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Watch Past Programs
Nov 21
Public Program
ROCO “Into the Light”
Richmond Hall, 1500 Richmond Avenue
7–8:30 p.m.
Nov 14
Public Program
Artist Talk: Wardell Milan
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8 p.m.
Nov 10
Public Program
Curator Talk: Kirsten Marples on “Out of Thin Air: Emerging Forms”
Menil Drawing Institute
3–3:30 p.m.
Nov 9
Public Program
DACAMERA Stop, Look, and Listen! In Response to “Tacita Dean: Blind Folly”
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Nov 1
Public Program
Lecture by George Baker: Drawing According to Tacita Dean
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Oct 26
Public Program
DACAMERA Stop Look Listen! Outdoor Jazz
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Oct 17
Public Program
Artist Talk: Gustavo Díaz
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8 p.m.
Oct 13
Public Program
Sounds to Live By
Main Building
3–6 p.m.
Oct 5
Public Program
Inprint Writing Workout in Response to “Fragments of Memory”
Menil Drawing Institute
11 a.m.–1 p.m.
Oct 3
Public Program
Phantoms from the Archives and Special Collections: Highlighting Surrealist Women
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Sep 29
Public Program
Curator Talk: Clare Elliott on A Neighborhood of Art
Main Building
3–3:30 p.m.
Sep 27
Public Program
Film Screening: “Bell, Book and Candle”
Main Building Lawn
7:30–9:30 p.m.
Aug 22
Public Program
Book Reading and Conversation with Hari Kunzru
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Aug 9
Public Program
Framing Abstraction: Short Films by Women 1920–1970
Main Building
8–9 p.m.
Aug 4
Public Program
Curator Talk: Michelle White on Alice Neel
Main Building
3–3:30 p.m.
Jul 21
Public Program
Curator Talk: Sophie Asakura on On Kawara
Main Building
3–3:30 p.m.
Jul 20
Public Program
Moon Party
Main Building
8–10:30 p.m.
Jul 13
Public Program
Postponed: Workshop: Paper Folding with Joan Son (Containers & Geometrics)
Menil Drawing Institute
9:30–11 a.m.
Jun 29
Public Program
Workshop: Paper Folding Workshop with Joan Son (Traditional & Classic)
Menil Drawing Institute
9:30–11 a.m.
Jun 8
Public Program
Film Screening: Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood
Main Building Lawn
7:30–10:30 p.m.
Jun 1
Public Program
Workshop: Paper Folding Workshop with Joan Son (Beginning Basics)
Menil Drawing Institute
9:30–11 a.m.
May 30
Public Program
Michelle Donnelly: Stamped, Rubbed, Imprinted: Drawing and Impressions of Place
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8 p.m.
May 23
Public Program
The Modern Art Notes Podcast Live on “Janet Sobel: All-Over”
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
May 19
Public Program
Curator Talk: Edouard Kopp on Ruth Asawa
Menil Drawing Institute
3–3:30 p.m.
May 18
Public Program
BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer)
Main Building
8:30–10:30 p.m.
May 9
Public Program
Panel Discussion: Ruth Asawa, Art & Life
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8 p.m.
May 3
Public Program
WITS (Writers in the Schools) Watchful Eye Reading
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
May 2
Public Program
Artist Talk: Michelle Stuart
Online
12–1 p.m.
Apr 24
Public Program
Connecting Lines: Janet Sobel and Abstract Expressionism
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Apr 14
Public Program
Curator Talk: Natalie Dupêcher on Janet Sobel
Main Building
3–3:30 p.m.
Apr 11
Public Program
Lecture: “Durable Fragility”: Ruth Asawa and the Materiality of Line
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8 p.m.
Apr 6
Public Program
Neighborhood Community Day
Main Building
1–5 p.m.
Apr 4
Public Program
Artist Talk: Nancy Grossman
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Mar 27
Public Program
Myra Melford Fire and Water Quintet
Cy Twombly Gallery, 1501 Branard Street
7:30–8:30 p.m.
Public Program
Myra Melford Fire and Water Quintet
Cy Twombly Gallery, 1501 Branard Street
5:30–6:30 p.m.
Mar 23
Public Program
DACAMERA Stop, Look, and Listen! Responding to “Ruth Asawa Through Line”
Menil Drawing Institute
3–4 p.m.
