The Museum Experience: Zone 1

The Museum Experience returns in 2015 with the first quarterly block party featuring the Houston Center for Photography, Menil Collection, and Rothko Chapel on Saturday, January 31! Special activities include live art on the Menil lawn, a photo scavenger hunt, poetry workshops, musical performances by Da Camera of Houston Young Artists plus the unveiling of an unexpected new home for contemporary art: the Menil’s Byzantine Fresco Chapel. ZONE 1 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS – Sat, January 31, 2015 11am – 6pm Photo scavenger hunt! Houston Center for Photography dares you to be creative and capture details with your camera from the surrounding buildings and nature. 11am – 7pm Last weekend to enjoy The Menil Collection's monumental Gandhi exhibition. Visit Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller's audiovisual installation inspired by the heavens in the repurposed Byzantine Fresco Chapel. 11am – 4pm Arts and crafts inspired by Cirque du Soleil's upcoming show "Amaluna". Get a sneak peak of this not-to-miss show! 11am – 4pm Local artists create a Live Art installation in the Menil Park. ***Leche ***Nicky Davis: https://www.facebook.com/artistnickydavis ***Black Cassidy: https://www.facebook.com/BlackCassidyArt/photos_stream ***Anat Ronen: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Anat-Ronens-murals/114897063541 ***Natalia Victoria: https://www.facebook.com/natalia.victoria.589?fref=ts 12pm and 12:30pm Writers in the Schools (WITS) host two 30-minute workshops and readings at The Menil Collection. 1pm – 2pm Join an acroyoga jam on the Rothko Chapel lawn. Open to everyone. 2:00pm, 2:45pm and 3:30pm Three simultaneous musical performances by Da Camera Young Artists. •The Menil Collection: A musical response to the exhibition "Experiments with Truth: Gandhi and Images of Nonviolence". •Rothko Chapel: A short concert celebrating the 100th birthday of Thomas Merton, a Catholic monk who promoted interfaith dialogue and influenced the aesthetic of the Rothko chapel. •Houston Center for Photography: A concert snapshot of several Houston composers, featuring a world premiere by Jonathan Booker for trumpet and percussion. Visitors will also have the opportunity to win the Ultimate Culture package through social media. Those who use #houmuse & #museumexperience and post event photos to Houston Museum District’s social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) will be automatically entered for a chance to win tickets to see Cirque du Soleiel's show "Amaluna." Other prizes include memberships, merchandise and Bistro Menil gift certificates. Those who travel to Houston or want to make a staycation for the event can take advantage of discounted hotel rates at Hotel Zaza by using the special code ME. The Museum Experience creates walkable “zones” to help visitors navigate through the area and experience the museums in a more personal way. On the last Saturday of January, April, July and September, each zone showcases a handful of museums at a time, complete with special programming, pedicabs in select zones and food trucks. The Museum Experience events happen during normal museum hours giving visitors ample time to explore without feeling rushed to make it to the next program. Visitors can simply walk or bike from one museum to the next venue in that quadrant. Although selected museums are featured in each zone, all museums in the District will be open regular hours. Visit http://houstonmuseumdistrict.org/meet-the-museums-of-zone-1/ for more information and contest details. Thank you to our community & media sponsors: The City of Houston, Da Camera of Houston, Newsradio 740 KTRH, Sunny 99.1, and Texas Monthly