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  1. Working from Home: 5 Tips on How to Stay Productive

    Apr 8, 2020 - T-5-G 3) Fill your desk set with all the tools you’ll need to accomplish your tasks throughout the day. a dedicated work space in your home, whether it’s your kitchen table or a desk like this one, designed by mid-century icon George Nelson in 1946. Ugo La Pietra “Poltroncina” Chair” 5) Get up early and change out of your pajamas. You’ll feel like a million bucks and be ready to take on the day.

  2. Care Like a Conservator: How to Preserve Your Treasures at Home

    Apr 7, 2020 - Seal it in a bag to prevent insects from destroying the dress. Check the dress and the bag at least once a year. Look at the bottom of the bag to see if you can find shells from larvae or dead beetles—a sign that the bag is not fully sealed. If that happens, take the dress to a dry cleaner and reseal the dress in a better bag. Per Knutås, head of conservation, talks about preserving important objects, whether in a museum or at your home. The MFAH has a great team of conservators caring for the collections.

  3. Origin Stories of Latin American and Latino Art, Shared through a Newly Expanded Online Archive

    Apr 7, 2020 - Art” by Sybil Venegas in ChismeArte; and the 1980 essay “Some thoughts concerning the exhibit of Hispanic-American Art in Chicago” by Victor A. Invaluable Insight The digital archive establishes a comparative history of art in this region, presenting invaluable evidence about how artists, writers, and intellectuals sought to define or challenge notions of national art Additional highlights include a 1944 essay by Rhod Rothfuss from Arturo magazine; the collective statement Tucumán Arde (Tucumán Is Burning) from 1968; the 1970 brochure “Con Safo”; the 1977 essay “Conditions for Producing Chicana

  4. Movie Night with MFAH Films “And Then We Danced”

    Apr 6, 2020 - Georgia’s strong values play a large part in its society today. For a country that has been conquered over and over again throughout the centuries, keeping the cultural identity becomes a matter of survival. I am trying to show that even though you open up to different directions, you can still celebrate and keep your traditions. It’s a heartfelt movie about the importance of being free.  See a screening of “And Then We Danced” at home from April 8 to April 14. One ticket provides access to the film for 48 hours. Your purchase ($12) supports the MFAH. WATCH NOW

  5. From Spain to Houston: Q&A with Curator James Anno

    Apr 5, 2020 - Presenting the exhibition in a coherent and compelling manner is like putting together a puzzle, figuring out how the objects can relate to one another in space to tell a story. ”   James Anno joins Mariana Cano for “Coffee with a Curator” via Instagram Live Friday, April 10, at 3 p.m. Watch the conversation here.     JA: I am very impressed by the Diego Velázquez portrait Camillo Astalli, Known as Cardinal Pamphili. Velázquez captures the inner life of his subject: Camillo Astalli appears proud and perhaps a little arrogant.

  6. Family-Friendly Art Activities at Home

    Apr 1, 2020 - Simple questions go a long way, and parents don’t need to have the answers. 4) Music and Dancing Music really sets the mood, so it’s a great tool for letting kids know it’s time to get up and move around, or it’s time to relax , we sat outside and spent a few minutes listening, looking, and smelling. Additional Tips • When making art at home, I like to commit to one activity that we’ll all do, but at varied degrees of difficulty. I try to make it feel like an exciting event.

  7. For Slow Art Day, Cai Guo-Qiang’s “Odyssey”

    Apr 1, 2020 - a work of art in a museum or gallery. Saturday, April 4, is the 10th annual worldwide Slow Art Day, when all of us are encouraged to spend real time with a work of art: at least 5 to 10 minutes—more than the 30 seconds studies have shown is our average when we encounter Watch as the artist, along with dozens of volunteers and MFAH staff as his assistants, realizes this monumental work in a Houston warehouse, using brushes and ink; X-Acto knives and craft-paper stencils; hand-laid hemp paper

  8. Vincent van Gogh in Houston

    Apr 1, 2020 - Van Gogh’s incomparable life and art inspired Jeremy Hamilton-Arnold, guest services coordinator at the MFAH, to take a walk in the artist’s shoes. Watch below to see Vincent van Gogh in Houston.

  9. MFAH on the Go: Google Arts & Culture

    Mar 31, 2020 - Visitors get a glimpse into the encyclopedic MFAH collections with nearly 7,000 images available at their fingertips. Long before launching #MFAHatHome this year, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, joined thousands of other museums worldwide in creating a virtual online experience through the Google Arts & Culture platform.

  10. Movie Night with MFAH Films “Sorry We Missed You”

    Mar 30, 2020 - To work his way out of the mountain of debt the family has amassed, Ricky gets a job as a package courier. But the new venture forces his wife, Abby, a home attendant, to sell her car so Ricky can purchase a van. —Owen Gleiberman, Variety A Resonant Chord Especially now, in a time when it seems everybody is feeling the need to work even when their health is on the line, the film strikes a tremendously resonant chord with its socially ”  See a screening of “Sorry We Missed You” at home. One ticket provides access to the film for five days. Your purchase ($12) supports the MFAH. WATCH HERE (April 1–14)