Panel Discussion | Collective Awakening in a Changing World
Date & Time
Location Main Campus | Kinder Building
Drop off at Kinder Building
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Panel Discussion | Collective Awakening in a Changing World
Date & Time
Location Main Campus | Kinder Building
Drop off at Kinder Building
Tickets
- This event is included with Museum admission. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Plan Your Visit
- The discussion takes place in the Lynn Wyatt Theater in the Kinder Building.
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About the Presenters
Hao Sheng is a consulting curator of Asian Art at the MFAH, where he oversees the Xuzhou Collection of Buddhist Art, works on the reinstallation of the Buddhist art galleries, and develops exhibitions that bridge ancient wisdom with contemporary concerns.
Aaron Ambroso is a museum professional, educator, writer, activist, and artist. He is the co-founder of the Houston Climate Justice Museum and Community Center, and his writing has appeared in Artnet Magazine.
Anne Carolyn Klein/Rigzin Drolma is a professor and former chair of the department of religion at Rice University, where she helped develop a contemplative studies concentration for graduate students. She is the co-founder of the Dawn Mountain Center for Tibetan Buddhism, and she serves as a lama in the Nyingma (ancient) Buddhist tradition.
Beili Liu is a visual artist who creates site-responsive installations and performances driven by material and process. Liu’s current research focuses on environmental concerns and the urgency of the climate crisis on a planetary scale.
MFAH World Faiths Initiative
This program is part of the MFAH World Faiths Initiative, which seeks to highlight themes of faith, religion, and spirituality in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Focusing on the many expressions of faith in these collections, the initiative honors the diverse communities of Houston and inspires connections among cultures and beliefs.
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Learning and Interpretation programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, receive generous support from H-E-B; Sempra Foundation; the Brown Foundation, Inc.; the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; the Joe Barnhart Foundation; the Cockrell Family Fund; the CFP Foundation; the Claire & Theodore Morse Foundation; the Junior League of Houston, Inc.; and additional generous donors.
Endowment funds are provided by the Louise Jarrett Moran Bequest; Caroline Wiess Law; Windgate Foundation; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff; the Fondren Foundation; BMC Software, Inc.; the Wallace Foundation; the Neal Myers and Ken Black Children’s Art Fund; the Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation; Medha and Shashank Karve; Virginia and Ira Jackson; Jesse H. Jones II; the CFP Foundation; the Favrot Fund; gifts in memory of John Wynne; Neiman Marcus Youth Arts Education; gifts in memory of Peter Lotz; and gifts in honor of Beth Schneider.
Jerold B. Katz Foundation