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  1. “Be Natural” Sheds Light on Women in Film

    Apr 1, 2019 - Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché screens Friday, Saturday & Sunday, April 5, 6 & 7. On Friday, Michelle Mower and Trish Rigdon moderate a post-film Skype Q&A with Pamela Green. As a female director, it really upset me that her legacy had been buried. I knew I had to help.”  “I can’t recall how the campaign for Be Natural got on my radar, but when I saw the pitch video, I was shocked,” Mower says.

  2. GONZO247: Celebrating Community, Color & Vincent van Gogh

    Mar 25, 2019 - Activities run from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. See GONZO in action from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Want to find out more? Get details about Spring Festival: Celebrating Colors and “Vincent van Gogh: His Life in Art” and plan your visit! GONZO’s live-painting demonstration starts at 4 p.m. As a part of the Museum’s Spring Festival: Celebrating Colors on Saturday, March 30, we are excited to have renowned local street artist GONZO247 join the fun. Admission is free, and the festivities begin at 3 p.m.

  3. Rienzi Takes Center Stage

    Mar 13, 2019 - Although the production had only a 13-performance run, The Lady of the Camellias closed with Tony Award nominations for “Best Featured Actor in a Play,” “Best Costume Design,” and “Best Scenic Design.” The musical opened on November 23, 1964, at the Sam S. Shubert Theatre with an all-star cast that included the legendary Chita Rivera. From Houston to New York City Inspired by their love of Broadway music and theater, the Mastersons immersed themselves in New York City’s scene for nearly a decade.

  4. The Visual Arts Meet the Literary Arts at the MFAH

    Mar 5, 2019 - A variety of Art + Lit programs, and drop-in writing sessions, are scheduled throughout the year. Sign up for the Public Programs e-newsletter to keep up with MFAH programs for adults and find out about upcoming events. One of the writers who participated was Patricia Coral, cofounder of Fuente Collective, a group devoted to experimentation, collaboration, and hybridity in the arts. Coral also contributed a writing prompt to inspire guests to think about their own time and experiences in the city. ¿Cómo habitas la ciudad? / ¿Cómo existes en la ciudad? How do you inhabit the city?

  5. A Unique Quilt’s Salute to Texas

    Feb 28, 2019 - Often working as a group, they customarily sewed these bedcovers to mark important life events such as marriage, the birth of a child, or a family member leaving home.  The Lone Star State Texas gained its independence from Mexico on March 2, 1836. A Creative Tradition Bed quilts are some of the few handmade articles that American women created to show their creativity and skill.

  6. “Beauty Everywhere” in Vincent van Gogh’s Paintings of Flowers

    Feb 27, 2019 - In comparison, the brushstrokes give the impression of a monochrome, flecked wallpaper. This backdrop serves as a cool foil to the exuberant whites, pinks, reds, and yellows of the flowers. Already in these early flower still lifes, Van Gogh shows his tendency toward a shallow picture space, a characteristic that also informs his celebrated bouquets of roses, sunflowers, and irises. . © Kröller-Müller Museum Blues & Oranges & White-Hot In 1888, Van Gogh traveled south by coach from Arles to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, a seaside town on the Mediterranean, and stayed for three days.

  7. “Staff Art Show” Spotlights Talent across the MFAH

    Feb 22, 2019 - . © Monica Cuellar Monica Cuellar Security Console Monitor “I wanted to make some type of abstract landscape with a lake. I like to think of glass the same way a painter thinks about paint. Color can create a mood or feeling, especially when seen through a window lit by bright sunlight.” Richard Hinson, The Elements: Wind 2.2.a, stained glass. © Richard Hinson Richard Hinson Senior Preparator, Collections “The Elements: Wind 2.2.a is an original design and part of a continuing series of the four elements

  8. So Fashionable! Portraits in the MFAH Collections

    Feb 15, 2019 - Indian, A Bejeweled Lady, 1690–1720 This elegant Indian woman wears a luxurious, European-style velvet gown and ornate slippers, one of which has slipped  off to reveal her toe clad in a pink silk stocking. A feathered hat protects her from the glare of the sun. Mathew stands in a park landscape in a gray shot-silk dress tinged with blue highlights and enhanced by graceful folds and classicizing drapes.

  9. Southern Exposures: The Photography of Sally Mann

    Feb 14, 2019 - A Ticket to Transcendence In her book A Place Not Forgotten: Landscapes of the South (1999), Mann affirmed: I do consider myself a Southern photographer. What snake venom is to them, romanticism is to the Southern artist: a terrible risk, and a ticket to transcendence. See “Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings,” on view in the Law Building from March 3 through May 27. The Legacy of the South Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings, a major retrospective showcasing more than 120 photographs that span Mann’s career, showcases the range of her work.

  10. A Legacy from Gee’s Bend: Lutisha Pettway’s “Bars” Quilt

    Feb 8, 2019 - “I had nine children. Two of them died. I had to make quilts for them, and all my quilts was scrapped up out of old clothes back then. Later on, when I was a good bit older, I bought cloth from the store sometime. One of the objects on view in Mending is “Bars” Quilt, made around 1950 by Lutisha Pettway, a descendant of slaves from a plantation in Gee’s Bend, Alabama. I did my work by my own hand, by myself.” See the “Bars” Quilt and other works of art in “Mending: Craft and Community,” on view in the Law Building through October 20.