Calendar Week of Wednesday, October 9, 2024-Tuesday, October 15, 2024
![Pueblo (Acoma), Acoma Jar with Abstract Bird Design, early 1900s, clay, slip, and paints](https://static.mfah.com/images/acoma-jar-with-abstract-bird-design.7292624803780625039.jpg?width=540&height=540&bgcolor=blur)
Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery Through January 12, 2025
This traveling exhibition highlights Pueblo voices and aesthetics, offering an understanding of Pueblo pots as vessels of community-based knowledge and personal experience.
20 Oct Sun / 2024
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Brewster McCloud
5 p.m.—7 p.m.In her first feature film, Shelley Duvall is “unlike anyone seen onscreen before.” Bud Cort plays Brewster, an intellectual boy who lives in a fallout shelter within the Astrodome.
23 Oct Wed / 2024
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New York City Study Trip | Info Session
12:30 p.m.—1:15 p.m.The Glassell Studio School hosts a spring 2025 study trip course in New York City. Learn about the trip at this information session.
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Leigh Arnold
Core Program Lecture | Leigh Arnold
6 p.m.—7 p.m.The 2024–2025 Core Program Lecture Series presents a talk by Leigh Arnold.
24 Oct Thu / 2024
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Drop-in Tour | Boxes, Containers, and Chests
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.This tour explores the Museum’s vast array of boxes, containers, jars, chests, and coffers.
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Art Bites | British Paintings from the Blaffer Foundation
6 p.m.—6:30 p.m.A little art can go a long way! Visit the galleries for a snippet of art appreciation.
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Awards Ceremony | Emerging Scholars in Object-Based Learning
6 p.m.—7 p.m.The MFAH and the University of Houston present the fourth annual Awards for Emerging Scholars in Object-Based Learning.
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Pueblo (Acoma), Acoma Jar with Abstract Bird Design, early 1900s, clay, slip, and paints, Vilcek Foundation, IL.2020 – VF2019.02.02. Photograph © Vilcek Foundation
Tour & Toast | “Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery”
6:15 p.m.—7:15 p.m.Join fellow art enthusiasts for a private group tour through Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery.
25 Oct Fri / 2024
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Law Building Closed Today / Beck & Kinder Buildings Open
11 p.m.—9 p.m.On Friday, October 25, the Caroline Wiess Law Building is closed for a special event. The Beck Building and Kinder Building are open but close early at 6 p.m. In celebration of the Museum’s centennial anniversary, admission is free today.
26 Oct Sat / 2024
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Emerging Artists: Early College Program | Info Session
11 a.m.—NoonThe Glassell School of Art invites you to an information session about the new Emerging Artists: Early College Program.
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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.”
Members Preview | “Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples”
11 a.m.—5 p.m.MFAH members are invited to preview “Living with the Gods: Art, Beliefs, and Peoples” before the exhibition opens to the public.