Texas Wesleyan Music at the Modern

The Texas Wesleyan University Music Department is excited to present a showcase concert at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth on Saturday, October 21st at 2pm. The concert will feature student ensembles and student solo performers. Admission is FREE! We invite you to discover the many sounds of the Texas Wesleyan Music Department. Smaller. Smarter. For more information, please call 817.531.4992 or visit: https://txwes.edu/academics/artsletters/undergraduate-majors/music/

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Presents FOCUS: Nina Chanel Abney January 27-March 18, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 4, 2017  

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Presents New Works by Ron Mueck February 16 - May 6, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 2, 2017 

Sociologist Margee Kerr in conjunction with Misty Keasler: Haunt

Margee Kerr is a fear junkie. Roller coasters, haunted houses, heights, abandoned prisons, ghosts (well, maybe), even death—she confronts them with the relentlessness of a zombie Terminator. . . . Kerr goes deep into the biological and scientific definitions of fear, rather than dismissing the experience solely as an emotion. . . . “Every organism, from the fruit fly to the human, has a defense or threat response,” she reminds.

Misty Keasler

A driving force behind this series, which depicts interior rooms and exterior scenes, is that the subject matter takes photography to the edge of where it fails as a medium. “Photographs,” Keasler explains, “are often used to document an experience, yet the experience of walking through a haunted house is completely lost in each of the still images. . . . The immersive experience just does not translate.” Andrea Karnes, “Fear Fantasy,” Misty Keasler: Haunt

Artists Linda and Ed Blackburn in conversation with Mark Thistlethwaite

Linda and Ed Blackburn have made art and managed their careers in Fort Worth for many years, becoming important fixtures in the North Texas art community. Dr. Mark Thistlethwaite is the Kay and Velma Kimbell Art History Chair at TCU and a significant fixture in the community in his own right. All three have a long and enduring relationship with the Modern.

Bobby Falk Group

For the first time in its history, the Modern will be illuminated with a spectacular array of festive lights in celebration of the holiday season and in honor of the Museum’s 125th Anniversary. Take advantage of live music in the Grand Lobby and enjoy music from the Bobby Falk Group.

Outside the Shadow of Beethoven

The Atrium Quartet

     "A beautifully balanced group with a fine, burnished tone and excellent blend” – The Strad

One of the most inspiring, dynamic and charismatic ensembles on the musical scene, the Atrium Quartet musicians have established themselves as performers of deep emotion, intellect, virtuosity and technical brilliance.  Highly acclaimed by audiences and press, the Quartet has performed throughout Europe, Russia, the USA, Australia, Japan and Brazil.

American Showpieces

Pianists Shields-Collins Bray, Catharine Lysinger, Alex McDonald, Evan Mitchell, and Jonathan Tsay take on some of American classical music’s greatest hits. In this special afternoon showcase, revel in performances of pieces by John Corigliano, Frederic Rzewski, Aaron Jay Kernis, and David Del Tredici, as well as the 1981 Cliburn Competition commission of Leonard Bernstein’s “Touches.”

For ticket information, call 817.212.4280 or visit www.cliburn.org

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