The Menil Collection…May 14, 2024

Greetings, once again,

I am honored to announce that I have been invited to deliver a lecture entitled, Traditional Graphite Drawing Materials and Techniques, at the prestigious Menil Collection’s Menil Drawing Institute in Houston, Texas, in June.

My presentation will be part of a week-long workshop for Museum curators selected from around the world and entitled, Inside Drawings: A Workshop on the Materiality of Unique Works on Paper from June 3-7, 2024. This is supported by the Menil Collection, Houston. This workshop is made possible with support from the Getty Foundation through The Paper Project initiative.

This weeklong workshop will utilize the collection and staff of the Menil, involving outside experts in the fields of paper conservation, papermaking history, materials study, conservation imaging and science, and curation of drawings.  The physical components of drawing practices in a focused manner will be addressed and the workshop is intended to give curators of major drawing collections a broader understanding of unique works on paper for the purpose of better defining, researching, and interpreting drawings.

The Menil Collection is a major art museum with a campus spanning 30 acres in the heart of Houston, Texas. Making art accessible is vital to the Menil’s mission and its philosophy is to foster each visitor’s direct, personal encounter with works in the collection. The display of carefully chosen artworks in serene settings are hallmarks of the museum.

The Menil Drawing Institute at the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas is dedicated to the study and display of drawing, with a focus on scholarship and raising public appreciation of the medium—from early drawings to modern and contemporary works.

If you have any comments or questions, I would love to hear from you.

Best,

Timothy