Day After Thanksgiving Free Day (Museums, Zoos, Attractions) Events in Houston, Texas

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• Sunday March 21, 2010

  • Alice Neel: Painted Truths
  • Story Time
  • All Sunday Events Begin at Noon
  • Bayou Bend Family Day: Bayou Bend in Bloom
  • Creation Station: Colors on the Water
  • Family Tour
  • Sketching in the Galleries
  • Gallery Talk: Architecture of the MFAH (45 min.)
  • Family Tour
  • Gallery Talk: Art and Ancestry (45 min.)
  • Spirits of the Amazon at the Museum and BYOB Malbec at Amazon Grill

• Monday March 22, 2010

  • Gallery Talk: Architecture of the MFAH (45 min.)

• Tuesday March 23, 2010

  • Gallery Talk: Sargent and the Sea (45 min.)
  • The Carol and Les Ballard Lecture Series: Beyond Goddard and Townsend: Furniture-Making in Eighteenth-Century Rhode Island

• Wednesday March 24, 2010

  • Gallery Talk: Art in the Afterlife (45 min.)
  • Free Family Night

• Thursday March 25, 2010

  • Gallery Talk: The French Royal Academy (45 min.)
  • Gallery Talk: Sculpture: Art in Three Dimensions (45 min.)
  • Twilight Tours at Bayou Bend
  • Wasted Expressions at Venue Museum District
  • Artful Thursday "Navigating the Cultural Labyrinth: Latinas´ Lives Explored through Literature & Film"
  • Gallery Talk: Two Views of Venice — Canaletto and Prendergast (20 min.)
  • Gallery Talk: Fashion Forward (45 min.)
  • Gallery Talk: Spotlight on Contemporary Photography (20 min.)

• Friday March 26, 2010

  • Shell Eco-marathon Americas (Free to the public)
  • Gallery Talk: Women and the Arts (45 min.)
  • The 34th Annual Ruth K. Shartle Symposium - Ruptures and Continuities: Photography Made after 1960 from the MFAH Collection

• Saturday March 27, 2010

  • 6th Annual Pops and Props Gala & Silent Auction
  • Bedrich Smetana’s Prodaná nevesta - The Bartered Bride
  • Shell Eco-marathon Americas (Free to the public)
  • Shell Eco-marathon Americas (Free to the public)
  • Portraiture
  • Teacher Workshop "Portraiture"
  • Members´ Tour: Americans Abroad: Sargent and Prendergast (1 hour: reservations required)
  • Gallery Talk: Spotlight on Ruptures and Continuities: Photography Made After 1960 (20 min.)
  • Gallery Talk: Architecture of the MFAH (45 min.)
  • The 34th Annual Ruth K. Shartle Symposium - Ruptures and Continuities: Photography Made after 1960 from the MFAH Collection
  • Gallery Talk: Line Versus Color (45 min.)
  • Gallery Talk: Spotlight on Houston´s Sargents (20 min.)

• Sunday March 28, 2010

  • Creation Station: Venice: City on the Sea
  • Family Tour
  • Sketching in the Galleries
  • Gallery Talk: Architecture of the MFAH (45 min.)
  • Family Tour
  • Gallery Talk: Art and Ancestry (45 min.)

• Monday March 29, 2010

  • Gallery Talk: Architecture of the MFAH (45 min.)

• Tuesday March 30, 2010

  • Gallery Talk: Sargent and the Sea (45 min.)
  • The Crossroads of Trade: Indonesia, India, and the Silk Road
  • Evenings for Educators: The Crossroads of Trade: Indonesia, India, and the Silk Road

• Wednesday March 31, 2010

  • Gallery Talk: Art in the Afterlife (45 min.)
  • Free Family Night
  • Sneak Preview—2010 Dance Salad Festival

• Thursday April 1, 2010

  • Gallery Talk: Architecture of the MFAH (45 min.)
  • Gallery Talk: Alice Neel (45 min.)
  • Gallery Talk: Spotlight on Dutch Still Lifes (20 min.)
  • Gallery Talk: Spotlight on Cassatt and Morisot: Impressionist Women (20 min.)

• Friday April 2, 2010

  • Gallery Talk: Sargent and the Sea (45 min.)

