Situated in the Houston Museum District and the Midtown Cultural Arts and Entertainment District, Lawndale Art Center is a multidisciplinary contemporary art center that engages Houston communities with exhibitions and programs that explore the aesthetic, critical, and social issues of our time.
Join us this weekend on Saturday, December 7th for Michael Menchaca’s The Codex Silex Vallis (The Silicon Valley Codex) exhibit!
In The Codex Silex Vallis (The Silicon Valley Codex), Michael Menchaca visualizes how the growing tech industry—largely based out of Silicon Valley—is infiltrating traditional Latinx family customs in the United States. On large scale, Menchaca explores the imagery and themes from his eponymously-titled series through a variety of media, including a site-specific wallpaper installation, new paintings, drawings, screen, and digital print, videos, and virtual reality.
The artist, Michael Menchaca, received his BFA from Texas State University in 2011 and his MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2015. He was a Visual Arts Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center from 2015 – 2016 in Provincetown, MA, and is a recipient of the 2019 National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC) Fund for the Arts Grant. Through 2020, he is co-curating the New York/San Antonio exhibition Xicanx: New Visions with Suzy González.
Admission is free for all exhibitions and public programs. For more information, please call (713) 528-5858.
Step outside of our welcoming and comfortable community at Oxford at the Ranch Apartments in Waller, Texas for the day! This event is coming to town on Saturday, and it promises to be a wonderful time!
Event Time/Date:
Saturday, December 7, 2019—11:00 AM
Event Venue Location:
Lawndale Art Center
4912 Main Street
Houston, Texas 77002