Bayou Bend Family Day Holiday Festival (Museums, Zoos, Attractions) Events in Houston, Texas

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• Thursday March 11, 2010

  • Math Cart Activities
  • Kids Hall
  • Storytime
  • Gallery Talk: The French Royal Academy (45 min.)
  • Gallery Talk: Sculpture: Art in Three Dimensions (45 min.)
  • Thursday Night Sip & See at Bayou Bend
  • Target Storytime
  • 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 12, 2010

  • Reflections of an Exhibit: Cecil Thomson Revealed
  • Photo Exhibition "America by eyes”
  • Spring House and Garden Days at Rienzi and Bayou Bend
  • Spring House and Garden Days at Bayou Bend and Rienzi
  • Storytime
  • Story Time
  • Gallery Talk: Women and the Arts (45 min.)
  • Friday Afternoon Lecture: Birth of an Exhibition

• Saturday March 13, 2010

  • Children's Museum of Houston Spring Break
  • Station Museum Spring Exhibitions
  • Members Only Hour
  • Spring House and Garden Days at Rienzi
  • Spring House and Garden Days at Bayou Bend and Rienzi
  • Science Station Favorites
  • Eat This, Not That
  • The Best of the EcoStation
  • Step inside Building Zone!
  • Magnetic Mazes
  • Members´ Tour: Americans Abroad: Sargent and Prendergast (1 hour: reservations required)
  • Storytime
  • Story Time
  • Gallery Talk: Spotlight on Prendergast in Italy (20 min.)
  • Gallery Talk: Architecture of the MFAH (45 min.)
  • Happy Birthday CMH!
  • Giant Birthday Cake
  • Gallery Talk: Line Versus Color (45 min.)
  • Gallery Conversations: Ruptures and Continuities
  • Gallery Talk: Spotlight on Houston´s Sargents (20 min.)
  • Saturday Afternoon Lecture: Birth of an Exhibition
  • Art Crowd Event: For Members and Guests in their 20s and 30s

• Sunday March 14, 2010

  • Spring House and Garden Days at Bayou Bend and Rienzi
  • Story Time
  • All Sunday Events Begin at Noon
  • Spring House and Garden Days at Rienzi
  • Creation Station: Wild Waves
  • 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 15, 2010

  • Health & Wellness Expo
  • Health & Wellness Expo
  • Spring Break is time to learn about healthy bodies: HEALTH & WELLNESS EXPO 2010
  • Spring Break is time to learn about healthy bodies: HEALTH & WELLNESS EXPO 2010
  • Spring Break is time to learn about healthy bodies: HEALTH & WELLNESS EXPO 2010
  • Story Time
  • Gallery Talk: Architecture of the MFAH (45 min.)

• Tuesday March 16, 2010

  • Storytime
  • Story Time
  • Gallery Talk: Sargent and the Sea (45 min.)
  • Spring Break Family Activity: Gallery Investigations

• Wednesday March 17, 2010

  • Storytime
  • Story Time
  • Gallery Talk: Art in the Afterlife (45 min.)
  • Members Event: Children´s Art-Making Activity
  • Spring Break Family Activity: Gallery Investigations
  • Free Family Night

• Thursday March 18, 2010

  • Spring Break Family Activity: Family Tour
  • Spring Break Family Activity: Creation Station, Flying Flags of Venice
  • Spring Break Family Activity: Sketching in the Galleries
  • Storytime
  • Story Time
  • Spring Break Family Activity: Family Tour
  • Gallery Talk: The French Royal Academy (45 min.)
  • Gallery Talk: Sculpture: Art in Three Dimensions (45 min.)
  • Gallery Talk
  • Spring Break Family Activity: Family Tour
  • Spring Break Family Activity: Family Tour
  • Thursday Night Sip & See at Bayou Bend
  • Target Storytime
  • 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 19, 2010

  • "Hubble 3D"
  • Story Time
  • Gallery Talk: Women and the Arts (45 min.)
  • Friday Afternoon Lecture: The Lens of Impressionism: Art Along the Normandy Coast
  • Spring Break Family Activity: Gallery Investigations
  • Members Event: Fine Arts Fridays

• Saturday March 20, 2010

  • Wings & Wheels - Cessna Day/Let's Go Flying Day!
  • Members´ Tour: Americans Abroad: Sargent and Prendergast (1 hour: reservations required)
  • Story Time
  • Gallery Talk: Spotlight on Prendergast in Italy (20 min.)
  • Gallery Talk: Architecture of the MFAH (45 min.)
  • Spring Break Family Activity: Gallery Investigations
  • Gallery Talk: Line Versus Color (45 min.)
  • Gallery Talk: Spotlight on Houston´s Sargents (20 min.)
  • Saturday Afternoon Lecture: The Lens of Impressionism: Art Along the Normandy Coast

• 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

  • 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
  • Portraiture
  • Teacher Workshop "Portraiture"
  • Members´ Tour: Americans Abroad: Sargent and Prendergast (1 hour: reservations required)
  • Gallery Talk: Spotlight on Prendergast in Italy (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

  • 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.)
  • 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.)

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