Calendar Week of Wednesday, July 17, 2024-Tuesday, July 23, 2024
![Raqib Shaw, Ode to the Country Without a Post Office, 2019–20, acrylic liner and enamel on birchwood](https://static.mfah.com/images/raqib-shaw-ode-to-country-without-post-office.13532762637338831198.jpg?width=540&height=540&bgcolor=blur)
Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West Through September 2, 2024
Raqib Shaw blends Eastern and Western influences to create mesmerizing works of art that merge fable, history, and autobiography.
07 Sep Sat / 2024
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EDventure Workshop | Experiential Learning for Elementary Teachers
11:30 a.m.—4:30 p.m.Learning Through Art at the MFAH connects the Museum’s collections of world art into the classroom curriculum.
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Saturday Members Tour | “Maestro of Color: The Art of Carlos Cruz-Diez”
1 p.m.—2 p.m.MFAH members are invited to enjoy an inside look at the installations of Carlos Cruz-Diez.
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Arielle Masson
Reception | “Arielle Masson: Chaotic Nodes”
6 p.m.—8 p.m.Celebrate the opening of Arielle Masson: Chaotic Nodes, the first exhibition in a series highlighting the faculty of the Glassell Studio School of Art.
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Art Crowd | “Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan” + “Jacolby Satterwhite: A Metta Prayer”
6:30 p.m.—8:30 p.m.Members of Art Crowd and ticketed guests have exclusive, after-hours access to two special exhibitions at once: the massive and marvelous Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan and the sensational Jacolby Satterwhite: A Metta Prayer.
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Paris, Texas
7 p.m.—9:30 p.m.Harry Dean Stanton stars in this powerful statement on codes of masculinity and the myth of the American family—an exquisite visual exploration of a vast, crumbling landscape of canyons and neon.