On October 18, 2018, for our series Voices on Art, Art This Week Productions, in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, recorded this talk by Steven Fenberg, author of “Unprecedented Power: Jesse Jones, Capitalism, and the Common Good”. He discusses the life of Audrey Jones Beck.
From the MFAH website–“Upon Audrey Jones Beck’s death in 2003, the Houston Chronicle reported: “She was best known for the namesake Audrey Jones Beck Building at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and for her personal collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, which she donated to the Museum.”
But there is much more to her story. In this talk, author Steven Fenberg shares insights about Beck—a lively and civic-minded Houstonian, philanthropist, and animal lover who was the wife of John A. Beck and granddaughter of Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones.”
This lecture (two of three) is part of the Tales of Houston Women collaboration, a two-month retrospective and celebration by several of our community’s organizations displaying the many ways Houston’s women have, are, and will put their mark on history. We are celebrating through art, lectures, science, movies, dance, and more. Learn more at www.talesofhoustonwomen.org.
Thanks to Steven Fenberg, and the MFAH for allowing us to film the talk. Thanks also to MFAH staff, especially Trey Ferguson, for their help in recording this talk.
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