Bayou Bend, the house museum for the Museum of Fine Arts Houston collection of early American decorative arts and paintings, is the former home of Houston philanthropist and collector Ima Hogg. During her lifetime (1882–1975), she assembled one of the most important collections of 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-century American decorative and fine arts anywhere. More than 2,500 objects are on display in 28 room settings and galleries. The collection comprises objects made or used in the United States between 1620 and 1876, including furniture, paintings, sculpture, prints, ceramics, glass, metals, and textiles.

Bradley Brooks is a specialist in historic house museums with a background in American decorative arts.  He came to Bayou Bend in 2015 from the Indianapolis Museum of Art, where he served as founding curator for two historic house museums, Oldfields, the J. K. Lilly, Jr. residence, and for Eero Saarinen’s Miller House.  He also served as assistant curator of American decorative arts.

Previously, he was director of the McFaddin-Ward House in Beaumont, Texas; and founding curator, then director, of the Moody Mansion in Galveston. He earned a B.A. in communication arts from Elizabethtown College, and an M.A. in early American culture from the Winterthur Program of the University of Delaware.

Remi Dyll is the collection manager for the Bayou Bend Collection, where she has worked since 2008. She specializes in object research, with particular interests in ceramics, glass, and needlework. Her work focuses on advancing digital accessibility and supporting collaborative scholarly projects. She serves on the Charles F. Montgomery Prize and Award Committee of the Decorative Arts Society and is a member of the board of the American Ceramic Circle. A Houston native, Remi previously worked as an editorial assistant at The Magazine Antiques. She holds a B.A. from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, and an M.A. from the Bard Graduate Center in New York City.

Ima Hogg Ceramic Circle Annual Luncheon