Art-Inspired Activity Book for Families: Modern & Contemporary
Celebrate the Museum’s new Nancy and Rich Kinder Building with this printable book of family-friendly art activities inspired by the MFAH collection of modern and contemporary art.
• Margarita Cabrera, Bicicleta: Negra (Bicycle: Black)
• Anish Kapoor, Cloud Column
• Gyula Kosice, Constelaciones no. 2 (Constellations no. 2) from La cuidad hidroespacial (The Hydrospatial City)
• René Magritte, The Kiss (Le Baiser)
• Alice Neel, The Family (John Gruen, Jane Wilson and Julia)
Just like the Museum’s in-gallery Sunday Family Zone, these at-home activities introduce kids and families to artists and works of art on view at the Museum.
► Family Activity Book: Modern & Contemporary Art
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• MFAH Collections
• “Learning through Art” Online Curriculum
• “Learning Through Art” at Home
Learning and Interpretation programs receive generous funding from the Jerold B. Katz Foundation; Institute of Museum and Library Services; H-E-B; MD Anderson Cancer Center; Houston Junior Woman’s Club; The Brown Foundation, Inc.; Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; Sharon G. Dies; Susan Vaughan Foundation; and additional generous donors.
Anish Kapoor, Cloud Column, 1998–2006, stainless steel, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund. © Anish Kapoor, All Rights Reserved, DACS, 2016
Gyula Kosice, Constelaciones no. 2 (Constellations no. 2) from La ciudad hidroespacial (The Hydrospatial City), 1971, acrylic, Plexiglas, paint, and light, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund. © Museo Kosice, Buenos Aires
René Magritte, The Kiss (Le Baiser), 1951, oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of an anonymous donor. © C. Herscovici / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Alice Neel, The Family (John Gruen, Jane Wilson and Julia), 1970, oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund. © Estate of Alice Neel
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, from above. Photo by Peter Molick / Thomas Kirk III
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