Mar 22
Public Program
Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
Main Building
3–7 p.m.
Mar 7
Public Program
Conversation: Helen Molesworth and Michelle White on “Open Questions: Thirty Years of Writing about Art”
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Mar 1
Public Program
Film Screening: “Geometry of Light”
Main Building
7–8:30 p.m.
Feb 25
Public Program
Curator Talk: Kelly Montana on Marc Bauer
Menil Drawing Institute
3–3:30 p.m.
Feb 15
Public Program
Prudence Peiffer: The Slip
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Feb 8
Public Program
Sign of the Times: A Conversation on Neon and Chryssa
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Feb 3
Public Program
DACAMERA Stop, Look, and Listen! Responding to “Chryssa & New York”
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Feb 2
Public Program
Dance Party at the Menil
Menil Drawing Institute
7–10 p.m.
Feb 1
Public Program
Marion Barthelme Lecture: Jenny Saville on Cy Twombly
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Jan 21
Public Program
Curator Talk: Danielle Smotherman Bennett on Shining Light on the Past, Chryssa, and Ancient Art
Main Building
3–3:30 p.m.
Jan 20
Public Program
DACAMERA Stop, Look, and Listen! Responding to “The Iconic Portrait Strand by Nestor Topchy”
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Jan 18
Public Program
Artist Talk: Nari Ward
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Jan 11
Public Program
Resonant Beauty: Mathematical Foundations in Music with Loop38
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8 p.m.
Dec 11, 2023
Public Program
Beethoven for All: Piano Sonatas Part III
Main Building
7:30–9:30 p.m.
Dec 10, 2023
Public Program
Curator Talk: Kelly Montana on Hanne Darboven
Menil Drawing Institute
3–3:30 p.m.
Dec 9, 2023
Public Program
Book Reading: Andrey Kurkov, “Grey Bees”
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Dec 6, 2023
Public Program
Kyle Chayka: Minimalism, Between Art and Life
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8 p.m.
Dec 5, 2023
Public Program
Beethoven for All: Piano Sonatas Part II
Main Building
7:30–9:30 p.m.
Dec 4, 2023
Public Program
Beethoven for All: Piano Sonatas Part I
Main Building
7:30–9:30 p.m.
Nov 30, 2023
Public Program
On Drawing: Scores for Elsewhere: Experiments in Sound, Line, and Consciousness
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8 p.m.
Nov 12, 2023
Public Program
Curator Talk: Michelle White on Chryssa
Main Building
3–3:30 p.m.
Nov 9, 2023
Public Program
Artist Talk: Robert Gober, Reflections on “The Meat Wagon”
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Nov 4, 2023
Public Program
Studio Practice at the Menil with Nestor Topchy
Garage at 1509 Branard St.
12–4 p.m.
Nov 2, 2023
Public Program
When The Art Speaks: Outspoken Bean, Russell Guess, Adriana, Myaan, and Samiyah
Main Building
7–8:30 p.m.
Oct 21, 2023
Public Program
DACAMERA Stop, Look, and Listen! Outdoor Jazz Performance
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Oct 15, 2023
Public Program
Sounds to Live By
Main Building
3–6 p.m.
Public Program
Curator Talk: “Pacific Sounds” with Paul R. Davis
Main Building
3–3:30 p.m.
Oct 12, 2023
Public Program
Artist Talk: Nestor Topchy in Conversation with Timothy Morton
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Oct 7, 2023
Public Program
Studio Practice at the Menil with Nestor Topchy
Garage at 1509 Branard St.
12–4 p.m.
Sep 21, 2023
Public Program
Artist Talk: Marc Bauer
Menil Drawing Institute
6–8 p.m.
Sep 16, 2023
Public Program
Studio Practice at the Menil with Nestor Topchy
Garage at 1509 Branard St.
12–4 p.m.
Sep 10, 2023
Public Program
Curator Talk: Natalie Dupêcher on the Foyer and Facets Installations
Main Building
3–3:30 p.m.
Aug 24, 2023
Public Program
Lecture: Robert Cozzolino on The World Around Gray Foy
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8 p.m.
Aug 13, 2023
Public Program
Curator Talk: Sophie Asakura on Nestor Topchy
Main Building
3–3:30 p.m.
