Calendar Week of Sunday, October 20, 2024-Saturday, October 26, 2024
![Jacolby Satterwhite, A Metta Prayer, 2023, site-specific, 4-channel multimedia installation](https://static.mfah.com/images/jacolby-satterwhite-metta-prayer.8025177178093219395.jpg?width=540&height=540&bgcolor=blur)
Jacolby Satterwhite: A Metta Prayer Through October 13, 2024
In the expansive multimedia installation A Metta Prayer, Jacolby Satterwhite fuses choreography, video, animation, lighting, and music to reimagine a kaleidoscopic, computer-generated world.
20 Oct Sun / 2024
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Family Art-Making Studio | Fall 2024
1 p.m.—2:30 p.m.Create and learn in this workshop for families. Explore a work of art in the galleries, then make your own masterpiece in the studio.
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Family Day at Bayou Bend “The Art of Movement”
1 p.m.—5 p.m.Visit Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens for an afternoon of family-friendly fun.
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The Masterson Legacy: A Behind-the-Scenes Tour at Rienzi
2 p.m.—4 p.m.Step into the private world of the Masterson family, the original owners of Rienzi. Get an exclusive look at art objects and areas of the house not usually on view.
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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.