The non-profit arts groups of the Menil Campus band together again to showcase the many performances, workshops and exhibits they offer in an all-day festival, The Menil Community Arts Festival.  Check out the full schedule for the event website www.menilcommunityartsfestival.org, but make sure to join Aurora for a free stop-motion animation workshop from 12-3PM.  Families and youth interested in learning more about creating their own films are encouraged to attend. 

The Menil Community Arts Festival is a collaboration among the Menil Collection museum and a group of surrounding non-profit arts organizations that come together to host a free afternoon of art and entertainment that will extend across the Menil “campus” from West Alabama to Richmond Avenue.  The 2012 Festival will be held on Saturday, April 14 from 11AM-5PM. Highlighting the diversity of the Menil neighborhood arts community, the festival will include films and performances, from chamber music, to literary readings, performances and workshops.  These organizations include The Menil Collection, Watercolor Arts Society Houston, Writers in the Schools, InPrint, DaCamera, The Rothko Chapel, TALA, SWAMP, Menil Bookstore and more.  In addition to the Menil Community Arts Festival, Houston Indie Book Fest will also be in full swing too!