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Creating “Big Bambú”: An interview with rock climber Katherine Tong
Jun 15, 2018 - They gave us their perspectives on how they’ve done this around the world. It may have looked like chaos while we were working on it, but the poles have deliberate thought and purpose to them. I used to visit pretty much every Thursday to bring my grandma, and I’m a member now, too! To move around and create such a large bamboo structure, you have to be able to balance in strange positions. You need good communication with the people you’re working with, which is a big part of rock climbing.
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The MFAH Will Host the Exhibition “American Modernism from the Charles Butt Collection” in October
Jun 29, 2026 - “Land Progressions” explores how landscape shaped America’s response to modernism, and how artists subverted landscape conventions to chart more personal journeys. A major monoprint and a suite of lithographs by Jasper Johns from the Charles Butt Collection, added exclusively to the Houston venue, brings the exhibition to a close, leaving visitors to reconsider what it means to be an American We are pleased to host his distinguished group of American modernist paintings in Houston, and grateful to the Amon Carter Museum of American Art for organizing the exhibition and this statewide tour.”
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“Little Known, Little Objects”: Glittering Chinese Buddhist Figures from the Jane and Leopold Swergold Collection
Jan 9, 2018 - How does it speak to us? This space is perfect for viewing the objects. It’s calming in here. It’s a quiet place to be. Twenty-three Chinese Buddhist gilt bronzes are bringing “zen” to the Museum’s Arts of Asia galleries. The way we’ve collected is that it has to speak to us, and then we measure it up against other pieces in our collection. What do you feel when you reflect on the Amitabha Buddha? LS: It’s very approachable.
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Snail Mail: A Conversation with MFAH Curator Anne Tucker (part 3 of 3)
May 17, 2012 - Our conversation evolved from the history of a company to how Kodak forever changed the way artists and historians viewed the world. The work on view in Snail Mail ranges from Christmas cards and postcards (Kodak used to sell postcard photographic paper) to photographs that were cut up. It sort of puts the responsibility on you to go look it all up, as opposed to that really delightful moment when you open up an envelope and there’s a surprise. It’s different.
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Norman Rockwell: American Freedom
The presentation explores how Rockwell’s 1943 paintings came to be embraced by millions of Americans. Bring the card to the MFAH and receive $5 off one adult ticket to Norman Rockwell: American Freedom. • Sip Well with Rockwell! Historical documents, videos, photographs, and artifacts throughout the installation bring the era to life.
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At-Home Activities Inspired by Art from the Indigenous Pacific Islands and Australia
May 2, 2022 - Use the step-by-step activity guides and how-to videos below to make your own art at home. For additional ideas, plan a visit to the Museum to see more art in person! The human body is related to the tree: the legs and feet are the roots, the torso is the trunk, the arms and hands are the branches, and the head is the fruit. In the 1950s and 1960s, they began to create these bark paintings for the commercial market. This activity encourages conversations about animals, natural materials, and ancient forms of learning.
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Houston Culinary Stars Cook Up “Demon Rum” Dinner at Rienzi
Mar 30, 2015 - • Bobby Heugel Rum’s complex social history is ripe for discussions about how the world of drinks and humanity are often intertwined in ways outside of the glass. I’m going to follow Bobby’s lead to see his inspiration for the cocktails. If he makes a Tiki-style cocktail or an old-school Southern cocktail, I’m going to pair the food to match the time period and location. • Chris Shepherd I would definitely like to explore the spices that were being brought in from all over. I’d also like to study classic French cuisine as it was being created and developed.
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Performance | “Jacolby Satterwhite: A Metta Prayer”
In her live sound sets and installations, she blends familial archival material, popular music, and experimental productions to comment on how diaspora, movement, and disconnection have shaped her and the communities around her DJ Amarji King spins a slow and reverberated soundtrack dedicated to her ballroom community. August 15, 2024In celebration of Jacolby Satterwhite: A Metta Prayer, two local DJs create an immersive sound experience in response to the exhibition.
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Public Ritual and Procession | Til dah wata comes
RSVP NOW About the ExhibitionsThe Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse makes visible the roots of Southern hip-hop culture, revealing how the aesthetic traditions of the African American South Guests are invited to wear shades of white and blue to honor the eco-spiritual implications of the Atlantic Ocean as a site for trauma and transfiguration. As stewards of this planet, people have a responsibility to protect and commune with the water, an experience enhanced through ritual and performance. Artist Viktor le.
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Alberto Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure
This touring exhibition explores the artist’s creative process and how he came to produce his iconic figures. The site comprises a museum, multidisciplinary exhibition spaces, and an art school providing access to all. “Museum visitors can walk around some of the artist’s most famous sculptures, with ample room to ponder their energetic force-fields.”