MFAH Mixed Media takes it to the roof
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s most recent Mixed Media event extended beyond its typical venue to include BBVA Compass Roof Garden, Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza, and Cullen Sculpture Garden to celebrate the newly opened Glassell School of Art and outdoor public spaces.
Nearly 2,500 guests poured into MFAH Mixed Media Presented by BBVA Compass to hear an expanded line-up of performers including Dâm-Funk, Wild Child, Say Girl Say, DJ Sun, and others.
The Friday night event also featured a special BBVA music session on the BBVA Compass Roof Garden featuring artists Hailey Knox and Tyler Dial. Guests also enjoyed art-making activities, an ice lounge sculpted by DLG Ice Factory, specialty cocktails and appetizers, and photo sessions in the complimentary Smilebooths.
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1Snapshot of the BBVA Roof Garden and the Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza at the Mixed Media Event that took place at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston on July 20, 2018. (Photo: Cameron Bertuzzi)
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2Attendees socialize and enjoy bites from local vendors at Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza during the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's Mixed Media Event on July 20, 2018. (Photo: Cameron Bertuzzi)
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3BBVA Compass brand ambassador and rising country singer Tyler Dial rehearses on the BBVA Roof Garden for his performance at the MFAH Mixed Media Event on July 20, 2018. (Photo: BBVA Compass)
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4Music artist Hailey Knox performs on the BBVA Roof Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's Mixed Media Event on July 20, 2018. (Photo: BBVA Compass)
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5Attendees mingle and enjoy the ice sculpture lounge in the Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's Mixed Media Event on July 20, 2018. (Photo: Cameron Bertuzzi)
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6Attendees at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's Mixed Media Event walk along the BBVA Roof Garden at the new Glassell School of Art on July 20, 2018. (Photo: Cameron Bertuzzi)
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, unveiled the BBVA Compass Roof Garden in May of this year, as part of the newest addition to its Susan and Fayez S. Sarofim Campus, the new Glassell School of Art and The Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza.
BBVA Compass President and CEO Onur Genç spoke at the Garden’s opening in May, sharing the importance of MFAH’s campaign and the reasons he felt it was important for the bank to support it.
“Chief among [the reasons] was our belief that art nurtures connections. We believe it’s incumbent upon all of us to help people find ways to connect, independent of political or social lines, so that we keep our cities – in this case Houston – moving forward. Art, and the appreciation for it, does that.”