2012–2013 Workshops

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Six specially designed workshops for the entire homeschool family are offered during the 2012–2013 school year. Each workshop includes an interactive gallery tour with hands-on activities and group discussions, followed by an opportunity to create a related art project. This family program allows adults and children to participate together in the gallery and art-making experiences. All participants receive materials to extend the lesson at home. Preregistration is required. Available only to homeschool families with children ages 4+. The museum asks that there be one adult per three children.

Workshop Dates
• The second and third Tuesdays of October, November, January, February, April, and May.
• Two bonus workshops connected with ticketed exhibitions in January and March.

Workshop Times
Each of the six workshop topics is offered three times: a morning and afternoon session on the second Tuesday of the month and an afternoon session on the third Tuesday of the month.
Families with children ages 10+ are encouraged to register for the afternoon workshop held on the third Tuesday of the month.

Morning sessions: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Afternoon sessions: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

All families are asked to check in at the registration table in the Beck Building lobby, where they will receive their admission sticker.

Cost
In this family program, adults and children participate together in the gallery and art-making experiences.
MFAH Members $5 per person (adults and children)
Nonmembers $6 per person (adults and children)
There is no fee for children ages 3 and younger accompanying older siblings.
There will not be an additional admission cost.

Spring Semester 2013

Cabinet of Wonder
Tuesday, January 8: Morning Session 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This workshop is sold out.
Tuesday, January 8: Afternoon Session 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. This workshop is sold out.
Tuesday, January 15: Afternoon Session 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. This workshop is sold out.
During the Renaissance era in Europe (approximately 14th to 17th centuries) a tradition emerged of collecting objects from nature, religion, and history and displaying them in cabinets, or sometimes entire rooms. These were often called cabinets of curiosities, or cabinets of wonder, and many of the objects collected became part of museum collections. At this workshop, participants explore related works of art in the galleries, and in the studio create their own “cabinet of wonder.”

Art Talks: Creative Writing, Symbols, and Messages
Tuesday, February 12: Morning Session 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This workshop is sold out.
Tuesday, February 12: Afternoon Session 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. This workshop is sold out.
Tuesday, February 19: Afternoon Session 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. This workshop is sold out.
At this workshop, adults and children look at art from around the world and explore how these works of art communicate ideas and stories. Families have a chance to do some creative writing of their own, inspired by works of art. In the studio, participants create their own handmade books, using a variety of beautiful papers and simple binding techniques.

Registration for April & May workshops begins March 12

Art in the Outdoors
Tuesday, April 9: Morning Session 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. / Afternoon Session 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 23: Afternoon Session 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Homeschool families explore works of art in the museum’s Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden, discovering more about the individual works and also how artist Isamu Noguchi designed the space as “sculpture for sculpture.” Participants create their own sculptures using aluminum wire, inspired by the shapes and movement of the artworks in the garden.

Topic to Be Determined
Tuesday, May 14: Morning Session 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. / Afternoon Session 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 21: Afternoon Session 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.

Bonus Homeschool Workshops

Portrait of Spain: Masterpieces from the Prado
Tuesday, February 26, 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. This bonus workshop is sold out.
Homeschool families explore the ticketed exhibition Portrait of Spain: Masterpieces from the Prado, followed by a project creating art in the studio, inspired by the paintings they have seen.

Picasso Black and White
Tuesday, March 19, 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Register here.
After viewing a variety of works in the ticketed exhibition Picasso Black and White, homeschool families participate in a studio project to create their own art, inspired by what they have seen in the galleries.

Registration

Online registration takes place three times during the school year, beginning at 8 a.m. on the designated day. When registration begins, sign up online and pay for your workshop by credit card by clicking on the available workshop links. If you are not able to register online, the workshop may be full: Call 713.639.7586 or e-mail families@mfah.org to be placed on a waiting list.

To register successfully, please enter names for all children ages 3+ and adults attending the workshop. This will ensure that everyone has a space reserved.

The MFAH often has waiting lists for all of the programs. If you are not able to attend the workshop you've signed up for, please call 713.639.7586 as soon as possible so that families on the waiting list can be contacted.

Questions? Contact families@mfah.org or 713.639.7586.