VISUAL ARTS + MUSEUMS

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, MFAH, presents Antiques 101 at Bayou Bend: Adult Evening Seminars, Wednesday Evenings in October 6, 13, 20, 27, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

This four-week series is perfect for enthusiasts or for those casually interested in history or antiques. Each session includes a specially-focused tour of the house and a hands-on experience and/or guest speaker.

This fall´s program topics were chosen to highlight the "material" in American material culture. Participants will take advantage of Bayou Bend´s new and renovated spaces, including the Kitty King Powell Library and Study Center at the Kilroy Visitor and Education Center and a newly created metals study room. Participants may subscribe to the Antiques 101 History Camp for the entire series or purchase tickets to individual sessions.

Program Dates and Themes
All programs take place Wednesday evenings in October

October 6 — Paint
Guest speaker: Patrick Palmer, the Glassell School of Art; tour focuses on the portraits and painted furniture in Bayou Bend´s collection

October 13 — Metal
Guest Speaker: Gunsmith Dennis Heckathorne; tour focuses on Bayou Bend´s metals collection and the new metals study area

October 20 — Paper
Guest Speaker: librarian Margaret Culbertson, Kitty King Powell Library and Study Center; tour of Bayou Bend´s newly installed wallpapers

October 27 — Ceramics
Guest speaker: Marcia Erickson, potter; the ceramic collection is highlighted, tour the newly updated ceramics study area 

Pictured:  Shop of John Hull and Robert Sanderson, Sr., Dram Cup, 1655-64, silver, gift of Theta Charity Antiques Show (B.96.8).