Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts

PEN & PAINTBRUSH BOOK CLUB

Submitted by Nancy Agafitei on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 5:41pm

On Tuesday, April 10, at 1:30pm the Pen and Paintbrush Book Club will meet at the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts next door to the Barbara Bush Library to discuss two unusual books of local photographs: Houston Deco

One is Houston Deco, by Jim Parsons & David Bush, which includes more than 100 color photographs showcasing the fine detailing on Houston's surviving Art Deco and Art Moderne structures. Author Jim Parsons will be present to talk about this book.

The second is Houston Then & Now, by William Dylan Powell, with black and white images from the Bayou City’s adventurous past alongside striking contemporary photography of its impressive present.

The themes in these books complement the current landscape exhibits at the Pearl Fincher Museum. To learn more about them, go to http://www.pearlmfa.org/  The Museum's Education Director Rosemary Hickman will provide a tour at the museum to highlight issues raised in the discussion. 

PEN & PAINTBRUSH BOOK CLUB

Submitted by Nancy Agafitei on Fri, 07/01/2011 - 3:46pm

A View of Mt. FujiThe Pen and Paintbrush Book Club, which partners the Barbara Bush Library with the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, will be reading "36 Views of Mount Fuji" by Cathy Davidson this summer. This non-fiction work, has been described as "one of the best explanations of Japanese culture, and our problems in understanding it, that has come along in years." You are invited to join the discussion of this book on Thursday, August 4, at 1:30pm in the museum conference room. It will be followed by a tour of the museum's current exhibit entitled "Views of Mt. Fuji", led by Education Director Rosemary Hickman.

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