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“Inside the MFAH” provides perspectives, conversations, and opinions from insiders at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Gilliam - Carousel Change

Let’s Make a Drape Painting August 18, 2020

Create your own drape painting, inspired by Carousel Change in the exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power.

Pollock Number 6

Let’s Make a Painting: Inspired by Action August 14, 2020

Create your own work of art inspired by the “action painting” method of artist Jackson Pollock and his work in the MFAH collections.

Achille Laugé - La route

At-Home Art Activity: Let’s Make Dots! July 28, 2020

Use tiny dots to create your own Pointillist masterpiece, with inspiration from nature and a French painting in the MFAH collection.

Bian Shoumin - Wild Geese Descending on a Sandbank

At-Home Art Activity: Making Your Own Chinese Scroll July 16, 2020

Explore Chinese landscape and create your own work of art, inspired by an 18th-century scroll from the MFAH collection of Asian art.

for blog post only | Gianakos - Untitled (series Missing Children)

Summer Art Explorers: Start Your Adventure! July 15, 2020

Kids can be MFAH art explorers all summer! Every week brings a different theme with new activities inspired by works of art in the MFAH collections.

Sèvres, Revolutionary Cup and Saucer, 1794, hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilding

Bastille Day: Celebrate French Independence with Rienzi July 7, 2020

From a virtual music performance to an art activity and a history quiz, Rienzi presents a festive salute to the French national holiday.

Onderdonk - Early Spring

Let’s Make Art! Family-Friendly Stamping Activity June 23, 2020

Create your own masterpiece with inspiration from patterns in nature & a bluebonnet landscape in the MFAH collections. Follow along with the how-to video!

Elie Nadelman, Tango

Art-Inspired Activity Book for Families: American Art May 31, 2020

Enjoy family time with a museum twist! Families can create and discover together with this printable booklet, inspired by the MFAH collection of American art.

Steinkamp - Mike Kelley, 14

Family-Friendly Art Activity: Make Your Own Tree May 20, 2020

Next up on the list of at-home activities: Making this fabulous tree collage is a fun art project that also teaches children important skills.

Wright- Portrait of a Gentleman

Coloring the Rienzi Collection May 15, 2020

Two 18th-century portraits in the Rienzi Collection inspire a suitably old-fashioned pursuit: coloring.