Enrich your homeschool curriculum with the world of art. These specially designed workshops include an interactive gallery tour with hands-on activities and group discussions, followed by an opportunity to create a related art project. All participants receive materials that can be used to extend the lesson at home. Families who need to bring children age 3 and younger should contact the family programs office at 713-639-7586.

Schedule
These two-hour workshops are held on the second Tuesday of the month, and you can choose either a morning session (10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon) or afternoon session (1:00 to 3:00 p.m.).

Cost
$8 per family for MFAH members; $10 per family for nonmembers. If your family group is larger than one adult and three children, please contact the family programs office at 713-639-7586. General admission to the museum is always free for members. To inquire about need-based scholarships, please call or e-mail using the contact information below.

Registration
Online registration begins September 8 for the 2009–2010 school year. To ensure that space is available for new participants, please register for no more than five workshops.

To register online and pay by credit card, click on the links below. If you find that the registration cannot be completed here, it may mean that the workshop is full: please call 713-639-7586 to be placed on a waiting list.

To pay by check, download and fill out this registration form . Send your completed form and check to:

Family Programs
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
PO Box 6826
Houston, TX 77265-6826

Questions? E-mail families@mfah.org or call 713-639-7586.

MFAH Homeschool Workshops: 2009–2010 School Year

	Art of Today Tuesday, January 12, 2010 This visit offers a chance to explore installation art, in which you feel as if you have stepped into a new world, surrounded by a work of art. We´ll look at installations created by contemporary Korean artists, as well as one of the most popular spaces at the MFAH: the tunnel by James Turrell that connects the two main buildings. In the art studio, participants create their own work of art, inspired by the installations they have seen.
	Tell Me a Story Tuesday, February 9, 2010 This workshop teaches about stories in art—proverbs that are told through the linguist staffs in the African art collection and through the drawings and calligraphy in Japanese scrolls. Participants will compose their own stories and poems, and then go to the art studio to create handmade books to continue their writing.
	Time to Travel Tuesday, April 13, 2010 Summer vacations begin early with tours of two exhibitions: Prendergast in Italy and Sargent and the Sea. Maurice Prendergast´s watercolor paintings of brightly colored umbrellas and evening boat rides in Venice, and John Singer Sargent´s paintings and drawings of seascapes and coastal scenes, transport us to another time and place. In the art studio, participants paint with watercolors.
	Exploring American Art: Wigs, Mountains, and Drips of Paint Tuesday, May 11, 2010 American art is as varied as the nation´s history. Participants will look at and learn about Colonial portraits, immense landscape paintings, the abstract drip paintings of Jackson Pollock, and much more. The studio project takes us all outside to create our own Pollock-inspired works of art.