Lecture | Ancient Colombian Birds: Iconography and Zoology
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Location Main Campus | Law Building
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Lecture | Ancient Colombian Birds: Iconography and Zoology
Date & Time
Location Main Campus | Law Building
Ancient Colombian Birds: Iconography and Zoology
Ruth K. Shartle Lecture Series
This conversation explores the importance and brilliance of bird iconography in ancient Colombian cultures. The discussion complements the exhibition Golden Worlds: The Portable Universe of Indigenous Colombia.
Speakers
- Christopher Holmes, bird curator at the San Diego Zoo, worked for the Houston Zoo for more than 20 years.
- Zulma Vega, a Houston-based artist, combines manufactured materials with organic ones to address psychological and spiritual matters.
- Introduction by Rex Koontz, consulting curator, art of the Indigenous Americas, MFAH.
Plan Your Visit This program takes place in Brown Auditorium Theater, with seating on a first-come, first-served basis. Admission is free. On Thursdays, the Museum is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Visiting Guidelines In the interest of your personal safety and community health, please observe all precautions set forth by the MFAH—learn more here.
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The Ruth K. Shartle Lecture Series is made possible by a generous grant from The Brown Foundation, Inc.
Learning and Interpretation programs receive generous funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services; Samuel H. Kress Foundation; The Brown Foundation, Inc.; Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; Houston Junior Woman’s Club; Sharon G. Dies; Sterling-Turner Foundation; Susan Vaughan Foundation; and additional generous donors.
General admission to the MFAH is free on Thursdays, courtesy of Shell Oil Company.
“Golden Worlds: The Portable Universe of Indigenous Colombia” was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Museo del Oro y Unidad de Artes y Otras Colecciones-Banco de la República, Colombia.
This exhibition has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.
This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Major support is provided by:
The Glassell Family Foundation
Generous support is provided by:
The Favrot Fund