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Events

Lecture | Crafting a Public Persona

Date & Time

Thu. Sep. 24, 2026 6:30 PM-7:30 PM

Location Main Campus | Kinder Building

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Events

Lecture | Crafting a Public Persona

Date & Time

Thu. Sep. 24, 2026 6:30 PM-7:30 PM

Location Main Campus | Kinder Building

Parking at Kinder Garage
Drop off at Kinder Building

Taiwanese artist Nymphia Wind takes part in a conversation and presentation with curator Bradley Bailey about translating performance practice into material objects and a physical gallery space. Topics include the history of Taiwanese music and dance, traditional attire, and how the fabricated public-facing persona of “Nymphia Wind” fits within the larger context and history of other performance artists and alternate personae.

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  • Lecture*
    A free ticket is required in advance. | Capacity is limited. Any unclaimed seats are released to the standby line five minutes before the presentation begins.
  • Museum Admission
    *Museum admission is required in addition to the lecture ticket. Admission is free for MFAH members and ages 12 & younger. Get advance Museum tickets.

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About the Speaker
Nymphia Wind is an internationally acclaimed drag artist and winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 16. They have been featured on the cover of Vogue Taiwan and were named in Forbes' "30 Under 30 Asia." Nymphia continues to bring Taiwanese artistry to global stages, using drag as a platform for cultural storytelling and representation.

Bradley Bailey is the Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Curator of Asian Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

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This lecture is sponsored by the Taiwan Academy in Houston. As an overseas branch of the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan (R.O.C.), the Academy is dedicated to fostering cultural exchange and promoting Taiwan’s rich heritage throughout the United States.
Learning and Interpretation programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, receive generous support from H-E-B; Sempra Foundation; the Brown Foundation, Inc.; the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; the Joe Barnhart Foundation; the Cockrell Family Fund; the CFP Foundation; the Claire & Theodore Morse Foundation; the Junior League of Houston, Inc.; and additional generous donors.
 
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 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.