Lectures Year of Thursday, September 12, 2024-Thursday, September 11, 2025
150 Years of Design: The AIA Houston Collection Through Summer 2025
Objects designed by architects celebrate a unique collaboration between the MFAH and the Houston chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
16 Oct Wed / 2024
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Greece Study Abroad Trip | Info Session
12:30 p.m.—1:15 p.m.The Glassell Studio School spring 2025 study-abroad course to Greece. Learn about the cultural trip at this information session.
19 Oct Sat / 2024
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Pueblo (Acoma), Acoma Jar with Abstract Bird Design, early 1900s, clay, slip, and paints, Vilcek Foundation, IL.2020 – VF2019.02.02. Photograph © Vilcek Foundation
Panel Discussion | “Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery”
1 p.m.—2 p.m.In this panel discussion, curators offer an inside look at the the exhibition Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery.
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.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.
