Learn with local artists as they lead informal basic drawing classes in the galleries. This free class is open to adults at all skill levels—just bring a sketchbook and pencils. Registration is not required, but participants should sign in at the information desk. 2-3:30 pm
Brunch with Assistant Curator Alison Hearst
Saturday, June 11, 11 am
For Modern Contemporaries Members Only
Mix a little art into your Saturday brunch at Café Modern, which was just named among the 100 Best Brunch Restaurants in America for 2016 by OpenTable diners.
The Lone Star Film Society and Modern Art Museum in Forth Worth invite you to join us in celebrating the life of PRINCE with a special screening presentation of PURPLE RAIN.
Learn with local artists as they lead informal basic drawing classes in the galleries. This free class is open to adults at all skill levels—just bring a sketchbook and pencils. Registration is not required, but participants should sign in at the information desk. 2-3:30 pm
Visual artists often work in series, weaving their way through threads of thought, method, and inspiration. With engaged study of the series that comprise an artist’s career, the depth and breadth of one’s knowledge and curiosity is enhanced. A Series Conversation takes as its mission the investigation and celebration of series within individual artists’ oeuvres. Each hour-long session probes a specific series within an artist’s solo exhibition on view at the Modern, inviting conversation, reflection, and connections.
As the story goes, artist Frank Stella decided to reread the novel Moby-Dick after visiting an aquarium with his family and becoming intrigued with a beluga whale. Stella’s response to Herman Melville’s 1851 account of the now-legendary great white was a pledge to make a painting for each of the book’s 135 chapters. The Modern is showing five magnificent works from the artist’s Moby-Dick series in Frank Stella: A Retrospective.
In this special program designed for people within the Deaf community, participants experience works of art at the Modern through intimate conversation with specially-trained docents and student-ASL interpreters. Offered the fourth Tuesday of each month, with limited space for participants at 10 am, each program lasts 90 minutes and includes a gallery activity. Please make reservations at least a week in advance by calling 817.840.2118. This free program includes admission to the galleries and all materials.
Fourth Tuesdays, 10 am
The aim of the Slow Art movement is to break with the often frenetic pace of modern life to simply enjoy works of art in a deliberate and unhurried fashion. Slow Art at the Modern invests in this pause with a 30-minute spotlight tour focusing on one work of art. Led by a Modern docent the third Friday of each month, Slow Art at the Modern begins at 5:30 pm.
Third Fridays, 5:30 pm
Thursday, June 23, 6:30 pm
$68 members; $78 non-members, plus tax and gratuity
For reservations, please call 817.840.2157.
RECEPTION
Amuse-Bouche of Peach Crostini with Marcona Almonds
Paired with The Fort Worth, American Session Ale
FIRST COURSE
Heirloom Tomato Salad , Texas Striped Bass Ceviche, Mascarpone
Paired with Summertime Wheat, German Hefeweizen
SECOND COURSE
Roasted Halibut, Lardo Iberico, Peas, Pickled Red Onion
Paired with Rahr Exclusive (TBA)
Featuring a Live DJ
Special Cocktail - Firecracker
