Film Screening + Q&A | “Harry Bertoia: Master of Metal”
Date & Time
Location Main Campus | Kinder Building
Drop off at Kinder Building
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Film Screening + Q&A | “Harry Bertoia: Master of Metal”
Date & Time
Location Main Campus | Kinder Building
Drop off at Kinder Building
September 25, 2025
This event complements the installation Harry Bertoia: Echoes in Space.
See the new documentary Harry Bertoia: Master of Metal. The one-hour film features in-depth interviews and archival footage of artist Harry Bertoia playing his sound sculptures.
The screening is followed by a Q&A with Celia Bertoia, the artist’s daughter; and Elizabeth Essner, the Windgate Foundation Associate Curator of Craft.
Plan Your Visit
- This program is included with Museum admission.
- The screening and Q&A take place in Lynn Wyatt Theater in the Kinder Building. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
- The installation Harry Bertoia: Echoes in Space is located on Level 1 of the Kinder Building.
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About the Speaker
Celia Bertoia, the youngest daughter of Harry Bertoia, has lectured widely about her father. She is a fine-art appraiser with ASA (American Society of Appraisers); the author of The Life and Work of Harry Bertoia: The Man, the Artist, the Visionary; and a producer for the documentary Harry Bertoia: Master of Metal.
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All Learning and Interpretation programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, receive generous support from H-E-B; Institute of Museum and Library Services; Sempra Foundation; the Brown Foundation, Inc.; the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; the John M. O'Quinn Foundation; the Joe Barnhart Foundation; the Cockrell Family Fund; the CFP Foundation; Macey and Harry Reasoner; the Texas Commission on the Arts; and the Junior League of Houston, Inc.
Endowment funds are provided by the Louise Jarrett Moran Bequest; Caroline Wiess Law; Windgate Foundation; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Fondren Foundation; BMC Software, Inc.; the Wallace Foundation; the Neal Myers and Ken Black Children’s Art Fund; the Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation; Medha and Shashank Karve; Virginia and Ira Jackson; Jesse H. Jones II; the CFP Foundation; the Favrot Fund; gifts in memory of John Wynne; Neiman Marcus Youth Arts Education; gifts in memory of Peter Lotz; and gifts in honor of Beth Schneider.
On Thursday, admission to the MFAH Permanent Collections is free, courtesy of Shell USA, Inc.