Calendar Week of Monday, January 24, 2022-Sunday, January 30, 2022

The Obama Portraits Tour Through May 30, 2022
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery tour, featuring the acclaimed portraits of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, comes to Houston.
16 May Mon / 2022
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Elizabeth Povinelli
Core Program Lecture Series | Elizabeth Povinelli
7 p.m.—8 p.m.The 2021–2022 season of the Core Program Lecture Series concludes with a talk by anthropologist and filmmaker Elizabeth Povinelli.
19 May Thu / 2022
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Installation view of Shahzia Sikander: Extraordinary Realities.
Drop-in Tour | “Shahzia Sikander: Extraordinary Realities”
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.Experience the boundary-breaking work of artist Shahzia Sikander on this docent-led tour.
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Happy Hour Thursday
5 p.m.—8 p.m.Meet your friends at the MFAH for happy hour on Thursday, when general admission is free. Explore the campus, visit the galleries, and get a drink at the bar.
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2021–2022 Core Residents, left to right: (front row) Sindhu Thirumalaisamy, Bryan Castro, Fred Schmidt-Arenales; (back row) Maggie Jensen, Mickey Aloisio, Jagdeep Raina, Karen Schiff; not pictured: Víctor Albarracín Llanos
Core Program | Open Studios
6 p.m.—8 p.m.Drop by the Core Program studios to see what the fellows have been working on this year.
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Iconoclast Artists | Poetry Performance
7 p.m.—8:30 p.m.Student poets perform selections from the new publications They Say and Ellos Dicen that address issues of portraiture, identity, community, and representation.
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Memoria
7 p.m.—9:20 p.m.In Colombia, a woman (Tilda Swinton) plagued by insomnia after hearing a mysterious loud bang finds herself on a journey across mountains and the jungle.
20 May Fri / 2022
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Memoria
7 p.m.—9:20 p.m.In Colombia, a woman (Tilda Swinton) plagued by insomnia after hearing a mysterious loud bang finds herself on a journey across mountains and the jungle.
21 May Sat / 2022
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Saturday Sketching in the Galleries
11:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m.On selected Saturdays, families can explore sketching techniques in the galleries with a teaching artist.
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Installation view of Shahzia Sikander: Extraordinary Realities.
Drop-in Tour | “Shahzia Sikander: Extraordinary Realities”
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.Experience the boundary-breaking work of artist Shahzia Sikander on this docent-led tour.
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Memoria
7 p.m.—9:20 p.m.In Colombia, a woman (Tilda Swinton) plagued by insomnia after hearing a mysterious loud bang finds herself on a journey across mountains and the jungle.