Calendar Week of Sunday, December 8, 2024-Saturday, December 14, 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.
08 Dec Sun / 2024
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MFAH on the Move | Bilingual Zumba
11 a.m.—NoonMeet up at the Museum for free Zumba on Sunday morning with FitMix Communities.
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“Bojagi” Workshop & Arts of Korea Gallery Tour
Noon—2 p.m.Learn the beautiful art of Bojagi wrapping with renowned artist Ellen Lee in this engaging, hands-on workshop.
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Art Sale | Glassell School of Art
Noon—5 p.m.Just in time for the holidays, the talented Studio School students at the Glassell School of Art offer original works of art for sale.
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Live Collage Portraits by James Gallagher
12:30 p.m.—6 p.m.The MFA Shop presents a live collage portrait event with artist James Gallagher.
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Members Holiday Party
4 p.m.—7 p.m.The annual MFAH Members Holiday Party features festive activities and access to exhibitions across all three gallery buildings.
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Christmas Village at Bayou Bend 2024
5:30 p.m.—9 p.m.Discover an immersive holiday experience during Christmas Village at Bayou Bend, presented by Texas Children’s. A dazzling bridge brings you into a winter wonderland featuring thousands of lights throughout the 14-acre estate of Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens.
11 Dec Wed / 2024
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Paul Gauguin, Trois tahitiens (Three Tahitians), 1899, oil on canvas, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, presented by Sir Alexander Maitland in memory of his wife Rosalind 1960.
Drop-in Tour | “Gauguin in the World”
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.The MFAH is the only U.S. venue for this ambitious exhibition showcasing the work of French Post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin.
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Christmas Village at Bayou Bend 2024
5:30 p.m.—9 p.m.Discover an immersive holiday experience during Christmas Village at Bayou Bend, presented by Texas Children’s. A dazzling bridge brings you into a winter wonderland featuring thousands of lights throughout the 14-acre estate of Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens.
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Narsiso Martinez. Photo: Yubo Dong
Artist Talk | Narsiso Martinez
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Artist Narsiso Martinez shares the story of how he came to the United States when he was 20 years old and how his experience as a farmworker continues to inform his work.
12 Dec Thu / 2024
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Installation view of the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Gallery for Judaica.
Drop-in Tour | Albert and Ethel Herzstein Gallery for Judaica
1:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m.This tour explores the collection of the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Gallery for Judaica.
