Inside the MFAH Posts by Sarah Hobson
Sarah Hobson is a publicist in the Museum’s marketing and communications department.
Home Is an Intimate Space: Amalia Mesa-Bains & “Transparent Migrations” December 1, 2017
California-based artist Amalia Mesa-Bains discusses Transparent Migrations. The installation, which includes a mirrored armoire, glass leaves, a gauze dress, a lace mantilla, and more, is on view in HOME—So Different, So Appealing.
Page-Turner Alert! MFAH Libraries Offer the Rare, Old & Beautiful August 24, 2017
Jon Evans, chief librarian and archivist for the Museum, spends many of his days roaming through towering stacks of books and building the Museum’s impressive collection at the Hirsch and Powell libraries.
Making Holiday Magic, One Track at a Time December 15, 2016
For the past three months, Steve Pine, senior conservator of decorative arts, has been hard at work constructing a model train set from scratch. He spoke with me about the process behind this magical work, which made its debut at the center of the Spiegeltent for this year’s Christmas Village at Bayou Bend. How did you create the model train set?I built the support and wired up the electrical …
Curator Malcolm Daniel Provides a Snapshot of Degas December 12, 2016
Few people know that late in life, when his paintings and pastels were already famous, Edgar Degas briefly took up photography. Some 20 of his surviving photographs are featured in the exhibition Degas: A New Vision. Malcolm Daniel, the Gus and Lyndall Wortham Curator of Photography, spoke with me about Degas’s photography. What was the psychological connection between events in Degas’s life …
Roots, Roasting, and Robust Coffee July 7, 2016
The MFA Café is making a boldstatement with high-quality coffee offerings prepared in the high-tech Victoria Arduino. Who, you may be wondering, is that? It’s not a who—it’s a legendary brand of espresso machines created in Italy, and one of these shiny, shimmering devices lives behind the counter at the MFA Café. The café menu presents 17 types of drinks at the full-service coffee bar, and …
The Glassell School of Art Mural Project: It’s Personal June 23, 2016
Thirty-two students from the A+ Unlimited Potential (A+UP) middle school recently took on the challenge of a colorful, larger-than-life collaboration: a mural for the Museum’s Cullen Sculpture Garden. This public art project is now on display as part of the wall that frames the construction of the new Glassell School of Art. The mural features students’ personalized paintings that are pieced …
