Orange Show Center for Visionary Art
UPCOMING PERFORMANCE: Negativland + SUE-C

Saturday December 2, 2023 | 7-10pm

The Orange Show presents a collaboration between legendary sound collage group Negativland and live cinema video artist SUE-C. "WE CAN REALLY FEEL LIKE WE'RE HERE" is a live performance project about our nervous systems, our realities, and the evolving forms of media and technology that inevitably insert themselves between them, with original music, found sounds, unique visuals, and a few surprises.

WE CELEBRATE THE ARTIST IN EVERYONE

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, November 29 6PM
Beer Can House Can Curtain Workshop
Workshop | Learn to make garlands made of beer cans and help us to restore the Beer Can House

Artist Elizabeth Burnham will lead this workshop, and using her own technique will teach you how to make replicas of the original garlands, which will be installed on The Beer Can House. The workshop is open to anyone who is interested in learning about precise measurements, working with your hands, and being involved in a restoration project!

Saturday, December 2 7PM
Negativland + SUE-C
PERFORMANCE | The famed experimental music act presents "We Can Really Feel Like We're Here"

A collaboration between legendary sound collage group Negativland and live cinema video artist SUE-C, this "WE CAN REALLY FEEL LIKE WE'RE HERE" is a live performance project about our nervous systems, our realities, and the evolving forms of media and technology that inevitably insert themselves between them, with original music, found sounds, unique visuals, and a few surprises.

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

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Houston, TX 77007

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2441 Munger Street
Houston, TX 77023

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April 13, 2024
The World Famous
Houston Art Car Parade
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