Calendar Week of Friday, November 15, 2024-Thursday, November 21, 2024
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.
15 Nov Fri / 2024
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Fahari Wambura
MFA Shop Trunk Show | Fahari Bazaar
11 a.m.—9 p.m.The MFA Shop presents an exclusive trunk show with Fahari Bazaar, an independent, New York–based Tanzanian fashion brand.
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František Kupka, The Yellow Scale, c. 1907, oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, John A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, Museum purchase funded by Audrey Jones Beck. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
Tour | Artwork of the Month “The Yellow Scale”
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.On this guided tour, learn about The Yellow Scale.
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Happy Hour Friday
5 p.m.—8 p.m.Happy Hour Friday is the place to be! Meet your friends at the MFAH for the best night of the week.
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Art Bites | British Paintings from the Blaffer Foundation
6:30 p.m.—7 p.m.A little art can go a long way! Visit the galleries for a snippet of art appreciation.
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Bach Society Houston
The Protestant Reformation through Bach’s Music
6:30 p.m.—8 p.m.Enjoy the Bach Society Houston choir and orchestra presented to complement the exhibition Living with the Gods.
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Basquiat in B/W
7:30 p.m.—9:30 p.m.Houston Cinema Arts Festival
From visual artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel comes an evocative personal rendering of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, told in a series of vignettes tracing his turn from street kid graffiti artist to one of the most influential figures of the 20th century.
16 Nov Sat / 2024
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Fahari Wambura
MFA Shop Trunk Show | Fahari Bazaar
11 a.m.—9 p.m.The MFA Shop presents an exclusive trunk show with Fahari Bazaar, an independent, New York–based Tanzanian fashion brand.
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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
Saturday Members Tour | “Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery”
1 p.m.—2 p.m.MFAH members are invited to enjoy an inside look at the exhibition Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery.
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Dory Previn: On My Way to Where
2:15 p.m.—3:45 p.m.Houston Cinema Arts Festival
Archival footage, interviews, animation, and Dory Previn’s own journal entries and lyrics combine in a refreshing documentary that avoids the often-expected redemption arc to tell the more powerful story of a woman who dared to confront her own complexity.
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Night at the MFAH
6 p.m.—9 p.m.Enjoy the Museum after hours with gallery experiences, drinks, and live music.
