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March, 2019 Vol March, 2019 Vol. 2 | Issue 3 My favorite time of year is here with Spring officially arriving on Wednesday, Vincent van Gogh: His Life in Art March 20. Azaleas, bluebonnets, daffodils are blooming – or about to bloom – March 10 – June 27 and the trees are starting to leaf out. For flower inspiration, visit Mrs. Lee’s Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Daffodil Garden in Gladewater, go ASAP; Texas’ largest azalea garden, the Mize Azalea Garden at SFASU, March 14-April 11; the Tyler Azalea Trails, March 22- The Museum of Fine Arts, April 7; Dallas Blooms, through April 7; and our highways and byways, Houston (MFAH) is the particularly in the Hill Country, for bluebonnets. Visit the Lady Bird Johnson only venue for this major Wildflower Center for great tips on where/when to go, along with other sites listed exhibition that brings together more than 50 in the article below. masterworks by one of the Spring also draws us outdoors to enjoy America’s pastime…baseball! Now is most iconic artists in the the time to purchase single game tickets for the Houston Astros and the Texas history of Western art. Rangers. Concierge pricing is available for both teams, but does not include Vincent van Gogh: His Life in Art follows Van Opening Day games. See the back page for information on purchasing tickets. Gogh (1853–1890) through four key stages of For a listing of concierge discounts for Spring Break, see Page 2 for a special his career from early sketches to final insert that should help you plan family activities for the school break as well as for paintings. The exhibition showcases planning summer vacations. portraits, landscapes, and still lifes drawn There are also a couple of exciting exhibitions you should see in the coming primarily from the collections of the Van months. Visit Houston for Vincent van Gogh: His Life in Art at the MFAH and The Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the Kröller- Müller Museum in Otterlo, The Netherlands. Art of the Brick at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science. Don’t forget about the time change with the start of Daylight Savings Time on Exhibition tickets are $25 for adults (ages Sunday, March 10. Be sure to “spring forward” one hour. 19+); $20 for seniors (65+), military, college students (19+) and youth (ages 13-18), all Carol Mullikin, CNCA Get On the List! with a valid ID. Children age 12 and under and MFAH members are admitted free of Corporate Concierge Be the first to hear about concierge specials and receive [email protected] charge. No other museum discounts apply to the newsletter! Simply send an email request to this exhibition. For more information on [email protected] to be added to the list. Please Vincent van Gogh: His Life in Art and the specify the building name where you are located. MFAH, visit www.mfah.org. Time for Bluebonnets! Aren’t we lucky to live where fields and highway medians turn blue in the Spring? 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