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Educator Workshop: Weaving Through Cultures
Educator Workshop: Weaving Through Cultures
Upcoming Event: Exploring Textiles Across Cultures — Educator Workshop
Saturday, August 23, 2025
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston & AST
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, invites you to a full-day free workshop exploring the cultural and educational power of textiles. Led by Glassell School of Art instructor Vehishta Kaikobad, this hands-on session is designed for educators interested in using textiles to foster global learning and multicultural understanding.
Art Tour: 'Hung Hsien: Between Worlds'
Art Tour: 'Hung Hsien: Between Worlds'
Saturday, August 30, 2025 | 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Tour
Experience art on a personal level! Join a docent-led tour of Hung Hsien: Between Worlds and experience the vivid, swirling compositions that merge the technical mastery of traditional Chinese ink painting with the expressive energy of Western abstraction — a distinct artistic language that reflects Hung Hsien’s pivotal yet often overlooked role in modern ink painting, offering a long-overdue reexamination of her enduring legacy.
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About the Exhibition
Hung Hsien: Between Worlds is the first retrospective of pioneering modern ink artist Hung Hsien (洪嫻, Margaret Chang, b. 1933), surveying a career that spans more than 70 years. This solo exhibition celebrates the life and artistic legacy of one of the most important yet underrepresented contributors to the development of modern ink painting. The exhibition’s more than 50 paintings draw primarily from private collections and the artist’s personal archives.
A Portrait of a Postman
A Portrait of a Postman
Discussions with filmmaker Christopher Charles Scott and guests follow each screening
This fascinating new documentary—winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Texas Feature at the 2025 Dallas International Film Festival—profiles Texas artist Kermit Oliver (born 1943 in Refugio). An alumnus of Texas Southern University who was mentored by professor and muralist John Biggers, Oliver created a remarkable body of work that includes paintings, works on paper, designs for Hermès silk scarves, and commissions. For much of his career, Oliver worked full time as a postman. His art is included in the collections of institutions such as the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Tickets: $9 general admission; $7 MFAH members, students with ID, seniors (65+)
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Filmmaker Christopher Charles Scott vividly chronicles the artist’s journey, featuring comments by Oliver’s family; art collector Tina Knowles; and colleagues including art historian Alvia J. Wardlaw and artist Earlie Hudnall. A Portrait of a Postman also takes a riveting “true crime” detour, covering a personal tragedy that profoundly affected Oliver late in his career.
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