Aug 12, 2023
Public Program
Film Screening: Documents, Dreams, and Discards
Main Building
8–9:30 p.m.
Aug 3, 2023
Public Program
“The Iconic Portrait Strand by Nestor Topchy” Exhibition Reception
Main Building
6–8 p.m.
Jul 20, 2023
Public Program
Film Screening: “The Ritchie Boys”
Menil Drawing Institute
7–8:30 p.m.
Jul 16, 2023
Public Program
Curator Talk: Danielle Smotherman Bennett on Etruscan Art
Main Building
3–3:30 p.m.
Jul 15, 2023
Public Program
Inprint Writing Workout on “Hyperreal: Gray Foy”
Menil Drawing Institute
11 a.m.–1 p.m.
Jun 25, 2023
Public Program
Curator Talk: Kelly Montana on Si Lewen
Menil Drawing Institute
3–3:30 p.m.
Jun 24, 2023
Public Program
Community Photography Workshop with Houston Center for Photography
Main Building
11 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Jun 22, 2023
Public Program
Morgan-Menil Fellow Lecture: Brian T. Leahy
Menil Drawing Institute
6–7 p.m.
Jun 15, 2023
Public Program
Book Talk: “Artists We’ve Known”
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Jun 8, 2023
Public Program
Dr. Joshua Furman Lecture: Antisemitism in the Archive: Documenting Prejudice in Houston Jewish History
Menil Drawing Institute
6–7 p.m.
May 21, 2023
Public Program
Curator Talk: Kirsten Marples on “Hyperreal: Gray Foy”
Menil Drawing Institute
3–3:30 p.m.
May 18, 2023
Public Program
“Seeking the Human Spirit” Performances by Houston Grand Opera
Main Building
5:30–8 p.m.
May 13, 2023
Public Program
Advanced Photography Workshop with Houston Center for Photography
Main Building
11 a.m.–4 p.m.
May 12, 2023
Public Program
WITS (Writers in the Schools) Reading
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
May 6, 2023
Public Program
BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer)
Main Building
8:30–10:30 p.m.
May 4, 2023
Public Program
In Conversation: Art Spiegelman on Si Lewen and Graphic Novels
Main Building
6–8 p.m.
Apr 27, 2023
Public Program
Dr. Victoria Massie: Refracting Biological Vision: The Poetics of Genetic Cameroonian Ancestry
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Apr 26, 2023
Public Program
Drawn from the Classroom: Menil Drawing Institute Pre-Doctoral Fellow Lecture: Isabel Bird
Menil Drawing Institute
6–8 p.m.
Apr 20, 2023
Public Program
“Hyperreal: Gray Foy” Exhibition Reception
Menil Drawing Institute
6–8 p.m.
Apr 16, 2023
Public Program
Curator Talk: Clare Elliott on “The Curatorial Imagination of Walter Hopps”
Main Building
3–3:30 p.m.
Apr 13, 2023
Public Program
Artist Talk: Robert Longo
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Apr 5, 2023
Public Program
Lecture with Paul R. Davis: A “Mabuh” Headdress at the Menil
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Apr 1, 2023
Public Program
Neighborhood Community Day
Main Building
12–5 p.m.
Mar 25, 2023
Public Program
DACAMERA Concert: Stop, Look, and Listen!
Main Building
3–4 p.m.
Mar 24, 2023
Public Program
Artists on Walter Hopps: Larry Bell, George Herms, and Ed Ruscha
Main Building
6–7 p.m.
Mar 15, 2023
Public Program
Reading Paper – A Sensory Experience
Menil Drawing Institute
6–7 p.m.
Mar 12, 2023
Public Program
Curator Talk: Paul Davis on “Art of the Cameroon Grassfields, A Living Heritage in Houston”
Main Building
3–3:30 p.m.
Mar 4, 2023
Public Program
Performance: A Day of Meaningless Work
Main Building
12–5 p.m.
Mar 2, 2023
Public Program
Artist Talk: Hervé Youmbi in Conversation with Silvia Forni
Main Building
7–8 p.m.
Feb 24, 2023
Public Program
West African Film Festival Double Feature Screening
Main Building Lawn
6:30–9 p.m.
