FOCUS! FOCUS! FOCUS! Contemporary Art Class for Kids (ages 9-12)

  • January 17, 2015 10:00 AM
  • March 21, 2015 10:00 AM
  • May 9, 2015 10:00 AM

This program for children between the ages of 9 and 12 takes a closer look at the contemporary art in this season’s FOCUS exhibitions, featuring the work of artists Jules de Balincourt, RongRong&inri and Mario García Torres. Each class spends time in the galleries looking and talking about the work before proceeding to the studio for an art activity and further discussion. Sign up early; space is limited. 

$20 per class; $15 for members (Scholarships are available.) Please call 817.840.2121 for more information or click here to sign up. 

CLASS SCHEDULE:

  • Jules de Balincourt
    Saturday, January 17, 10 am-noon
    Participants spend time in the galleries looking at de Balincourt’s paintings before proceeding to the studio for a related activity.
  • RongRong&inri
    Saturday, March 21, 10 am-noon
    After studying the work of RongRong&inri in the galleries, participants make large-scale landscape drawings and staged photography in response.
  • Mario García Torres
    Saturday, May 9, 10 am-noon
    After watching García Torres’s films in the exhibition, participants work on small sculptures and shoot a short film in the studio.