Lectures Year of Tuesday, October 22, 2024-Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery Through January 12, 2025
This traveling exhibition highlights Pueblo voices and aesthetics, offering an understanding of Pueblo pots as vessels of community-based knowledge and personal experience.
23 Oct Wed / 2024
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New York City Study Trip | Info Session
12:30 p.m.—1:15 p.m.The Glassell Studio School hosts a spring 2025 study trip course in New York City. Learn about the trip at this information session.
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Leigh Arnold
Core Program Lecture | Leigh Arnold
6 p.m.—7 p.m.The 2024–2025 Core Program Lecture Series presents a talk by Leigh Arnold.
26 Oct Sat / 2024
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Emerging Artists: Early College Program | Info Session
11 a.m.—NoonThe Glassell School of Art invites you to an information session about the new Emerging Artists: Early College Program.
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Celestial Conch Shell with Skulls, Huastec, Veracruz (Northern), Mexico, 900–1521, conch shell, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase funded by James C. Flores in honor of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. at “One Great Night in November, 2007.”
Members Preview Lecture | “Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples”
4 p.m.—5 p.m.SOLD OUT | MFAH members are invited to an exclusive lecture about the exhibition Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples.
30 Oct Wed / 2024
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Marfa Study Trip | Info Session
12:30 p.m.—1:15 p.m.The Glassell Studio School hosts a spring 2025 study trip course in Marfa. Learn about the trip at this information session.
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MFAH Director Gary Tinterow
Photograph by F. Carter SmithConversations with the Director
6 p.m.—7 p.m.SOLD OUT | This conversation is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Gauguin in the World.
01 Nov Fri / 2024
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Bruno Munari, Never Happy (Mai Contenti), From the series: The Munari Books, Milan: Mondadori, 1945, Hirsch Library, Lester Beall Collection
Meet the Books | “Child’s Play: Artists as Children’s Book Illustrators”
6 p.m.—7 p.m.Discover more about the exhibition Child’s Play: Artists as Children’s Book Illustrators.
02 Nov Sat / 2024
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Paul Gauguin, Femmes de Tahiti (Tahitian Women), 1891, oil on canvas, Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Photo © TMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY
Members Lecture | “Gauguin in the World”
4 p.m.—5 p.m.SOLD OUT | MFAH members are invited to an exclusive lecture about the exhibition Gauguin in the World.
21 Nov Thu / 2024
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Manuscript of the Qur’an, Egypt or Syria, January 19, 1346 (25 Ramadan AH 746), ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, The al-Sabah Collection, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait.
The Word: Recited, Sung, and Preached
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Houston faith leaders engage in a discussion about their connections with objects and themes showcased in the exhibition Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples.
05 Dec Thu / 2024
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Harriet Stratis, speaker / Paul Gauguin, 1898–99, Human miseries (Misères humaines) from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints (also called the Vollard Suite), woodblock print in black on ivory Japanese paper, state I/I, private collection, Houston, promised gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Ingenuity and Invention: Paul Gauguin’s Printing Techniques
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Harriet Stratis presents a lecture on Paul Gauguin’s experimentation with techniques and materials in print production.
