Calendar Week starting Friday, July 19, 2013
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PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES
Bayou Bend Detective Days–Bayou Bend Collection and GardensCalling all summer sleuths! Go on a summer scavenger hunt through the gardens at Bayou Bend. Self-guided outdoor detective adventures feature educational themes ranging from plants and trees to sculpture and architecture. Every Bayou Bend[…]
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GALLERY TALKS/TOURS
Lunch + Look “Painters vs. Cameras?”–Beck BuildingThe invention of photography in 1839 revolutionized art, and painters had to respond! A camera and a painter can document reality or manipulate images. But how did cameras influence painters, and how did painters affect[…]
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PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES
Pottery Fridays at Bayou Bend–Bayou Bend Collection and GardensExplore the history of American craft at Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens on selected Fridays this summer. Each two-hour program features free activities and art-making programs for children and their caregivers, centered on the ceramics[…]
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FILMS
Celine and Julie Go Boating–Law BuildingThis magical tale recounts the adventures of librarian Julie (Dominique Labourier) and the flamboyant Celine (Juliet Berto), who acts as a kind of White Rabbit leading Julie through the Looking Glass into a world of[…]
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PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES
Bayou Bend Detective Days–Bayou Bend Collection and GardensCalling all summer sleuths! Go on a summer scavenger hunt through the gardens at Bayou Bend. Self-guided outdoor detective adventures feature educational themes ranging from plants and trees to sculpture and architecture. Every Bayou Bend[…]
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GALLERY TALKS/TOURS
Rienzi’s Porcelain Masterpieces–RienziA close exploration of the porcelain splendors at Rienzi, this tour introduces visitors to the inspiring development of "white gold" in Europe during the 18th century. Discover the monarchs and vibrant commercial markets that fed[…]
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EVENTS
Members Tour “Faking It”–Beck BuildingDigitally altered photographs are commonplace today, but they are not new. This tour for MFAH Members traces “fabricated truths” and “artful lies” in photographic prints from the 1840s to 1980s featured in the exhibition Faking It: Manipulated[…]
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GALLERY TALKS/TOURS
Celebrate! American Art at the MFAH–Beck BuildingAmerican art depicts the story from our earliest foundations to our current day ‘melting pot’ of cultures. Discover art through the centuries that celebrate all things American.
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GALLERY TALKS/TOURS
Lunch + Look “An Impressionists’ Legacy”–Beck BuildingThe Impressionists paved the way for Modern art and influenced an aesthetic revolution. Explore works of art by some of the most famous Impressionists—Edgar Degas, Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir—and the legacy they[…]
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GALLERY TALKS/TOURS
Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop–Beck BuildingDigitally altered photographs are commonplace today, but they are not new. This guided gallery talk traces “fabricated truths” and “artful lies” in photographic prints from the 1840s through the 1980s featured in Faking It: Manipulated[…]