Pauly Friedman Art Gallery Director Lalaine Little Speaks at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Pauly Friedman Art Gallery Director Lalaine Little Speaks at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

DALLAS, PA –  Lalaine Bangilan Little, Ph.D., Director of the Pauly Friedman Art Gallery at Misericordia University, was invited to serve as a guest speaker for a Hispanic Heritage Month event at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Dr. Little joined Misty Flores, Assistant Curator of Rienzi, to present “The Philippines as a Vital Link in Transpacific Trade” as part of the museum’s Cultural Conversations at Rienzi lecture series. She also delivered a similar presentation for the Rienzi Docent Training Class, offering additional insight into the Philippines’ role in shaping global trade and cultural exchange.

Rienzi, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s house museum for European decorative arts, was originally the home of arts patrons Carroll Sterling Masterson and Harris Masterson III. The site features a distinguished collection of European decorative arts, paintings, furnishings, and porcelain from the 17th to mid-19th centuries. Designed by renowned architect John Staub in 1952, Rienzi sits on more than four acres in Houston’s River Oaks neighborhood, with gardens by noted landscape architect Ralph Ellis Gunn.

At Misericordia University, the Pauly Friedman Art Gallery engages the campus and community through exhibitions and programs that foster critical thinking, intellectual curiosity, and global citizenship. Gallery programs are supported in part by a 2025 Creative Sector Flex Fund Grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, administered regionally by The Armature.

Admission to the gallery is always free. For more information or to schedule a visit, please contact Dr. Lalaine Bangilan Little at (570) 674-6250 or email artgallery@misericordia.edu, or visit www.misericordia.edu/art.