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Tour Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power virtually, with commentary and insights from artists and community leaders. 

Create your own drape painting, inspired by Carousel Change in the exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power.

Discover your inner artist! Take a class at the Glassell School of Art. Choose from in-studio courses, virtual classes, and art history.

Go behind the scenes of the powerful exhibition @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz—an ambitious, site-specific installation that transformed the notorious California prison into a setting for activism and hope.

Create your own work of art inspired by the “action painting” method of artist Jackson Pollock and his work in the MFAH collections.

The compelling film Chisholm ’72: Unbought and Unbossed documents the passionate 1972 presidential campaign of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black U.S. congresswoman. 

Tune in to this Soul of a Nation virtual discussion and get to know Houston’s vibrant and influential Black arts-and-culture organizations.

Explore Houston’s Black cultural organizations: their importance and resilience, their birth and evolution, and their role in today’s social and political climate. 

Rediscover two classics: Losing Ground, about a marriage at a crossroads; and Jazz on a Summer’s Day, filmed at the Newport Jazz Festival.

Artist David McGee joins MFAH director Gary Tinterow for a virtual discussion about the landmark exhibition Francis Bacon: Late Paintings.