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Register for SFA's Houston Art Tour
Sylvia Bierschenk - October 5, 2007
NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Reservations are now being accepted for a bus tour to the Houston Museum District on Friday, Nov. 2, sponsored by the art history area of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art.
Participants will be able to visit The Menil Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, the Contemporary Arts Museum, and Houston Center for Contemporary Craft.
"Each of the museums offers interesting exhibitions, but of particular interest are the Bruce Nauman show at the Menil and the avant-garde jewelry and Pampeo Batoni shows at The Museum of Fine Arts," said Jill Carrington, SFA associate professor of art history and the trip's coordinator.
At The Menil Collection, tour participants may view "A Rose Has No Teeth: Bruce Nauman in the 1960s."
According to the museum's Web site, the varied media in this exhibition--including performance, conceptual photography and sculpture--are representative of Nauman's early years in which he established himself as one of the most innovative artists of his generation
At The Musem of Fine Arts, "Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection" contains 720 pieces of jewelry dating from 1963 to the present. Over 175 artists from 18 countries are represented.
"Pompeo Batoni: Prince of Painters in Eighteenth-Century Rome" is the first comprehensive presentation of the painter's work in 40 years. He was one of Rome's most popular painters of portraits and history paintings, according to the museum's Web site.
Other exhibitions at The Museum of Fine Arts include "Oudry's Painted Menagerie: Portraits of Exotic Animals in Eighteenth-Century Europe" and "Gráficas Políticas: Mexican Prints, 1900 - 1950."
Participants may also want to visit the Contemporary Arts Museum to see "Mary Heilmann: To Be Someone" and "Perspectives 158: Kelly Nipper" as well as "Women's Tales: Four Leading Israeli Jewelers" at the Museum of Contemporary Craft.
Cost for the tour is $30 for community members and $10 for SFA students, faculty, staff and spouses. The price includes transportation, admission to The Museum of Fine Arts and a box lunch.
Admission to the other museums is free. Participants will need to bring money for a fast-food supper.
The bus will depart from in front of the School of Art on Wilson Drive at 8:30 a.m. and return at approximately 8:30 p.m.
Parking passes which will allow community members to park for the day in commuter parking lot on University Drive will be provided on the morning of the trip.
Seating is limited, so advance reservations with payment in the form of cash, check or credit card are required. To register, please contact the SFA School of Art office at (936) 468-4804 or Carrington via e-mail at jcarrington@sfasu.edu or by calling her at (936) 468-4351.