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“Vincent Valdez: Just a Dream…” at @camhouston spans two decades of Valdez's practice, showing how he has used sculpture, drawing, video, & other media, alongside his unflinching paintings, to visualize what is willfully overlooked.

“Just a Dream…” is on view through March 23.

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“I still believe that art can and must be of service to others in some small way. Perhaps this is just my natural inclination to go against trends and question everything.”

Read the full artist interview with Vincent Valdez and @Glasstire ➡️🔗 https://t.co/iWPfJOrir9

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Contemporary Arts Museum Houston will be closed on Wednesday, January 1, 2054 in observation of New Year's Day.

The Museum will resume normal operating hours starting Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 11AM.

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Contemporary Arts Museum Houston will be closed on Wednesday, December 25, 2024.

The Museum will resume normal operating hours starting Thursday, December 26, 2024 at 11AM.

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Vincent Valdez: Just a Dream… has been named a '@Glasstire Best of 2024’!

"The exhibition makes a case not only for a serious national consideration of Valdez’s practice, but also for the wider visibility of Latino and Mexican-American artists and issues”https://t.co/qh3YR6pvwc

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Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) is thrilled to announce the appointment of Ryan N. Dennis and Melissa McDonnell Luján as Co-Directors! 🎉

To read the full press release of the announcement ➡️ https://t.co/Fz4OxL1Jbz

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Visit @camhouston and create a decorative ornament using mixed media materials to share a story you want to memorialize.⁠⁠ Inspired by Recuerdo (Remembering) (1999) by Vincent Valdez.

Click the link below to learn more.
https://t.co/NtUFgRldbV

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Read more about the CAMH and @MASS_MoCA exhibiting artist, Vincent Valdez, in a recent piece from @Hou_Landing 🔗 https://t.co/ZqAIzijcMR

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“If I can offer a small moment of silence and clarity during moments of distraction and distortion, this is my small contribution back to the world, as a way of pushing back. Like miniature sparks of resistance that eventually over time, will spark a fire”. - Vincent Valdez

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Join @camhouston and embrace the memories of your family and friends by creating a poem using writing prompts inspired by Vincent Valdez’s People of the Sun (Grandma and Grandpa Santana) (2019). 📝✨️

Click the link below to learn more.
https://t.co/pdbIumTB7R

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ICYMI 📻 Artist Vincent Valdez was featured on today’s episode of Houston Public Media’s ‘Houston Matters’ this morning! ☀️

You can listen to Vincent’s interview with journalist Daisy Espinoza on the December 5 episode at the 43:17 minute mark ➡️ https://t.co/l2H3Y1XkUD

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The Drawing Room inside the new exhibition Vincent Valdez: Just a Dream…🌅includes ‘flat files’ which feature 20 pullable drawers containing Valdez's sketchbooks, drawings, and photos.

See it on view at CAMH through March 23, 2025 and @massmoca from May 24, 2025–April 5, 2026

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Contemporary Arts Museum Houston will be closed on Wednesday, November 27 and Thursday, November 28 in observation of  Thanksgiving.

The Museum will resume normal operating hours starting Friday, November 29, 2024 at 11AM.

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Join @camhouston and create a poem about your family history using printed text from children's books and magazines, inspired by the exhibition Vincent Valdez: Just a Dream.... 📝🖤

Click the link below to learn more.
https://t.co/i1XvoYMlPT

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Vincent Valdez: Just a Dream… 🌅 is co-organized by Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) and Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (@MASS_MoCA). The exhibition is co-curated by Patricia Restrepo, Curator at CAMH and Denise Markonish, Chief Curator at MASS MoCA.

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Last week marked the Public Opening of Vincent Valdez: Just a Dream…! 🥳🍻  CAMH welcomed over a thousand people into the museum to celebrate the new exhibition and enjoy a night of culture, art, music, and dance 🎶

Just a Dream... 🌅 is on view through March 23, 2025 at CAMH,

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CAMH’s Teen Council is looking for more standout teen artists to be featured in their curated 2025 Biennial​​ Exhibition! 🎨🖌 ⁠
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Submissions are accepted through Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 8AM. For more information and to submit, visit ➡️ https://t.co/Am7tTjRVhW

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“I realized that I have to find a way to make images so powerful that you make the audience feel something - you captivate them, almost hypnotize them, so that they feel it to their core.” says artist Vincent Valdez in @guardian. Read more ➡️ https://t.co/KnHzgkLjmP

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The Museum will resume normal operating hours starting Friday, November 15, 2024 at 11AM.

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Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is currently closed for installation of Vincent Valdez: Just a Dream...

We encourage visitors to join us for the Public Opening of the exhibition on Thursday, November 14, 2024
from 7–10PM. To RSVP ➡️ https://t.co/DX3W3CMlPq