• Saturday April 3, 2010

  • Breakfast with the Bunny at the Houston Zoo
  • Members´ Tour: Cullen Sculpture Garden (1 hour: reservations required)
  • Gallery Talk: Spotlight on Contemporary Photography (20 min.)
  • Gallery Talk: Sargent and the Sea (45 min.)
  • Gallery Talk: Art and Ancestry (45 min.)
  • Gallery Talk: Two Views of Venice — Canaletto and Prendergast (20 min.)

• Sunday April 4, 2010

  • A Tejano Son of Texas
  • Target Free First Sunday: Pottery All Around
  • Gallery Talk: Alice Neel (45 min.)
  • Museum of Fine Arts

• Tuesday April 6, 2010

  • Gallery Talk: Modern Portraits (45 min.)

• Wednesday April 7, 2010

  • Gallery Talk: Americans Abroad (45 min.)
  • Free Family Night

• Thursday April 8, 2010

  • Gallery Talk: Architecture of the MFAH (45 min.)
  • April Artful Thursday: Paintings in Proust
  • Gallery Talk: Alice Neel (45 min.)
  • Gallery Talk: Spotlight on Dutch Still Lifes (20 min.)
  • Gallery Talk: Spotlight on Cassatt and Morisot: Impressionist Women (20 min.)

• Friday April 9, 2010

  • Gallery Talk: Sargent and the Sea (45 min.)
  • Fine Arts Fridays Pre-Event Lecture: Ruptures and Continuities: Photography Made after 1960 from the MFAH Collection
  • Members Event: Fine Arts Fridays

• Saturday April 10, 2010

  • Breakfast with the Animals - Tigers
  • Members Only Hour
  • Members´ Tour: Cullen Sculpture Garden (1 hour: reservations required)
  • Gallery Talk: Spotlight on Contemporary Photography (20 min.)
  • Gallery Talk: Sargent and the Sea (45 min.)
  • Gallery Talk: Art and Ancestry (45 min.)
  • Gallery Talk: Two Views of Venice — Canaletto and Prendergast (20 min.)

• Sunday April 11, 2010

  • Citywide Yom HaShoah Commemoration
  • Member Morning - Aquarium
  • Creation Station: Animal Designs
  • Sketching in the Galleries
  • Family Tour
  • Family Tour
  • Gallery Talk: The Lure of Italy (45 min.)
  • The 13th Annual African American Art Advisory Association Public Lecture: Artist Talk: Julie Mehretu
  • Gallery Talk: Alice Neel (45 min.)

• Monday April 12, 2010

  • Looking Together

• Tuesday April 13, 2010

  • Duncan Phyfe
  • Time to Travel
  • Gallery Talk: Modern Portraits (45 min.)

• Wednesday April 14, 2010

  • Gallery Talk: Americans Abroad (45 min.)
  • Free Family Night

• Thursday April 15, 2010

  • "Never Let It Rest!" Exhibit
  • Gallery Talk: Architecture of the MFAH (45 min.)
  • Gallery Talk
  • Gallery Talk: Alice Neel (45 min.)
  • Gallery Talk: Spotlight on Dutch Still Lifes (20 min.)
  • Gallery Talk: Spotlight on Cassatt and Morisot: Impressionist Women (20 min.)

• Friday April 16, 2010

  • “Never Let It Rest!” An Art Project by Hans Molzberger
  • Gallery Talk: Sargent and the Sea (45 min.)

• Saturday April 17, 2010

  • Just for Art Teachers: Metalsmithing
  • Wings & Wheels - Women In Aviation Day!
  • Members´ Tour: Cullen Sculpture Garden (1 hour: reservations required)
  • Gallery Talk: Spotlight on Contemporary Photography (20 min.)
  • Gallery Talk: Sargent and the Sea (45 min.)
  • Gallery Talk: Art and Ancestry (45 min.)
  • Gallery Talk: Two Views of Venice — Canaletto and Prendergast (20 min.)

• Sunday April 18, 2010

  • Creation Station: Begin with a Sketch
  • Sketching in the Galleries
  • Family Tour
  • Family Tour
  • Family Tour
  • Gallery Talk: The Lure of Italy (45 min.)
  • Gallery Talk: Alice Neel (45 min.)

• Tuesday April 20, 2010

  • Gallery Talk: Modern Portraits (45 min.)

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