Caroline Wiess Law Building Events Week of Sunday, September 8, 2024-Saturday, September 14, 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 June 9–September 2, 2024
Raqib Shaw blends Eastern and Western influences to create mesmerizing works of art that merge fable, history, and autobiography.
08 Sep Sun / 2024
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Little Artists | Summer 2024
1 p.m.—2:30 p.m.An exciting art adventure at MFAH for families.
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Paris, Texas
2 p.m.—4:30 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.
12 Sep Thu / 2024
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Saarinen House Dining Room
Architecture Lecture | Saarinen House at Cranbrook: A Total Work of Art
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.AIA Houston Design Council presents a lecture on the Saarinen House at Cranbrook.
13 Sep Fri / 2024
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Chandrika Metivier
Performance | “Jacolby Satterwhite: A Metta Prayer”
6:30 p.m.—8 p.m.In celebration of Jacolby Satterwhite: A Metta Prayer, local artist Chandrika Metivier creates an immersive theatrical experience in response to the exhibition.
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A Boy and His Dog
7 p.m.—8:30 p.m.A Boy and His Dog is L.Q. Jones’s influential film from 1975, brought to you on an original 35mm print from the 1975 theatrical run.