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  1. Make Your Own Art Inspired by “Fire/Works”

    Mar 10, 2021 - Explore the art of enameling, and create your own masterpieces! Art-Making Activity | Exploring Enamel and Creating a Wearable Work of Art• Activity Guide Art-Making Activity | Sketching What You See through the Window• Activity Guide Plan Your Museum VisitGet your timed general admission You can see the works of art up close at the Museum, and celebrate them at home with these step-by-step activity guides and how-to videos.

  2. Art-Inspired Activity Book for Families: Modern & Contemporary

    Jan 10, 2021 - on view at the Museum. Family Activity Book: Modern & Contemporary Art Explore More • MFAH Collections• “Learning through Art” Online Curriculum• “Learning Through Art” at Home Learning and Interpretation programs receive Celebrate the Museum’s new Nancy and Rich Kinder Building with this printable book of family-friendly art activities inspired by the MFAH collection of modern and contemporary art. • Margarita Cabrera, Bicicleta: Negra (Bicycle René Magritte, The Kiss (Le Baiser)• Alice Neel, The Family (John Gruen, Jane Wilson and Julia) Just like the Museum’s in-gallery Sunday Family Zone, these at-home activities introduce kids and families to artists and works of art

  3. At-Home Art Activity: Let’s Make a Sundial

    Oct 5, 2020 - This art activity shares that same interactive experience with families at home. Getting StartedWhat art materials do you need? Just three different colors of chalk, and objects you don’t mind setting outside. Grab your chalk and head outside to track time using this family-friendly art activity. Create your own sundial, and find inspiration from Hercules Upholding the Heavens by Paul Manship. Exploring ShadowsThis project also offers a great opportunity to talk with kids about light sources and shadows, which are often some of the first elements and principles studied in the art studio.

  4. Close-Up on “Black Art through the Lens”

    Jul 21, 2020 - Artist, MacArthur Fellow, and New York University professor Deborah Willis moderates “Black Art through the Lens” via Zoom on Saturday, July 25, at 3 p.m. Did photography play a particular role in the context of the art and expression of the decades (mid-1960s to mid-1980s) represented in this exhibition? Before or after, experience Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power at the MFAH, the final venue for the exhibition’s three-year tour. Plan ahead for your visit.

  5. Family-Friendly Art Activity: Make Your Own Tree

    May 20, 2020 - Problem Solving Art activities are important to incorporate into children’s days at home because art skills are truly the basis of problem-solving skills. Grab some old magazines and scraps of colored paper for this tree-collage art project, inspired by a popular work of art from the Museum collections: Jennifer Steinkamp’s video projection Mike Kelley, 14. Working through an art project is an excellent way to practice solving problems in a creative fashion. Download the instructions Find more inspiration in the MFAH collections

  6. Family Art Activity: Yarn-Weaving in Large Spaces

    Apr 20, 2020 - Yarn-weaving is perfect because it harnesses his energy and directs it into an engaging art activity. It introduces him to the concept of weaving and 3-D art, but in an active way. Here’s an engaging in-home art activity the whole family will love. All you need is yarn and a room, and you’re in!  Once they finish the weaving, they play in their art installation, pretending it’s a spiderweb, laser beams, or a zip line for their stuffed animals.     

  7. For Slow Art Day, Cai Guo-Qiang’s “Odyssey”

    Apr 1, 2020 - a work of art in a museum or gallery. Even though the MFAH is temporarily closed, we still honor the spirit of Slow Art Day. You can spend time with the art collections online here. Saturday, April 4, is the 10th annual worldwide Slow Art Day, when all of us are encouraged to spend real time with a work of art: at least 5 to 10 minutes—more than the 30 seconds studies have shown is our average when we encounter

  8. “Staff Art Show” Spotlights Talent across the MFAH

    Feb 22, 2019 - The Staff Art Show, open to the public through February 24, features 77 works of art by MFAH employees across 23 departments. A few shared thoughts on their work and inspiration. See more in the “Staff Art Show,” on view in the Beck Building through Sunday, February 24.

  9. Objects for Reflection: New Acquisitions of Medieval Art

    Nov 16, 2018 - See these objects and other works of art on the second floor of the Beck Building. During the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, a display of recent acquisitions of medieval art offers you a moment to pause and reflect, surrounded by beautiful sacred objects. manuscript, an intricate cross, and one of just a handful of surviving drawings of the Rouen Cathedral—are on view alongside other selections from the MFAH collections, enriching the Museum’s ability to tell the story of pre-modern art

  10. Art Beyond Sight Brings the MFAH to All

    Oct 10, 2017 - Art Beyond Sight is a gallery program that helps visitors who are blind, or have low vision, explore the world of art beyond the visual experience. We love to introduce people to Art Beyond Sight. There’s a lot happening behind the scenes to create this multifaceted gallery experience! Choosing Works of ArtEach Art Beyond Sight event centers on two works of art. Over time, the Art Beyond Sight program has developed a warm, inspiring environment that enables all our visitors to find meaning in the art of the MFAH. Art Beyond Sight takes place on the second Saturday of the month.