Calendar Week of Monday, June 10, 2024-Sunday, June 16, 2024
Eye on Houston: High School Documentary Photography Through Autumn 2024
The annual Eye on Houston exhibition documents and celebrates Houston’s diverse neighborhoods through a collaboration between the MFAH and Houston Independent School District.
12 Jun Wed / 2024
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Educators Event | “Learning Through Art” Summer Institute | Elementary Teachers
11:30 a.m.—4:30 p.m.Educators: Empower your teaching through this three-day event for elementary teachers that focuses on promoting growth mindsets in all subject areas.
13 Jun Thu / 2024
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Summer Break at the MFAH
11 a.m.—2 p.m.When school’s out, families are invited to enjoy gallery activities with teaching artists and experiment with a variety of materials to create art.
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Gustave Courbet, Seascape, c. 1865, oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jack I. Poses.
Drop-in Tour | Seascapes from European Painting
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.On this guided tour, investigate the ways European artists have depicted human interactions with water, from the shore to the eye of the storm.
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Joshua H. Shaw, “Virginia Landscape,” c. 1835, oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by American Art and Wine, the Long Endowment for American Art, the Lora Jean Kilroy Accessions Endowment Fund, the Ann Gordon Trammell American Art Endowment Fund, and the Pam and David Ott American Art Endowment Fund, with additional gifts from Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Fossler, Bettie Cartwright and Colin Kennedy, and Michael Clark and Sallie Morian.
Art Bites | American Landscapes
6 p.m.—6:30 p.m.A little art can go a long way! Visit the galleries for a snippet of art appreciation.
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Joshua H. Shaw, “Virginia Landscape,” c. 1835, oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by American Art and Wine, the Long Endowment for American Art, the Lora Jean Kilroy Accessions Endowment Fund, the Ann Gordon Trammell American Art Endowment Fund, and the Pam and David Ott American Art Endowment Fund, with additional gifts from Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Fossler, Bettie Cartwright and Colin Kennedy, and Michael Clark and Sallie Morian.
Art Bites | American Landscapes
6:30 p.m.—7 p.m.A little art can go a long way! Visit the galleries for a snippet of art appreciation.
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Vlastislav Hofman, Table, 1912, red oak and beech, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Design Council, 2015, the Decorative Arts Endowment Fund, Lynn Goode and Harrison Williams, Kerry Inman and Denby Auble, and Terri Norton.
Lecture | Vienna and Prague: A New Modernism
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.A look at the important role that Viennese design from the Wiener Werkstätte played in defining a modern style in the early 20th century.
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Joshua H. Shaw, “Virginia Landscape,” c. 1835, oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by American Art and Wine, the Long Endowment for American Art, the Lora Jean Kilroy Accessions Endowment Fund, the Ann Gordon Trammell American Art Endowment Fund, and the Pam and David Ott American Art Endowment Fund, with additional gifts from Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Fossler, Bettie Cartwright and Colin Kennedy, and Michael Clark and Sallie Morian.
Art Bites | American Landscapes
7 p.m.—7:30 p.m.A little art can go a long way! Visit the galleries for a snippet of art appreciation.
14 Jun Fri / 2024
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Focus Tour at Rienzi | Porcelain
1 p.m.—2 p.m.This special tour explores the celebrated European porcelain in the Rienzi Collection.
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Circle of Hieronymus Bosch, Saint Christopher Carrying the Christ Child through a Sinful World, early 16th century, oil on panel, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston.
Tour | Artwork of the Month “Saint Christopher Carrying the Christ Child through a Sinful World”
1:30 p.m.—2 p.m.On this guided tour, learn about Saint Christopher Carrying the Christ Child through a Sinful World.
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Space Is the Place
7 p.m.—8:30 p.m.Calling planet Earth! Jazz on Film is pleased to present a special 50th-anniversary screening of the Afrofuturist classic Space Is the Place. This unique iteration of Ra’s musical concepts and social commentary is a blend of science fiction B-movie, blaxploitation flick, and concert documentary.
