Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples Events Year of Thursday, December 12, 2024-Thursday, December 11, 2025
12 Dec Thu / 2024
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Afruz Amighi
Afruz Amighi: Abodes of Solace
6 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Sculptor and installation artist Afruz Amighi will discuss her ongoing experimentation with light as a means to create spaces of intimacy and solace. Drawing upon the many traditions of religious architecture, Amighi will explore the primacy of hybridity in her structures and the use of light to activate our sense of the sacred.
14 Dec Sat / 2024
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Saturday Members Tour | “Living with the Gods”
1 p.m.—2 p.m.SOLD OUT | MFAH members are invited to enjoy an inside look at the exhibition Living with the Gods.
19 Dec Thu / 2024
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Songs of Light and Hope: A Hanukkah Concert
6:30 p.m.—8 p.m.Join Cantors Kenneth Feibush (Congregation Beth Israel), Rachel Goldman (Congregation Beth Yeshurun) and Rollin Simmons (Congregation Emanu El) as they share selections celebrating Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Light.
21 Dec Sat / 2024
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Saturday Members Tour | “Living with the Gods”
1 p.m.—2 p.m.SOLD OUT | MFAH members are invited to enjoy an inside look at the exhibition Living with the Gods.
28 Dec Sat / 2024
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Saturday Members Tour | “Living with the Gods”
1 p.m.—2 p.m.SOLD OUT | MFAH members are invited to enjoy an inside look at the exhibition Living with the Gods.
02 Jan Thu / 2025
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Buddha in Meditation, Gandharan, Afghanistan or Pakistan, 4th-5th century
Contemplating the Divine: Buddhism
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.
09 Jan Thu / 2025
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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.”
Indigenous Faith Practices: Vietnamese Folk Religion
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.
