VISUAL ARTS + MUSEUMS

The Menil Collection presents another in its Gallery Talk The Artist's Eye series.  Throughout the year, on the first Sunday of each month (except talks held on the second Sunday of April and July, due to the Easter and Independence Day holidays), a Houston artist talks about a work in the Menil Collection that has special meaning to him or her. The public is invited to these free, informal gallery discussions, which can be held in any Menil gallery or building (or outdoor space) of the artist’s choosing, begin at 3 p.m.

Sunday, April 11 (note: second Sunday in April due to Easter holiday): Jillian Conrad (pictured) on René Magritte.

Jillian Conrad is an assistant professor of sculpture at the University of Houston and a resident of the Core Fellowship Program, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Her work, which crosses the boundaries of sculpture, drawing, and architecture, has been shown in venues such as the Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, and the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut. She has had recent residencies through the Lower Eastside Printshop, New York, and the Art Omi International Artists Residency, Ghent, New York.