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  1. Sampling History: A Hidden Chapter Revealed

    Feb 16, 2012 - Greenfield Smith was a student at the school of the Oblate Sisters of Providence—the first Roman Catholic society for women of African descent in the United States. The embroidery that Greenfield Smith stitched around the age of 14 depicts a two-story building, urns of flowers, and a pair of fountains. A couple walks hand-in-hand toward the house, and a child plays with a dog.

  2. On View This Fall at the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building: Simone Leigh’s Iconic “Satellite,” Newly Completed for the MFAH; New Modern and Contemporary Exhibitions

    Aug 9, 2023 - Finally, “Paulson Fontaine Press: Prints by Isca Greenfield-Sanders,” spotlights work that the New York–based artist created between 2006 and 2019 at the Berkeley, California, intaglio printmaking studio, which has a reputation Over the course of her almost two-decade relationship with the studio, Greenfield-Sanders has created prints that merge centuries-old techniques of painting and intaglio printmaking with late-20th-century photography and 21st-century

  3. Mary J. Greenfield Smith’s Window into American History

    Mar 22, 2017 - Greenfield Smith stitched an elegant woolwork picture in school—surely not imagining that it would end up in a museum’s collection someday. Greenfield Smith Work at the Sisters of Providence School 184–.” Unfortunately, the last digit is missing, but the date is believed to be 1843.

  4. Playing with Process: Explorations in Experimental Printmaking

    Drawn primarily from the MFAH collection, Playing with Process features prints by artists including John Cage, Mel Chin, Helen Frankenthaler, Nicholas Galanin, Isca Greenfield-Saders, Ellsworth Kelly, Sherrie Levine, Suzanne Manns

  5. Monthly Meditation Sessions by the Black Man Project + Black Woman Project

    Sessions are led by Rashad Sanders of the Black Man Project.  Book your reservation at least 24 hours in advance to secure a spot. Rashad Sanders, health & wellness ambassador, has a master’s degree in recreation & sports administration and a certification in yoga & personal training. 

  6. Virtual Conversation | Luminescent Dialogues

    Central Time Speakers• James Clifton, MFAH and Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation• Navina Haidar, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York• David Leslie, Rothko Chapel• Host: Paula Sanders, Rice University Virtual Learning & Interpretation

  7. Rienzi & ROCO Celebrate Musician Margaret Bonds

    Jan 18, 2021 - Livestreamed from the Rienzi galleries, the free virtual concert features pianist Howard Watkins and bass-baritone Timothy Jones. Watch via Facebook Live, Thursday, February 4, at 7 p.m.

  8. David Levinthal: Photographs 1972–2016

    Generous support is provided by Sanders Morris Harris Group.

  9. Virtual Cinema “Killer of Sheep” and “Proud”

    Jul 11, 2020 - of Sheep “One of the masterpieces of American cinema” —NPR Focusing on the everyday life of working-class Black families rarely seen in American cinema, 1978’s Killer of Sheep centers on Stan (Houston-born Henry Gayle Sanders

  10. Rienzi Programs for Educators and Students

    Koingsburg Fever 1796, by Laurie Halse Anderson Sea Cutter / Book 1: The Chronicles of Nathaniel Childe, by Timothy C.