–1976, 1981–1982

Julie Greer Stroup2001–2007

Alexander D. Stuart1984–1990

Elisa Stude Pye2006–2009

Louisa Stude Sarofim1968–1975, 1988–1995

John M. Sullivan1977–1982, 1983–1988

James Surls1979–1980

Mrs. Adolph O. Susholtz1961–1965

Ellen Susman2004–2005

Harry Susman2007–2010

Karen Susman1994–1997, 2010–2013

Stephen Susman1998–2004

Mrs. Bailey A. Swenson1954–1956

Charles Tapley1968–1973;Advisory Board 1976–1979

Harwood Taylor1958–1961

Mrs. Harwood Taylor1961–1964

Becca Cason Thrash2003–2009

Anderson Todd1970–1975

Emily Todd1986–1989

Martha Claire Tompkins2009–2012

Jon D. Totz1978–1980

Edward W. Turley, Jr.1971–1974

Mrs. A. Knox Tyson1975–1980

Robin Utterback1994–1996

Mrs. Jack Valenti1962–1963


George Valian1968–1970

Mrs. James Vaughn, Jr.1987–1989

Willard E. Walbridge1973–1976

McClelland Wallace1980–1986

Laura Morris Walls1999–2010

Mrs. William F. Walsh1963–1965

F. Carrington Weems1963–1969, 1970–1977

Jack Weingarten1962–1968

Lea Weingarten1994–2002

Herbert Wells1993–1999

Marcy Taub Wessel2002–2008

Pam Whitcomb1970–1977, 1978–1980

Mr. Robert F. White1961

Wayne Wickman1969–1974

Claud K. Williams1962

John K. Williams1965–1967; 1970–1971

Kenneth Williams1999–2002

Robert K. Wilson, Jr.1977–1982

Isabel Brown Wilson1960–1961, 1968–1970, 1971–1975;Advisory Board 1976–1979

Wallace Wilson1990–1996

James O. Winston III1965–1970

John M. Winterbotham1963–1969

Ross Workman1987–1993

Blake Young2002–2004

David P. Young2008–Present

Elizabeth Satel Young2012–Present

Michael Zilkha1999–2010



Family Day at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2016. Photo: Ronald L. Jones.

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Right Here, Right Now: Houston Volume 2 Opening Reception at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2016. Photo: Martin Yaptangco.

Paul Ramírez Jonas participating in his piece Public Trust at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2017. Photo: Casey K. Betts.

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A Traveling Show opening reception at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2017. Photo: Ronald L. Jones.

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Susie Bowen, Peter and Cali Alvarado Pettigrew at Young Patrons Summer Lawn Party at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2017. Photo: Daniel Ortiz.

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Back cover: Jack Early, Sock Jock (detail), 2015. Image and work courtesy the artist.

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