Orange Show Center for Visionary Art
ELEMENTS IV: FIRE

Saturday, November 9 | 6-10pm
Orange Show World Headquarters

Lisa E. Harris presents part four of her four-part site-specific performance series set against the backdrop of David Best's Houston Temple, culminating in a ceremonial burn of pieces of the installation.

WE CELEBRATE THE ARTIST IN EVERYONE

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WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF RADICAL SELF-EXPRESSION
WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF RADICAL SELF-EXPRESSION
WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF RADICAL SELF-EXPRESSION
WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF RADICAL SELF-EXPRESSION
WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF RADICAL SELF-EXPRESSION
WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF RADICAL SELF-EXPRESSION
WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF RADICAL SELF-EXPRESSION
WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF RADICAL SELF-EXPRESSION
WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF RADICAL SELF-EXPRESSION
WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF RADICAL SELF-EXPRESSION

The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art is a multi-site art center that exists to give Houstonians unique and authentic experiences that ignite the courage to create in everyone. We proudly preserve the legacies of the visionary artists behind the Orange Show Monument, the Beer Can House, Smither Park, and the Art Car Parade, and produce year-round programs designed to inspire curiosity and leave you feeling like part of our community.


BUILDING A WORLD-CLASS CENTER FOR VISIONARY ART
The future OSCVA will be a world-class center for visionary art in Houston, creating transformative environments, spontaneous experiences, educational programs, adjacent to a beautiful public park.
The OSCVA’s welcomes its visitors with a Grand Entry, framed by the highest edge of the Ramp where an Art Car on display reveals one’s first impression of the campus.
Our large outdoor performance plaza provides the potential for multi-media events on campus, where music, art, and exploration - bring communities together.
Grand sculptures, murals, light installations, Art Cars, and more inhabit the Warehouse in an Interactive Exhibition where visitors play, learn, and are introduced to outsider and visionary art.
The mission of promoting an Artist in Everyone manifests here, an exploratory space equipped to host workshops, classes, makers-space, and learning events.
The Mosaic Alley, a stimulating artistic intervention, interweaves Smither Park and the OSCVA’s campus. Shade and furniture allow visitors to contemplate the mosaic murals and experience spontaneous music experiences under the shade of orange trees.
A berm overlooking the Orange Show and Houston’s skyline welcomes the opportunity to integrate an interactive art environment with recurring musical experiences.
CAMPUS EXPANSION PLAN

After years of analysis and planning, we have announced our major expansion plan that will focus on bringing our community together to make, teach, and view performing and visual arts. Outsider art, artist built environments, and our creative programming will continue to attract visitors who are inspired by art that is relatable, accessible, exciting and fun. The new campus encompasses the existing Orange Show Monument and Smither Park properties, plus a 5-acre commercial property acquired in 2017. By highway, the site is easily accessible to all 7+ million residents of the greater Houston-Woodlands-Sugar Land area.

OUR ARCHITECTS + PARTNERS

ROGERS PARTNERS Architects+Urban Designers is a studio of forty architects, urban designers, and landscape architects. Rogers Partners engages the world of design with the creativity and rigor for which Founding Partner, Rob Rogers, FAIA and his teams have been recognized, and explores broader architectural concerns in the public realm.

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2401 Munger Street
Houston, TX 77023

CLOSED FOR RESTORATION THROUGH 2025

222 Malone Street
Houston, TX 77007

OPEN WED-SUN
10AM to 4PM

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2441 Munger Street
Houston, TX 77023

Open Daily from Dawn until Dusk

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April 12, 2025
The World Famous
Houston Art Car Parade
Downtown Houston

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