Lifeblood | First Friday Art Tours

First Friday Tour featuring Nohelia Vargas Bolivar and Nina Vukicevic

Date:

Friday, October 6, 2023 | 12:00pm

**Free lunch provided after the Tour**

Location:

Blaffer Art Museum. You’re invited to join us in-person for First Friday Exhibition tours!

Format:

We invite you to explore Tania Candiani: Lifeblood with docents Nohelia Vargas Bolivar and Nina Vukacevic. The conversational tour will uncover the histories embedded in Houston’s waterways. Discover the methods, collaborations, and motivations behind the film, sculptures, and other works that draw upon archives and experiences.

Speakers:

Nohelia Vargas Bolivar is a Venezuelan artist based in Houston. Her work combines painting, sculpture, and animation. She earned her BFA from the University of Houston with an Area of concentration in Painting and Art History, and a MFA from Tufts University. Vargas currently works as a docent at the Blaffer Art Museum and as an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Clear Lake and Art League.

Nina Vukicevic and is a recent graduate from the University of Houston, majoring in Art education. I am an artist, combining multi disciplinary practices but mostly focus on painting and printmaking. I have also been a docent at the Blaffer Art Museum for around a year. I plan to continue my art practice and teach art one day.

Afterwards, stay for conversation and lunch (on us!).