Educator Day in the District

10 am–1 pm

Free resources for educators.
Free admission for educators and their families.
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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!

Swan Strings presents Jess Garland

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.

An Evening with P.C. Verrone

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.

Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round

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.

Waves

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.

Antoine's Organ, 2016/2026

At the heart of Rashid Johnson’s installation work, Antoine’s Organ, 2016/2026, is the piano, which will be played by musicians at scheduled times throughout the exhibition. When activated through performance, the piano underscores music’s life-giving capacity to convey narrative and communal connection, particularly within Black communities. 

Performance in Galleries
Performances take place on the last weekend of each month
Fridays 5:30–7:30 pm
Sundays noon–2 pm (Sunday, September 27 performance from noon–5 pm)

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