The Menil Collection The Menil Collection

Enjoy an afternoon of art, music, poetry, and family activities in celebration of the museum’s vibrant neighborhood and the 30th anniversary of the Cy Twombly Gallery. Participating organizations include DACAMERA, Houston Center for Photography, Inprint, The Menil Collection, Plant It Forward, Rothko Chapel, Watercolor Art Society, and Writers in the Schools (WITS).

Special for Neighborhood Community Day, experience Jean Tinguely’s Fountain sculptures on the museum’s lawn. Created in the late 1960s, both are kinetic assemblages of scrap metal and found lawn equipment. Activations will take place at 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. for 20 minutes.

1–1:30 p.m.: Spoken word performance by Meta4 Houston and WITS
Menil Lawn

1–2 p.m.: Express Children’s Theatre presents “Art Class for Families with Frida Kahlo.” Register on the Rothko Chapel website.
Rothko Chapel, 3900 Yupon St

1–3:30 p.m.: Typewriter poems by the Inprint Poetry Buskers Menil Lawn

1–4 p.m.: Paper folding workshop with Joan Son
Menil Drawing Institute

1:30–2 p.m.: Curator Talk with Michelle White on Cy Twombly
Cy Twombly Gallery

2–3 p.m.: Jazz Trio Performance featuring DACAMERA Young Artists
Menil Lawn

2–4 p.m.: Cy Twombly drawings on view
Menil Drawing Institute Study Room

2:30–3 p.m.: Curator Talk with Kirsten Marples on Cy Twombly drawings
Menil Drawing Institute

2:30–3 p.m.: Curator Talk with Michelle White on Cy Twombly
Cy Twombly Gallery

2:30–3:30 p.m.: Watercolor demonstration
Watercolor Art Society Houston, 1601 W Alabama St

3–4 p.m.: Poetry Workshop: Writers in the Schools (WITS) invites children to participate in a collaborative writing activity. Space is limited. Register in advance at the WITS table.
Menil Lawn

3–4 p.m.: Drum Circle: Learn the basics of African drumming with Sam Dinkins III, copresented with DACAMERA.
Deck across from the Menil Drawing Institute

3:30–4 p.m.: Curator Talk with Clare Elliott on Menil Collection History
Main Building Foyer

3:30–4 p.m.: Curator Talk with Edouard Kopp on Cy Twombly drawings
Menil Drawing Institute

4–4:30 p.m.: Conservation Talk with Joy Bloser on Dan Flavin Installation
Richmond Hall

3:45–5 p.m.: Inprint Prize Winners Reading, featuring brief readings by winners of The University of Houston’s Alexandra L. Rowan Memorial Foundation Writing Competition, followed by short readings by the recipients of the annual Inprint Juried Prizes, awarded to graduate students in The University of Houston Creative Writing Program and one undergraduate at Rice University.
Side lawn facing Mulberry

All Day Activities

Ice House Radio DJ
Menil Lawn

Create your own cyanotype using found objects and the light of the sun with the Flash Drive, Houston Center for Photography’s mobile education unit.
Side Lawn, facing Mulberry St

Hear about Plant It Forward’s gardens and initiatives
Menil Lawn

Explore the community with the scavenger hunt. Pick one up at any information desk.
Main Building and Menil Drawing Institute

Enjoy sidewalk chalk drawing
Sidewalks on Sul Ross St. and Mulberry St.

Make your own Menil button
Menil Lawn

The League of Women Voters of Houston information table
Menil Lawn

Eureka Heights Brew Co., Local Brewery

Moon Rooster, Tacos and hot dogs

Burger Joint, Burgers and fries

Kona Ice, Flavored shaved ice