In partnership with kNOwBOX dance, the Modern is excited to present a special kNOwBOX dance Film Festival (NBFF) 2026 USA Preview during First Friday at the Modern. Now in its eighth season, NBFF is an international dance film festival celebrating dance on screen, interdisciplinary collaboration, and cinematic experimentation.
Directed by Greg Barker, 2021
NR, 83 minutes
The Modern’s Teen/Artist Project is an ongoing program in which the Museum par
Internships are available to all FWISD high school students.
10 am–1 pm
Free resources for educators.
Free admission for educators and their families.
Register now to reserve your spot.
Calling all art educators! Join us in the heart of the Fort Worth Cultural District for a day dedicated to celebrating educators like you. Connect with fellow teachers, explore educational resources, and enjoy free admission for you and your family. Don't miss out on this exciting day of appreciation and inspiration!
A Devised Theatrical Experience Inspired by Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers
Dallas-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jess Garland brings her celestial blend of harp and guitar loops, avant-garde pop, and ethereal jazz to the Modern as part of the special exhibition Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers. A performer, filmmaker, and community arts leader, Garland has shared stages with Erykah Badu, The Suffers, and The Seratones, founded the nonprofit organization Swan Strings, and serves as Executive Director of Girls Rock Dallas.
This concert is free and open to the public.
Join us for an evening with author P.C. Verrone, presented in partnership with Recluse Books. The program features a reading from Verrone’s debut novel, Rabbit, Fox, Tar, a mesmerizing story about a mysterious young Black woman whose arrival in an insular neighborhood threatens to shake its foundations. Presented in connection with Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers, the program will include a reading by Verrone, audience Q&A, and book signing.
This program is free, open to the public, and will be held in the Modern’s auditorium.
Directed by Ilana Trachtman, 2024
89 minutes
When five Howard University students sat on a segregated Maryland carousel in 1960, the arrests made headlines. When the largely Jewish community near Glen Echo Amusement Park joined the Black students in picketing, the first organized interracial civil rights protest in US history was born.
Directed by Jiří Mádl, 2024
131 minutes
A historical thriller set during the 1968 Prague Spring, focusing on journalists at Czechoslovak Radio who defied Soviet censorship. The film follows Tomáš, a technician forced by the StB, the Czech secret police, to spy on his colleagues in order to protect his younger brother, as they fight for free speech during the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.