The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Friday and Saturday Afternoon Lectures: January

FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 2009, at 1:30 p.m.
And repeated on
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 2009, at 4:00 p.m.
Growing A Star Spangled Collection in Competitive Times
Presented by Emily Ballew Neff, Curator of American Painting and Sculpture, MFAH

FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2009, at 1:30 p.m.
And repeated on
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2009, at 4:00 p.m.
The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution
Presented by Denis Sutton, Professor of the Philosophy of Art, University of Canterbury, New Zealand; Founder and Editor of the Web site Arts & Letters Daily and the journal Philosophy and Literature

FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2009, at 1:30 p.m.
And repeated on
SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 2009, at 4:00 p.m.
Sisters of the Brush and Palette: Mary Cassatt and her Contemporaries
Presented by Erica E. Hirshler, Croll Senior Curator of Paintings, Art of the Americas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2009, at 1:30 p.m.
And repeated on
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2009, at 4:00 p.m.
Modern Awe: The Technological Sublime
Presented by Tacey A. Rosolowski, Independent Scholar and Curator

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2009, at 1:30 p.m.
And repeated on
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2009, at 4:00 p.m.
Thomas Eakins: American Realist
Presented by David E. Brauer, Senior Lecturer, Glassell School of Art, MFAH