Adults at all skill levels learn with local artists who lead informal activities in response to selected works from the Modern’s permanent collection. Investigate and respond to works of art from the Modern’s galleries from the comfort of your own home. Each online instructional video is uniquely designed so there is something new awaiting you—just show up with a sketchbook and pencils.
Artist Tuba Köymen will lead this session.
Learn with local artists Loc Huynh and Adrian Zuñiga as they lead informal projects on video. Hands-on exercises relate to works you might remember from visiting the Modern’s galleries or are introduced to here and can look forward to visiting in the future. Projects are designed with household materials in mind.
John Chamberlain’s Scull’s Angel, 1974, shows the artist working in his signature material—crushed car parts. Chamberlain makes the familiar new in work that embodies the gesture and energy of Abstract Expressionism and the consumer imagery of Pop art. Take a close look at Chamberlain’s fascinating life and work. Led by a Modern docent.
Join artist Christopher Blay in taking a closer look at Fred Sandback, Untitled (Sculptural Study, Two-Part Standing Construction), c. 1978/2007. Create a minimalist self-portrait using string and measurement data from life.
Each online instructional video is uniquely designed so there is something new awaiting you—just show up with a sketchbook and pencils.
Learn with local artist Shelby Orr in taking a closer look at Morris Louis, Beta Mu, 1960, and learn to design and mail a postcard painting. Projects are designed with household materials in mind.
FOCUS! FOCUS! FOCUS! is a Saturday morning workshop for young art enthusiasts to gather virtually and discover new ideas for each FOCUS exhibition. A Modern educator uses real-time video-based instructions and demonstrations to explore each FOCUS artist’s ideas and artmaking techniques, such as painting, drawing, photography, collage, and small sculptures. Take advantage of the opportunity to share ideas with other like-minded young artists.
From The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) star in Arthur Miller’s blistering drama All My Sons.
America, 1947. Despite hard choices and even harder knocks, Joe and Kate Keller are a success story. They have built a home, raised two sons, and established a thriving business.
A Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth Ensemble
Anton Nel, piano
Gary Levinson, violin
Swang Lin, violin
Allan Steele, cello
Program
Friedrich-Max "Fritz" Kreisler (1875-1962)
Lieberslied
Manuel De Falla (1876-1946)-Friedrich-Max Kreisler
Danse Espagnole
This virtual event has be postponed.
In Colonel Platoff on his Charger, 2008, painter Kehinde Wiley renders a centuries-old statement of prestige and authority—a man astride a powerful horse—with an insightful, contemporary twist. Wiley re-creates an 1815 image of a Russian Cossack colonel, but he replaces the military leader with a modern Black youth in street clothes. Learn some of what Wiley suggests with such a substitution. Led by a Modern docent.
*This is a virtual event.*
Modern educators lead a family-oriented project via a short instructional video designed in relation to works in the Modern’s permanent collection and the special exhibition Mark Bradford: End Papers.
This project will focus on Francis Bacon's Self-Portrait, 1956.
