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  1. Coloring the Rienzi Collection

    May 15, 2020 - with a career outside of London. Though not much is documented about Lady Blunt, Romney portrays her as a well-educated woman, depicting her with a bust of a classical philosopher. Elizabeth, Lady Blunt by George RomneyGeorge Romney, a successful portrait painter, was well known in London despite not being a member of the Royal Academy.

  2. A Force of Color: Painting-in-Action with GONZO247

    May 13, 2020 - I thought that creating an artwork in public, and installing it in a school setting, would inspire the kids. It also makes a visual connection between the MFAH and their school. It’s a powerful thing. What I really liked was how the exhibition was laid out, starting with Van Gogh’s sketches. I connected with the use of lines because, for graffiti writers, a lot of what we do is sketch-based or letter-based. The only art I had access to was on the street, when I was a captive audience in the back seat of my parents’ car. That mural inspired me and other kids to become artists.

  3. Celebrating Community: Women’s Empowerment Group Visits the MFAH

    May 13, 2020 - I think the size of the collection and the design of the Museum. As Dayana from Syria put it, “I love the exquisite nature of the Museum and how put together it is. Visiting the MFAH as a group builds the women’s confidence and puts the Museum in their comfort zone. We ended the day with Picasso’s Woman with a Large Hat and Two Women in Front of a Window. This tour was the first time many of the women had the chance to see such internationally renowned art.

  4. Art of the Vote: The MFAH & BakerRipley

    May 13, 2020 - Community Values “The ‘Art of the Vote’ event beautifully integrates art from the Museum’s collections to spark thoughtful conversation surrounding community values,” Caroline Goeser, the W. T. and Louise J. In October 2016, the MFAH and BakerRipley—a Houston-based nonprofit organization that provides community programs to benefit youth, families, and seniors—teamed up to create the voter-engagement event “Art of the Vote.” The MFAH is grateful to call the BakerRipley team a community partner.

  5. If “The Yellow Scale” were a drink ...

    May 11, 2020 - Yellow washes over everything like a sunrise on a beach. First I thought “tropical,” and then: “What would make this artist peel himself away from his book to enjoy his cigarette with a drink?” or simple syrup 1½ ounces Plymouth gin (adds more of a tropical taste than other gins) ½ ounce ginger liqueur (I used Domaine de Canton, but any should be fine) White of one raw egg (no yolk)* *The egg white makes a thick He’s in a heightened state of yellow—bright, sunny, happy—but Kupka’s face almost says, “I am annoyed you bothered me.” Well, let’s fix that with a drink.

  6. #TogetherAtHome with DJ Sun

    May 10, 2020 - What always draws my interest when I visit the Museum is the Arts of Africa collection because of the time I spent in Suriname, which has a rich connection with West Africa through the culture of the Maroons. I tapped the network of artists I had built, including King Britt, DJ Day, Rich Medina, DJ Nickodemus, and Quantic. Increasingly, I go beyond that network to secure acts like Judge Jules, Karsh Kale, Machinedrum, Miguel Migs, and Riton, among others.

  7. Movie Night with MFAH Films “The Booksellers” and “What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael”

    May 9, 2020 - What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (May 13–19) Famed New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael and her passionate, sometimes ruthless, reviews made film appreciation an art form and transformed moviegoing into a high-stakes experience The Booksellers draws you in to this eccentric world through a host of interviews and remarkable discoveries that include the most-expensive book ever sold; early hip-hop documents; and accounts of polar expeditions published What She Said details Kael’s influence through never-before-seen archival footage; her published writings and personal letters; and anecdotes from peers and film-industry greats.

  8. “Bestowing Beauty” Comes to Life

    May 5, 2020 - It took a village, and a couple of years from start to finish. I identified a large group of masterworks in the Afshar collection, and I spent a lot of time just looking at them. Aimée Froom, curator of art of the Islamic worlds, shares a look inside her book Bestowing Beauty: Masterpieces from Persian Lands—Selections from the Hossein Afshar Collection.

  9. Family Art Activity: Foil Engraving with Rienzi

    May 3, 2020 - a dull pencil. Don’t press too hard, or you might tear the foil. 5) Remove the sketch and retrace the drawing directly on the foil to smooth out lines and create more dimension. 6) Share your engraving! Use #MFAHatHome on social media Gently smooth out the surface as much as possible. 3) Take your drawing with the sketch facing up and tape down the top edge to the cardboard so it won’t move once you start tracing. 4) Trace your image onto the foil using

  10. MFAH (Virtual) Book Clubs: Spring Reads

    May 2, 2020 - Wherever you are, you’ll love the MFAH book clubs’ (virtual) spring lineup, complete with discussion guides and even a virtual book-club meeting. At Home by Bill Bryson The History Book Club virtual discussion series kicks off with At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson.  Get a virtual room background featuring Bayou Bend   The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich The MFAH Book Club connects art and literature year-round, and the spring pick is a perfect example: The Night Watchman.