MFAH Playdate (At Home): Fun in the Garden
Enjoy some garden-inspired fun with your little ones, inspired by the exhibition Glory of Spain and the MFAH collection of decorative arts, craft, and design.
Start with Spanish artist Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida’s painting Louis Comfort Tiffany, on view in Glory of Spain: Treasures from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library. Then discover a work by American designer Louis Comfort Tiffany himself: the beautiful glass window A Wooded Landscape in Three Panels.
Playdate
Now it’s time for “Fun in the Garden”! Use the below how-to video and activity guide to walk your little artists through the renowned works of art, with songs to sing and gardens of felt flowers to create.
After exploring these masterpieces on your own, experience them in person in the MFAH galleries. Glory of Spain is on view through January 3. Plan ahead for your visit with advance timed tickets.
Learning and Interpretation programs receive generous funding from the Jerold B. Katz Foundation; Institute of Museum and Library Services; H-E-B; MD Anderson Cancer Center; Sharon G. Dies; Sterling-Turner Foundation; Houston Junior Woman's Club; Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; Samuel H. Kress Foundation; The Brown Foundation, Inc.; Susan Vaughan Foundation; and additional generous donors.
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1911, oil on canvas, the Hispanic Society of America.
Louis Comfort Tiffany, A Wooded Landscape in Three Panels, c. 1905, glass, copper-foil, and lead, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund.
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