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Contains 511 Results:
Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration, 2017-01-15
Item — Container: Shelf 80, Box: 6, Object: 1023
Identifier: 80.6.1023
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5:30 pm. 5pm: Reception on the Plaza
5:30pm: Ceremony welcoming the return of Barnett Newman’s Broken Obelisk
6pm: Reception continues
7pm: The Fierce Urgency of Now, a lecture by Leonard Pitts, Jr.In honor of the life and work of the Rev. Dr. King, our Annual Celebration began with a ceremony on the plaza to welcome the return of the Broken Obelisk by Barnett Newman after a year away for conservation. The event included words by Rev. Dr. Marcus Cosby, Wheeler Baptist Church...
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Event: 2017-01-15
Broken Obelisk Re-Installation Time Lapse, 2016-12-09
Item — Container: Shelf 80, Box: 6, Object: 1024
Identifier: 80.6.1024
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Dedicated in 1971, Barnett Newman’s Broken Obelisk stands in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the reflecting pool of the Rothko Chapel. The time lapse video documents the sculpture’s installation last month upon its return to Houston following a 10-month treatment to perform internal structural improvements as part of a regular maintenance cycle. The treatment was overseen by the Menil Collection’s conservation department in collaboration with the Chapel. Rights and Reproduction: Menil...
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2016-12-09
Art Trip: Houston, 2017-01-24
Item — Container: Shelf 80, Box: 6, Object: 1025
Identifier: 80.6.1025
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Visit to Houston and its main art museums and collections including the Rothko Chapel and reflection pool. PBS Digital Studios The Art Assignment
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2017-01-24
Fox Sports Latin America: Museum Experience, 2017-01-28
Item — Container: Shelf 80, Box: 6, Object: 1026
Identifier: 80.6.1026
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2017-01-28
Da Camera Museum Experience Day, 2017-01-28
Item — Container: Shelf 80, Box: 6, Object: 1027
Identifier: 80.6.1027
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Three simultaneous musical performances by Da Camera Young Artists. Part of the Houston Museum District Association’s Museum Experience Saturday
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Event: 2017-01-28
Through the Spoken Word: Reflections on the Sacred, 2017-02-21
Item — Container: Shelf 80, Box: 6, Object: 1028
Identifier: 80.6.1028
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Poetry offers a window to the Holy that dialogue cannot, reflecting essential human truths in artful form. Join a unique opportunity to engage with three acclaimed and evocative poets from the Barnstone family in a sacred place that is also rich with family history. The Rothko Chapel was designed, in part, by the architect Howard Barnstone, Willis’ brother. Each of the poets will read from their collections, examining their concepts of the Divine and challenging our own, as well as engage in...
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Event: 2017-02-21
Some Light Emerges preview: Artist Talk and Performance, 2017-02-28
Item — Container: Shelf 80, Box: 6, Object: 1029
Identifier: 80.6.1029
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Presented in partnership with Houston Grand Opera. Some Light Emerges is being developed in close collaboration with the Rothko Chapel and The Menil Collection. Don’t miss this unique musical celebration of Houston’s social history, rich visual arts, and diversity of faith and spirituality.
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Event: 2017-02-28
Decriminalization and Decarceration: Getting There from Here, 2017-03-30
Item — Container: Shelf 80, Box: 6, Object: 1030
Identifier: 80.6.1030
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Keynote Address by Margaret Burnham. Part of the “An Act of Justice” Undoing the Legacy of Mass Incarceration” Spring Symposium 2017
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Event: 2017-03-30
Dismantling the System: What Juvenile Decarceration can Teach us About Undoing Mass Incarceration, 2017-03-31
Item — Container: Shelf 80, Box: 6, Object: 1031
Identifier: 80.6.1031
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Keynote Address by Vincent Schiraldi. Part of the ‘An Act of Justice: Undoing the Legacy of Mass Incarceration” Symposium
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Event: 2017-03-31
Bon Buddhist Mediation , 2017-02-01
Item — Container: Shelf 80, Box: 6, Object: 1032
Identifier: 80.6.1032
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Alejandro Chaoul, Ph.D., Bon-Buddhist MeditationLearn about meditation in the ancient Bon-Buddhist tradition of Tibet, and how it can be a "medicine" for our mind-wandering and emotional entanglements. We will also practice simple techniques of "Meditation Precious Pills" for every day life, and bring a focus to the importance of community support.Dr. Alejandro Chaoul is an assistant professor and director of education at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center's Integrative...
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Event: 2017-02-01